Nothing SCREAMS CULT like shunning family, friends or former members of an organization just because the leadership says so. When I was an elder, I never df'ed anyone just because I thought it was too cult like. Just saying!
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Has anyone Heard of things going on?
by Shaul inhi ; we got a text from one of our children today .
her and her brother are basically are disowning us .
we haven't gone to meetings for a while .
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Nelson Mandela - comments of what his life meant to you
by MMXIV innelson mandela has passed on.
he was a symbol of hope and peace to many.
has his life and achievements meant anything personal to members of jwn?.
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Sounds like most posters here would not agree with my wife who thinks that Nelson Mandela would have been better off if he had become a JW like his first wife.
Just a small comparison I thought of; Nelson Mandela came out of prison after 27 years with forgiveness and reconciliation in mind. Joe Rutherford came out of prison after only 18 months with revenge in mind. Just saying!
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Number of anointed partakers in new yearbook?
by JWOP ini haven't seen the 2014 yearbook on the jw site yet.
i'm looking to see if the number of partakers has increased again (as it has for many years now).
anyone have a scan of it yet?.
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The number of partakers did not significantly decrease for over 40 years, from 1970-2010. But the number of partakers has increased in the past 4-5 years. Just 'replacements' though. Maybe it's just a case of "overlapping" partakers. Just saying!
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Christmas - love it or leave it?
by Xanthippe ini am just watching my neighbours across the road putting up christmas lights while their children run around bursting with excitement.
i am feeling all christmassy now.
can't wait for my daughter to come home from uni next weekend so we can go and buy a tree from the garden centre.
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It's a great time of the year! Although, as JW's we are taught to look at only the negative things that happen during this time of the year. That is truly sad to look at the negative. I find most people to be friendlier and in a better mood. I love this time of year. Sorry WTBTS, I don't see the negative.
Just saying.
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The Watchtower Society is guilty of 'special pleading' on an ever more desperate scale
by yadda yadda 2 inspecial pleading is a form of fallacious argumentation and faulty logical reasoning.
it occurs when someone is exposed as wrong but rather than admit they were wrong they dream up some rather pathetic and weak excuse for why they are still correct.
one's pride is just too hurt to admit one is wrong.
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compound complex;
Thanks for the info. You did your homework. I only figured Rutherford had something to do with it because of his contrairian personality and the timing of the doctrine. I'm still learning little things about the sordid past to the WTBTS. haven't read all the books yet.
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Glaring terminological inexactitudes in this week's Watchtower study farticle!!
by Island Man incheck out the watchtower's erroneous definitions/descriptions of evolution and creationism in paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively on page 7 of the october 15, 2013 watchtower:.
"in its basic form, the teaching of evolution asserts that all life came into existence spontaneously.
"on the other hand, fundamentalists of christendom teach that the universe, including our earth and all life on it, is only a few thousand years old.
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Does anyone REALLY know how life started? NO, so just accept what you have and do the best with it. Love life, drink wine with friends, tell your wife and children that you love them often, do things that make you happy and feel alive! Don't get cheated in this life because it may be all we have. Just saying!
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Number of anointed partakers in new yearbook?
by JWOP ini haven't seen the 2014 yearbook on the jw site yet.
i'm looking to see if the number of partakers has increased again (as it has for many years now).
anyone have a scan of it yet?.
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Rattigan 350;
Good point about partakers vs. "anointed". Yes it would not surprise any if the GB started using the term 'partakers' when publishing the numbers for the Memorial. By using the term 'partakers' instead of "anointed", it allows the GB quite a bit of wiggle room for the increasing numbers dilema.
****2014 YB page 144,000****
"Dear Brothers, last year's Memorial's attendance was a whoping 19 million. 14,000 partook but we cannot be certain that all who partook are truly "anointed" brothers of Christ. We are currently waiting on 'nu-lite' to be revealed. We will have the answer soooon".
Your Brothers,
THE Governing Body
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What's With INVISIBLE ??
by Cold Steel inthe 'dubs' came by today just as the wife and i were on the way out.
we chatted a few moments and the two guys wanted to know if i had any questions about the bible.
so i asked them to drop by in a day or two and they left me with two thin magazines and a book they jokingly referred to as "the gold nugget.".
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A lot of crap happens "invisibly" in JWism. When I was an 'elder', I saw FS reports for many JW's that must have "invisibly" gone out in FS. I even did some of that "invisible" FS for a while. I went to meeting for several years 'invisibly' also. Invisible is a good word. I like it.
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A Religion of Assumptions
by Cold Steel inthe jehovah's witnesses are a strange cultural phenomenon and one that has always puzzled me.
members call it "the truth" and, more boldly, "jehovah's organization.
" but many of those on the outside remain dumbfounded.
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BackseatDevil---You are so right about the conditions during the last half of the 19th century. Especially in the USA were "perfect storm" conditions for the appearance of 'savior'. 4 or 5 USA based religious organizations got their start during the time. God did bless America! Just saying.
As Marx said it best; "Religion is the opiate of the masses".
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Acts 20:28
by never a jw inacts 20:28 nwt.
pay attention to yourselves+ and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers,+ to shepherd the congregation of god,+ which he purchased with the blood of his own son.
king james and other translations.
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Inserting words and/or deleting words from the Holy Bible is what happens when "a committee of dedicated men" (tm) and not linguistic experts or educated scholars are used to translate the God's word. Just saying!
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