Posts by KiddingMe

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My Son has had two very big University interviews

by CaptainSchmideo in

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one for mit last month, and one for princeton tonight.. if i told this to people at my old hall, i am sure the reaction would be the same as if i broke a big, noisy windblast in front of them.. but i have to brag about it to someone, so, i will do it here.. .

we will not know anything about whether he is going to be accepted for a couple of months yet, but, as they say, this $%^# just got real!.

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KiddingMe

Congratulations to you and your son!

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Don't Question GOD! (aka the governing body)

by sunny23 in

did a simple search in the wt library for words like, "question," "questioning," "doubts/ing,"obey," "understand.".

these are listed in order of occurence oldest to newest (up to 2012 as my library is 2012 version).

"if we have love for jehovah and for the organization of his people we shall not be suspicious, but shall, as the bible says, 'believe all things,' all the things that the watchtower brings out"qualified to be ministers (1955) p.156.

KiddingMe

Thanks! Marked

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A Mom, Dad And 2 Grown Kids (20ish) All Disfellowshipped This Week!

by minimus in

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it happened in a local kingdom hall this past week.. my daughter went on one of the kid's facebook accounts and he posted pics of him with 2 joints in his mouth at the same time.. i heard the parents and sibling were aware of it and never reported it to the elders..

KiddingMe

Without knowing the whole story it seems like they elders or the org needed to make an example out of them. Most of the instances I know about where someone didn't report another resulted in the non-reporter receiving some type of reproof. It certainly sets a tone. Now some family members are going to be throwing each other under the bus left and right to stay in Jehovah's good graces.

Next year's convention theme will be, "Who Will You Choose, Your Fleshly Family or the Almighty Jehovah?"

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So Who Would Win In A Fight, and Why?

by Apognophos in

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: apologies if this has been done before.. (if the link ever breaks, i'll try to post a new one in a future post, but it's a pic of the current governing body.

KiddingMe

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So Who Would Win In A Fight, and Why?

by Apognophos in

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: apologies if this has been done before.. (if the link ever breaks, i'll try to post a new one in a future post, but it's a pic of the current governing body.

KiddingMe

My money is on the rennagade-outsider in the grey/gray suit. He's not in uniform.

Good catch Gladiator! I wonder if he did it on purpose or if he didn't get the the Picture Day Dress Code Memo?

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Witnesses: Why The 1/19/14 WT Lesson Is Dangerous

by Apognophos in

today's watchtower lesson touched on the history of hezekiah's reign, and then made a surprising modern-day application.

having used my time before the meeting to research the underlying material instead of highlighting my magazine, i personally found this to be an upsetting study, and decided to put this warning here in the hopes that some active witnesses read it.. the most important thing i want to say to you is that the actual flow of events in this bible account were severely misrepresented, and that there are some disturbing implications in the distortions that were made.

1. hezekiah's father ahaz makes himself a vassal to assyria out of fear of their overwhelming might (2 kings 16:7, 8).. 2. upon becoming king, hezekiah rebels against assyria (2 kings 18:7).

KiddingMe

Thank you! Excellent post! Very well written.

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The "Assyrian", the "seven shepherds", the "eight dukes"

by bats in the belfry in

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will become whatever the wtbts needs them to become.. .. once upon a time they said this:.

1943 the watchtower, april 15, page 124.

KiddingMe

This is crazy. Do they research their own materials first coming up with this stuff?

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Super Tasty Kool Aid Flavored WT Study this Weekend!

by LostGeneration in

would love to hear comments on what is being said on the paragraph which states that if the wt demands you drink the kool aid, you should do it - even if you don't understand why!.

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look forward to any replies..