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  Entitled to Reach Out For Privileges?

  by FairMind in

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  2. bible

  one of he paragraphs in yesterdays watchtower lesson spoke of brothers presumptuously reaching out for positions or privileges within the congregation to which they are not entitled.

  the indication was that doing this shows arrogance and lack of humility.

  no one commented on this wt statement when the paragraph was covered and my guess is because it made no sense.

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  One of he paragraphs in yesterday’s Watchtower lesson spoke of brothers presumptuously reaching out for positions or privileges within the congregation to which they are not entitled. The indication was that doing this shows arrogance and lack of humility. No one commented on this WT statement when the paragraph was covered and my guess is because it made no sense. Positions and privileges have always held out to brothers as something for which all should reach out. In fact if a brother is not reaching out he is usually considered spiritually weak. Do you think that WT comment implies that the organization is drawing lines as to WHO should reach out and WHO shouldn’t? I feel that the WT comment was insulting.

  it is strange, shows arrogance and a lack of humility, hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm did they mention anything about sisters reaching out, or are they still not allowed, that's insulting.
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  Memories of your JW Youth

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after reading the responses to amazing1914's recent post, i decided this would be a great thread to start.

  please share some of your memories!.

  when my mother first became a jw, i was very sporatic with meeting attendance.

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  It's bad enough not having a sexual life but no social life....

  Oh the memories. So well said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Could someone post the May 15 1984 Watchtower articles ???

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my elder brother seems to think the watchtower never said that, these articles are about the 1914 generation that will not pass away, i beleive they are study articles also, so if someone could post the articles in their entirety form the magazine or direct me to a website that has them, would be appreciated.

  i'm pretty sure it was may 15, has the logo on the front cover, 1914 thegeneration that will not pass away, might be may 1, 1984, not sure.. thanks.

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  don't have the copies but I must ask, how long has your brother been a witness? Is he your elder brother or your brother an elder? I am amazed when I hear stories of how someone doesn't believe the 1914 teaching changed.

  That's all most of us talked about, the advancing age of the generation of 1914. How old would they be now and when would they die off. I mean come on, we all knew that the 1914 generation was our one sure way of calculating that the end was near. The other signs can be sort of up and down, but not old age - it's a one way trip.

  You should show your brother how the age of the generation changed over time as well. At first you had to be an adult in 1914 to understand what happened; then it slowly became that even a 1914 baby could be counted in that generation. When even that wasn't working the entire doctrine went away.

  A true blue dub will say that the teaching was used by Jehovah to help us (dubs) even though we don't understand it.

  hes been a witness all his life, in his forties now, he's likes to say that too much was read into it, and that the Society does make mistakes, but always admits to it, not like the Catholic church, god i hate it when he says that. He says that the 1914 generation idea is correct, but that the body sometimes doesn't understand the full meaning of the term generation, he will say we are always learning new things, and we are definitely in the last days, so the Society will make some MINOR mistakes but always corrects them.

  Anyone have a bucket to throw up in.
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  Could someone post the May 15 1984 Watchtower articles ???

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my elder brother seems to think the watchtower never said that, these articles are about the 1914 generation that will not pass away, i beleive they are study articles also, so if someone could post the articles in their entirety form the magazine or direct me to a website that has them, would be appreciated.

  i'm pretty sure it was may 15, has the logo on the front cover, 1914 thegeneration that will not pass away, might be may 1, 1984, not sure.. thanks.

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  A Witnesss' biggest fear is that the Watch Tower Society will be proved wrong. That's why they all clap when the Society changes an error and delivers a new explanation of the old explanation to believe. They don't want the Society to be wrong, that's why facts and evidence won't affect them and that's why they avoid us and shun us. They WANT to be Witnesses. They LIKE being Witnesses.
  
  I like them being Witnesses, so everybody's happy on my side of the street.

  exactly gary, They just like being Witnesses and the Watchtower cannot be wrong !!!!!!!!!!

  my sister even had the nerve to say about this article that :

  "well the Society said contempories , and said a generation could be 120 years."

  I love the phrase "like a horse with blinders on" , some think this article proves the Watchtower was right all along, they only read what they want to believe.
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  Memories of your JW Youth

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after reading the responses to amazing1914's recent post, i decided this would be a great thread to start.

  please share some of your memories!.

  when my mother first became a jw, i was very sporatic with meeting attendance.

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  I try not to, makes me very angry, aaaaaaaaahhhhhh, back to anger management.
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  Could someone post the May 15 1984 Watchtower articles ???

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my elder brother seems to think the watchtower never said that, these articles are about the 1914 generation that will not pass away, i beleive they are study articles also, so if someone could post the articles in their entirety form the magazine or direct me to a website that has them, would be appreciated.

  i'm pretty sure it was may 15, has the logo on the front cover, 1914 thegeneration that will not pass away, might be may 1, 1984, not sure.. thanks.

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  My elder brother seems to think the Watchtower never said that, these articles are about the 1914 generation that will not pass away, I beleive they are study articles also, so if someone could post the articles in their entirety form the magazine or direct me to a website that has them, would be appreciated. I'm pretty sure it was May 15, has the logo on the front cover, 1914 thegeneration that will not pass away, might be May 1, 1984, not sure.

  thanks

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  When was Christ's invisible presence changed to 1914 ? first mention of it?

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  kind of a continuation of my previous thread, does anyone know when christ's invisible presence was changed to 1914 form 1874 ???.

  the prophecy book (1929), mentions it as positively being in 1874, i've seen a few watchtowers from 1930 say the same.. surely there must of been a huge book or watchtower mentioning the change.

  this would of been the most important "new light" ever for witnesses.

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  http://www.towertotruth.net/did_jesus_return_in_1874.htm
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  When was Christ's invisible presence changed to 1914 ? first mention of it?

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  kind of a continuation of my previous thread, does anyone know when christ's invisible presence was changed to 1914 form 1874 ???.

  the prophecy book (1929), mentions it as positively being in 1874, i've seen a few watchtowers from 1930 say the same.. surely there must of been a huge book or watchtower mentioning the change.

  this would of been the most important "new light" ever for witnesses.

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  http://www.jwfiles.com/607v587/3rd_reply_from_govering_body.htm

  response from Watchtower / Governing Body, read .............
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  When was Christ's invisible presence changed to 1914 ? first mention of it?

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  kind of a continuation of my previous thread, does anyone know when christ's invisible presence was changed to 1914 form 1874 ???.

  the prophecy book (1929), mentions it as positively being in 1874, i've seen a few watchtowers from 1930 say the same.. surely there must of been a huge book or watchtower mentioning the change.

  this would of been the most important "new light" ever for witnesses.

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  http://www.spiritwatch.org/jwgospel.htm
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  When was Christ's invisible presence changed to 1914 ? first mention of it?

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  kind of a continuation of my previous thread, does anyone know when christ's invisible presence was changed to 1914 form 1874 ???.

  the prophecy book (1929), mentions it as positively being in 1874, i've seen a few watchtowers from 1930 say the same.. surely there must of been a huge book or watchtower mentioning the change.

  this would of been the most important "new light" ever for witnesses.

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  http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/seeker2.htm

  good read