Posts by lambsbottom

*** yb74 pp. 174-175 Part 2—Germany ***
DIVISIONS ADD TO THE HARDSHIP
Cut off from the brothers outside, those in the camps felt a great craving for spiritual food. New arrivals were questioned by the brothers to find out what had been published in The Watchtower. Sometimes the information was accurately conveyed, and sometimes it was not. There were also brothers who tried to use the Bible to set the date when they would be delivered, and, although the arguments were weak, some hopefully grasped at these “straws.”
During this time a brother who had an exceptional memory was put in Buchenwald. At first his ability to recall and to share with others the things he had learned was a source of encouragement to the brothers. But in time he became an idol, “the wonder of Buchenwald,” and his statements, even his personal opinion, were viewed as final. From December of 1937 until 1940 he delivered a talk every evening, about a thousand in all, and many of these were taken down in shorthand so that they could be mimeographed. Though there were many older brothers in the camp who were capable of giving discourses, this brother was the only one who did so. Any who were not in full agreement with him were referred to as “enemies of the Kingdom” and “Achan’s family,” to be avoided by the “faithful ones.” Almost four hundred brothers more or less willingly went along with this arrangement.
Those thus labeled “enemies” were also brothers who had been willing to risk their lives to promote Kingdom interests to the best of their abilities. They, too, had been put into the camp because of determination to prove their integrity, even to death. Some of them were not fully applying Bible principles, it is true. Yet when they sought to establish contact with the responsible ones so that they too could benefit from what spiritual food became available in Buchenwald, these viewed it as “beneath their dignity” to discuss matters.
Wilhelm Bathen from Dinslaken, who is still serving Jehovah, relates how he personally was affected: “When I realized that I too had been disfellowshiped I was so spiritually shaken and depressed that I asked myself how such a thing was possible. . . . I often got down on my knees and prayed to Jehovah that he should give me a sign. I asked myself if I were to blame for the situation and whether he too had disfellowshiped me. I had a Bible and I would read in it in the dim light and I found a great deal of comfort in the thought that this was coming upon me as a test, otherwise I already would have been destroyed, for this being cut off from the brothers was a tremendous pain.”
Thus human imperfections and an exaggerated view of one’s own importance, led to divisions among God’s people, resulting in severe tests for some.

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FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

by lambsbottom in

can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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lambsbottom

Well, I remembe that I heard it first from another JW. Just wanted to reference.

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FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

by lambsbottom in

can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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lambsbottom

Cmon guys!!!

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FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

by lambsbottom in

can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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lambsbottom

Can someone provide a reference for when the WT was supposedly infiltrated during Rutherford's rule by the FBI?

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Christendom's Buildings

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is it true that jws are buying old churches (from christendom) and then turning them into khs?.

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lambsbottom

Is it true that JWs are buying old churches (from Christendom) and then turning them into KHs?

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The WT Society, Global Warming, and the NWO

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was just looking at how many articles the wt put out around the time when al gore was pitching the global warming bs for his nwo (new world order) friends.. .

http://nypost.com/2013/12/05/global-warming-proof-is-evaporating/.

wt would rather jws to:.

lambsbottom

@ Barrold Bonds

I loved your flash things...sooo funny lmfao.

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The WT Society, Global Warming, and the NWO

by lambsbottom in

was just looking at how many articles the wt put out around the time when al gore was pitching the global warming bs for his nwo (new world order) friends.. .

http://nypost.com/2013/12/05/global-warming-proof-is-evaporating/.

wt would rather jws to:.

lambsbottom

First off, I would be labeled an apostate if I ever came out of the JW closet!

Wow! It amazes me how so many people can simply turn off their reasoning power and simply ad hominem the heck out of me!

Example: bohm said:

WTC nonsense.. sword-swinging jesus nonsense ...AGW nonsense...now world order nonsense...

is it going to be aliens or bigfoot next? this thread is going to be epic!

Sigh, this is the same type of thinking that kept them captive the JW's apostate fear mongering tactics. I wonder if these were the same people who were scared about anything non-WT approved!

For the record, I do NOT believe JFK is alive, bigfoot exists, Jews did 9-11, etc. Someone made that assumption.

It is NOT that I disagree that there are climate changes. I believe that 'global warming' is simply 'natural' changes to enviroment that come and go through the centuries.

I sure as hell don't buy that global warming is from overpopulation and too much cow farts (yes, mainstream media have reported on that).

Funny, one of you mentioned how Switzerland has been affected by global warming, while the US is facing one of the coldest winters in quite a while. Both of those examples are anecdotal, however.

You really want to help the environment? Stop buying products that are made in factories in 3rd world countries! They are doing sooooo much harm! Oh, thats right, you are likely addicted to cheap Chinese goods.

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The WT Society, Global Warming, and the NWO

by lambsbottom in

was just looking at how many articles the wt put out around the time when al gore was pitching the global warming bs for his nwo (new world order) friends.. .

http://nypost.com/2013/12/05/global-warming-proof-is-evaporating/.

wt would rather jws to:.

lambsbottom

It is just comical at how people dismiss someone's opinion because it either:

1) Sounds strange and doesn't match story told by the mass of people.

or

2) Does not match the 'majority' of professionals story (e.g. government, scientists, doctors).

You need to study locial fallacies, particularly "Appeal to authority".

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The WT Society, Global Warming, and the NWO

by lambsbottom in

was just looking at how many articles the wt put out around the time when al gore was pitching the global warming bs for his nwo (new world order) friends.. .

http://nypost.com/2013/12/05/global-warming-proof-is-evaporating/.

wt would rather jws to:.

lambsbottom

@barrold bonds:

I would guess that you also believe that WTC building 7 (which was the one NOT hit by a plane) fell into its own footprint because of falling debree from the towers that were hit.