I just read Mt 24:36-51 to get the context. It seems to me that the faithful slave is one who carries out his duties and is responsible and industrious. Verses 45-47 seem to be simply a lesson or parable about being diligent in the last days. What would make anybody think the passage is prophetic - that it indicates that there would be some specific entity that it's referring to?
Posts by Magnum
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29Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?
by Fisherman in“who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?” — math 24:45. according to jw, the faithful and discreet slave are the “anointed” men of the “governing body” of the jehovah’s witnesses religion..
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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game.....And, An Assembly
by titch infolks: well, here in the united states, tonight, july 19th, is when the mlb all-star game will be played.
and, it will be played at dodger stadium, in los angeles, california.
for those of you who don't know, the all-star game is a game in which members of the american league teams compete with members of the national league teams.
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Magnum
Very sad to me. I believed it all back then, and it was so different then. I was nine that summer. I think I went to that convention in Atlanta, but not sure. Even though I hate JWdom now, I miss what I thought it was back then. I thought I was part of a special group that was going to live forever in paradise and that the end was imminent back then. No JW at that time could have even remotely contemplated the year 2022 with no "new world".
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joao: "I'm not sure that when they say that "what is said in those messages applies to all of God’s people today" means that they are admitting that the NT was written to all, including the non-anointed JWs. Their use of language is very tricky."I feel the same way.
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What's You Favorite Castle?
by Sea Breeze inmine is bouzov castle in moravia.
built in the early 1300's.
it wasn't too fancy, kinda rough hewn.
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Don't have a favorite, but am fascinated by them and have downloaded a bunch of photos of different ones. So many questions. Like... What did they do for foundations? What did they use for roofing? Did they use mortar or are the stones/blocks/etc. just held in place by gravity?
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Memory Lane and Brooklyn Bethel
by new boy ini spent monday walking down memory lane.
i went to the old brooklyn bethel.
the old towers hotel, were i roomed for 3 years is now a care facility for old folks.
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Magnum
Though I detest the org now and really everything about JWdom, what you posted still saddens me. During a long period of my life, I loved being a JW. I felt so safe and secure. I had such a wonderful hope for the future. I remember not wanting to leave district conventions on the last day and go back into "the world."
I still feel a sense of nostalgia for those buildings. Now, it's all gone. The religion today would be unrecognizable to my JW grandfather. The religion that I once thought had divine backing is weakening, maybe even dying. It is now cowardly. Gone are the days when JWs relished deep questions and challenges. The literature is pathetically dumbed down. The religion that once focused on doctrine and prophecy and Biblical analytics has had to cease focusing on such because the internet provides a scrutiny that its teachings can't stand up to. The org has to play it safe now and has morphed into a televangelist-like lifestyle religion.
I miss what I thought it was, but I hate what I now know it is.
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Sir82
by Iamallcool ini was wondering is sir82 still alive?
he has been po for many years.
he said that he would not leave the org unless his wife is pomo.
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Magnum
He was one of my favorite posters. Seemed to be really intelligent and discerning and was good with words. I remember when he disappeared. I think he was turned off by a lot of the strong conservative comments (including mine). I cannot believe that someone with his great insight into the wrongs in JW land could be PIMI. I don't know how he could stand being physically in. And... I think he was/is an elder.
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JW Pets and Blood
by Vanderhoven7 inas a jw would you have allowed your pet to have a blood transfusion to save it's life?
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what is the society's stand on this today?.
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Magnum
I was in that situation about ten years ago when I was close to waking up. I knew that JW doctrine was against it, but I was going to allow it. It was an exotic pet, and the vet I had to go to in another state happened to have one of the same animals at his facility. He called the owner and asked if it was OK to take blood from it; she said yes. I got a motel room and the vet made preparations. I went back the next day for the transfusion and surgery, but the animal died at the vet's office (horrible death) before any procedures could take place.
I would not have allowed it when I was a believing JW, even though I love my pets greatly.
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Here's a question that I guarantee no one has ever thought of!
by nowwhat? inunlike men who took no note, surely the fallen angels knew of gods plan to flood the earth, so why didn't they build an ark(s) for their nephilum sons?
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Fisherman, the org has said in the past that illustrations should fit in every detail.
See this point from the Theocratic Ministry School Guidebook:
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The story of a renegade anointed
by Terry inremarkable sister pettifog.
this morning i arrived on my bicycle at the local starbucks early and took up a seat at the outdoor table in the fresh air.. that’s when it happened--a group of 3 older ladies at one of the other tables outside rose to leave and one of them walked over to my table and spoke directly to me.
i was wearing earbuds at that moment and didn’t hear.
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Magnum
truth_b_known: It is obvious to me that at a certain point the Watchtower turned on those who claimed to be of the anointed. I huge blow was the change in the doctrine that only the Governing Body are the Faithful and Discreet Slave. All other anointed still on Earth are just rank and file.
That change in doctrine was, to me, far bigger than most realize. To me, it was an illegal (according to JW theology) take-over, a coup d'état. Prior to the change, all of the anointed on earth made up the FDS; therefore, they should have had a say in the decision (especially since it was such a big one and involved them directly), but, they were not consulted. They were just stripped of power by a handful of men who now have all power. The organization never felt the same to me after that.
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What is the harm or downside of being PIMO?
by PimoElder inwhat is the harm or downside of being pimo?.
i get all the good things about being in the cong, good social life lots of invites to bbqs and meals out.
lots of interesting gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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Magnum
I would like to add that if you ever were a real, believing JW, you would have instructed individuals in other religions to leave their religions when they found out they were wrong no matter how much pain and suffering it would have caused them or what they would have sacrificed. JWs will, for example, tell a 90-year-old Catholic woman who's been a Catholic her entire life to leave her religion if she finds out it's wrong - even if that means leaving all her family, all her friends, her entire social life, all her support mechanisms, etc. I actually agree with the reasoning in that - that one should leave or quit something if he finds out it's wrong; that's why I left JWdom.
The problem is that a lot of those in JWdom who wake up mentally show that they are weak; they don't practice what they preached. You believed in telling others to leave their religions when they woke up, but you won't leave yours now that you are awake. I see arrogance in that.