Sheet! April 14 is also the date of my baptism!
Posts by Syme
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50It is that time of year again... I AM INVITING YOU ALL TO THE 2014 MEMORIAL OF JESUS DEATH
by suavojr inyes, it time to gather and 'keep doing this in remembrance of me.
1 cor.
11:24 .. come all to our best memorial ever!
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2013 WT CD Library?
by blondie inwill the wts be issuing one (or has issued onne already?
) or will the www.jw.org online library be the future?.
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Syme
Rewritting of history does not necessarily mean that the WTLibrary will become obsolete. The CDROM contents can be rewritten just as easily as the online material.
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Parallels to North Korea
by ForbiddenFruit inno, i'm not just talking about the totalitarian regime that is the organisation.
i'm talking about how the jw's will fall, and how it links to north korea.
basically, last night i was watching a documentary on north korea.
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Syme
Very good post, ForbiddenFruit!
Wtwizard, you point out some parallels between christianity and 'communism', however, you actually refer to characteristics of some so-called socialist regimes. It is true that states like East Germany, North Korea, (partly) USSR, and China (for different reasons) had in the end a corrupt version of marxism. In principle, Christianity and religion in general has NOTHING to do with scientific socialism, or marxism. In fact, it is the complete opposite, in every aspect. Marxism puts the idea of gods where it belongs, to mythology, and tries to makes better this world, without one surrendering to the futile hope of an afterlife. Christian martyrs gave up their lives because they believed in a better *reward* for them (as Paul so openly says in his letters); in other words, they died for themselves. Communist martyrs gave their life knowing that that would be the end; hence they died for the rest of humanity, not for themselves. If that's not the highest moral point a human can reach, then I don't know what is. True, some also *killed* for the 'sake' of mankind, but that does not diminish the value of the former.
Sex has nothing to do with communism; it is not to be repressed, but even more freed. Material prosperity is actually the goal of marxism. But for everyone! Not for some! Capitalism if in favour of prosperity, but for a select few. So, until we reach the former goal, what do we do? Start from medium poverty for everyone and slowly increasing everyone's standard of living, or letting the majority to ridiculous poverty so that a lucky elite may prosper? You see, communism is basically a moral question.
Identifying and attacking the corrupt ascpects of so-called socialist states is fair; attacking the principle of marxism means one likes the continiuation of economic inequalities and poverty, since poverty in Africa, for example, is a prerequisite for you to enjoy higher-than-average well-being.
The fact that some states came with a corrupt version of marxism, does not corrupt the concept itself, nor the ideal of communism (communism per se is the eventual goal of a socialist state. No communist state ever existed. "Communist states" is a term coined by the capitalist world, actually, so as to use the drawbacks of socialist states in order to attack the ideal of communism. That was a very succesful Strawman argument.)
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Sheparding Call
by DS211 inat the meeting last night i was approached by an elder and he asked me what my schedule was like for the next week or so.
i told him im not sure ill have to tet back with him and i asked why and he said kindly but in an odd sort of way "for a visit".
my wife and i have not gone out in field service and have been missing meeting left and right mostly due to sickness and family.
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Syme
If the elder wants to just *encourage* you and not question you, then why doesn't he come alone?
2 elders together means questioning. If there are 2 elders, they are 2 witnesses, in case you say something incriminating. You don't have to go through this. You are not 'obliged', you're no criminal, and they are no police!
Ask him to be visited by only 1 elder, or by an elder and a MS or a plain publisher. Will he accept it? If not, why??
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bassackwards
by stuckinamovement inam i the only one that finds it funny that the organization's campaign this month is to offer a printed magazine that is simply an ad for a website?
what's more is they have printed close to 50 mil copies which will be delivered by an army of volunteers who drive minivans and knock on the doors of empty houses repeatedly until they find someone at home...... can you imagine facebook going door to door to spread the word about how awesome their site is?.
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Syme
"On the jw org, a magazine has been uploaded
which advertizes
jw org."
This, my friends, is called INCEPTION. :)
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'Jehovah will provide' / some fish(y) stories! - WT April 15, 2014
by bats in the belfry ineduardo & family with kids will pioneer and survive on 10% of his regular income.. .. .
page 24. .
sort of reminded me of this guy: father of four quits job after attending annual meeting.
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Syme
Some guy prying on your browser history instead of minding his own business = "a blessing".
Now, talk about Orwellian Newspeak.
BTW, the elder that pryed onto the poor guy's cell was, by ~90% probablity, viewing pornography HIMSELF. The 90% statistic is, according to a local CO, the proportion of appointed jws (elders & ms) that have viewed pornography. That means that if you have a BOE of 10 people, 9 of them have viewed porn. The 10th, must be either blind & deaf, or like 95 years old.
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Yearbook increases and deceases: Top lands
by Londo111 inlooking at the percentage of average publishers of 2013 over 2012 (not the peaks):.
brazil 1.46%.
nigeria 2.60%.
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Syme
Oh, Jehovah's blessing is evident! Many encouraging statistics! :P
Now, I gladly see that in my country there is a substantial decrease, which means my planned fade will not be out of touch, but part of a greater tendency. Now, that's encouraging!
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13,204 memorial partakers for 2013
by EndofMysteries inhahahahha going up up up.
the new yearbook is finally on jw.org.
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Syme
PRAISE THE LORD! More are being summoned to join Him in Heavens!
#not
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Syme
If a person really, genuinely and firmly believes that they're ''anointed'', it is obvious they have serious mental and/or emotional problems.
This is not to be startled of, though. The 2.000-year-old history of Christianity is full of people who had a 'special channel' of communication with God. Many of those (prophets, mystics, fanatics, recluses, monks) were really serious cases.
The only case they *don't* have mental/emotional issues is: (a) they pretend, (b) they are made to believe they are anointed. Example: a Nethinim/Helper in Brooklyn progresses on to be part of the GB. The existing GB imply that he may have the potential. So what does he do? He HAS TO become anointed in order to go up the last step of the ladder. Hence, he is made, or pushed, to believe he's anointed; just as a special pioneer's wife, in order to progress further, is pushed to believe she does not want to have children. (Note that all of the existing 8 GB members are former Nethinim, belonging to the 'other sheep' until (relatively) recently.)
To be fair, the case is similar (if not worse) for other religions as well, such as Pentecost & Evangelical, who *all* profess to be anointed.
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Today's WT study
by piztjw inso as i looked at the material i was struck by a few thoughts about this article.. par.
6 glossed over the idea that we can pray for ourselves, or our needs.
9-11 on one hand they say jesus did not harshly criticize peter or the apostles for falling asleep instead of praying continually, and on the other hand make veiled threats if we should feel tired out by life.
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Syme
Billy: Exactly! There's always a ''buffer'' article, before and after the 'actual' stuff.