StarTrekAngel

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  "Jehovah is really blessing our family! Thanks for your visit"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so i am being hounded by the elders who are staring to get suspicious about our "slackening off in the truth".

  rather than being railroaded or pushed into a defensive or argumentative situation, i am keeping the following comment up my sleeve:.

  "jehovah is really blessing our family life.

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  StarTrekAngel

  haha! The only problem I see with your theory is that eventually, if the conversation does not end there, they will tell you that unless you are attending meetings, goind to fields service and conducting a mountain of bible studies, then more likely the blessings you are receiving are from satan. See, that is the only way that the father will give you things by addition, if you seek the kingdom first. Satan is trying to deceive you and they are there to rescue you. NOT!

  If you want a specific elder and he is not available, tell them you can wait until he free.
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  Anthony Morris' family?

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  just simple quesiton.

  in one video i saw, anthony morris iii makes the comment "i come from a wealthy family, you all know that".

  does anyone know who this family is?

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  LOL.. now for real.
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  Anthony Morris' family?

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  just simple quesiton.

  in one video i saw, anthony morris iii makes the comment "i come from a wealthy family, you all know that".

  does anyone know who this family is?

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  Just simple quesiton. In one video I saw, Anthony Morris III makes the comment "I come from a wealthy family, you all know that". Does anyone know who this family is? What is their business? Where does such wealth come from?
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  Undeniable proof the Organisation has Jehovah’s Blessing and Direction

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  LOL.. This is a great topic. Comes to show that, while I do personally believe in God and the bible, humans are capable of making predictions based on current evidence. This is exactly what Jesus said. There is nowhere in the bible where you will be asked to believe anything blindly. Reasoning is the path to faith, and just like in thermodynamics, this is an irreversible process. One of the many failed attempts by WTS to criticize false prophets has been Deut 18:22. This seems like an easy way to reason over physical proof of ones annoinment. We all know this. However, what we never read on any studies, are the words of Deuth 13:1-3

  I invite you to review them. It basically show that, if the prophet speaks and does not come true, then God did not send this prophet. But if he comes to you with signals and prophecies that do come true, and he then procees to tell you to follow an unknown God, then watch out. Reasoning is the only way to distinguish them
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  I am JW.ORG

  by LogCon in

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  famous quote from wuthering heights revised.. '... i am jw.org!

  it's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than i am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.

  so don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable...'.

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  Sorry if I did not get it westiebilly11, but Aaron did not die for it. Am I missing something?
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  Seen on Etsy - wtf!

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  Not when you take "pride on Jehovah"
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  The WT as a bureacracy

  by jgnat in

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  here's a quote from a health care change agent, which i think suits the wts very well.. no matter how innovative or entrepreneurial a firm might have been at its start, once it is has been in existence for some time and has an established place in the social economy, its goal in life is to persist.

  it leaves the world of innovation, often loses its purpose, and exists solely to exist, i.e., to cover its costs.

  often this is a reflection of the corporate hierarchy, where, sadly, leaders lose their sense of providing true value to their customers, intent instead on aggrandizing their own position and preserving their status.

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  Very much so... Its human nature. We crave certainty and harmony. Remember that is the root that gives existance to cognitive dissonance. That is why, after such process unfold, a CEO confronted with low profits or low growth, would rather cut out jobs than lower his salary. When he started the company he was more than willing to put up his own money to further the investment. Generically speaking that is.
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  Seen on Etsy - wtf!

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  You know what is truly scary? That while some are probably taking advantage of this and pocketing the money.. I am pretty sure many JWs are donating everything they are making on this. What could be call this? Proxy maketing?
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  Has anyone ever.....

  by Ugottabefresh in

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  .....done evening witnessing on halloween?.

  true story: once i was auxiliary pioneering in october and got the flu mid-month.

  naturally i had to get those sixty (dating myself) hours in and i was at fifty on 10/30.

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  No, but I remember the constant insistance from our elders that we go out and preach on Christmas morning and new years day. (perfect chance to find people at home right?). The thing is that we did so very early in the morning. I always try telling everyone that was a bad idea. People tend to reject us in their regular days.. but if we attempt to do it while they are sleepy and drunk from the night before? To tell them that God will kill them for what they just did?
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  Romans 14:23

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  i bumped into this text (romans 14:23) during one of the meetings.

  yes, most times i find myself drifting away from the meeting into some real bible studying.

  do i understand this correctly or is it saying that even good things should be done by faith or else is a sin?

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  I understand what you express JK. I know such issue over stumbling others is repeated in other parts of the new testament. However, what puzzles me is the change in par 22. (Bolds mine)

  The faith that you have, keep it to yourself before God. (Now switches to third person) Happy is the man who does not judge himself for what he approves. But if he has doubts, he is already condemned if he eats, because he does not eat based on faith. Indeed, everything that is not based on faith is sin.

  What do they mean by "Happy is the man who does not judge himself for what he approves"? Does it mean that our confidence on our belief set us free from guilt?

  The rest, I see it this way. In those time when pork was considered unclean, a man who was converted to "the truth" could now understand that he was ok to eat pork. However, he may not be fully convinced or have faith that he was doing nothing wrong. If he went ahead and ate anyway, doubts and all, then he was comitting a sin. A man who was reassured of his belief and ate without guilt, was therefore a happy person. All of this, off course, so long he did not stumble anyone who saw him by doing so.