Haereticus
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Russell and Matt. 24:14
by Haereticus inin his book ?the plan of the ages?
russell wrote that the preaching obligation of matt.24:14 was already fulfilled by his time (italics original):
there are two texts chiefly relied upon by those who claim that the lord will not come until after the millenium, to which we would here call attention.
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1942 they were still waiting for princes
by Haereticus ini found this somewhat amusing old passage:
?the lord jesus has now come to the temple for judgment, and the remnant of the members of ?his body?
yet on earth he has gathered into the temple condition of perfect unity with himself (malachi 3:1-3), and hence those faithful men of old may be expected back from the dead any day now.
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Smoking as an DF'n offence, since when?
by Haereticus inas far as i can remember (195x) smoking was not accepted among dubs.
somewhere along the line it was classified as a df'n offence.
when this change came about?.
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Grounds for divorce
by Haereticus intens of years ago homosexuality and other bestiality was not acceptable grounds for dub to divorce.
however i have run across several opinions that this is not anymore so called "present truth".. what would be contemporary "present truth"?.
mark
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Dancing today
by Haereticus inif i am not mistaken then about forty years ago there was a study article in wt, which quite clearly stated that a mature christian should not dance with anybody else than ones spouse.
somehow i remember that the article gave an example of a couple visiting another couple and let's say the male host would grab the female visitor and lean on her going together circles for few minutes.
then the article went on asking what the visiting male would feel in this situation and what diffrence music would make?
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Baby shower
by Haereticus inbeing just ignorant former dub i just decided to give our children names and that was it.
i admit i had to twist her (never jw) arm a bit, but no problem (also we did not celebrate xmas.).
a while ago i saw mention about baby shower and (as a native finn) i had no idea what was the meaning of the words.
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The extent of JW preaching world wide
by Haereticus ini have a feeling that tens of years ago jw's had the idea that matt.
24:14 preaching work was understood to cover literally places like china, india etc.
todays trend and figures do not really support this interpretation and i wonder what is the "present truth" about the expected extent of preaching work?
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Serena and body piercing
by Haereticus inlocal paper had today a large picture of serena williams and it clearly shows that she has a piercing in her belly.
i was left wondering if she would be allowed to turn in preaching time by wearing a watchtower logo charm?
understanding, of course, one problem being the missing lenght of her skirt.
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Biblical grounds for reinstatement?
by Haereticus inno i am not even contenplating of pleading for it.. i was reading pay attention to and i paid attention to 2 cor.
2:6,7 which were about the only next to appropriate verses quoted for the purpose.
reading around the verses (not normally recommended for dubs) did not assure me that those verses apply to reinstatement.
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Lion & JW
by Haereticus ini noticed an obituary where the deceased was described as a member of the lions club and devoted jw.
never heard of this combination before and actually know very little about lions.. is this fully acceptable according borg rules?