Posts by catchthis

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Time was when we would just have taken you out and killed you...'

by Mystery in

sounds like what my jc told me.

'you know, we are being loving here.

time was when we would just have taken you out and killed you...' .

catchthis

I just love this part:

The law of the land and God's law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates

Wasn't it originally God's law(in Deut.) to stone these apostates in the first place? How could Jesus' opinion override his father's command? Since when has Jesus' statements been placed above Jehovah's?

The WTS loves to bring up the issue of principles. They always refer back to the OT laws to back up their current doctrines. If it wasn't for these principles, JW's would be running around doing whatever they wanted to with free conscience. Hmmm....donating blood is the first thing that comes to mind.

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Cinderella Man

by pratt1 in

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i saw this movie last night and it was great.. ron howard has definitely got a hit on his hands.. russell and renee were great!.

2 thumbs up.

catchthis

Personally, if you compare this with other "award winning" boxing movies, I thought it was better than both Rocky and Million Dollar Baby.

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Anointed disfellowshipping replacement reinstatement

by gringojj in

an elders wife told my wife today that yes there are young anointed people because they are replacements for those who have fallen away.

she also said that if an anointed should fall away and then get reinstated they are still anointed.

i can just picture jesus spending 6 months or so picking out a suitable replacement in disgust at the one he picked first time around fell away.

catchthis

What I find very funny is, how many old-timer anointed ones really fall away? If we follow the 1935 cutoff point, we're talking about folks who are in their 90's. I'm sorry, but I have never heard of a 90+something year old bro/sis getting whacked due to apostacy, let alone anything else.

If we account for the steady stream of replacements that have been accumulating over the past few decades, that 8k number isn't going away anytime soon. The mortality rate of those over 90 is increasing fast. The amount of replacements that are coming in are basically matching those who are falling away. If we follow the numbers alone, they tell us that just about every anointed person is indeed falling away. I wonder how the WTS would explain that one? Ooops, my bad - we don't know who the "real" anointed are and who are not. That's what the WTS would say...

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So i'm at the meeting tonight......or what's weak this week

by JV in

jw
friends

where to start my rant and rave?

oh where to start, let me see......hmmm.............. well during the school we had the typical fare, i'm sure you're all familiar with it, the " can you do more???

" talk.

catchthis

Another word that i'm sick and tired of hearing is 'glean'

I seriously laughed out loud at that!

Heh, me too. There have been a few times where that word has popped up in my vocabulary where it made me do a flinch and cringe. Really though, how many 'worldly' people do you hear using that word in casual conversation? If I hear it verbally spoken, I turn to see if the person saying it is a recognizable witness.

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What? So Korah gets rez now? What about me? I'm an apostate too....

by IP_SEC in

ok, one of the most famous apostates in dub lore is who?

korah!

along with dathan, and abriam.

catchthis

So does this then answer my previous question here about df'd and da'd ones being resurrected if they die first? Is this what we have been looking for in print?

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This takes balls....

by chrissy in

jw
friends

...and considering i don't have any, it is surprising that i found the nerve to post my photo as my avatar!

i was leery to use my photo thinking someone i knew could catch on to my new apostate antics.

so, i couldn't decide what to use.

catchthis

It feels soooo good to come out. I think posting your pic is pretty much the last stage of coming out. I'm sure many others here would like to, but cannot just yet. Hell, I was in that position for five years on this board. I finally got the nads to post my pic. Unfortunately, I guess I wasn't that famous while I was a JW. No one recognizes me. (unless all of my old friends are still hardcore jw's)

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So does this mean they are charitable afterall?

by catchthis in

jw
friends

was doing some searching today and came across this information:.

http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/acrobat/lhsplist.pdf -- a permit was issued by the state of new jersey to the wtbts on nov. 14, 2002 allowing them to set up a charitable gift annuity.

the way you can tell this is for a cga is to go to the website's site map and then click on the charitable annuity special permits link.

catchthis

While I agree that the WTS is generally not charitable to those in the congregations, I just found it odd that they set up a CGA with a hospital -- one with a Saint's name no less!

I scoured their hospital sites and could not find any mention of a bloodless program. And they are not listed on the NoBlood.org's website. These two items tell me that they may have indeed broke their vow of not being charitable. The lack of responses thus far on a very busy afternoon also tells me that most folks don't want to hear about this type of news.

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Sooo....anybody know of any IT jobs in Oregon? (Or...anywhere?)

by Xander in

jw
friends

i've been working at a telephony company doing primarily sql database stuff for the past 7 years, and the last year of that telecommuting from oregon (they didn't want to lose such a valued employee, so made arrangements for that).

unfortunately, our ceo died recently (within the past 6 weeks), the resulting turmoil with investors and customers is causing the company to go out of business.

should last out the end of the month, but, then, that's it.

catchthis

I've been working at a telephony company

And you need a higher level degree? Generally in telephony, experience is what counts. But seeing that you are on the IT side of the house, it probably is different. I guess I can consider myself lucky having been in wireless for 13 years now....without a degree(dropout).

Not sure if you have other telco experience or not, but it is fairly easy to get into a "field tech" position at a wireless telco that pays decent. Starters with little experience can usually make around $35-40k. As long as you can tie your shoes, you are qualified.(I'm just saying that because we have a couple idiots that work for us who have needed to get the boot for soooo long) Plus, you almost always get a company vehicle too.

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Cinderella Man

by pratt1 in

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i saw this movie last night and it was great.. ron howard has definitely got a hit on his hands.. russell and renee were great!.

2 thumbs up.

catchthis

Of all the movies I've seen this year, this one will win Best Picture hands down.

Awesome movie.

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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ACCEPT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ????

by Dogpatch in

jw
friends

anyone seen this or have heard more on the truthfulness of it?.

http://www.hri.org/news/greek/mpa/2000/00-06-14.mpa.html#20.

randy.

catchthis

eyeslice, I'll do you one better.....

Ask a witness if it would be ok to donate fractions of your blood, not whole blood. Depending on their answer, suggest they might try out an Apheresis type blood donation.