Posts by bob1999

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Christendom College

by mamamo in

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wow, i never knew there was a christendom college until today.

it is in virginia.

that would be the place for all apostates to go..

bob1999

"Christendom" only has negative connotations to a JW.

Christendom simply means "the Christian world".

All Christians are part of Christendom, like it or not.

Peace

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Overlapping Generation/GB/Doug Sanderson

by Simon Morley in

my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.

current belief is:.

watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.

bob1999

"They never said their lives AS ANOINTED ONES would overlap, just that the lives of anointed ones would overlap."

The WTS taught, at one time, that babies born in the year 1914 would be included in "the generation".

So a baby born in 1914 lives to be 100. Becomes a member of the "anointed" at some point in his life.

Just before he dies he meets a newborn child.

That newborn child lives to be 100 and somewhere along the way becomes part of the "anointed".

Looks like the BIG A has, at least, until 2114.

Peace

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Destruction by Jehovah, think about this,,,

by IamPresence2012 in

there are now 7 billion people on this planet.

so, jehovah will kill 6 billion 993 million souls.

then resurrect them for a second chance,, what a waste of energy.

"There are now 7 billion people on this planet. There are `7' million JW not sure if number is accurate. So, Jehovah will kill 6 Billion 993 million souls. Then resurrect them for a second chance,, what a waste of energy."

As far as I know the WTS teaches that those killed in Armageddon will not get a second chance.

Peace

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Landmark U.S. verdict against Jehovahs Witnesses may prompt Canadian sex abuse lawsuits

by mind blown in

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1220527--landmark-u-s-verdict-against-jehovah-s-witnesses-may-prompt-canadian-sex-abuse-lawsuits.

published on monday july 02, 2012. vicki boer sued the canadian jehovah's witnesses over 10 years ago over the way they handled her complaint of sexual abuse.

she won but was burdened with heavy legal costs.

bob1999

Call the police.

Peace

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Origins of Sparlock the Warrior Wizard - YouTube Video

by 00DAD in

here's an excellent critical analysis of the new wt video.

the author claims "fair use" so it may stay up, but you should watch it before it gets pulled too.

origins of sparlock the warrior wizard

bob1999

So, God doesn't like magic?

Water into wine, walking on water and raising the dead.

If that's not magic, I don't know what is.

Peace

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I AM. The documentary by Tom Shadyak

by I quit! in

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tinker told me about this documentary and i finally got around to watching it.

i thought it was great.

i'm wondering if anyone else has seen it.

bob1999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVEH-Bpdes

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The Governing Body Paradox

by truth_b_known in

after briefing reading the original post on this thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/224030/1/do-i-have-this-right i asked myself the following question:.

the watch tower bible & tract society publishes in its writings, as of late, that the governing body/faithful & discreet slave must be obeyed to gain jehovah's salvation and favor.

the gb/fds are comprised of imperfect, spirit guided men whose teachings are to be accepted as truth.

bob1999

"Altering the core beliefs of christianity would probably be unsustainable even for the indoctrinated minds of JWs."

But haven't they already done that with their teaching that Christ is the Mediator for only the 144,000?

Peace

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is anyone else sick of hearing Prov 4:18??

by Notreadytorun in

this seems to be the only scripture i hear that supposedly supports the whole "new light" thing??

does the society use anything else to back themselves up here?

cos this excuse is just looking waaaay to weak to me!.

bob1999

What gets me is when they use "new light" to explain coming to a conculsion that "Christendom" has held for centuries.

Why does it take "new light"? Did "Christendom" get the "new light " first?

Peace

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Does this not sound phony to you? Matthew 24

by Terry in

sometimes certain things are too familiar.

we've seen or read or heard them so often we've become "blind" to them.. .

matthew 24new international version (niv).

bob1999

Terry, one question.

"Why would any disciple even THINK for one minute they would need a SIGN? Or, that much later at the END of the AGE Jesus would return?"

What age were the disciples in at the time they ask the question?

The answer is found at Hebrews 8:13 " By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." "soon"

The old covenant was still in place at the time the disciples ask the question.

All through the NT we find talk about "the end". Surely they were not talking about something that hasn't happened yet, 2000 years later.

The "End" (of the age of the old covenant) came in 70AD with the destruction of the temple.

Peace

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Private prosecution gets thrown out of court

by iamwhoiam in

http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/local/news/general/private-prosecution-gets-thrown-out-of-court/2468225.aspx.

bob1999

"in an audio recording of a letter from the Watchtower Society, read to a local congregation in late 2011 and heard by The Express, it was stated door-to-door activities were part of a member's "personal ministry", and 'publishers' were not representatives or volunteers of the Watchtower Society."

?

Peace