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  Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

  45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

  46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

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  PetrW and Boogerman,

  Thank you for the clarification. I was looking at the term slave through contemporary lens and didn't appreciate all of the nuances the word could carry, especially in biblical times. That explains quite a bit.
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  Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

  45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

  46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

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  I have wondered at the use of the word slave, a word that typically has universally negative connotations. Isn't a "faithful" slave something of an oxymoron? Does a slave have a choice whether to be faithful or not? Don't they operate under threat of physical coercion for any transgression or for not following the master's orders? I wouldn't see much value or fidelity in a slave carrying out orders, I would see more in the way of self-preservation in those acts. The faithfulness of a partner or an employee would certainly seem to be more meaningful than one's chattel property.

  All this talk of being slaves to God seems a bit, off, to say the least. Is that really the relationship that we would seek or want to foster?

  In a broader sense I have always wondered why the bible was largely silent on the topic of slavery, something today's society has condemned as evil.
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  Israel vs Hamas

  by Riley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we might have russians involved in the middle east and are attacking israel.. wait.. i thought the watchtower and tract society was the central figures in the end times.

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  not that i believe in any of this nonsense but any news in jw world about how the evangelical narrative might be playing out closer than the wts stupidity.

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  Listen to Blondie, she knows what she is talking about.

  Trying to divine when the end of the world is coming, if it is in fact coming which is a different discussion, is a parlor game at best and a waste of time at the worst.

  I can remember all of the pseudo-scientific calculations with Daniel and his prophecies. I hated that study book more than most and that's saying something.

  End times porn.
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  TODAY is my 56th anniversary of GOING TO PRISON as a Jehovah's Witness Conscientious Objector

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what happened to jehovah’s witness young men and why did it happen?______in the 1960s men of draft age were called upon to either serve in the military (during the vietnam war) or to comply with the alternate service option: serving in a hospital or community in need.. non-jehovah’s witnesses were faced with only one refusal: military service.jw boys and young men were instructed (in private) to refuse the alternate civilian service as well.

  the superior authorities had made this exemption for people of conscience.the law was clear on this.

  if we worked in a hospital community we would be free to go about our witnessing ministry - if we double-refused: we would languish in prison.a no-brainer to them.

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  Terry, words fail me. All I can say is that it makes me physically ill to think that you were incarcerated because of those cretins on the GB. I am sickened at the time that you lost from your life obeying the rules dictated by those pond scum in Brooklyn.

  To use their phraseology, wouldn't it be fitting that if there is a hell those douchebags be locked in the lowest levels and roasted for all eternity for their crimes. I don't know if even Dante could have envisioned a suitable punishment for them.
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  Encouraging scriptures for the day

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello my friends,.

  here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

  revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

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  This thread has turned into a self perpetuating acid trip. It has found a rhythm of sorts with the back and forth of biblical verses and secular prose and poetry. Have Godsmack provide the soundtrack and it could be performance art.
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  A Coin With a Remarkable History

  by cofty in

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  2. physical

  over the years i have shared a few examples of objects i have found while metal detecting near my home in northumberland in ne england.

  i live in a rural estate that was the site of a medieval village with a manor house and defensive tower.

  many of the things i find illustrate the amazing history of the location.

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  PetrW,

  Stranger things have happened. Those guys came back with a lot of interesting items they "liberated" while there. One other item he had that I was always fascinated by was a bible he carried that saved his life when a German soldier tried to bayonet him. He still got stuck but the bible slowed the blade down enough so that the wound was more superficial and though he ended the story there one would assume left him able to end the German soldier. The hole from the bayonet went right through the middle of the good book and many of the pages were soaked with blood. I believe he was buried with it.

  I remember asking him why he was always in such a good mood and he replied after living through 3 years of combat he said every meal was a feast, every paycheck a fortune and every day a gift. Difficult to argue with that.
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  Trinity Statements in the Dead Sea Scrolls

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dr. ken johnson has identified several statements in the dead sea scrolls that predict that god would visit the earth as a man... as the messiah.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrfvytjhve&ab_channel=kenjohnson%28biblefacts%29 .

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  I have read most of this thread and don't think I missed it but if I did apologies. When discussing the trinity doctrine with people as an academic exercise, especially JW's, my question was always well what about the Holy Spirit? It seems most of the wrangling always involves Jesus and his nature with respect to God and so forth.

  The Holy Spirit is if I remember my JW teaching correctly God's active spirit. It is a part of God, emanates from God yet has the hallmarks of personhood, independent action, emotion, appearance in a different form, etc. I would ask, well, it appears that you have no trouble with 2/3 of the trinity concept, why would it be such a leap to see Jesus in the same fashion? I never really saw that much difference between the two.
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  A Coin With a Remarkable History

  by cofty in

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  over the years i have shared a few examples of objects i have found while metal detecting near my home in northumberland in ne england.

  i live in a rural estate that was the site of a medieval village with a manor house and defensive tower.

  many of the things i find illustrate the amazing history of the location.

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  Good story and impressive bit of historical detective work. Coins travel that's for sure. An uncle of mine brought back Roman coins he picked up in France while serving there in WWII. I was fascinated by them as a child and had a difficult time really grasping that they were minted thousands of years ago and ended up in a cigar box in a small town in America.
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  Why is the Faithful Slave Now Admitting Ignorance?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dbm writes on the question: will sodomites get a resurrection?.

  i guess it depends the date that you asked this question.

  here is a screenshot from a video which gives an overview of the changes (new light) on this question:.

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  Because you can only be dogmatic and wrong for so long until you paint yourself into a corner.

  When being beaten about the head and neck with facts and examples of your either failed predictions or doctrinal flip flops its time to capitulate and admit your ignorance. The longer you avoid that the more foolish you appear and any credibility you hope to salvage is gone.
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  Current light on will die at Armageddon?

  by Teddnzo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife zoe and i often talk about her grandmother who has never been a jw but is an excellent christian by other opinions.

  she has led such a good life always kind and tried to follow jesus example.

  before the agm new light my wife often thought according to current light is that as long as she dies before armageddon she will be resurrected.

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  I once saw a bumper sticker that said "Armadillos not Armageddon," that sums up my position.