Posts by rootofallevil

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Do I need to be Readjusted in my thinking?

by enlightenedcynic in

i am sure that the topic i am going to introduce has been discussed here many times before but i personally need to a.

) vent a little and b.

) get feedback from some logically thinking individuals.. here we go...... the kh i attend is going to renovated.

rootofallevil

To add insult to injury, the KH I go to payed off their 15yr loan (mortgage) to the society about 8 yrs early. The kicker is that we had to pay the total INFLATION (interest) for the full 15 yr term.

If this 3% is inflation money, then why do we need to fulfill our total term as far as interest collected is concerned?

Has anybody else heard of this?

And another thing, we have been told that we are to pay $8 per publisher for our monthly bills. But after paying off the loan we're told to continue contributing the $8 per publisher so that we can collect enough money for a renovation later in the future. Five yrs later we are told that we will need to borrow money from the society for our renovations. It seems that our renovation fund was sent to the society to further "kingdom interests". What a scam!!!! I'm fuming over this every time I think about it.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Greetings

by Anomalous One in

a warm and friendly hello to all !!.

i've been lurking and learning for a few months.

former elder who drifted away due to congregation hyprocrisy and politics.. went through many of the feelings of inadequacy and/or lack of confidence for a while but the longer i was away the stronger i became.. i'll tell more about myself later but right now i want to thank all of your for sharing your thoughts and comments.. it's truly amazing how bright the light can get when you really learn the truth and get out of the "organization".

rootofallevil

Welcome, you are amongst freinds!!!

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Should all be served at the Memorial to count as celebrating it?

by architect in

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at my memorial the servers and the speaker didnt get served, is this right?

rootofallevil

All should be served, according to the WT.

But this passing back and forth of the wine and crackers between the servers and speaker has turned into a ritual more than an opportunity to be served. Its funny after the cong has been sereved they serve the speaker, the servers sit, and the speaker serves the servers. TOO RITUALISTIC!!!

Not to change/hijack your topic but a have a question along the same lines.

Should a DF'd person be served? After all, everyone gets served because no one "knows" if there might be a new member (LOL) of the 144000. But as far as a DF'd person goes, he is DF'd by the cong. Everyone knows his "status". How can he be served under the pretense that "well, we just don't know"? Is there any possibility he may be an annointed DF'd person? I have never heard of annointed DF'd person, unless this is "new light".

By the way, this happened last night in the cong I attend (less and less as time goes on) and the DF'd person was not in the middle of a row so that he would be served by default. He was in a corner by himself with his DF'd wife. So they went out of their way to serve him!!!!!

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Inspiration or perspiration?

by cyberguy in

many chiasmic movements like the jws, quote 2 timothy 3:16, all scripture is inspired of god, to promote the concept that everything written in our modern bible is gods direct thoughts, that the bible contains secret messages that only by revelation by a superior being, can anyone know without divine revelation.

one cited expression is the bibles phrase circle of the earth.

(they have some ridiculous explanation on the hebrew, which is completely idiotic, from my recollection.

rootofallevil

Another point to consider,

When Paul claimed that all scriptures are inspired, what scriptures was he refering to? The Bible as we know it today came about in the Council of Nicae. The books of the new testament were....voted in. Obviously Paul could not have been talking about (all sriptures) the Bible as we know it today.

Obviously he could not have been making the claim that his letters were part of those inspired scriptures.

He was obviously refering to the OT. But I have my reservations about their divine inspiration.

When Moses wrote (he is claimed to be the writer of the first 5 books of the OT) the account in Genesis, he actually wrote it nearly 2500 years after what supposedly happened in the garden of Eden.

How can we cling to one word or phrase from that account, after it was handed down from generatiuon to generation until Moses came along nearly 2500 years later? I don't remember what I had for dinner last night! If he was the writer of these first five books, how can he write about his own...funeral arrangements (forgive me but I don't remember the verse)?

That's my 2 cents worth.

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KINGDOM´HALL HAVE BEEN LETED FOR PHYSIOTERAPY CLINIC

by boby willians in

yes, ....in the porto feliz, city, brasil, kingdom'hall have been leted for physioterapy clinic business... read john 2: 16

rootofallevil

I beleive "TO LET" means "TO RENT", so if it has been leted it must mean that it has been rented.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-2-06 WT Study (Increasing Light)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the april 2, 2006 wt study (february 15, 2006 issue, pages 26-30)(increasing light).

review comments will be in red.

wt material from today's wt will be in black.

rootofallevil

Blondie,

For someone to undertake a task like the one you do, by taking apart the WT study article just for one week is a great undertaking!

But to do it week after week...it's amazing. I no longer read the study article from the magazine (for at least 4 months now), but look forward to your posting every weak.

GREAT JOB. A wealth of information that I probably would not have thought to question on my own. MANY MANY THANKS!!!!!!!

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