People can be "Slaves" of thier desires. People can "Slave" for Christ. Does that make them the "Faithful & Discrete Slave"? Well since they have said that the FDS is a religious construct and not a person I guess anyone could be so long as they fit the construct they built. Reality says different. If any one of those "Slaves" of Christ were faithful they would quality I think. What do I know? I dont believe any of it anyway. Its their rules so I just apply them back at them.
Wasanelder Once
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If there were no faithful and discreet slave until 1919,then what would the witnesses say if you were to show them these scriptures?
by label licker inrevelation 1:1 a revelation by jesus christ which god gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.
and he sent forth his angel and presented it in signs through him to his slave john,.
jude 1 jude, a slave of jeus christ .
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What really woke me up: I started noticing most JWS are weirdos..
by kneehighmiah inthankfully my parents are converts so they aren't wierd.
seemed pretty popular by all accounts.
they are "popular" jws even now.
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Though I agree with Blondie that weirdos are everywhere, the JW's seem to attract them en-masse. The desperate and the mentally deficient come running to the panda world message. Beyond that, with all the health food crazieness and suspiscion of the medical world they tend to be more on the high end of the simplistic mentality scale. If you can accept overlapping gnerations unquestionably, then you are weird. Even little minds feel big when they believe they are smarter than all the Bible scholars in the world with their Bible based truths.
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Michael Brown verdict discussion policy
by Simon init's likely that the grand jury verdict on the michael brown incident will be released in the coming days or weeks.. i've no doubt many people are going to feel strongly about things whatever the verdict is.. whatever the outcome though, here's what's not going to happen:.
we're not going to put up with inflamatory language and comments designed to rile others up.
be respectful.. we will not allow accusations of racism simply because some have a view of the verdict that contradicts others.. there will not be invented evidence or claims being repeated - if it's been falsely reported or debunked then it's off limits.. it's not going to be an opportunity for people to air past gripes over past discussions.. if you feel that you cannot discuss the subject in a rational way then it may be better to simply avoid any topics on the matter.. please try to be objective and respectful if you do decide to comment and not keen to take offense.
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Wasanelder Once
We have to be careful not to overreact to words. The killing of Michael Brown was homicide though it remains to be seen if it was justifiable.
"Most states allow justifiable homicide to defend oneself or another from credible threat of serious crimes such as rape, armed robbery and murder."
The whole crux of the Michael Brown case is whether it was in fact a justifiable homicide or not.
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Trashed WT's found in Dr.s' waiting room Friday. Do you trash literature you find?
by Wasanelder Once intook the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash.
was a great feeling.
to think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing.
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Took the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash. Was a great feeling. To think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing. I was like that. Remember how they said that reading a magazine was like having "personal contact with the Faithful Slave?" What baloney. So, do you dump them when you see them, or are you one who bothers to put stickers on them to sites exposing WT falsehoods? Or ignore them altogether?
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Caleb & Sofia have Mormon cousins
by wifibandit inthis was pointed out by throwingawayjehovah.
http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lnkst/this_was_in_a_mormon_catalog_that_got_sent_to_us/.
http://www.coreyegbert.com/blog/i-want-to-be-baptized.
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Mormon's? Family Home Evening on Monday nights.
JW's Family Study
Now its Cultoons together.
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How to Knock Nazi Elders off their high horse
by suavojr inthe borg has many inconsistencies, when the topic is helping humble and honest people achieve their full potential.
consider a working man who works 40 to 60 hours a week and still manages to show up to all the meetings, participate, do all of his assigned work within the kh, but his ministry has slipped to 8 hours per month.
this same man is working hard to move up within the ranks only to get shut down without even knowing.. .
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These decisions are generally made by the body or the service comittee. Seldom does an elder have autonomy. I doubt he was alone on the decision. I won't dispute he was an ass hat. Considering that those appointed often see through the BS its probably too bad more aren't appointed so they can wake up.
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What the recent court cases prove about the Governing Body
by JimmyPage infor years we have debated on this board about whether or not the governing body are truly wicked or just clueless.
these recent court cases have hammered home their true nature.
they are willfully evil, deliberately and recklessly endangering the lives of tiny innocent children.
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Wasanelder Once
When you are a brother of Christ, its even closer to the big guy than the Vicar of Christ. They are family. Don't mess with Jesus' family. Trust me, this is how they think.
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A Vote That Was Widely Ignored
by metatron inhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/05/california-prisons_n_6070654.html.
if i learned anything from my witness experience, it is that, in balance, there can be too much of an obsession to punish, punish, punish.. while the media wastes time over tweedeldee vs tweedeldum elections, the issues of real improvement and liberty get ignored.
given the eclectic backing of this measure, it suggests to me that it will go nationwide and that's good.. there is hope amidst the partisan nonsense.. .
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I was surprised it passed. The major concerns were Roofies and stolen guns. Maybe the gun thieves will overdose on Roofies? We can hope.
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Why don't parents of an abused child go straight to police, why go to an elder first??
by FeelingFree ini hope i don't come across as judgemental but having read a lot on the current child abuse cases and the different threads on here, i am left wondering why on earth a parent of an abuse victim would go to an elder with the problem first and not straight to police?.
as a parent myself i know that if anything like that happend to my child (this applies to when i was still an active jw as well as now) i would not hesitate in going to the authorities as soon as i found out, it wouldn't of crossed mine or my husbands mind to go to an elder.
maybe after we had reported it but definitely never as the first port of call.
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Wasanelder Once
When you give authority over your life to others its not easy to take it back. Submit yourself to those taking the lead, right? So we did. So we suffered. So they get sued. Keep up the lawsuits you guys!
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He Got Reinstated . . .
by Hamahead infeeling low today.
i haven't posted for a long time (forgotten log in details = new username) i'm in a good place with my family now and have built a life outside the religion.. today i found out a good friend has gone back and got himself reinstated to be able to have contact with his elderly mother.
that is the only reason apparently.
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You wish you could have contact with your relatives but can't because you dont choose to jump through the hoops to make it possible, and they are all slaves to the wrong ideals. You're friend found a way to reconcile his need to have family with his own choice of playing their games. That's his choice, its not a rejection of your thinking. Now if he shuns you, then you haven't lost anything really. Its his loss but then again I would take family over friends any day if it were a choice I was given. Perhaps he thinks he can do them some goog by being in proximity. Dont be so sensitive, its not worth it.