Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

by paul from cleveland in

i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

once i touch the button, i can't change it.

dropoffyourkeylee

So if a post gets a lot of dislikes, is it 'flagged'? I thought the 'flag' was only to report violations.

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The lord of the rings

by BlackWolf in

now that i've found out ttatt i've been indulging in a lot of so called "spiritistic" entertainment lol.

i recently watched all of the lotr/hobitt movies and man were they awesome!!!

who knew spiritism could be so much fun lol.

dropoffyourkeylee

I read Tolkien through each year from 1970 to 1980. Wonderful books. The movies were actually well done, so I am glad so many people have been introduced to him through film.

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the Remnant

by Esse quam videri in

when was the last time anyone recalls hearing the word 'remnant', in meetings or conversation?

is it something still discussed?

[i haven't attended in 20 years, so no idea].

dropoffyourkeylee

Remnant essentially referred to the remaining pre-1935 anointed whose number was dwindling through the 60's to 80's. They are all dead now practically, incidentally proving the doctrine to be a joke.

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NWT 2013

by truthlover in

the old nwt contained a byline that indicated westcott and hort was used in the translation of this bible.

(they are not mentioned in the 2013 release) but you and i both know that their wordings in scripture remain in the new release.. if you check their background, you will find some serious issues with these translators which the society used.

has anyone googled wh for their spiritual qualifications to include them in the nwt??

dropoffyourkeylee

W & H is not a translation, so the question in the OP is not clear to me.

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25-30 Columbia Heights headquarters up for sale

by wifibandit in

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/3/breaking-news-jehovahs-witnesses-put-brooklyn-heights-headquarters-sale.

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dropoffyourkeylee

124 Columbia Hts is for sale too. The end of an era. That was Henry Ward Beecher's residence back in the day

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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

dropoffyourkeylee

Raised in

baptized 1974

1991

17 years

27

I've begun reading the Qur'an

by nicolaou in

i've reached the point where i feel legitimate comment needs to be backed by knowledge of the source.. i'll post occasional updates on how i'm doing and what i'm learning .

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dropoffyourkeylee

You a right X it is Surah, not Surat that the 'books' of the Quran are called.

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I've begun reading the Qur'an

by nicolaou in

i've reached the point where i feel legitimate comment needs to be backed by knowledge of the source.. i'll post occasional updates on how i'm doing and what i'm learning .

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dropoffyourkeylee

I waded through it about ten years ago. It's a lot like reading the Psalms twice, three times, ten times in a row. One Surat is much like another. At least the one I had contained a lot of footnotes that explained the historical references that made it more interesting.

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Two Year Delay in Building New KHs - What Is the Real Impact?

by committeechairman in

where are all these kingdom halls that were going to start being built?

the rbc arrangement was officially announced as an arrangement that was ending in the united states branch territory in a letter on january 24, 2014 (although this letter is no longer listed on jw.org).

this means that 23 months have passed since the announcement of the ldc taking over and "acceleration" of kingdom hall builds.. what has happened in the meantime with kh construction?

dropoffyourkeylee

The entire KH land grab is based on the continual building with volunteer labor, sell off the property after a decade or two, then repeat. With a moratorium on building, the whole process is at a standstill. The entire purpose of the land grab is thwarted until the building of KH's is resumed.

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Is this the earliest WT reference to 1975?

by Splash in

i thought that the 1975 thing started in the mid to late 60's, but it seems the seeds were sown two decades earlier.is this the earliest reference to it?.

18 how many today are awake to the fact that the lord christ jesus, by his resurrection of the faithful bride members that slept in death, is taking his "bride" unto his father's house and the marriage of the lamb has begun' .... they do not say, 'it is a long time yet to the wind-up, and, according to the present understanding of bible chronology, six thousand years of human history will end first in the coming seventies and till then it is a long stretch to serve the lord continuously and undividedly.'.

... they keep their eye and heart on jehovah's kingdom, and not on the time clock.

dropoffyourkeylee

It is curious how often the leaders of a religious belief of the 'end' build up their hype with the end date about 30-40 years in the future when they will be old. It's like they are setting their life's work ahead of them. Examples, William Miller 1844, Charles Russell 1914, Fred Franz 1975.