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  Say what you will, but I like this article.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  https://www.anointedjw.org/beware_apostates.html .

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  Badfish

  To me, they act like Absalom, third son of David, who paciently spent years "stealing the hearts" of the Israelites in hopes to usurp the throne.

  Does that mean that the Governing Body is currently sitting on the modern day throne of David?
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  Question from a newbie

  by L3G in

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  my second post.

  while lurking here, i've seen that some regular contributors have good resources or ability to find things in the wt publications.. i've got a relative who sometimes listens when i point out problems with the borg's thinking, but i don't have the resources to find something that would help me when talking to her.

  perhaps someone here can find it and help me out.

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  Badfish

  Here's one:

  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011886
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  The United Nations will attack Christendom

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a serious question and i hope to receive intelligent explanations.. .

  the wts says that the great tribulation lies in the future.

  they write that it will start when the united nations attacks christendom.. .

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  Badfish

  I might could see them eventually turning on Islam one day years down the road if things keep going the way they've been going. But if they really say that the nations will turn on Christendom before Armageddon starts, then how could Armageddon be right around the corner? This would take years of radical changes before anything like that would ever happen.
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  If the Governing Body are the Faithful and Discreet Slave, Could the Governing Body all die at once?

  by Eustace in

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  i'm thinking that if all the governing body members all died at once, it would disprove this whole "the governing body are the faithful and discreet slave" business once and for all.. the faithful and discreet slave, according to watchtower teaching, will continue to exist into the time of the end.

  so if the governing body all die at once, that means they ain't the faithful and discreet slave.. they need more youngish gb members quick!.

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  Badfish

  Are you thinking of killing them?
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  The Lion Will Eat Straw Like An Ox In The New System

  by frankiespeakin in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm3sqb7pgdm.

  the wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent's food.

  they will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the lord..

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  Badfish

  The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

  So if the lion eating straw is literal, then the serpent eating dust must be literal as well.

  It couldn't possibly be symbolic could it? I mean with all those lamb of god, Satan being a roaring lion, Satan being a serpent, being cursed to eat dust all the days of his life, etc. references...
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  I need some serious advice...

  by confusedteenager in

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  i'm almost a year out of high school and of course, i'm not in college.

  i'm a pioneer (sigh) with little to no work experience and having a really hard time finding any work.

  i want to go back to college, but it's going to be difficult now that i'm a pioneer, and my parents cannot really afford the loans that will incur should i pursue going to college.

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  Don't take out any loans unless you are going to live away from your parents and need money for rent. If you can live with your parents and go to a community college, just apply for a Pell Grant at fafsa.ed.gov. I got my A.A. at a community college and bachelors from the state university here since I live in a college town without having to pay any money or take out any loans. With the Pell Grant, it pays for your tuition and books plus a couple thousand extra dollars each semester for spending money (you know like beer and stuff :) ) They will offer you loans also when you qualify for the grant but you can just check the box that says you don't want a loan. But if you do opt for the loan on top of the grant, go with the subsidized loan which means there is no interest on the money until 6 months after you graduate.
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  ALL you ever need to know to understand NEW LIGHT (for what it really is)

  by Terry in

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  here is what i'm thinking; see if you don't agree.... .

  jehovah's witnesses are divided into three distinct tiers of membership.. 1.governing body anointed.

  4.the rank and file jw & non-gb anointed are told what the shape is and what it means and what to do about it.. .

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  Did they ever give any scriptural basis for the New Light? Is there a scripture that says the Faithful & Discrete Slave is a small group of men separate from the Anointed as a whole? Or is this just something they thought up on their own?
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  What to do with a passed out drunk girl on your couch.

  by JeffT in

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  http://www.upworthy.com/the-shortest-psa-on-how-to-handle-drunk-girls-passed-out-on-your-couch-ever?c=ufb1.

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  Badfish

  As long as she doesn't fight back and scream at the top of her lungs it's not considered rape. (From the Watchtower)
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  "Jerusalem from above": Mother of Jesus Christ

  by pixel in

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  2. bible

  i've never seen this before, from this week school review, question 8:.

  why did jesus respond as he did regarding his mother and his brothers, and what does this teach us?

  (mark 3:31-35) [feb. 18, w08 2/15 p. 29 par.

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  Badfish

  You didn't know Jesus was adopted?
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  New Stupid Assembly Rules

  by WTWizard in

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  i have heard on this discussion board numerous rules that apply to upcoming a$$emblies.

  some are designed to stop people from meeting the opposite sex; others, to make sure everyone is always ready to recruit new members into the scam.

  i heard that some km inserts have been urging those whose congregation has cleaning assignments to sit in the section that they are assigned to clean.

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  Badfish

  A bunch of people said they want to keep the opposite sex from meeting each other from different congregations. I would think they'd want them to meet to keep them from going out and meeting "worldly people." Isn't that supposed to be like some badge of honor for married Witnesses? Like when someone asks them how they met, they're like "oh, we met at the 1995 District Convention." Doesn't that make them sound more spiritual than "oh, we met in college."

  So no? They want people to marry only within their own congregations?