The explanation they gave of the overlapping generation is having a negative effect on the dubs. We are just starting to see the beginning of mass disappointment.
John Aquila
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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.
by John Aquila inlast night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.
by John Aquila inlast night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
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John Aquila
Last night I ran into a former Elder friend, he is in his late 70s. He asked how I was doing and I asked how he was doing. Then out of the blue he tells me;
This Overlapping generation is crap, and I don’t believe it. “
I asked him; “What are you going to do”
He said; “Well what can I do? I still believe in a paradise earth. I don’t know anything anymore. All I know is this overlapping generation is a bunch of crap and I don’t believe it.
And he walked away.
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Inspiration, inscripturation
by Doug Mason inthe apostle paul stated at 2 timothy 3:16: all scripture is inspired of god.
the phrase inspired of god translates the compound greek word theopneustos, meaning, literally, god-breathed or breathed by god.
this is the only occurrence of this greek term in the scriptures.
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CalebInFloroda
Until this drastic field of polarizing opposites ceases to exist, Western society will care little about the actual facts.
That's just sad.
Doug Mason
Many theologians speculate that the canon should be revisited,
Not in my lifetime.
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Inspiration, inscripturation
by Doug Mason inthe apostle paul stated at 2 timothy 3:16: all scripture is inspired of god.
the phrase inspired of god translates the compound greek word theopneustos, meaning, literally, god-breathed or breathed by god.
this is the only occurrence of this greek term in the scriptures.
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John Aquila
Caleb, how long do you think it will take the Western world to realize that the Bible we have today is not a direct word for word unerring message from God? Another 100 years? I mean we are at a point in history where communication of ideas is so easy to disseminate.
Doug, love all your studies, great job.
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Is it really that great being one of the Governing Body Members?
by John Aquila inmovie stars travel to, or buy their own private beaches, they get invited to fun parties, and are able to buy not one, but several fast sport cars like jay leno.
they can buy their own planes and helicopters and fly them like harrison ford.
(how much fun would that be?
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John Aquila
Magnum
it's relative. Relative to the real world, they are zeroes and should be miserable. But in their own little world, they are at the top;
Like they say;"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
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Is it really that great being one of the Governing Body Members?
by John Aquila inmovie stars travel to, or buy their own private beaches, they get invited to fun parties, and are able to buy not one, but several fast sport cars like jay leno.
they can buy their own planes and helicopters and fly them like harrison ford.
(how much fun would that be?
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John Aquila
JW GoneBad
Just ask Geoffrey Jackson if being one of the Governing Body members is really that big of a deal?Is it just me or am I way off feeling sorry for that poor girl that married him and she has to see this face above her during knooky-knooky time.
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Is it really that great being one of the Governing Body Members?
by John Aquila inmovie stars travel to, or buy their own private beaches, they get invited to fun parties, and are able to buy not one, but several fast sport cars like jay leno.
they can buy their own planes and helicopters and fly them like harrison ford.
(how much fun would that be?
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John Aquila
Movie stars travel to, or buy their own private beaches, they get invited to fun parties, and are able to buy not one, but several fast sport cars like Jay Leno. They can buy their own planes and helicopters and fly them like Harrison Ford. (How much fun would that be?)
Many love to walk the red carpet in their designer dresses and diamond necklaces which they rarely buy. They write books on romance, success, and biographies and they sell like hotcakes. They buy the best jewelry, go to all the sports games, Broadway shows, and eat at the finest restaurants in the world.
They can afford the biggest mansions on the market with a huge swimming pool, tennis court, and a theater room bigger than most average homes, And they can actually enjoy them.
And when they break the law, many times they get breaks that average people just don’t get. Even when they commit indiscretions, people tend to forgive them. (Think Tiger Woods)
On the other hand Governing Body members get room, and board but their travel is unlike other wealthy people. Their travel is for purposes of giving WT talks in certain cities---Boring----
The GB are under the constraints of their own stupid laws and visibly they have to abide by them or get disfellowshipped like Ray Franz. So no wild parties, they can’t buy their own sports car or planes. They can’t write any personal biographies and make money. They can’t use any of the billions of dollars to buy their own personal mansions. I’ve never heard of any of them attending a basketball, football, or soccer game.
If they commit an indiscretion like Tiger Woods and the world finds out, (they are done, out into the street they go) None have any True friends, because all their friends are conditional. Their cushy life is hanging on a very thin thread. It’s almost like being the Kingpin in a prison.They run things in their little prison, but they are still prisoners.
Being a GB is really only one step, maybe two above a regular JW. They are trapped and slaves of their own “concept”
Watchtower Slaves
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Instructions from the Old Elder's Book
by John Aquila inlast night i was looking over the notes on my old elders book and one of the instructors told us to write this down.
"when you want to get the friends to believe and obey anything, just keep saying it over and over and over and eventually they will believe it and follow whatever they are being told.
when i went back to school, i learned this quote in one of my world history classes..
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John Aquila
OrphanCrow
John: ....a worldly bar...
Lol! Is there any other kind?
OC, by your question you just made me realize something I never thought of before.
"I've never been in a bar"
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Instructions from the Old Elder's Book
by John Aquila inlast night i was looking over the notes on my old elders book and one of the instructors told us to write this down.
"when you want to get the friends to believe and obey anything, just keep saying it over and over and over and eventually they will believe it and follow whatever they are being told.
when i went back to school, i learned this quote in one of my world history classes..
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Instructions from the Old Elder's Book
by John Aquila inlast night i was looking over the notes on my old elders book and one of the instructors told us to write this down.
"when you want to get the friends to believe and obey anything, just keep saying it over and over and over and eventually they will believe it and follow whatever they are being told.
when i went back to school, i learned this quote in one of my world history classes..
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John Aquila
cantleave
There's only so much I could take learning the the semantics between pornea, indecency and brazen conduct.
Ha ha, you just reminded me, I was so serious about those details back then, and after we got back home, the whole elder body would conjure up different scenarios to see if we all understood the difference between those terms. Now that I look back I just shake my head at how young and stupid I was.
We even had a judicial hearing with a sister whose husband went to a worldly bar and had a girl dancer - dance on his lap. We judged it as fornication because the dancer's genitals touched his lap and we gave her permission to divorce him scriptural. Can you believe a bunch of elders in their 20s giving an older woman permission to divorce her husband.
