the bible states that :.
"faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for"...." the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld" heb.11:1. looking at the "true" history of the wtb&ts and not the sanitized version jehovah`s witnesses like to portray nowadays ,nothing the jw`s put faith in ,in over 103 years of their prophecy`s , expectations ,whether it related to the world powers , the king of the north or the king of the south ,the united nations (which they joined for 10 years ) as the disgusting thing that causes desolation,their now acceptance of things they accused christendom of doing such as using atm`s for donating funds,(they never solicit for money){ excuse me while i puke} .all of the failed prophecy`s of the the end/armageddon/great tribulation and the end of false religion babylon the great and the list goes on and on and on.. 1914 , 1919, 1925 ,1975 ,the year 2000 ,and of course since 1914 any day soon , just around the corner ,its imminent ,in our day ,it cant be any more than 5 years away .. 6000 years of human history ended in the late 18th century .
oops sorry ,6000 years of human history didn`t end till 1975 and that is a date that would be appropiate for jesus christ to start his 1000 year reign.. excuse me , faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for ?.
The word faith is equal to fantasy. Meaning Bb.
That is true of religious faith, the word is even synonymous with "denomination" and their doctrine.
In the real world though, for example, millions of people rightly put their faith into the 4 ways , natural laws, that allow a wing to generate enough lift out of thin air., counterintuitive though it appears.
the bible states that :.
"faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for"...." the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld" heb.11:1. looking at the "true" history of the wtb&ts and not the sanitized version jehovah`s witnesses like to portray nowadays ,nothing the jw`s put faith in ,in over 103 years of their prophecy`s , expectations ,whether it related to the world powers , the king of the north or the king of the south ,the united nations (which they joined for 10 years ) as the disgusting thing that causes desolation,their now acceptance of things they accused christendom of doing such as using atm`s for donating funds,(they never solicit for money){ excuse me while i puke} .all of the failed prophecy`s of the the end/armageddon/great tribulation and the end of false religion babylon the great and the list goes on and on and on.. 1914 , 1919, 1925 ,1975 ,the year 2000 ,and of course since 1914 any day soon , just around the corner ,its imminent ,in our day ,it cant be any more than 5 years away .. 6000 years of human history ended in the late 18th century .
oops sorry ,6000 years of human history didn`t end till 1975 and that is a date that would be appropiate for jesus christ to start his 1000 year reign.. excuse me , faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for ?.
JW and their Governing Body , [self] appointed Faithful and Discreet Slave, of 1919, have faith, that they will continue to make divine "biblical history" ." New Books" in the "New System" and all.
Given the "historical" content of the bible, From the colossal Gen. 1;1 error, the talking snake story, offering of carrion, angels carrying on and resulting flood, ---
Jws confidently can have the assured expectation of these realities. more unbelievable stories to continue to be spun. -- current version?
last overlapping partakers will be raptured circa 2075, their bodies disposed off by angels like happened to the one of Jesus.--- no tale is tall enough.
“and now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -- the little prince, by antoine de saint-exupéry..
was he not a famous pilot before the age of reliable aeroplane instruments?
seat of the pants visual flight rules might be exciting, but will it make for a safe landing?
I once had a veteran military pilot as a passenger, he had only limited vision left, and asked him to take the controls while I was filming with my 8mm camera, When I stopped, the plane was in a div, better than in a stall though. so?
keeping your real yes on the horizon, reality, goes a long way to allow you to enjoy your flights of fancy keenly perceived by your eys of the heart.
just got the news.
a very close classmate of mine met an accident and died last nite.... just 4 months after i da'd from the borg.. if i am still in, i wouldn't be so sad.
he has the hope of resurrection.. but now that i am out, i realise that resurrection in paradise is all bullshit.. so what's next?
Part of the grief is that the person that died does not share life with you any more. sorry for the life lost, cut short. so, should not the sharing of time, life without your friend be more precious, albeit emptier? Masking the loss by belief in unproven promises, is missing the point. impressing the uniqueness of life and consciousness, to live it to thefull, carrying it forward. not a comforting idea , but a strengthening I hope. and I hope.
so the wt mag is all but gone just a few a year.
thus a big gap in the sunday program?
no more year books.
get the cliques in the congregations to talk first.
i read some information from jwsurvey.org the other day and a poster ("big b") posted the following comment (these main words i highlighted in bold) which really stood out to me: .
there is no place in an modern world for this organization but watch its downward spiral into the abyss of historic oblivion as most of the adventist millerite movement has already taken.
the jehovah’s witnesses are shown that the organization is corrupt and lies through its teeth are being intellectually dishonest with nobody but themselves as this recent survey shows.
Perhaps they tried that before by the provocative, aggressive and condemnatory " resolutions" they passed at assemblies. Government are satan's tools say Eie ! seven trumpets, more considered as passing gas. .
here's mine... wat corp is flush with money.
there product is a hope--obey us and god might let you live.
gb knows they can say and change beliefs,doctrine, twist scripture without losing more then they gain.
Money and its real [estate] equivalent are a defense, and they are bolstering it. There are riches at the periphery of the organisation. a tax free transfer from the poor to the rich.
"the way you walked was thorny, through no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end.
now you will have peace for eternity.
" -- maleva, the wolf man.
"It is not what you eat, but with whom." from the late 30s,early 40s. so:
beware of eating with talking snakes
.....the truth was not the truth... ?
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The flip flop in the 1960s, back to the original pre 1929 "Superior Authority " teaching that hit me within an hour. I just had a "home bible study" with a Baptist that resisted the wt interpretation, called the wt error, and that very day the wt subscription had arrived, declaring him right me and "Let God be True" wrong.false. from then ir was downhill. Bible research
Big factor was the 144 000 misreading of Rev 7. The 12 tribes each are bigger than just that number. There are more "Spiritual Israelites" than just 12x12x10^3. and then came power abuse, favouritism and Gen 1:1, the talking snake. kiddy stories that's all. Now:
The good news of the overlapping generation kingdom will be preached in all nations, and then ?
lots of good comments already about the content of saturday's agm broadcast.. i just thought i'd add my (trivial!
) comments about the magnificent 7:.
-- loesch - was he intentionally trying to be boring?
Loesch is Austrian, served in the Southern Alps, looking toward Italy and sunny. The Manhattan skyline, across the East River from Columbia heights, , with buildings crumbling to the ground, the UN, not an encouraging sight, when in his home country the hills are alive with the sound of musik. ha ha.
his mid week's meeting has him give a talk on Daniel, it would even put the Lions to sleep in the den.
