nothing beats live performances. For the record.
Posts by waton
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6CLASSICAL music: value ZERO ?? (The Truth That Leads to Eternal LIfe)
by Terry inclassical music: value zero??.
performances are ephemeral.
you hear a live performance - and it's gone.. a recording may preserve that 'in a certain way' but it can't preserve it against other performances of the same thing.
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There is no heavenly calling, it is a wishful thinking of JWs
by Abraham1 inthen jesus said to his disciples: “truly i say to you that it will be difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of the heavens.
again i say to you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god.” (mathew 19:23, 24, https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/books/matthew/19/) for jesus both “kingdom of heaven and kingdom of god” are interchangeable—they are one and the same.
when earth comes again under god’s rulership, earth becomes a “kingdom of heaven.” (mathew 5:3, 5) “those poor in spirit” are defined as those having no self-importance or egoless (mathew 16:24) and “the meek” too are egoless.
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waton
No mention of two classes of people .
how about the gates with the name of the 12 tribes, the foundations with the 12 apostles names?
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Roger aka Andre' cites scripture that contradicts major wt false doctrine.
by waton inin the just finished wt study # 38, "--spiritual family" , par.
19 , " robert " is reported to have cited math: 12:50. note he has limited "bible knowledge" therefore is not fully indoctrinated.
jesus: .
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waton
But also, “brother” can also mean and refer to Jesus brothers in the sense of the “heavenly calling”.
Fm, yes it could, but Jesus said; "all those" . Also, at the time Jesus spoke these words, there was no heavenly calling, even he used language at the last supper for example, that can only be understood to mean an earthly future. Of course he was the second adam, sacrificing his earthly everlasting life.
The text in Math 25 stipulates strictly humanitarian deeds, to the most needy. wt's twisting of the text to make that equal to support for the wt empire scheme is the worst of it's doctrines. imho.
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Roger aka Andre' cites scripture that contradicts major wt false doctrine.
by waton inin the just finished wt study # 38, "--spiritual family" , par.
19 , " robert " is reported to have cited math: 12:50. note he has limited "bible knowledge" therefore is not fully indoctrinated.
jesus: .
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waton
In the just finished wt study # 38, "--spiritual family" , par. 19 , " Robert " is reported to have cited Math: 12:50. Note he has limited "bible knowledge" therefore is not fully indoctrinated. Jesus:
" Whoever does the will of my father, who is in heaven, that one is my brother, sister and mother."
"God's spirit helped "andre" to answer that question" . so wt,
wt teaches that the brothers of jesus are only the patakers especially those in the head of the wt organisation. misreading Math. 25. But here, according to the wt story teller,
Roger, a new bible student , perhaps in the "first love of the truth" guided by Holy Spirit, sets you straight.
" Whoever does the will of my father, who is in heaven, that one is my brother, sister and mother."
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses subtly directing the brothers to have homes with attics?
by was a new boy init seems if you have an attic, you'll be safest there..
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waton
just a note, basements vs attics, bible says the end will not by water, again, so basements are fine as long as it not only prelude to the end. -- see BC, german flood and mud.
If the end comes trough fire, make that galvanized roofs, joists. hot though, dont touch.
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waton
well, they advocate removing all dissenters, unruly ones, that "will not inherit God's kingdom" those that will end up "as manure on the ground", as a cure for our ills. they have to be kind of "remove the dirt " perfectionist, Not that it does not have merit, Japanese pride has done wonders for the US car industry by way of competition, and I like my airplane mechanic to be a top notch perfectionist,
but then there is also the sweeping under the rug expediency move. . with an only a partially floor clean of dirt particles.
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Circuit Overseer's visit and Body of Elders
by bola inwho is more powerful out of the co and the body of elders?
i remembered a time i was a reg.
pioneer and my service overseer in my congo was asking one of the regular pioneers during the meeting with the co. how powerful is the co to the body of elders and how powerful is the body of elders to the co?
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waton
corporate structure in the congregations might limit the visitors power. if the congregation "voted" to appoint the the 3 silverbacks permanently, is the Co/ branch going to court? publicly?
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Circuit Overseer's visit and Body of Elders
by bola inwho is more powerful out of the co and the body of elders?
i remembered a time i was a reg.
pioneer and my service overseer in my congo was asking one of the regular pioneers during the meeting with the co. how powerful is the co to the body of elders and how powerful is the body of elders to the co?
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waton
When the green or golden handshake is in danger to turn brown, or transparent, the power balance shifts.
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | November 2021
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | november 2021. .
13. how did prayer help one family who were unjustly treated?.
13 consider the experience of a sister named vero, who lives in the democratic republic of the congo.
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waton
whoever wrote that fictitious account has not been among a bunch of undisciplined soldiers with a mother and her 15 year old daughter.
a bullet would be the least of their worries, or a more merciful fate.
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Body of Elders Leadership
by bola inwho has more power in the body of elders in watchtower.
is it the cboe, secretary, service overseer or who?
i am just wondering since in my congo there seems to be cowards among them..
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waton
Ah, the good old days. there was actually prior to 1975, the rotating elder arrangement, where the newly created elder positions, were rotated between all the appointees. Imagine
in September the humblest elder became the president. The bullys, big and small really really hated it.
It made the coming 1975 paradise more believable, utopia in governance had already arrived.