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  ...AN ELEPHANT in my pajamas (an alternative way of seeing the world)

  by Terry in

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  an elephant in my pajamas.

  by the age of 2, i began noticing comedy was a verbal violation of logic.. in fact, groucho marx taught me an important way of applying my thinking in terms of logic and humor.

  by the age of 2, i had been taught to develop a bias toward “what was obviously logical” and to omit all else.. that was a social bias.

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  Humour infuriates Authority.

  absolutely true, found that valid for the Nazi bullies, Commies and local wt guardians.

  really a great OP!!!! a must read!
  
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  Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

  truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

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  Wt includes all JW in this case not only the fds that God uses exclusively.

  you said it.

  wt has turned millions into false prophets, by making them repeat all the false teachings in the d2d and other ministry features.

  Can think of the stink of the "Superior Authorities" debacle, shame on us. and

  dragging the holy name down with it
  
  
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  How do Witnesses reconcile Isaiah 43:10 with John 1:1

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  something does not compute.

  you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.

  isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.

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  waton

  Interesting that the term "Word" is used to point to a means of creation, The "Word" also referring the JC in his pre-earthen life. Word involving acoustics in "speaking" structures into existence. Add to that, that

  "wisdom" is involved in the creative process too, as a nom de guerre for JC again.

  No wonder it is stupendous work of art, the universe.
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  Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

  truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

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  We don't know

  or some claim that, but as one of the wt F&DS members said in Australia : " It would be presumptuous to say that Wt is the sole channel used by god ", or words to that effect.

  It is easy to blame the deity for wt's failings, flailing. wt doctrine is: the wt was appointed in 1919 to be the fds, given all the monopoly authority to feed the domestics. You pay with your life if you doubt or disagree.
  
  
  
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  so true

  by greenhornet in

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  support the nazis in what? If everybody knew about, and dwelled on the atrocities against the Jewish people, the Soviet female prisoners of war, many would have been less enthusiastic about nazi actions. but remember, Germany was also facing extinction, by an enemy that we now know was bent of eliminating a nationality if needed be. So, there should be a distinction between the extreme nazi ideology and the right to legitimate warfare that every nation claims for its defence. now,

  what does "covid" to do with it? If you are faced with extinction you will take the vaccine? btw, if you can get the shingles shot, take it, better than feeling you have been shot, wherever it hits.
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  New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

  by waton in

  1. social
  2. current

  for what it is worth to those interested.

  1914.. tel-aviv university.

  "biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

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  "I agree with WT interpretation" Fisherman,

  When all is said and done, !914, derived from these dates, is a classic wt false prophecy, because they announced, predicted that in that year, the world would end and they, anointed all, would have a rapid ascend to heaven, clearing the way.

  Even 3 years later they still were stunned by that failure, denying it, by going at it again, with another like follow up,

  " The World has ended, Millions now living will never die." they will go down, or up with that.

  The evidence is cast in stone, or charcoal.

  
  
  
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  Missing Monthly Broadcast - May 2015

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  youtuber millstone research has done a video on the fact that the may 2015 monthly broadcast is no longer on jw org.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/categories/studiomonthlyprograms.

  the broadcast was presented by lett who mentions he had the backing of the other gb members regarding his comments.. the broadcast is basically about soliciting jws for funds as well as other 'valuable things' for the organisation.

  this is the one where he claims that the money flowing out was more than the money flowing in.

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  wt changing their publishing history is an old fact, yearly bound volumes often differed from the original printed copy. In science (which wt writers compare their bible research compare too, sjust one instance like that would sink your career, or tacking boat.
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  New "thinking" on WHY Jesus cried!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we used to believe it was because of seeing the others' intense grief at bereavement:.

  bhs chap.

  7 p. 72 par.

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  To be confronted too with his impending mortality, and not dying in his sleep like his friend. Only month away from : "Eli, Eli, why----?
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  Newtons prediction for end of the world

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  maybe this man (sir isaac newton), has more credibility than fred franz in picking a date for armageddon ?.

  interestingly, newton(brilliant mathematician, everyone must know him) was very interested in the bible and revelation .. .

  what newton tried to do was determine a particular timescale for the apocalypse.

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  waton

  Ussher's proposed date of 4004 BC differed little from other Biblically based estimates, such as those of Jose ben Halafta (3761 BC), Bede (3952 BC), Ussher's near-contemporary Scaliger (3949 BC), Johannes Kepler (3992 BC) or Sir Isaac Newton (c. 4000 BC).

  Keppler was disfellowshipped for his bible checking, Newton kept mum about some of his bible research to avoid that fate, which was often fatal.

  P.S. A Wt speaker put the limit to 2075, giving us 15 more years than the genius.
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  Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

  truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

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  The Watchtowers "Slave" was appointed in 1919, but was, until recently "all the anointed as a class" (a lot of dis-appointed at that time of change). So,

  the first century "governing body" was not part of the F&DS. but

  Wt should follow that pattern, to re-create the divinely approved setup, therefore

  recognize that outside contributors (like Paul) have more insight, inspiration, than wt writers themselves. Even,

  if like the Apostle Peter, they find "apostate writings" hard to understand, because of blinkers.

  First century divine pattern: majority of relevant doctrine was written outside "Headquarters". Probably

  still is, because a lot of "new Light" came because of the untenable positions were pointed out to them.