Posts by waton

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Watchtower Study June 18 from April 2017 issue

by BluesBrother in

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-april-2017/judge-of-all-earth-always-does-what-is-right/.

the judge of all the earth always does what is right.

intended as a confidence builder in the organization ..see what you think.. theme is from deuteronomy but it is really highlighting that passage in genesis where abraham had a dialogue with god, (gen.18) would god destroy sodom if 50 righteous men would perish?

waton

Nowhere is mentioned that those in higher position will have "a more severe judgement", or that they are in effect "judging themselves", and that Jehovah said : "vengeance is mine"

The Wt org equates itself with "jehovah" so, wait on it. of course we will be waiting for a long time, for the wolves among the sheep act with impunity for they expect their god to be as absent as he was in 1914, 1925, 19175.

added: In the story of Joseph they fail to mention that it was because of his whistleblowing, exposing the wrongdoing of his brothers that he was nearly killed and expelled by them. sounds familiar?

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If you were a J.W. before July 2013..................

by The Searcher in

....................then you couldn't have been "in the truth" nor was "the truth in you" until july 2013, because that month's watchtower was dedicated to reversing the following 8 "truths" and replacing them with opposing "truths".

you'd been believing and teaching falsehoods.. these are for any new members and those j.w.

's who visit here who have not seen this list before.

waton

1) in my early days, prediction was that the Gt started in 1914, was interrupted (GT interruptus) and would resume at Armageddon***, now overlappingly postponed possibly to 2075. ***

to allow the GC of OS to come "out" of, and not "survive"the GT as they teach wrongly now.

Why did wt not predict the overlap then? could have saved us so much grief. They can not even predict their own doings never mind "god's"

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What was Jesus last name???

by James Mixon in

jesus in hebrew means "savior' and christ in greek means "messiah".

these are identifiers --not names in jesus case.. where did the name christ come from, his parents???

?i can see the name jesus (first name) but christ.

waton

pregnant girls usually give birth away from home, is that why they invented the taxation story? "have to go to pay my taxes!", all the way from Galilee to Bethlehem? Prime travel season too.

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Complete this sentence with only one word: THE TIME REMAINING IS...

by steve2 in

the time remaining is... elastic.. .

stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/f0315d7a1cdf4d6498064881689ea032.html

waton

the time remaining is "Satan.s" he knows his time remaining is short (starting the countdown in 1914, at his ouster) but he will not die until after the 1000 years are ended. so, relax.

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What is the biggest sexual scandal to hit the top of JW tree ?

by Chook in

elders ,co ,do ,branch overseers ,gb ,missionaries has "sinful" lust got the better of them..

waton

...California. The poor ....... even forgave her. F:

no doubt out of gratitude, to be California Dreaming again.

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What was Jesus last name???

by James Mixon in

jesus in hebrew means "savior' and christ in greek means "messiah".

these are identifiers --not names in jesus case.. where did the name christ come from, his parents???

?i can see the name jesus (first name) but christ.

waton

had he lived later, his name would have been Jesus Middleman Fischbein, because his family was poor, not Goldberg for the rich. (he would not have been allowed to be a carpenter guild member either) condemned to go into banking, merchandising or be in another intermediary profession.

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What is the biggest sexual scandal to hit the top of JW tree ?

by Chook in

elders ,co ,do ,branch overseers ,gb ,missionaries has "sinful" lust got the better of them..

waton

locally: Percy Chapman

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Complete this sentence with only one word: THE TIME REMAINING IS...

by steve2 in

the time remaining is... elastic.. .

stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/f0315d7a1cdf4d6498064881689ea032.html

waton

.time remaining remains time....time is a nebulous concept. .. tiki:

a profound statement of yours. because while we have been able to change matter into energy, and back, travel with ease through the 3 space dimensions, time is duration ( from the french word "dur" = hard) and durable. we have not changed it.

whether time is a dimension through which we move or not, we live in the "now" a length of zero size, and we can perceive to exist only because our nervous system is so slow. Allowing us to watch a flowing movie made of still images.

The OP wanted to talk about Satan's time which in ~100 CE or 1914 was supposed to be short, and he knows it, That wt card is not a joker but a joke.

Better to talk, like us, about that precious gift, our time remaining.

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“Tree of good and bad” means what?

by venus in

if “tree of good and bad” were literal, it would mean adam and eve would know what is “good and bad” only after eating of that tree.

however, even before eating of it, they would think “it is good for us to eat of this tree” which means they are already endowed knowledge of “good and bad.” that means “tree of good and bad” is symbolic of something.. since religious organizations interpret this differently, each reader has to adopt his own conclusion.

for me it looks like this: one thinks of good and bad in relation to himself—if something is beneficial for him he would say it is good for him, and bad for him if it is not beneficial.

waton

The key word in the story is you will die. Somebody, something to blame for the inevitable. The desire to keep participating in the life enterprise.

This story is dated. Life is bigger than talking snake fruity stuff.

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London fire..

by zeb in

i bleed for the poor souls caught in that.

no sprinkler system in that domestic building..!.

tragically the govts various of london learned nothing during the world war..

waton

fingerpointing can go a long way, from those demanding a smaller carbon footprint i.e insulation to burn less fuel, to those demanding low or no rent. profit driven, squeezed contractors, .... a tragic way to live and die, even seeing your children die as you succumb too. Far from the green field of your youth. Time for reflection of all of us to do better.

Do not demand what London can do for you, but what you can do for London. or?