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Cruel Pre-1975 Teaching Point - Persecution
by Amazing inpersecution: sometime around late 1973 early 1974, when jws everywhere were in eager anticipation of armageddon breaking out, we also feared something else.
prior to armageddon, there would be the great tribulation, and just about this time we expected heavy persecution, so much so, that is was hard to help bible studies (newbies) to get over this fear.. service meeting part: during a service meeting, the elder giving the part was speaking about such persecution and of course all this was prefaced with our obedience to jehovah and his organization, doing all the works, meetings, etc.
.... ... as he spoke, there was suddenly loud banging on all of our entry-exit doors.
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R&F at fault for Armaggedon delay
by truman inwell, another issue of the wt came today, aug 15,2001. and again it has some statements which piqued my ire, so i thought i would share a couple.. on pg.28, paragraph 14, in the study article titled 'do not give up in doing what is fine'is the following:.
"remember too, that 'jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire any to be destroyed, but desires all to attain to repentance.
' (2 peter3:9) notice, god is 'patient with you'--members of the christian congregation.
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Gems from August 2001 KM
by comment inwhat i loved about the majority of these quotes are the implications that an orthodox reader would be oblivious to.. you are "a theatrical spectacle"!
paragraph 5: "when you encounter opposition or think that your ministry is not getting results, remember that you are the center of universal attention.".
(but of course, don't forget psalm 8:4, in case you ever think you have any importance outside of going in field service.).
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Why Are You Here?
by larc inthe question, "why are you here?
" is simple enough, and your answer may be straightforward.
however, when i asked that of myself, i find that my answer is pretty complicated.
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Sci-Fi Fans Only: A.I.
by Maximus ini hear tell there are some aficionados out there.. as a young man i secretly loved ray bradbury, isaac asimov, l. sprague decamp, poul anderson, arthur c. clarke and others.
loved brian aldiss' "super-toys last all summer.".
when the movie "2001: a space odyssey" premiered, i sneaked into a theater all by myself, and was blown away.
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Is it a Congregation or a tricky corporation
by jst2laws ini have been trying to make points with some in my congregation by dropping neutral hints, such as: did you know since 1985 we (they) do not baptize in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit but we have taken holy spirit out of the process and placed the spirit directed organization into the picture?.
i told several on their way to the convention to look for this as well as the emphasis in the drama on loyalty to the organization.
i havent been to the convention this year but may have to persevere through one more because two folks came back telling me they did not hear any emphasis on organization.
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Currently at the book study...
by comment inwhat publication is currently being studied at the congregation book study, and whereabouts in the book are they?.
thanks,.
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Complement a Poster
by Black Man inhere's your chance to complement a poster whose posts make you think, make you mad, make you laugh, make you cry.
i usually find something that i dig in everybody's post around these parts.
but i'll single out some peeps in particular.
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ANOINTING - How JWs really know!
by Amazing inanointing - how jws really know!
[note: this is a 7 page post in case you may want to print it out and read it later.
i hope that i do provide clarity on this topic, but i accept that i may have muddied the waters as much as i have tried to clear them up.
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Convention news
by Liberated inmy daughter's friend is excited about their upcoming convention.. she's been told there are many changes coming from jehovah (thru.
the fds.).
anybody know what these "changes" might be?