To the OP, your grandmother is wrong. The dead do not communicate with anyone, because they are dead. If they could communicate, then they would not be dead.
Rattigan350
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Didnt I tell you that there is something wrong with this organization?
by exWTslave inthats how my grand mother responded when all of our family members came out of jw organization, either by disassociation or by disfellowshipping.. when we all started studying with jws, my grandmother too was there, but she stopped the study when the discussion over the dead happened.
she told the study conductor: i am convinced that there is only life, but no death.
because when my husband died of heart attack, i was not shaken by the incident.
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Not All Anointed Ones Alive Today Are Part Of 'This generation'
by OwnAccord inwhere do they come up with this stuff?.
this is a topic on 'the other site'.
i actually called our bethel ny branch and talked to a brother on the writing committee, at writing correspondence.
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Rattigan350
How does anyone know that anyone is anointed?
In the times of Israel, it meant that the person was chosen to be king. But he isn't king yet.
Anointeds dont' have anymore authority or smarts than any other.
Get over this whole anointed thing. It is meaningless.
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JW's Never Closed the Door On A Russian King of the North
by scotoma inking of the north.
union, the "king of the south" can be none other than the rival non-communist bloc, under the .
so who is the king of the north now?
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Rattigan350
The Daniel book in 1993 merely said that with the disbanding of the USSR and the berlin wall going down, it is not the king like it used to be.
Then it asked the question of will a nation that was with the former USSR be the KoN when the future prophesies are fulfilled?
It does not exclude Russia from being the KoN.
But then why should we care about the reasoning of the Watchtower books?
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Rattigan350
I never liked the word "Grace". It has no meaning. It is a person's name.
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Regional Convention Program Posted
by kneehighmiah inhttp://download.jw.org/files/media_books/b8/co-pgm14_e.pdf.
i think i will want to kill myself during the friday afternoon symposium.
it should be called "how to not enjoy life or have fun.".
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Rattigan350
Notice the transitional title of:
Convention of Jehovah's Witness.
Not District or International or anything.
Anticipate Future KingdomBlessings
One Language
But Jehovah, the not God of confusion is the one that made many languages.
Perfect Health
But He is the one that broke the health
Earth’s NewRuler—WhoReallyQualifies?
As if that has never been a public talk before. Sigh.
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Regional Convention Program Posted
by kneehighmiah inhttp://download.jw.org/files/media_books/b8/co-pgm14_e.pdf.
i think i will want to kill myself during the friday afternoon symposium.
it should be called "how to not enjoy life or have fun.".
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Rattigan350
What makes me so tired of this all is the constant - Year text, daily text, and with this the theme text of the convention, the theme text of each day of the convention, each talk has a bible text for a theme.
So sick of this need to quote the Bible or reference it.
If something is right, it is right because it is right, not because the Bible says it is.
If something is wrong, it is wrong because it is wrong, not because the Bible says it is wrong.
I don't feel like looking each scripture up to see how it fits in with the talk.
"ACentury of Kingdom Rule Contrasted With a Century of Satan’s Rule" Satan does not rule. Satan is chaos not rulership.
But at least human rule is trying to do something. Kingdom rule is vaporware.
How Babylon the Great Has “Shut Up the Kingdom”
Huh? All religion has shut up the kingdom.
What Must Be Kept in SEcond Place? Anything not to benefit the Society.
“Sacred Secrets of the Kingdom” Progressively?
Didn't they do that last year?
WhoWill Inherit God’s Kingdom? Those“Who Are Poor”
Is that why they are making people poor?
ThoseWho“Become as Young Children” The molested.
ThoseWhoHelp Christ’s Brothers
Help and fund the GB
The Kingdom“Good News Has to Be Preached First”!
Do our work for us. Use your resources to do that.
Pursue Goals That Can Help You Seek First the Kingdom
What does the meetings have to do with the Kingdom?
Second Place?
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Scriptures for brother taking field service group
by FL_Panthers ini have recently been given the privilege of taking the field service group.. .
can anyone give me some scriptures i can use to encourage the group?
can you also give a reason as to why these scriptures are helpful to our ministry.. .
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Rattigan350
Field service is not a command.
When Jesus said "Go forth and make disciples" he was not giving a command. He gave no commands, that was not his style.
The disciples were wondering what to do. They traveled with him for 3.5 years, he died like he did, he was resurrected and appeared to many. They wondered, 'Now what' by asking if he was going to restore the kingdom to them at that time, thinking the kingdom was earthly. (They didn't know about the gentile times ending in 1880 more years). As Jesus ascended he told them that they were to preach.
But that is not a command, it was something for them to do.
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So THAT'S why JWs don't wear beards!
by leaving_quietly incomment by elder:.
"some people say the hebrews didn't shave, so why should we?
" then he proceeded to quote genesis 41:14:.
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It was because they are followers of Rutherford who didn't wear a beard to distance himself from Russell who did.
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What Bomb Will Be Dropped at This Years District Convention?
by kneehighmiah inour insightful posters on this site were able to predict the new "spirit directed" generation teachings and fds teaching even years in advance.
what bomb do you thing will be dropped this year?
i know it will be big.
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Rattigan350
What bombs will be dropped?
Several F bombs we hope.
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Why is it so hard to deconvert the JDubs?
by alonein321 ini was watching this q & a by peter boghossian (autor of the book a manual for creating atheists) on youtube:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zksbmdcczvu .
around 17:15 min, he explains that there are difficulty levels when it comes to religions in aplying these techniques.
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Rattigan350
Blondie said: "Everlasting life in good health on a paradise earth and the promise of seeing your deceased loved ones brought back to life are hard things to let go of."
Why does one have to let go of that? Why not believe that but yet reject the meetings and FS and assemblies?