Posts by Rattigan350

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What the heck is a Godhead?

by Rattigan350 in

i was listening to the radio, a religous show.. the speaker started talking about how the holy spirit is the third person of the godhead.. they just assume that everyone understands what a godhead is, and it is a manmade term.

that is what makes their point of view so ridiculous.. is it like a godfoot, godear, god elbow?.

they have their scriptures to link the holy spirit with the trinity, and jws have their scriptures to unlink it, and never they two shall meet.. .

Rattigan350

I was listening to the radio, a religous show.

The speaker started talking about how the holy spirit is the third person of the Godhead.

They just assume that everyone understands what a Godhead is, and it is a manmade term. That is what makes their point of view so ridiculous.

Is it like a Godfoot, Godear, God elbow?

They have their scriptures to link the holy spirit with the trinity, and JWs have their scriptures to unlink it, and never they two shall meet.

I believe it is God's responsiblity to clarify things if it matters.

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Old out-of-touch JWs using antiquated terms

by sir82 in

jw
friends

ever notice how completely out of touch some (most?

) public speakers are?.

last week we had a speaker ramble on for fully 1/3, maybe 1/2, of his 30 minute talk on the evils of "rap music".. i don't believe the term "rap music" has been uttered by anyone under the age of 40 for at least 20-25 years.. this week we got another "older gentleman" warning us about the pervasive dangers of "internet chat rooms".. again - didn't "chat rooms" die out about the same time as dialing up to connect to aol?.

Rattigan350

So he left the "c" off of it. It is properly called "Crap music", cut him some slack.

And how about the continued use of the book by "Dr Spock" where he criticizes the spanking of children from the 1960s.

The NWT is modern language even today. The problem is that the expressions translated from are overly complicated and redundant.

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Do they still discourage recording the a$$emb£ies and CONventions?

by punkofnice in

if so then what are they afraid of?.

i haven't been to a single solitary meeting, conventions or a$$emby since 2010 but i do recall they would announce a discouraging of recording the sessions..

Rattigan350

Yeah, but to BORROW that congregation copy, you have to present the elders with a good reason for missing.

So much for the information being life saving.

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I lost my pet today...

by tooktheredpill in

she was a 12 year old maltese.

the best pet in the world.

my wife and i never had kids, so she was our only daughter.

Rattigan350

Look at the bright side.

You no longer have that false god taking time away from your study and meetings and thinking on Jehovah.

(total sarcasm about that Saturday DC talk)

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A Video Series about 607 BC vs 587 BC

by Londo111 in

this is the main series playlist:.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plynx0om_bmgbfmnapjr_v5fe9_pf8sqa1.

this is the accompanying video appendix:.

Rattigan350

I wish this whole topic would end.

There is no issue. It is so simple.

Captivity ended in 537. Started 70 years prior in 607. 607 was not the destruction of Jerusalem. When the captivity started is when the gentile times started. Gentile times did not start at Zedekiah, but 20 years earlier at the first invasion. They ran from 607-1914.

Stop trying to battle the WTS on every issue as this 607 as the destruction was a Nelson Barbour creation. But the gentile times predated even him.

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Zimmerman Not guilty

by mouthy in

Rattigan350

This whole thing about race is ridiculous. Zimmerman was a latino. One minority against another? That is not what racism is.

But the blacks don't even learn a lesson from this. If their race is not to be profiled, why are they out with hoodies and protesting and causing problems?

I don't have a problem with blacks. Saw many of them at the District convention. If Trayvon was at the DC or meetings or in field service or in family worship, he would never have had this problem. Worldly Blacks have always had an image problem, which is why Bill Cosby has said the things he said about them.

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Who could tell me the current WT stance on JW's Facebook, etc.use?

by Glander in

seems that over recent months that jw's were being forbade to participate due to interaction with mentally deseased apostates.

has this been softened?

i have a reason for asking.. i use the word "current" because it seems the watchtower "use by" dates are getting shorter all the time.

Rattigan350

Why do you care about the WTS stance on anything?

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Does God really have a personal name?

by XPeterX in

the bible says that the personal name of god is jehovah/yahweh/jah etc.thing is,we don't know it's correct pronounciation (or the pronounciation of any hebrew name).the name jehovah as we know it today means "he causes to become".someone who causes something to become is just called "creator" or "maker".right?he gave that name to his self so that people or the angels could call him by a name.also,how was he called before the creation of the anything?how can some people claim to be his friends if they don't know his actual name?discuss.

Rattigan350

Do you expect people on here would know the answer to that question?

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New book "Imitate their faith" aka fantasy bible stories

by Sapphy in

thanks atlantis for posting a link to download the new book - i had a quick browse.... .

the book starts off with the now traditional 'letter from the governing body', it goes through the usual stuff re how wonderful the magazines are, how countless people write in to praise the articles etc etc, but it signs off: "with much love and every good wish...".

good wishes eh?

Rattigan350

I am so sick of Bible stories and characters. I thought we were not supposed to exalt and worship people. These are normal people doing their thing, nothing special about them.

I mean the story of Hannah. What's the big deal? She prayed intensely. She did something one day of her life and it is recorded and honored forever. Many others did many more things for God and we never hear a peep about that.

And this drama about Esther. She did nothing.

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Do they still discourage recording the a$$emb£ies and CONventions?

by punkofnice in

if so then what are they afraid of?.

i haven't been to a single solitary meeting, conventions or a$$emby since 2010 but i do recall they would announce a discouraging of recording the sessions..

Rattigan350

They don't discourage the reocrding of them. They are broadcast on low power FM to pick up with recorders.

They discourage the distribution of them.

The reason is because people will listen to them from the recordings and not attend their own and then they won't donate.

Just like what the RIAA was afraid of with Napster. Music sharing hurt their revenue. WTS thinks assembly sharing hurts their revenue.