Posts by pronomono

We do need videos like this, but I think these can be just as effective for JWs, especially in how Chris keeps saying our catch phrase - "the truth". Funny how we didn't invent that catch phrase at all.

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JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

by abiather in

i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

pronomono

“Jehovah who used blood of Jesus for the eternal benefit of the humans will not logically prohibit the use of blood for the temporary benefit of humans while they are still here on earth—especially so as Jesus sanctioned the drinking of symbolic blood in the form of the vine. Hence JW view of the blood transfusion is illogical and unscriptural.”

That line spoke volumes to me. Thanks for your experience.

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Today's WT Study based on a theme that adds words not found in the original Greek.

by leaving_quietly in

today's wt study, from the december 15, 2014, is based on mark 7:14, which says:.

so calling the crowd to him again, he said to them: listen to me, all of you, and understand the meaning.

the two words at the end, "the meaning", are not found in the greek.

pronomono

Marked. Excellent thread, leaving_quietly.

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Serious business

by brandnew in

this my friends will help in a long struggle that me and my girlfriend are having.........does the toilet paper unravel over or under.

thank you for your cooperation on this timely matter...

pronomono

I install it over, only to find my wife switch it to under. Which I politely switch back to the correct way.

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Antony Moris III and GB

by Gorbatchov in

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yesterday my wife and i watched the antony morris iii show on tv.jw.org.

our shared opinion was: what a hypocrisy loud and clear available.

antony speaking with a republican accent.. plummers, nurses and carpenters are the standard.. brumley selling his soul to who?

pronomono

sir82
It's pretty much par for the course for JWs.
At our congregation, there is a college-educated young guy whose unbelieving father paid 100% for his college education. This guy was raised in the "truth" by his believing mother.
At every, I mean every, meeting where education is discussed, his is the first hand up, and he condemns higher education expansively, verbosely, and vehemently.
Meanwhile, he continues to enjoy the 6-figure income his college education allows.

This is how it was for me with my parents, except I never vilified higher education. When people asked me about it, all I would say is that its not for everyone. Each person has to decide for themselves, not the elders, not the GB. And there are definitely valid concerns. It is a personal decision.

I would neither recommend or discourage someone from a university degree, but I would tell them that I'm glad that I was able to do so, given my circumstances.

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The Faithful Slave - An Obvious Question I Haven't Heard Asked

by berrygerry in

since the big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.. was it not the apostate maria russell that proffered that ctr was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?.

if the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?.

was maria a prophetic apostate?.

pronomono

Marked....Excellent timeline, Terry. Many thanks.

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DC Drama stirs up drama of it's own!!!

by DATA-DOG in

remember the drama about persecution,suffering, that a modern-day job experiences?

the jw's under ban in a " landmark ruling", our faithful brother conversing with job in the new world, it' all too wonderful!

especially job wearing pants and a tunic style shirt!

pronomono

Back to the OP, I got a chuckle out of this. I remember this letter being read to our circuit when I got called in to help out with the drama. Good ole mother keeping us chaste...

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"The governing body at that time..."

by OneEyedJoe in

so i'm listening to the regional manager give his mid week talk and he's going over acts 15 where they're dealing with the issues that arrose from the jewish christians wanting the gentile christians to adhear too the mosaic law, so some of the apostles gathered to hash it out.

it struck me, though, that he kept using the phrase "the governing body at that time" to describe the apostles and older men who decided on the matter.

once he even slipped up and said apostles, then corrected it to the gb.. i'm thinking that they've actually gone so far as to put it in his outline to make sure its beaten into the r/f that the gb's power is somehow based in scripture.

pronomono

Excellent points, objtruth.