Posts by fastJehu

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undeserved kindness vs. grace

by nowwhat? in

undeserved kindness means- you puny humans are irredemable and worthless, but because i am such a benevolent and magnanimous god.

i give you a way for salvation.

but you better keep working day in and day out for the rest of your miserable lives and perhaps i'll save you on my day of wrath.

fastJehu

An older thread about undeserved-kindness-vs-grace:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/192401/undeserved-kindness-vs-grace-watchtower-flaw-nutshell?page=1&size=10

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the-question (607 BCE explained and proved)

by pleaseresearch in

so a user named "the-question" said the jw's were right about 607 bce.. this is your chance brother to prove us all wrong.. we all can't wait to hear from you :).

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Hoffnung
and the city of Babylon was eventually destroyed more than 1000 years ago
and has not been rebuilt until today. and nobody is living there.
not that i care now, but also in this the bible was right.

Nobody?

Saddam Hussein rebuild the palace of Nebuchadnezzar.

You can have a close look via google maps into this region - how it looks like today:

https://www.google.de/maps/place/Hilla,+Irak/@32.5449273,44.4157196,6858m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x1558e2ff01db52b9:0xa59de3214124678b!8m2!3d32.4773359!4d44.4276206

Here are a german report about Babylon today:

http://www.zeit.de/2009/31/A-Babylon

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New light in this weeks WT?

by Indian Larry in

anybody have any ideas where they are going with the "new light" they have been pushing last week and this week?

for instance in this weeks study article one section reads:.

in years gone by, we believed that jehovah became displeased with his people because they did not have a zealous share in the preaching work during world war i. we concluded that for this reason, jehovah allowed babylon the great to take them captive for a short time.

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Anders Andersen
How is it even possible that they get new information about their own history, especially now that everyone who actually had first hand experience is dead?

Page 27 § 5:

... However, faithful brothers and sisters who served God during the 1914-1918 period later made it clear that as a whole the Lord’s people did everything they could to keep the preaching work going. There is strong evidence to support this testimony. A more accurate understanding of our theocratic history has led to a clearer comprehension of certain events recorded in the Bible.

later... has been WHEN???

strong evidence... WHERE can I find this strong evidence?

For me it's wishy-washy.

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New light in this weeks WT?

by Indian Larry in

anybody have any ideas where they are going with the "new light" they have been pushing last week and this week?

for instance in this weeks study article one section reads:.

in years gone by, we believed that jehovah became displeased with his people because they did not have a zealous share in the preaching work during world war i. we concluded that for this reason, jehovah allowed babylon the great to take them captive for a short time.

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Indian Larry
The thing is that I no longer have the WT Library on CD, actually I no longer have a Windows computer period. I have gone all Mac so I cant research like I used to.

Here you can download a software, to install the normal WT library on your mac:

http://www.wtlibrary.net/en/

My mac has the WT-library installed since years with this tool.

Here the BOE-Letter about the library 2016 (source = user darkspilver):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlRGxFNXFld3NYcFE/view

Here the library 2016 CD for download (source = http://avoidjw.org):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw0qjUoEReBVMmFGY1h6Q3hMSjA

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Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

by Skepsis in

jw
friends

hi folks,.

i have a difficult dilemma.

since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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Skepsis
Some elders are never in the cart since they work all the week and those who are on the list don't like it and don't want to increase their hours...

Follow the really good example of this spirituality elders and find a fulltime job.

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How do JW's determine a person is anointed?

by thinker11 in

i've always wondered about this.

when a person believes they made a spiritual connection with god and proclaims themselves as anointed, how do they determine whether this person is anointed or not.

does a group of elders look at the person's spiritual resume and check off the person's pioneer stats, bible knowledge, attendance, work ethic, personality, etc and then believe in the person if they have a good track record?

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blondie
Actually, there was a Questions from Readers 6-15-96 WT issue p. 31 on that that said the WTS said it was equal.

And they repeated it in this WT:

*** w16 January pp. 23-24 par. 6 “We Want to Go With You” ***
Modestly, anointed ones acknowledge that they do not necessarily have more holy spirit than those with an earthly hope. They do not claim to have special knowledge or revelations; neither do they try to prove that they are in some way superior. They would also never suggest to others that these too have been anointed and should start partaking; rather, they would humbly acknowledge that it is Jehovah who does the calling of anointed ones.

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ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

by Richard Oliver in

i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

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Richard Oliver

I do believe that in some jurisdictions where it requires elders to report the matter, the must and should. In jurisdictions where it gives the option to report or not, they should encourage the family to report and if they choose not to report, then the elders should report.

So last year there was a letter to all BOE, that EVERY Damage to property and burglary (at kingdomhalls) should be reportet immediately to the police.

Why not such a letter because of a much worse crime???

It's a CRIME - not "only a sin" - and every crime has to be reported.
That should be the WT policy.

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ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

by Richard Oliver in

i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

fastJehu

1006 - or - 1 case.

It doesn't matter, because 1 case is 1 case to much.

There we have 1 victim - facing the hell on earth in "the spiritual paradise" for the rest of his/her life.

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One Big Family... Except For When You Need Them

by pale.emperor in

when i was in, we all used to claim us jw's were "one big family" all around the world, and how we're the happiest people on the earth.

except that isnt true is it?

i knew that when i was in, but i've just had some news which shows me how unloving, uncaring and un-family like they really are.. my ex-best friend (he has to shun me doesn't he?

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pale.emperor
It pains me because i really want to help. Wether it be with money or, hey, i have a big spare room. But there's no way they'd even speak to me.

Anyway - offer your room to them. Write it down, put some money into a envelope and give it to him.

After all - he will waways remember: NO JW offered real help, only his fried - the EX-JW. There is no better way to show true christian love to him and that this love comes from people - not from an organisation.

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