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Billy's Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-26-2014 WT Study (Obey Jehovah's Shepherds))
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in
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2. bible
fine.

holy spirit appointed overseers to shepherd?

6:1, 2; jude 22) are these not good reasons for being obedient to those who are taking the lead?read hebrews 13:17.. .
jonahstourguide

Yep it was a difficult one to sit through, sympathies to the rest of my "necessity compatriots".

My answer to para 6 today turned a few elders heads. The conductor asked, after getting the regulation verbatim answers,

"how are elders appointed by holy spirit?".

"Well, actually todays elders are not appointed by holy spirit, only the early christian

congregations' oveseers were by paul and the operation of holy spirit was immediately evident.

Today however, the elders are 'said' to be appointed by holy spirit only if they conform to the

scriptural qualifications and the rules stated in the elders manual. The governing body relies on the local elder body to

'get it right' as it were". Conductor smiles benignly and says we'll have the next paragraph read.

Ha ha I've already dodged 2 attempts for a shepherding call over the generation correction. " Its just not convenient at this time,

thank you for your concern".

jtg
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Contradictory Timelines - Do they REALLY think we are this stupid?
by piztjw in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so in today's wt, as brought out in another thread, it is the nations that make the declaration of "peace and security.

" yet just a few paragraphs later they claim, in answer to their own question of who declares "peace and security", that the bible doesn't say.. in the very next paragraph they say that angels are holding back the destructive winds of the great tribulation.

to answer their next question as to what those angels are waiting for they say the wait is for the "annointed" to receive their second sealing, referring to a 2007 q/r which says the second sealing is finished only when the "annointed" (including the gb) are in heaven.
jonahstourguide

Yep, confusing but the study issue feb 15 2014 pages 8 to 12 seems to go

with the july 2013 view. I was told not to get too technical when I popped the

question to an elder on sunday.

jtg
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Will this Memorial be our last?
by pixel in
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2. bible
they just put up the march km 2014 on the private website.

most of it is same-old-same-old, with info here and there about the memorial.. somebody here might post the march km for all to see, i wont.. i just wanted to share the paragraph from page 2 q&a anticle: will you seize the opportunity?

upcoming memorial enables us to show gratitude .
jonahstourguide
- Good point prologos
  
  We been observing it all through the "great tribulation we never had"
  
  and now somebody reckons it wont be observed at the end of a hundred years.
  
  buggered if I know
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How to Cause a Hardcore JW Brain to Malfunction
by Apognophos in
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2. beliefs
i am leaving it to the reader to decide whether this trick is funny in a cruel way, or potentially beneficial.

it can definitely be used for evil, that is to say, personal amusement.

then again, it could be a kind way to help someone start thinking outside the box.
jonahstourguide

How many guesses do I get Oubliette ? One for every "adjustment"?

jtg
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
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2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

Konceptual99 Oh no, Hypothesis that has been falsified after experimentation is called

Bullshit in the part of the world i live in irrespective of whether it's in the rubbish bin

or not. Thats gotta be obvious!! I don't believe I stated that a scientific theory was or was not falsified.

Actually I don't understand where this concept of "Falsified" came from.

(Does trash canning something mean it's falsified in some parts of the world?)

Perhaps the Australian idiom I'm using is not working internationally. My point was that many theories

are formulated calculated and abandoned as they don't have or cannot be proven at that time.

Then others take their place. Mate I've had this new light argument with others,,, there is no new light.

It's called "we got it wrong and we're not telling you so"
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
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2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

Thank you snare, I'm going to have a good look.

Have they found a way of making dna computing more commercially viable?
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

Which experiment confirmed the standard model again and again?

And why didn't the scientific fraternity credit him earlier for his hard work?

I've obviously missed something. By the way I'm no scientist but

am fascinated by the studies therein.
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

How many reams of mathematical calculations are in the trash can ????

Every formulator of those had the same strongly held theory.

Like wise those who try to prove or hold on to these theories regarding god

continue to fill trash cans with theories ad nauseum.

As with any theories or mathematical calculations we wait for the final proof.

Dna computing was gonna be hot too but I haven't heard how that's going so far.
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

It became evidence when it became evident
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i do not think god is a'morphic.

god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
jonahstourguide

Higgs et al had a "strongly held theory". What dictionary are you using?