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DOES " NON-- ANOINTED mean NON--CHRISTIAN ?"
by Blueblades infrom the february 15, 2003 watchtower magazine,the following implications are shown about the non-"born again" ( 144,000 ) jehovah's witnesses,which comprise over 99% of the organization.. ( 1) they are not anointed -- they are "...others in addition to christ's anointed followers..." (p.19, # 9 ).
( 2 ) they are not sons of god--"...anointed christians that they...'are god's children'...god's spirit gives them a sense of sonship towards him..."( p.21, # 18 ).
( 3 ) they are not led by the spirit--"...spirit-anointed and should partake of the memorial emblems...'all who are led by the spirit are sons of god'...( romans 8:14 ) " ( p.19, # 7 ).
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Concluding--Imprisoned Ideas.
by Blueblades inwhat is the moral to be drawn from all of this?.
one moral,it would not be wholly facetious to suggest,might be that the first rule for an organization should be a rule providing for its dissolution within a limited period of time.
"this oganization shall be dissolved not later than...".
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Circuit Overseer: "You Are Not Really Stressed. You Just Think You Are"
by minimus inthen he said, "if you were in africa and had people chasing you with a machete, then you'd be stressed.
otherwise, you're really not stressed.
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Local Needs Talk Given About My Family
by minimus inthis week, the local needs talk dealt with showing loyalty to jehovah and his organization.
the account of achan and his family was discussed.
because they did not report what achan had done, the entire family was punished by jehovah with death.
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The Three Freds and Change, a story
by jst2laws inan old thread of metatron's was brought up yesterday discussing an incident at bethel that occurred in august of 1971. the story has become a legend to some including, as legends often do, a little myth.
this story illustrated metatrons point that the wt does not change because it loves truth, but changes when it is forced to.. .
a family with a ba (bad attitude).
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The Power Of The Organization
by minimus in.
what do you think makes the organization so powerful in the lives of people??
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Drawing Close to Our Father...
by confuzcious ineven though i'm not going to meetings, i still have a tremendous need to draw closer to god.
since leaving, i do feel closer.
three things i've been doing...
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An E-Mail from a Christian friend
by gumby inno...no this can't be real,.
jesus came to me.. he did not let me in but said,.
lord, where will i go?.
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Continuing --Imprisoned Ideas # 7
by Blueblades in.
among the rank and file many things combine to keep them in the organization,even when they become uneasily conscious that there is a dawning,and even a yawning gap between organization and idea.first there is the force of inertia.it is easier not to resign than resign.drift is easier than decision.next there is the factor of sentiment.. all of us tend to project onto the organization of which we are members,the virtue we would like it to have,and to be blind to its defects.and ,finally,men are gregarious creatures and dislike falling out of the ranks away from the comrades of years.. gradually the organization changes.as it changes it attracts new elements which approve the change.not because of conscious calculations,which comes much later,when the idea has been deserted,but because the organization developes its own logic,its own "raison d'etre",and because men tend to become the prisoners of the organization,the organization can finish up by standing for the precise opposite of the idea which called it into being.
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Continuing--IMPRISONED iDEAS # 6
by Blueblades in.
another element is this:prophets always stand a good chance of being bumped off.this chance is increased if they come down from the hills into the marketplace,and still further increased if they come down unarmed.prophets should only go unarmed into the marketplace if they think that their work is done,and are prepared to depart hence.. some prophets take to arms.even where the orginal prophet does not,his disciples may do so.the devil must be fought with the devil's weapons.this argumentatively sound but practically disastrous.for it means that the servants of god,the disciples of the idea,tend to descend to the devil's level.as the organization grows,it deteriorates.its leaders are not the men they were.
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