The 70 years ended when Daniel in Dan 9 discerned the end of the as per the application of Jeremiah's statement. Dan 9:1 In the first year of Da·ri′us the...
I like to get attention from it. Once I was at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and they had a pledge of allegience. I just sat there and there was a retired ...
... It is the bad association and the going after the world that is discouraged. And the fact that a degree is not really a help anymore. ... There is no such...
True. Not really in the mood to touch on your other emails today. Had a friend die. There is no such thing as a disfellowshipping offense. There are ...
... The 1935 date was not dropped. And nothing has changed. And it is not for US to see fit to partake, it is up to Jehovah God to anoint us with the holy...
1935 used to be the virtual cutoff for the selction of 'annointed'. Those in the WT who claimed to be annointed who were bapt after that date were said to be...
... No change at all. Ones like Fred Franz believed that they were replacements, and people back then didn't question him. But the teaching was that the...
There have been Watchtower articles (QFR) in the past year that have negated 1935 as being a cut-off date for the 144,000 being filled. People have been told...
... negated 1935 as being a cut-off date for the 144,000 being filled.� People have been told not to judge those who wish to partake. What I'm saying is...
There is no such thing as a disfellowshipping offense. There are offenses that will initiate a judicial committee to investigate matters, but it is not he ...
And the fact that a degree is not really a help anymore. Not that a degree is no help anymore- having no degree makes it virtually impossible. ... From: Steve...
It wasn't his theology. It was something that just started happening on its own. People studied, learned and did not get anointed. Many wondered what that was...
Those quotes below and many others show that any closing was not immediate. It is not up to the Watchtower or Rutherford to declare it closed. That is not what...
Steve, The 2-Classes theology was an interpretation of Joseph Rutherford's along with Fred Franz. It was born out of the Dispensational theology of Charles...
... The point I was making was that since we are born sinners, there is no difference between the above activity and birth, they both lead to death. ... That...
I sort of agree with you. Perhaps a better term would be a 'disfellowshippable offense"...because not everyone who engages that behavior is dfed. The word...
FYI Steve, the term disfellowshipping offense does appear thruout the WT index. I have to concede a dfing offense is one that is simply subject to JC...
If one smokes, that is not the end. If one does“erotic activity,” or ‘sexual behavior,’ directed toward another person of one’s own sex, that is not...
... There is no automatic disfellowshipping unless it has public notoriety to it, then one can be automatically disfellowshipped as a way of removing that from...
Listening to a talk by Lyman Swingle about the history of the organization helped me to appreciate something that people on here have trouble with. Matt...
Hi Steve, Christ has found imperfections in the beliefs of his followers throughout history and certainly today as well. Nothing much changed in the Beliefs of...
... Right. so that is never an issue. Except for the critics of the FDS. ... Not active or vibrant in reality as the question becomes "where are they"? ... ...
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