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Arauna

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    Arauna reacted to TrueTomHarley in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    I put it first on my own blog. It’s also in TTvtA.
    It didn’t carry the day with that Reddit bunch, but then they ARE a hostile crowd. And even I have to admit those mannerisms do take getting used to, regardless of their origin. I think we have to drop back to Pudgy’s comment:
    Coming from cynical Pudgy, this is extraordinary praise, the equivalent of ‘Stellar’ from anyone else. 
    It may be just an example of God ‘laughing at the wisdom of this systems’s wise ones,’ proof that his anointed are, as in the first century, seldom of ‘noble birth,’ nor ‘wise,’ but decidedly ‘uneducated and ordinary.’
    I’ll take substance over style any day. Turn on the TV and you can see endless people whose ‘style’ is impeccable. Among them are some of the stupidest people whom God ever let roam the earth.
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    Arauna reacted to JW Insider in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    A few months ago, I looked up "Stephen Lett" together with "Bells Palsy" in Google to see if I could find anything on this. I found out that TTH had presented an article about Stephen Lett called Let us Appreciate Stephen Lett (https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/96dllz/let_us_appreciate_stephen_lett/)
    The article was from 4 years ago, and there was a later edit from TTH which said:
    Edit: It turns out that Brother Lett has grappled with Bell's palsy, which paralizes facial muscles on the affected side, and as part of rehab, he got into the habit of exagerated facial movements, a habit that stuck, or is perhaps even still advisable. The elder telling me this said, when I pressed him, that he had it "on good authority." Knowing him, I rate it as probably a 90% chance. So you never know. You just don't.
     
    Even before locating that, I had already clicked on another much more recent comment in reddit that said:
     
    According to what I read he had Bells Palsy and his exaggerated facial expressions were acquired over time in response to trying to overcome the nerve damage.
     
    I don't know if that more recent comment had been picked up through TTH's comments, or if it was from an independent source.
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    Arauna reacted to Witness in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    I noticed you are confused by what I said, @Arauna.  Both the "thousand years" at Rev 20:2,7 and the "one hour" in Rev 17:12 are spans of time.  The "one hour" is symbolic, obviously; and so is the "thousand years".  We can't take either one of them literally in a symbolic book of "signs". 
    Rev 1:1- The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John
    "signify" - "to give a sign".  
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    Arauna reacted to xero in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    No one has a coherent and believable narrative on the whole book of revelation. At critical points it all goes crazy conspiracy theory. 
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    Arauna got a reaction from Peter Carroll in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    I do not debate with her any longer - but I did make comments about being deaf and speaking with body language so people can understand.  Jesus only answered the Pharisees when someone else could learn by his words..... 
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    Arauna reacted to BroRando in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    to claim a thousand years doesn't mean a thousand years.  
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    Arauna reacted to Witness in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast."  Rev 17:12
    Using your theory, "one hour" in this scripture is a literal one hour.  This is the "eighth king" in control...for one literal hour?  Even the Wt. doesn't believe that.
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from xero in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    I do not debate with her any longer - but I did make comments about being deaf and speaking with body language so people can understand.  Jesus only answered the Pharisees when someone else could learn by his words..... 
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    Arauna reacted to C-D67 in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    What does anyone's handicap have to do with teaching the word of Jehovah? 
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    Arauna reacted to C-D67 in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    This is why Brother Letts perception is not false, when he stated "babies are enemies of God" the off right has now chosen to twist around on YouTube.-
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    Arauna reacted to xero in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    To be really politically incorrect
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    Arauna got a reaction from Peter Carroll in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    He has... if you have chatted with parents who are deaf your whole life.... you would also use facial expressions in a way nobody else does.....
    I have decided you are positively without a conscience..... 
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    Arauna got a reaction from C-D67 in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    Every child born is a potential Hitler, Alexander the Great or Ghinges Khan.  In fact, what is going on in the world right now - the extreme lies, gaslighting, propaganda by the wild beast and false prophet (Rev 16), are all done by people who are 'willingly' cooperating with the propaganda and getting the mark of the beast.
    Humans are evil - all of them.  History confirms this. We are all born in sin.  The word sin refers to lacking the glory of God.  Not a teensy weensy, small lack but an extremely gaping, large lack.  If we think it is a little flaw - then we are bluffing ourselves.
    We have to daily study the bible and keep close to Jehovah, to remain a just and moral being. The minute we stop taking in His word, we can drift away.   We need the Spirit of Jehovah on a daily basis to remain in the Truth.  We cannot do it on our own - even if some of us think we can.  While we remain in the love of Jehovah with the ransom covering our sins, we can remain. Jehovah is most merciful  - none of will remain in the truth if it was not for his mercy and training. 
    Do not be misled - we should not bluff ourselves - we need Jehovah every minute of our lives to remain clean and without blemish.
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Pudgy in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    Every child born is a potential Hitler, Alexander the Great or Ghinges Khan.  In fact, what is going on in the world right now - the extreme lies, gaslighting, propaganda by the wild beast and false prophet (Rev 16), are all done by people who are 'willingly' cooperating with the propaganda and getting the mark of the beast.
    Humans are evil - all of them.  History confirms this. We are all born in sin.  The word sin refers to lacking the glory of God.  Not a teensy weensy, small lack but an extremely gaping, large lack.  If we think it is a little flaw - then we are bluffing ourselves.
    We have to daily study the bible and keep close to Jehovah, to remain a just and moral being. The minute we stop taking in His word, we can drift away.   We need the Spirit of Jehovah on a daily basis to remain in the Truth.  We cannot do it on our own - even if some of us think we can.  While we remain in the love of Jehovah with the ransom covering our sins, we can remain. Jehovah is most merciful  - none of will remain in the truth if it was not for his mercy and training. 
    Do not be misled - we should not bluff ourselves - we need Jehovah every minute of our lives to remain clean and without blemish.
     
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    Arauna reacted to BroRando in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    If people knew that Brother Lett's Parents were deaf, they could see why he speaks the way he does.  Have you seen how a deaf person communicates? They over exaggerate to get their point across. When the wicked make fun of Brother Lett, they (the demons) are poking fun at the deaf. 
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    Arauna reacted to C-D67 in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    *** w19 November pp. 15-16 par. 8 Are You Maintaining Your “Large Shield of Faith”? ***
    8 Satan, “the father of the lie,” uses those under his control to spread lies about Jehovah and about our brothers and sisters. (John 8:44) For instance, apostates publish lies and distort facts about Jehovah’s organization on websites and through television and other media. Those lies are among Satan’s “burning arrows.” (Eph. 6:16) How should we respond if someone confronts us with such lies? We reject them! Why? Because we have faith in Jehovah and we trust our brothers. In fact, we avoid all contact with apostates. We do not allow anyone or anything, including curiosity, to draw us into arguing with them.
     
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    Arauna reacted to xero in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    You're full of yourself which isn't saying anything everyone else has already observed. You remind me of Mr. Coffee.
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    Arauna reacted to TrueTomHarley in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    “Then Truetom, also called TTH, becoming fed up, looked at her intently  and said: “O woman full of every sort of fraud and every sort of villainy, you daughter of the Devil, you enemy of everything righteous, will you not quit distorting the right ways of Jehovah?  (Acts 13:9-10)
    What he said was: 
    “Now, if we think about it, we're not born as friends of God because we're born as sinful offspring of Adam. Actually, when we think about it, we're born as enemies of God. Sometimes you'll hear people say of a little baby, ‘Look at that little angel,’ but more accurate would be to say, ‘Look at that little enemy of God.’ Now, of course we love that little baby and it's now not hopeless because our loving creator has made reconciliation with him within the reach of everyone. We can become a good friend of God and that close relationship with Jehovah will become our most valuable possession.”
    Notice how he twice said, ‘when [if] we think about it?’ You have to do that: think about things and not just parrot sound bites to make people you hate look bad. Oh, you spiteful woman, who quotes scripture by the bushel basket but never lays hold on the one that applies, besides the reference to Adam in Genesis, the place to focus is here:
    “…through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned—.” Romans 5:12
    “when we were enemies we became reconciled to God through the death of his Son,” by exercising faith in him, which a baby cannot yet do, and thus is temporarily ‘grandfathered’ via the faith of it’s parents. (vs 10)
    Now, as for Bro Lett, for a guy who will quote Job 12:11, “Does not the ear test out words As the tongue tastes food?” you’d almost think he’d test them out a little more before letting loose with a phrase that every evil cherry picker will use against him to “distort the right ways of Jehovah.”
    Still, I hate to think what you would have done to Jesus, after his, ‘Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.’ John 6:54-55
    Taking into consideration that passage in John, I would say Lett is supremely adhering to and following Christ as a model, more so than any of the other GB members.
    Imagine: what sort of vile person would comb through a convention in which every talk explores the verse ‘seek peace and pursue it’ to find and exploit a faux pas?
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    Arauna reacted to TrueTomHarley in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    And to build character. Any club that would quickly admit me isn’t worth being admitted to—according to a certain grouchoism.
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    Arauna reacted to C-D67 in Bro Rando is a rogue jw, which jw's here believe in him?   
    *** w98 3/15 p. 21 par. 14 Living Up to Christian Dedication in Freedom ***
    14 The Governing Body is a loving provision and an example of faith worthy of imitation. (Philippians 3:17; Hebrews 13:7) By their adhering to and following Christ as a model, they can echo Paul’s words: “Not that we are the masters over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, for it is by your faith that you are standing.” (2 Corinthians 1:24) By observing trends, the Governing Body draws attention to the benefits of heeding Bible counsel, offers suggestions about applying Bible laws and principles, warns of hidden dangers, and provides “fellow workers” needed encouragement. It thus discharges its Christian stewardship, helps them to maintain their joy, and builds them up in faith so that they can stand firm.—1 Corinthians 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7-9.
     
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    Arauna reacted to The Librarian in “Yahweh” or “Jehovah”?   
    Yet you continue to enter a JW forum and declare Jehovah is not God's name "repeatedly".......
    Adios.... go find some other waters to play in and hurl insults.
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Thinking in “Yahweh” or “Jehovah”?   
    When I left South Africa, I left 3 African language bibles behind which was printed by the exact same company which had printed the Afrikaans translation.  My first language is Afrikaans.  Our bible did not have the name in at all but the Bantu bibles (as these languages were known at the time), had the name Jehovah more than 6000 in them.
    I used to show the name of the company to people and then the different translations - so they could spot the deception. 
    The company which translated our Afrikaans bible had been active since 1933 when the most well-known translation was done.  Prior to that there were some Dutch translations done by Mr. Pannevis which had the Name Jehovah in a few places.
    Sad that bible companies elect to leave out the Name of the true God. The Gideon bibles, well-known across the world also do not have the name of the true god in them.  Does that not tell you that Satan can masquerade as an angel of light?
    The newest Bantu translations have the name removed as well. 
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Peter Carroll in “Yahweh” or “Jehovah”?   
    These 12th century texts they are quoting comes AFTER the Hebrew copies made by the Hebrew scribes - the Masoretic Codexis and manuscripts  of which Nehemia Gorden has already gone to inspect almost 2000 of them - to see if the pointer system (vowels) is in the same ink as the original text.
    He has confirmed that the pronunciation of the name  is Yehovah in the original Hebrew. And names such a Yehoram, Yehoshua, etc confirm this.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in “Yahweh” or “Jehovah”?   
    Ask yourself what version of God's Name is pushed the most by the worldly scholars - who are not necessary committed to the Truth but merely to call themselves experts?   
    The version they push will be the version pushed by Satan.  Keep in mind that Satan is behind the Jewish effort and Roman effort to have the name disappeared. 
    Just saying!  
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