JWs have their own terminology. It's a characteristic of a cult. Here's a few: "new system", The friends" and the "body".......Can you think of more??
What Are Words Or Expressions Peculiar To JWs???
by minimus 62 Replies latest jw friends
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Emma
the society
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slimboyfat
"well reverencing"
Apparently this is a very deep theological term, so special that only certain studiously minded Jehovah's Witnesses have tapped into the true significance of the phrase, accurately translated as it is from the Greek, and properly explained by the faithful and discreet slave.
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lovelylil
in the "truth"
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MinisterAmos
"Fruitage of the Spirit"
WTF is THAT supposed to mean anyway? Is that the Thank You in the form of a garage apartment that Jehovah sends for 20 hours of work per week?
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minimus
SBF----what are you talking about?
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Finally-Free
Happifying
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blondie
Take your pick...don't see yours on the list let "shaun" know.
http://www.jwfiles.com/jw-words.htm
honest-hearted ones
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w04 11/15 p. 25 Search for Jehovah, the Examiner of Hearts ***Christendom is in the throes of such a spiritual famine. But honesthearted ones in her midst can see the spiritual prosperity of God’s people and are flocking to Jehovah’s organization
stumble
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w04 6/15 p. 24 Be Guided by the Living God ***A Christian ought to be concerned about not ‘wounding consciences that are weak.’ If he stumbles others, he could ‘ruin his brother for whose sake Christ died’ and be sinning against Christ. Hence, while issues about tiny blood fractions are for personal decision, those decisions should be taken very seriously
new world society...new system of things...new order...new world...new system
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w58 7/15 p. 434 Find Your Place in the New World Society ***So when Jehovah came to the spiritual temple for judgment in 1918 this faithful remnant class were commanded to get out of Satan’s filthy Babylonish system. They obeyed. Then God placed the restored remnant in their proper place, at the very center of the New World society, appointing them as "the faithful and discreet slave" to watch over and care for all the Master’s belongings
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w64 1/15 p. 47 The World—God’s Field of Work ***By faith, therefore, we look forward to the incoming of a new system of things; and when we use the long-time common expression "the new world" and talk about ourselves as a New World society of Jehovah’s witnesses, we really have reference to this coming new system of things, this new order of things, according to the Scriptural statement of matters in the original Greek.
*** w86 2/1 p. 28 "We Appreciate the Older Ones!" *** (WTS stops using "New Order")Still weeping, the inactive brother said, "I will see you in the New Order—if it will come." Though weak, our older brother made himself sit up, and he responded firmly: "It will come." While the inactive one failed to respond to this encouragement, the old man’s faith touched the heart of the elder observing this. "His faith greatly assisted me," he recalls.
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Gopher
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slimboyfat
Minimus, have you never heard of "well reverencing"? It is our WT study conductor's favourite phrase. It is one of those Watchtower literalisms that they like to throw into study articles to make them appear "deep" in appealing to the original Hebrew and Greek and presenting them in incomprehensible English. I am going to get my CD ROM and try find a reference...