Jan 2008 Kingdom Ministry Quote

by AlphaOmega 23 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  AlphaOmega

  Now that is weird. No theme mentioned in December either?

  Sorry to go off track on your topic. But it is old news - that has been the policy for many years.

  If it's old news, then it seems a shame to waste a perfectly good thread... hijack away
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  AlphaOmega

  The Theme this year is: The Magical Ways Jesus Counted Time

  How about, "Preaching to the converted... it all counts".
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  bronzefist

  Keep that Hour Counting Train a' rolling...........

  brzfst
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  nomoreguilt

  I wonder if there isn't some directive from the Indesreet slave to have any and all bethelites count time on us here in JWD?? I used to get so tired of being asked" Do you have any time to report BROTHER?"These people just love numbers and statistics. Will jehovah one day ask the accounts servant for the ACTUAL $$$$ due the society?Will someone PLEASE STOP the madness???.........................OH, THE BELLS, STOP THE BELLS.........
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  Quandry

  Maybe there is no theme for the 2008 convention because the end is coming SOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.
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  oneairhead

  Discouraging.

  One
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  MissingLink

  It's been that way as long as I can remember.

  This is a "loving reminder" of the many precious gifts such as expanded time counting delivered to us thru the faithfull and discreet slave. We truly are a blessed people.
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  WTWizard

  I can remember it like that back in the Suffer Forever/Disunited in Worship era too. You had to complete those two books. People were not fully in until they completed both books (though they could get disfellowshipped any time from baptism on). People were urged to get baptized before they got into the Disunited book (though I have been on a study that was in that book and not yet baptized).

  That was put on hold when the [False] Knowledge book came out in 1995. Then, that book was supposed to take the place of both the Suffer Forever and Disunited books. It was a way to go from cold call to baptized within 6 months or less, with no additional books to finish. Other books could be studied as long as they were current and from the Witchtower Society, but that was strictly optional and hence the time could not be counted. For that reason, it was rare to see people study more than one book during the [False] Knowledge era.

  Then the Bible Watchtower Teach book came out. I guess they now have recommendations about going through a second book. If that is the case, since the Watchtower Society once again officially recommends it, they allow the time to be counted. It is their way to encourage people to go through that second book. The article in the Kingdumb Misery was provided to clarify the issue, since they didn't officially encourage people to study a second book in the [False] Knowledge era.
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  truthsetsonefree

  Old news...same s**t, different day.
  
  Isaac
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  Faithful-n-Discreet Wife

  when i studied to be a JW (Sept2006-Feb2007----got baptized March2007) i studied out of the "What does the Bible really teach" book. my conductor would give me hundreds of old magazines and would drag our 1 hour study out to 4 hours....just yapping away!!! i finally figured out what she was doing.....so when she suggested i go into the second publication i said no i am ready to be baptized so you can't take advantage of me in order to increase your time and magazine count. too bad i didnt spend all that time reading the bible myself i wouldnt be in all this mess!!!! the mandatory second publication is prolly to help the pioneers get their 60 hours a month without too much exertion.....