Does the watchtower have some sort of dictionary for people to consult for words they use such as publisher, ministry, pioneer.
Just wondering as I don't wanna just say what my version of those words mean if they aren't exactly true.
Definitions for JW words
by socstu 10 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Marvin Shilmer
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true christian unity: shut up and drink the Kool-Aid
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ThomasCovenant
Yes, Farkel's glossary of Watchtower terms
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/6021/1/Dub-Glossary
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mrsjones5
" Just wondering as I don't wanna just say what my version of those words mean if they aren't exactly true."
Do you mean true according what the watchtower says the meaning is?
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fugue
Farkel's list has a lot of sarcasm and satire. Here's a list that is a more serious attempt to define "jw-ese":
That page is a little bit dated. Some terms, like "Presiding Overseer," have changed recently. But for the most part it's a pretty thorough glossary.
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socstu
Thanks for the links, I'll take a look.
@mrsjones5 Yes what the Watchtower believes it to be, I want to be able to have their version so I can compare them with the 'lived experience' shall we say.
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Knowsnothing
Generation is a good word to define.
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blondie
http://jehovah.to/glos/index.html
THEOCRATESE
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socstu
Out of interest, from your experiences, what has to happen for someone to be marked as a do-not-call? It's one of those words which is tough to find any official WT perspective on but is used almost every Saturday.
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mrsjones5
A householder would have to request to be put on the do-not-call list. But I'm not sure if such a list actually exists. Someone else might know if that's true or not.