Definitions for JW words

by socstu 13 years ago 10 Replies latest 13 years ago watchtower bible

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  socstu 13 years ago

  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.

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  Marvin Shilmer 13 years ago

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  true christian unity: shut up and drink the Kool-Aid

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  ThomasCovenant 13 years ago

  Yes, Farkel's glossary of Watchtower terms

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/6021/1/Dub-Glossary

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  mrsjones5 13 years ago

  " 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 13 years ago

  Farkel's list has a lot of sarcasm and satire. Here's a list that is a more serious attempt to define "jw-ese":

  http://cftf.com/dictionary/

  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 13 years ago

  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 13 years ago

  Generation is a good word to define.

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  blondie 13 years ago

  http://jehovah.to/glos/index.html

  THEOCRATESE

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  socstu 13 years ago

  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 13 years ago

  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.

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