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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  To be fair to the Japanese, Japan's population is in decline, so it is likewise reflected in the JW statistics. Besides, many have moved to serve in other countries where the need is greater, and that is not reflected in the statistics
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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  Not to forget the final part of the story -- the sister was asked if she had any regrets. Her reply? "No... because my father is here in the audience with us today!"
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  When elders became the disfellowshippers instead of the entire congregation.

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm trying to find the wt instructions for this procedure.

  extensive googling brings up watchtower 1944 may 15 p.151 as the reference.

  anyone able to look up the reference?

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  Good points. Just to clarify, I was just mentioning the reference used by elders to justify their disfellowshipping individuals without the presence of the congregation, but by no means support it. In the account of Ananias & Sapphira, it is also stated that there were other younger men present at the scene who helped to bury both Ananias & Sapphira
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  The Elders help

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a young jw i used to know (nice person), said within earshot to a non df'd ex jw he knew that his "..parents are up and down in the relationship and the elders(tm) are going to help.".

  the non df'd ex jw said to me that he considered that after the elders(tm) get involved his parents were bound to split up.

  the non df'd ex jw also commented: "what do elders know?

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  Argh... imagine how ridiculous it would be to give that advice to individuals who suffer from depression...
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  WT Study 26th Oct. '14

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i could find another thread so i thought i might add a few comments here - not a full critique though.

  "hear jehovah's voice wherever you are".

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140815/hear-jehovahs-voice/.

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  They should have drawn a hot chick instead. I would have ignored that girl too
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Good point, STA. Here's another one:

  "Due to economic circumstances--I had to go to work full time to support my family"

  So much for pioneering
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  WT Study 26th Oct. '14

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i could find another thread so i thought i might add a few comments here - not a full critique though.

  "hear jehovah's voice wherever you are".

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140815/hear-jehovahs-voice/.

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  Hmmm.... so they are hearing voices now?
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  When elders became the disfellowshippers instead of the entire congregation.

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm trying to find the wt instructions for this procedure.

  extensive googling brings up watchtower 1944 may 15 p.151 as the reference.

  anyone able to look up the reference?

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  Another reference is the account of Ananias & Sapphira where they were judged by the apostles
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  Keeping up with Jehovah’s “chariot”?

  by Vidqun in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  witnesses are quick to remind us to keep up with jehovahs chariot.

  perhaps they should examine the context of the chariot, mentioned by ezekiel.

  they always quote the first part (ezek.

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  Lost count of the number of times that "chariot" made a bloody U-turn...
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Stuckinrut, JW's are not encouraged to go for higher education, as Jehovah provides the highest education. So unfortunately the line of reasoning you provided would not apply as it is always beneficial to pursue the "highest" form of education