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  2017 Yearbook released

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw this on reddit:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.

  overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).

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  berrygerry

  Sorry - link inoperative.
  
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  The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

  "but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

  zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

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  berrygerry

  Exhaustive list here:

  http://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm
  
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  You wake up one morning and see

  by A Believer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the un has banned religion.

  what are you're thoughts?.

  also changes to it seem to be on the way.... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/trump-vows-israel-vote-161224040133216.html.

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  berrygerry

  I used to chase that WT carrot.

  http://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/maintain-international-peace-and-security/index.html
  
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  Aid to Bible Understanding - can you help summarise any useful sections?

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  randall watters presents the fascinating backstory of the "aid book", and the brouhaha surrounding it, in this article:.

  "the watchtower bible and tract society: the critical years 1975-1997".

  so far it seems the project to research and write the "aid to bible understanding" revealed serious doctrinal and institutional flaws that the gb wanted to preserve nonetheless.. it seems what ray franz and his team were learning, and were largely blocked from presenting:.

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  berrygerry

  Eve created in the same year as Adam:

  page 538
  At the age of 130 another son was born
  to her. Eve called his name Seth,

  SETH [appointed, substituted] . The son of Adam
  and Eve born when Adam was 130 years old.
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  1 bilion property revenue since august 2016 and still they have not enough

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read in the new york business review that jw.org made 1 bilion property revenue since august 2016.. unbelievable, isn't it?

  they are one of the richest religion organizations in cash flow, for sure.. the co asked us this morning to "overthink wat we can share, to support the work and make jehovah happy".. g..

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  berrygerry

  "Recently, Jared and a group of partners acquired several vast properties in Brooklyn from the Jehovah’s Witnesses, for two billion dollars; they are filling them with hip, techie tenants such as Etsy and WeWork."

  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushners-power-play
  
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  Aid to Bible Understanding - can you help summarise any useful sections?

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  randall watters presents the fascinating backstory of the "aid book", and the brouhaha surrounding it, in this article:.

  "the watchtower bible and tract society: the critical years 1975-1997".

  so far it seems the project to research and write the "aid to bible understanding" revealed serious doctrinal and institutional flaws that the gb wanted to preserve nonetheless.. it seems what ray franz and his team were learning, and were largely blocked from presenting:.

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  berrygerry

  Pages 884, 885 Aid Book

  By combining the vowel signs of 'Adho •n ay' and
  'Elo • him' with the four consonants of the Tetragrammaton
  the pronunciations Yeho •wah' and Yeho
  wih' were formed . The first of these provided the basis
  for the Latinized form "Jehova (h) ." The first recorded
  use of this form dates from the thirteenth
  century C .E . Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monk of
  the Dominican Order, used it in his book Pugeo
  Fidei of the year 1270 .

  Deleted in Insight Book.
  
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  Aid to Bible Understanding - can you help summarise any useful sections?

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  randall watters presents the fascinating backstory of the "aid book", and the brouhaha surrounding it, in this article:.

  "the watchtower bible and tract society: the critical years 1975-1997".

  so far it seems the project to research and write the "aid to bible understanding" revealed serious doctrinal and institutional flaws that the gb wanted to preserve nonetheless.. it seems what ray franz and his team were learning, and were largely blocked from presenting:.

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  berrygerry

  Baptism - Aid book - page 188

  Regarding the practice of infant baptism, The
  Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol . III, ed . of 1946, p . 84,
  states : "The whole early period knows baptism only
  for adults, who join themselves of their own resolve
  to the Christian community. Infant baptism appears
  sporadically towards the end of the second century and
  was indeed practised also during the following centuries,
  yet only as an exception ."

  Paragraph deleted in Insight Book.
  
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  Regional Kickbacks to WTS for Conventions

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i guess tax payers get to subsidize the conventions, who knew!.

  https://user-cb2rbzy.cld.bz/jehovah-s-witnesses-2017-regional-convention/4.

  no wonder they really push people to book through the congregation rather than privately, directly - it's all about the rebates!.

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  berrygerry

  "The Edmonton Advantage goes directly to your organization or can be applied to offset meeting costs."

  $199,779.01 - not bad

  It's no wonder that they do not do an accounts report for the RC.
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  Has the rebranding worked?

  by MrTheocratic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's been several years since the start of the rebranding of jehovahs witnesses.

  i believe it started with the website change.

  ever since then the religion has moved in a more modern direction.

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  berrygerry

  At a meeting 2 years ago was an interview part - one or two pioneers - brief bio - joy from being a pioneer, etc.

  Interviewee - intelligent (24 ?) male. Usual, pioneering is the life. Number of studies conducted? "Well, I haven't had that privilege yet, but I sure hope to soon."

  I felt so sorry for the guy. It was downright embarrassing. That was the best that they could do?
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  Jehovah God is Real

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are many on this site that do not believe that jehovah truly exists; that he is not a real being.

  but, he is as real as next breath you draw into your nostrils.. some of you say that there is no evidence that he exists.

  yet, none of you can prove that he does not exits.. cofty, (you come to mind), i appreciate that you have stated, without reservation, that you do not believe that god exists.. yet, you cannot prove it.. hope in jehovah..

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  berrygerry

  Simple question for TOTC:

  Does Jehovah maintain a "worship me or die" policy?