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  Questions I have about the "Ministry School".

  by Pallbearer in

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  i remember that jehovah's witnesses used to have a 2-hour, 2-part mid-week meeting which included a 1-hour "ministry school" followed by a 1-hour "service meeting".

  please correct me if i am wrong in any respect but to the best of my memory the ministry school was composed of 4 parts, as follows:.

  part 1: an "instruction talk".

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  neat blue dog

  There's a talk by an elder or servant with now participation.

  Then there's the Bible highlights-like part which is mostly audience participation.

  Then there's a Bible reading with no surrounding commentary unlike before.

  Then there's several initial call, return visit or Bible study demonstrations. All can be given by either men or women, and these are sometimes replaced by prerecorded versions from HQ instead of local.

  After that is the equivalent of the service meeting and the equivalent of the book study, both of which are much shorter than before.
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  And just when you thought liberals were about as crazy as could be

  by mickbobcat in

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  i will stick with great value.

  if some kid has gender dysphoria its not normal its a defect.

  https://youtu.be/jfsvbbw5cg4.

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  I'm sure the couple raising him had absolutely no influence on him.

  Fun fact: The first man to get highly publicized legal sex change surgery had it reversed later in life, saying that he was abused as a child and was unduly influenced by others around him pressuring him to be his 'true' self.

  Fun fact 2: Studies show that over 60% of children and teens who transition go back before age 30. That doesn't account for the likely many who can't admit to themselves or others or don't want to go back because of commiting themselves and being mutilated.
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  Just invited to a zoom memorial.

  by Overrated in

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  walked away from the trooth years ago(over 20) my older sister sends me an invite to the memorial via zoom.

  i have no interest in jwism at all.

  should i ignore or respond?.

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  neat blue dog

  I would ignore. You just open up a can of worms if you engage at all.
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  Memorial Prep question

  by ExCircuitOverseer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so are individual witnesses being told to prepare bread and have wine on hand for the zoom memorial?

  are they saying it’s “vital” or is it just a “suggestion?” .

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  neat blue dog

  It's strongly "encouraged". It has been mentioned at meetings and on JW Broadcasting. You don't have to make it yourself, you can buy the right stuff, but if you don't at least have it on hand you would be viewed as spiritually weak by many.
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  Its only been two months and the Biden admin is falling apart and so is the country

  by mickbobcat in

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  in two months we have a border crisis and president house plant can not even walk up a set of stairs.

  good god we are in trouble.

  thank you libtards.

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  neat blue dog

  Talk about your freedom and guns and marrying your cousins and such .

  I dunno, sounds a little racist to me. You know, stereotypes and everything.
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  Its only been two months and the Biden admin is falling apart and so is the country

  by mickbobcat in

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  in two months we have a border crisis and president house plant can not even walk up a set of stairs.

  good god we are in trouble.

  thank you libtards.

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  neat blue dog

  Also prioritizing non-discrimination in the military, and even encouraging maternity flight suits. Since when is sending a pregnant woman to war a good idea from a tactical standpoint, or even an honorable one? Just more noise to distract from the real problems, just like the GB does, always making new "special" announcements to keep people distracted and engaged.
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  Statistics not looking good

  by dothemath in

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  statistics have always been huge for the borg.

  a couple of decades ago there were about 1200 people baptized every day as witnesses (on average).. a few years ago the co was glowing about 800 ones baptized per day.

  he didn’t mention this was actually a big drop).

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  neat blue dog

  Happifying.
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  Joe Biden can not get my guns now.

  by mickbobcat in

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  i moved them upstairs.

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  neat blue dog

  Yes but he can fall UPstairs, special skills.
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  Do You Support The Death Penalty ?

  by minimus in

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  do you support the death penalty or do you think the worst punishment should be incarceration?.

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  Frozen2018: Your point on the cost of execution is well taken. But the problem here isn't of execution, but of the ridiculous red tape and resulting high cost of everything government does. A far cry from back when it didn't cost too much more than the rope or few bullets and executioner.
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  Newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls with the tetragrammaton within the Greek text

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  2. bible

  big news from israel, some previously undiscovered dead sea scrolls have been found with portions of the ot in greek.

  it says the name of god is included in hebrew letters within the greek text.. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/world/middleeast/dead-sea-scrolls.html.

  "the new fragments contain verses from zechariah 8:16-17, including part of the name of god written in ancient hebrew, and verses from nahum 1:5-6, both from the biblical book of the twelve minor prophets.".

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  neat blue dog

  If it was greek text, why wasn't the divine name translated into Greek? Just further proof that it was both not translated and also avoided/treated sacred.