Posts by wifibandit

this is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.

the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.

the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.

wifibandit

David H. Splane: The “Slave” Is Not 1900 Years Old (Matt. 24:45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OliwCd4rRbE

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Re: Music at Theocratic Events

by pixel in

this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".

wifibandit

Thanks pixel! For the curious, here is the March 27, 2008 BOE that got replaced.

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No shorts or printed T-shirts when making ready the stadium before the RC

by Powermetal4ever in

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friends

just heard the stupidest thing ever on this weeks service meeting: it was regarding the volunteers for cleaning the stadium before rc.

they are not allowed to wear shorts or printed t-shirts .but hey its summer!

its gonna be warm!

wifibandit

Bethel rules, eh? Better get some slacks and a polo!

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25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

by 88JM in

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hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

wifibandit

Thank you for this work.

Here is a link to an archive of Yearbooks 1927- Present (I will continue to update)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2fYNzAbUpqFb0VMdHA5RGNWYUk&authuser=0

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Tsongas Center Lowell MA, Sunday Session of the Regional Convention 2015

by oppostate in

we're breaking up the regional convention event by going each of the days to a different weekend session.. the tsongas center lowell ma was a bit hard to find, we got lost and got there after the first song and prayer (just in time for the first talk)!

we ran into so many from our home congregation who aren't even assigned to this rc!.

i think it's quite common for publishers now to break up the convention weekend and attend at times when their congregation isn't assigned.. some families (3) were attending this particular convention so as to meet up with family members who are in another part of the region.

wifibandit

If you do hear the Baptism figure, would you please post it? I would like to add it to my list.

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Watchtower now Proudly Promoting the DIVINE Jesus

by FusionTheism in

the revised nwt has a footnote on john 1:1 showing that "a god" means "divine.".

also, their other publications are now much more boldly referring to jesus as divine:.

jesus--the way, the life, the truth (2015), page 306-307:.

wifibandit

Of a "divine nature" in the same sense as the Anointed, and to a lesser degree the angels, demons and Satan.

Old Theology Quarterly 1898 Tract No.43 The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory pg 12

The coming Kingdom will be a spiritual and invisible one, but will operate and rule through human representatives. As an illustration of a spiritual ruler operating and governing through earthly agents, take "the present evil world" or age, of which Satan is the prince. A spirit being, he is invisible to humanity, and rules for evil through his human servants. With the end of this age comes the binding of Satan and the overthrow of his dominion- God's due time for the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven having come. Christ's Kingdom will be the reverse of Satan's in respect to its character in that it will be a Kingdom of light, a Kingdom of righteousness, but it will resemble it in that its King and his associates will also be spirit beings of a still higher order, of "the divine nature," and equally invisible to men.

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Asamblea Regional 2015

by wifibandit in

for the spanish speaking: .

https://youtu.be/hwym3x_cuvy?list=plrw9u-n1z2m_zcto4vkw6ay4xyougmvhl.

wifibandit

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