Just to add to the already wise words: being an elder is a job. An unpaid job. And the org gets what they pay for :) dont answer the phone and they wont call back often. Too much effort and too many other petty things to keep them busy.
_Morpheus
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0 to 100 Real Quick? How many meetings can I miss w/o being harassed?
by Yondaime inmissed two in a row and got no grief.
should i keep the streak going and see what happens?.
by the way, i made my college's basketball pratice squad, to help workout the team during scrimmages .
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_Morpheus
brute deodoran. keeps the funk away really well.
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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)
by Simon inthe time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.
of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.
i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.
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Thank you simon! I appreciate Apo's pov but i really like the active button and am glad its still going to be around. Look forward to the roll over!
Edited to add: i clicked the link in your reply and found the updated button! Very nice. i also like the "started" and "reply" buttons. they look useful as well
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Is this why the book is grey?
by Doug Mason inthe 2014 revised edition of "what does the bible really teach?
" uses the text of the 2013 nwt.
i therefore assume this is the reason for the grey colour of the "bible teach" book.. examples of the adjustments appear at pages 216 and 217 of the book:.
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I have no inside information but i would guess "yes". They have already announced a new grey song book of the same material as the bible, the color of the teach book seems to go with that theme. How appropriate that drab religion chose grey as its color.
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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)
by Simon inthe time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.
of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.
i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.
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Another question, if i may impose...
does the new forum have an "active" button? The only reason i ask is because i went to the web address you noted and saw the forum but i didnt see an active button. I know its small and petty but that button is really my life here. I click it, see what people are talking about and go from there..
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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)
by Simon inthe time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.
of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.
i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.
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Sweet... Looking forward to it
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Freedom of Relgion has been taken away.
by Jeannette inwhen a person is disfellowshiped by a religion just because he or she doesn't believe it all is very serious.
some disfellowshiped ones have even taken their own lives because they have been made to feel so bad.
it's down in black and white that parents and friends are supposed to shun them, shunning is acting like someone is dead.
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Understand im not a fan of the WT by any strech..... But I think your wrong.
DF'ing dosent prevent you from practicing the dubbies religion Or believing as you wish. DF'ing is protected by that very freedom. The freedom comes into play when the religion practices its rules and tenants, rules you agree to when you practice it as constitued. They (the org) are protected and allowed to make up whatever rules, including those that get you DF'd, they want. Its their right (freedom) to do so. Its also your right (or freedom) to be a dubbie and play by their rules. Or not.
its also your right to believe anything you wish. You can take every belief of witnessdom you want, strip it of a few odds and ends like the shunning doctrine, and practice that if you want. Your free to do so. But they arnt obligated to reconize you as part their club. There is no inherent right of a person to force an organization to reconize them as member in good standing if the person dosent agree with or works against the precepts of the organization. Imagine a furrier suing PETA because PETA wont let them be a member.
i hate the shunning practice and NEVER, not even when i was a die hard dubbie, shunned anyone, but I cannot see it as denial of freedom of religion.
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Could the allowance of blood fractions be curtailing the growth of the religion?
by Apognophos inso, imagine that you're just a regular joe who's not familiar with the witnesses and is looking for the answers to life, the universe, and everything.
you hear a knock at your door.
before long, you are studying with a jehovah's witness.
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Is it possible...? Of course its possible And may have been a stumbling block for some, but like magnum i havnt seen or even heard of anyone stopping a study over that particular issue. Its really rather esoteric, the whole fraction thing. During a study its not emphisised greatly and the fraction thing even less. I also tend to think theres an element of emotional distance on that issue, meaning humans tend to think it will never happen to them. Its hard to discuss blood tranfusions and think it will actually happen to you personally if it never has before. I think thats true of most dubbies. They dont ever really think they will faced with the blood issue, its easy to dismiss, coupled with the hype over the alternatives that the HLC touts it turns into a moot point in the minds of witnesses.
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you can put me in the "ex-elder" catagory as well. Definatly helped wake me up, served about a decade.
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Bible Teach book
by factfinder inthe revised edition of the bible teach book is up on jw.org with a new cover..
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@Newyork44m- good catch! Part of me said 'oh no way' when i read your post, but there it is, in black and white, in all its stupidity. More rhan just intolorant, how in the world does such a leap in 'logic' happen?? Because there are people with bad traits god is going to destroy 99.99% of the human population...? According to the bible thete is NO ONE who does not sin, that is, no one who does not have bad traits. Do they think this through before they print it? if thats the best "evidance" they have its nothing short of a miracle they get any converts.