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  NEED HELP! Need quotes stating WTS doesn't allow other religious literature

  by JWOP in

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  watchtower literature is sometimes like finding needles in haystacks.

  where can i find quotes stating that a jehovah's witness is not to accept any literature from any other religions?

  (i'm obviously not using the right search terms!).

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  dothemath

  I think it rather hypocritical for the society to have a policy like this........it's obvious that the ones who do the writing

  of the magazines often read other religious literature..........they often quote from Catholic references, or from some

  scholar. I've seen quotations from the Catholic observer, (I think that's what it was called.) The researchers who are

  including quotes like this, had better read quite a bit of that article, just to make sure they haven't quoted anything

  out of context.
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  Not so subtle message in convention drama

  by dothemath in

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  my take on the drama this year is yet another slam against having children......... the "ideal" is still to pioneer........they're the ones put on a pedestal, both the younger and older couples.. the young mother, is forced to care for a cranky, crying child........

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  dothemath

  My take on the drama this year is yet another slam against having children........

  The "ideal" is still to pioneer........they're the ones put on a pedestal, both the younger and older couples.

  The young mother, is forced to care for a cranky, crying child.......
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  A new method of "counting time".

  by dothemath in

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  i think everyone who does put in a field-service report........should just use the principle from "a day for a year".

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  4:6) i know i put in about 6 minutes of actually talking to someone about religion at work, so in.

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  dothemath

  I think everyone who does put in a field-service report........should just use the principle from "a day for a year"

  (Num. 14: 34 Ex. 4:6) I know I put in about 6 minutes of actually talking to someone about religion at work, so in

  my report I ended up with about 6 hours!

  As a side point.......do the elders in your cong. grill you on putting in your report the very second the month ends?

  They don't even send it away until a week later.......yet make it seem as if its life and death.
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  New Elder Book

  by johnnyc in

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  dothemath

  I found out recently all the elders in Canada are attending a 5 day course at various locations throughout the country.

  I thought maybe they were getting a new book, but I guess they've already received it some time ago.

  I was wondering if the US has these meetings also? (they just had a 2 day course not that long ago, now they have

  to use up their holidays for a 5-day course, right in the middle of summer)
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  Who are the Pharisees today?

  by dothemath in

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  i find many similiarities between the pharisees and witnesses today......... both used disfellowshipping as a weapon (john 12: 42........"because of the pharisees they would not confess.

  him, in order not to be expelled from the synagogue").

  both add endless rules, yet forget about the important ones, such as love, etc.

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  dothemath

  I find many similiarities between the Pharisees and Witnesses today........

  both used disfellowshipping as a weapon (John 12: 42........"because of the Pharisees they would not confess

  him, in order not to be expelled from the synagogue")

  both add endless rules, yet forget about the important ones, such as love, etc. (Matt. 23: 23......."disregarded

  the weightier matters of the Law, namely, justice and mercy and faithfulness.")

  both used every opportunity to emphasize their position over the people.......(ex. ......we can no longer have

  a watchtower study without several mentions of the "faithful and discreet slave")

  There are probably many more similiarities, but thinking about it, many Witnesses would have made excellent Pharisees

  back in Jesus' days on earth.
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  Singing is now important?

  by dothemath in

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  last meeting there was a lot of emphasis on singing......even giving out the songs for the upcoming ca so we.

  could practice.

  and of course they emphasized how we should be present for songs, etc.

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  dothemath

  Last meeting there was a lot of emphasis on singing......even giving out the songs for the upcoming ca so we

  could practice. And of course they emphasized how we should be present for songs, etc. etc.

  My point is.........at any of the elders meetings I went to (many years ago now).......we never sang any songs, even at

  the very large meetings when there were brothers from the whole circuit or more.

  I doubt this has changed, so unless someone knows differently..........I think the singing thing is off key entirely.

  (btw............our congregation absolutely sucks at all of the songs)
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  Watchtower May 15,2010 "Brothers Sow to the Spirit and Reach out"

  by hoser in

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  looks like they're almost begging for elders and ms's.

  take a fresh look.

  the need for overseers and ministerial servants is greater today than ever before.we.

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  dothemath

  It's pretty much the same in our congregation.......there are as many ex-elders as elders now........
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  What is the greatest act of love God has done? Interresting question for non-trinitarians

  by teel in

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  currently i am not taking any of sides, but here's an interresting topic, i would be interrested what can an anti-trinitarian answer to this.. i found this article here: has the jehovah's witness' god performed the greatest act of love?.

  in a nutshell: john 15:3 "greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends".

  jesus laid down his life.

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  dothemath

  If you believe God laid down his life for mankind.........that means God was actually dead........a total impossibility.
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  The last days?

  by dothemath in

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  it seems with the recent assembly about "keeping on the watch" many are totally excited about armageddon.. i've heard numerous descriptions about the last days......... for example- "we are now in the final part of the end of the last days".

  -"it's as if we're approaching the final minutes of this system".

  -"the end is closer than it has ever been before".

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  dothemath

  It seems with the recent assembly about "keeping on the watch" many are totally excited about Armageddon.

  I've heard numerous descriptions about the last days........

  for example- "we are now in the final part of the end of the last days"

  -"it's as if we're approaching the final minutes of this system"

  -"the end is closer than it has ever been before"

  -"if we knew how close the end was, we would literally be running from door to door"

  (that last one was from a Circuit Overseer)

  It seems everyone is now breaking up the last days into parts, and including all kinds of new descriptions to keep

  up their enthusiasm. Is this happening in other congregations also?
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  Is going to the worldly funeral conscience mattter? (According to the WT)

  by asilentone in

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  dothemath

  Re: Caliber.........that time you had to clean carpets in the church........I was wondering if it was quite a few years ago in western Canada..............as I recall a similiar experience.

  Just curious, but don't share any more information than you're comfortable with.