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looking at jan and feb's km, the field service reports for the months of oct and nov 2003 are surprising.. october 2003 november 2003. sp'l pios 186 sp'l pios 202. pubs 94,550 pubs 92,570. aux pios 24,600 aux pios 21,838. pubs 870,300 pubs 867,299. baptized 2,650 baptized 2,715. total 989,636 total 981,909. we are happy to report a new peak.

in regular pioneers!

the total of.

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Mayby some of them filed in late because of the holidays

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The Rainbow and the Flood?

by Blueblades in

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there is evidence that the flood of noah's day was local.why then does the account mention that the rainbow is a visible sign from jehovah,a covenant promise that no more would "all flesh" be cut off by waters of a deluge,and no more would there occur a deluge to bring the earth ( land ) to ruin.

( genesis 9:11 - 16 ).. some commentators say that the rainbow had been seen before this and that the flood was only local.that being the case and from all the evidence presented here and on the internet,i believe that it was a local flood.

.why then this rainbow covenant,that never again would man be cut off and the earth, ( land ) be brought to ruin,when we see so much local flooding around the world and man being cut off and the land being ruined today?.

johnny_was_good

Well......I always had a problem with the global flood story anyways. Noah lets a bird out and it can't find anywhere to land - 7 days later he lets it out again and it comes back with a branch from a tree that has miraculously grown from seedling to leaf production and large enough for the bird to find.....in 7 days!

According to WT 1/1 some trees may have survived under water. (!)

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Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-18-04 WT Study

by blondie in

"show yourselves thankful".

(psalm 133:1)(c ).

in what practical ways can we demonstrate that we are truly thankful?.

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$$$$$$$$ Give more $$$$$$$$$$$$$

lets compare the account report from Dec and Jan with each other and see if the pub listened to what the WT is saying.

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Society to become only ISP for Witnesses?

by dannyboy in

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january 4, 2004

to: all congregations and traveling overseers

dear brothers,

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Is this an early April Fools?

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Is it true?????

by little witch in

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i read on a jw only site today, that the back cover of the december 23 03 awake shows a picture of a man wrapping a publication as a gift to send.

is this true?

comments?

johnny_was_good

Yeah he is sending out Greatest Man-books. Should this mean that JW can give X-mas gifts, as long as they are WT-literature?

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-28-03 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 12-28-03 wt study

review comments will be in black and parentheses ()

wt quotes will be in

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On the word Persuade

In the WT is states

"persuade" means to "win over" or bring about "a change of mind by the influence of reason or moral considerations," states Vine?s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Vine's gives the explanation in voices

The active and passive of course the WT uses the wrong one

in the Active Voice, signifies "to apply persuasion, to prevail upon or win over, to persuade," bringing about a change of mind by the influence of reason or moral considerations, e.g., in Matt. 27:20; 28:14; Acts 13:43; 19:8; in the Passive Voice, "to be persuaded, believe" (see BELIEVE, No. 2, and OBEY), e.g., Luke 16:31; 20:6; Acts 17:4; RV (AV, "believed"); Acts 21:14; 26:26; Rom. 8:38; 14:14; 15:14; 2 Tim. 1:5,12; Heb. 6:9; 11:13, in some mss.; Heb. 13:18, RV (AV, "trust").

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How much of the bible do JW's really use?

by blindfool in

i've noticed over the last several weeks how often the same scriptures are used in meetings at the kingdom hall.. anytime galatians is mentioned you can just about be sure you are going to look up chapter 5 ver.

19.. 2 timothy is going to be 3: 16. i can't remember considering any addional text to get the context of the verse, just reading the same verses over and over.

i'm sure most of you can name lots more scriptures used by jw's.. i think i'm going to start taking notes at meetings and listing which verses are used, then i can look from week to week and see how often the same old verses are considered.

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Bible text in the Ministry School (that was established around the time of the Commentary on James). The result was some people found interest in understanding the Bible itself and began using "worldly" commentaries.

that problem is solved for the number 2 talk. Because they are not allow to give any commentary. Just reading that's all.

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Fresh 2003 statistics

by izobcenec in

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(from german watchtower).

if you se just a red x, press refresh :).

izzy

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Stupid question, but where the heck is Canada on the list? and what country is Frankreich

Canada in German is written with a K => Kanada

Frankreich is France

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