blondie

Joined

• started 1,240 topics
• posted 44,632 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by blondie

• 
  17

  Serious question!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how would you answer:.

  how can you change or improve an individuals dominant mental attitude?.

  zing.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  I learned in Al-Anon that I could not change the thinking of my alcoholic parent, just learn to change my reaction to their alcoholism. AA members share their own experiences with other alcoholics at their meetings but do not tell the individual what they should do. Even sponsors are not to try and control/change another alcoholic.
• 
  11

  New topic fixed

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  looks like the update i pushed yesterday broke the "new topic" link.

  if this shows up, then it's fixed :).

  there are quite a few other updates, nothing should be visually different but the backend is changing in preparation for more noticeable changes and just to improve performance..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  I will add here too that I cannot send a private message or receive one. Thanks.
• 
  51

  Annual Mtg Points

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  matt 28: 19 is the year text.

  new understanding on joel ch 2 who are the locusts?.

  there is a new building addition to warwick in the works.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  I might add, I researched the day's texts and found that to date, the WTS has never used the same one, always a different scripture.

  How they do that I don't know. (1914-2019 perhaps the same) (only through 1941 on here, rest at this link.

  http://dwsilver.com/yeartexts.html

  2019	“Do not be anxious, for I am your God.”—Isa. 41:10
  2018	“Those hoping in Jehovah will regain power.”—Isa. 40:31
  2017	“Trust in Jehovah and do what is good.” —Psalm37:3.
  2016	“Let your brotherly love continue.” —Hebrews 13:1
  2015	"Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good." - Psalm 106:1
  2014	"Let your Kingdom come." (Matthew 6:10, NWT, 2013 Revision)
  2013	"Be courageous and strong....Jehovah your God is with you." (Joshua 1:9)
  2012	"Your word is truth." (John 17:17)
  2011	“Take refuge in the name of Jehovah” (Zep 3:12)
  2010	‘Love endures all things. Love never fails’ (1Co 13:7, 8)
  2009	“Bear thorough witness to the good news” (Ac 20:24)
  2008	“Stand firm and see the salvation of Jehovah” (Ex 14:13)
  2007	“The great day of Jehovah is near” (Zep 1:14)
  2006	“We must obey God as ruler rather than men” (Ac 5:29)
  2005	“My help is from Jehovah” (Ps 121:2)
  2004	“Keep on the watch ... Prove yourselves ready” (Mt 24:42, 44)
  2003	“Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you” (Jas 4:8)
  2002	“Come to me, ... and I will refresh you” (Mt 11:28)
  2001	“Stand complete and with firm conviction in all the will of God” (Col 4:12)
  2000	“We are not the sort that shrink back ... but the sort that have faith” (Heb 10:39)
  1999	“Look! Now is the day of salvation” (2Co 6:2)
  1998	“Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved” (Ro 10:13)
  1997	“Teach me to do your will” (Ps 143:10)
  1996	“Become doers of the word” (Jas 1:22)
  1995	“Be harmoniously joined together in love” (Col 2:2)
  1994	“Trust in Jehovah with all your heart” (Pr 3:5)
  1993	“Instruct me, O Jehovah ... Unify my heart to fear your name” (Ps 86:11)
  1992	“Rejoice in the hope. ... Persevere in prayer” (Ro 12:12)
  1991	"Let anyone hearing say: 'Come!'" —Rev. 22:17
  1990	“Be of good courage and say: ‘Jehovah is my helper.’” —Hebrews 13:6
  1989	“Fear God and give him glory.”—Rev. 14:7.
  1988	“Hope in Jehovah and keep his way” (Ps 37:34)
  1987	“As for me and my household, we shall serve Jehovah.” —Joshua 24:15
  1986	“Go . . . declare abroad the kingdom of God.”—Luke 9:60.
  1985	“Fully accomplish your ministry.”—2 Tim. 4:5.
  1984	“Speak the word of God fearlessly.”—Phil. 1:14.
  1983	“Clothe yourselves with love . . . a perfect bond of union.”—Col. 3:14.
  1982	“Become steadfast, unmovable, always having plenty to do in the work of the Lord.”—1 Cor. 15:58.
  1981	“Your loyal ones will bless you. About the glory of your kingship they will talk.”—Ps. 145:10, 11.
  1980	“And now, Jehovah, . . . grant your slaves to keep speaking your word with all boldness.”—Acts 4:29.
  1979	“My Father is glorified in this, that you keep bearing much fruit and prove yourselves my disciples.”—John 15:8.
  1978	“They will not prevail against you, for ‘I [Jehovah] am with you . . . to deliver you.’”—Jer. 1:19.
  1977	“You have need of endurance, in order that . . . you may receive the fulfillment of the promise.”—Heb. 10:36.
  1976	“Awaiting these things, do your utmost to be found finally by him spotless and unblemished and in peace.”—2 Pet. 3:14.
  1975	“I will say to Jehovah: ‘You are my refuge and my stronghold.’”—Ps. 91:2.
  1974	“Although the fig tree itself may not blossom, . . . I will exult in Jehovah himself.”—Hab. 3:17, 18.
  1973	“But we, for our part, shall walk in the name of Jehovah our God to time indefinite, even forever.”—Mic. 4:5.
  1972	“Say among the nations: ‘Jehovah himself has become king.’”—Ps. 96:10.
  1971	“You will be witnesses of me . . . to the most distant part of the earth.”—Acts 1:8.
  1970	“Go therefore and make disciples . . . baptizing them.”—Matt. 28:19.
  1969	“Lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near.” - Luke 21:28
  1968	“Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first.” - Mark 13:10
  1967	“Here I am! Send me.” - Isaiah 6:8
  1966	“We shall not neglect the house of our God.” - Neh. 10:39
  1965	“Do not become fearful of those who kill the body.” Matt 10:28
  1964	“Filled with the holy spirit and ... speaking the word of God with boldness.” - Acts 4:31
  1963	“Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction, but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.”—Heb. 10:39
  1962	“Be courageous and let your heart be strong. Yes, hope in Jehovah,” (Ps. 27:14)
  1961	“In unity I shall set them, like a flock in the pen.”—Mic. 2:12.
  1960	“Seek peace and pursue it. For Jehovah’s eyes are upon the righteous.” (1 Peter 3:11, 12)
  1959	“Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments.” (Rev 16:15)
  1958	“As for me, in my integrity I shall walk.” (Psalm 26:11)
  1957	“From day to day tell the good news of salvation by him,” Ps. 96.2
  1956	“Prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing.” (Malachi 3:10 AS)
  1955	“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.” (Ps. 112:7 ASV)
  1954	“Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever” (Ps. 145:2, CB)
  1953	“Worship Jehovah in holy array” (Ps 29:2, AS)
  1952	“Say to the prisoners, Go forth.”—Isa. 49:9.
  1951	“Praise Jah, you people, because Jehovah our God, the Almighty, has begun to rule as king.” (Rev. 19:6, NW)
  1950	“Preach the word” (2 Timothy 4:2)
  1949	“I . . . will yet praise thee more and more. (Ps. 71:14)
  1948	“I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.” (Ps. 57:9, A.S.V.)
  1947	“Oh praise Jehovah, all ye nations”. (Ps. 117:1, Am. Stan. Ver.)
  1946	“Be Glad, Ye Nations, with His People.” Romans 15:10, Rotherham.
  1945	“Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.” (Matthew 28:19, Am. Stan. Ver.)
  1944	“Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God.” (Psalm 143:10)
  1943	“More than conquerors through him that loved us”. (Romans 8: 37)
  1942	“Blameless in the day of our Lord” (1 Cor. 1 : 8)
  1941	“Salvation unto our God . . . and unto the Lamb” (Rev.
• 
  2

  Jabal Jubal and Tubal and Song of the Sword

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've been posting some things regarding genesis lately and just had to share some more fun bits.

  gen 4 contains a version of a genealogy of cain (incompatible with that in chapter 5 see chart below) that culminates in lamech.

  it begins by god punishing cain.

  1. 
  2. 
• 

  blondie

  I always felt the story of Cain was very disjointed (as other parts of the bible are). Thanks for the info.
• 
  18

  New KHs Still Being Built!

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.thereminder.ca/news/local-news/new-home-under-construction-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-1.23964617.

  flin flon, ca.

  according to statistics supplied by jehovah’s witnesses canada, about 85 jehovah’s witnesses live in flin flon, with around 100 people coming to each of the group’s biweekly meetings.. “we needed a new hall because the congregation has outgrown the old hall,” said congregation elder kelly flodell in a press release..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  https://www.thereminder.ca/news/local-news/new-home-under-construction-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-1.23964617

  Flin Flon, CA

  According to statistics supplied by Jehovah’s Witnesses Canada, about 85 Jehovah’s Witnesses live in Flin Flon, with around 100 people coming to each of the group’s biweekly meetings.

  “We needed a new hall because the congregation has outgrown the old hall,” said congregation elder Kelly Flodell in a press release.
• 
  23

  The Great Tribulation must be at least 3 years away

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since they’ve announced the dates for the next 3 memorials, no talk about this “may be our last one!”.

  since they’ve announced the patterson construction project will take 3 years to complete.

  let’s also not forget when they designed warwick, they spent money on expensive energy saving technology to save millions in the long run, years and decades in the future.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  Since the WTS is so fond of OT examplesl:

  Remember when the Israelites were released from the Persian power and allowed to return to Israel, they did not find homes and infrastructure, the fields had gone to weeds, the temple had to be rebuilt and they were living in tents, or so the story goes.

  Why does the WTS think that houses, places of worship, fields ready to be planted and soon food to eat?
• 
  23

  The Great Tribulation must be at least 3 years away

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since they’ve announced the dates for the next 3 memorials, no talk about this “may be our last one!”.

  since they’ve announced the patterson construction project will take 3 years to complete.

  let’s also not forget when they designed warwick, they spent money on expensive energy saving technology to save millions in the long run, years and decades in the future.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  I always wondered how the WTS would have water, electricity, etc., after the big A. Is god going to make the infrastructure survive too miraculously?
• 
  23

  The Jehovah's Witnesses religion is a pretentious fraud.

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup that's right the jws religion is a pretentious fraud orchestrated by men running their own religious publishing house.. these men cultivated a semblance of power around themselves through their own propagation of being chosen by god or being more righteous than other christian leaders by their self supporting acclaim that they have truer and more accurate bible interpretations.

  another known fact is these top leading men were not academically trained bible scholars.

  the first leading executive writer of the wts was a professional clothing salesman/ businessman.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  Actually, Rutherford had a son Malcolm. Yah, I was surprised too.

  Proclaimers book

  Brother Rutherford was survived by his wife, Mary, and their son, Malcolm. Because Sister Rutherford had poor health and found the winters in New York (where the Watch Tower Society’s headquarters were located) difficult to endure, she and Malcolm had been residing in southern California, where the climate was better for her health. Sister Rutherford died December 17, 1962, at the age of 93. Notice of her death, appearing in the Monrovia, California, Daily News-Post, stated: “Until poor health confined her to her home, she took an active part in the ministerial work of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
  
• 
  23

  New Kingdom Hall at Flowery Branch, Georgia USA

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  external photos have previously been posted here.

  4442 j m turk road, flowery branch ga 30542. from the gainesville times:.

  jehovah's witnesses open new kingdom hall in flowery branch.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  https://www.thereminder.ca/news/local-news/new-home-under-construction-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-1.23964617

  Flin Flon, Canada

  According to statistics supplied by Jehovah’s Witnesses Canada, about 85 Jehovah’s Witnesses live in Flin Flon, with around 100 people coming to each of the group’s biweekly meetings.

  “We needed a new hall because the congregation has outgrown the old hall,” said congregation elder Kelly Flodell in a press release.
• 
  18

  When is the AGM for this year?

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sure that the agm is in october but has a date for it been released?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  blondie

  Anna Marina, thanks for sharing that additional info. I was just sharing the WTS view, since we are talking about why the WTS might schedule the AGM in October. I am aware that other people/groups think differently.

  Sometimes, people think I share the WTS viewpoint but I say:

  Reporting not supporting