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  Annual Mtg Points

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  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.

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  blondie

  So if jw.org is on Alexa, will the WTS be able to spy on jws with that info (or heaven forbid on non-jws and ex-jws?)
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  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.

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  blondie

  Barbara's website:

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/

  Contact info

  [email protected]
  
  
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  News from the 2019 Annual Meeting

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the annual meeting (2019) is happening as i am posting this.. any comments yet or information from what is being presented?.

  rub a dub.

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  blondie

  careful,

  So has anyone actually found out what went on?
  

  Eventually, after the event, not so much before. As attendees return home, they share their "special" knowledge with other jws they want to impress with their special "privilege" of attending.
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  Is the Watchtower God's Organization?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower 1953, may 1st, pg.284, par.16.

  16 is the watch tower bible and tract society god’s woman or universal organization?

  scan: https://docdro.id/qiltnwd: .

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  blondie

  Anna Marina,

  I was thinking the same thing.

  the article is referring to God's universal organisation not his earthly organisation. So they have a get out.
  

  The WTS has many levels in their organization but it can get confusing, "Jehovah's organization" (heavenly part and earthly part?). "Universal" organization," "earthly" organization, and even "Jerusalem above." (Remember just reporting WTS view, not supporting it)

  Jehovah and his wife the "universal" organization (pictured by Sarah)(individuals in invisible heaven)

  Jesus and his bride the "144,000" when all in heaven

  Earthly organization = FDS (probably GB now)

  Jehovah’s people today carefully fix their eyes on the progressive Bible-based instructions that Jehovah gives through his earthly organization. (Psalm 123:1, 2) Yes, they act on his direction, being alert to whatever Jehovah indicates through “the faithful and discreet slave.”​—Matthew 24:45-47.

  (and this is not the end of the confusing WTS explanation)
  
  
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  "This is Where They Lived Happily Ever After Begins"

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw this sign (i'm sure the bride must have bought it) at a wedding rehearsal dinner yesterday.. yes, the smiling bride was there ordering her soon to be groom around as they were setting up their party decorations.

  i'm sure today october 5th will would be the happiest day of their young lives.. have you ever noticed that many movies end at the wedding ceremony?

  because for the vast majority of marriages that is the best it ever gets!

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  blondie

  Road, I am married for 28 years, many happy times, but some not so. Avoiding marriage is no guarantee to being happy. Life in general means having opportunities to learn and change and grow.
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  Serious question!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
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  how would you answer:.

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

  zing.

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  blondie

  Good answer, Simon, to the point and easy to understand.
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  "This is Where They Lived Happily Ever After Begins"

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw this sign (i'm sure the bride must have bought it) at a wedding rehearsal dinner yesterday.. yes, the smiling bride was there ordering her soon to be groom around as they were setting up their party decorations.

  i'm sure today october 5th will would be the happiest day of their young lives.. have you ever noticed that many movies end at the wedding ceremony?

  because for the vast majority of marriages that is the best it ever gets!

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  blondie

  No one lives happily ever after (without ever encountering bad times), if they say they do, they are lying or deceiving themselves.

  Happiness is not a constant state.
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  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.

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  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.
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  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..

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  blondie

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

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  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.