The WTS wants "loyalists" who have proven it over time, and not necessarily "anointed" from their baptism. "replacement anointed" something that made Fred Franz furious. Puppets.
Posts by blondie
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6THE LONG ANTICIPATED INTERVIEW OF THE 2 NEW GB MEMBERS
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/dxyjupnklgi?si=2ux5wokg57xdpaob.
here we have the more indepth interview of the two new gb members jody jodele & jacob rumph and what jumps out to me is how borring they are, interestingly they don't go into detail when it dawned on them when they became anointed but they only go though their history and how they ended up in bethel.
as we already know jody jodele is the real estate expert that will help the gb capitalise on all this real estate money and jacob rumph sounds he spend alot of time as a missionary in south america, maybe he will provide a more insightful understanding of that continent to the gb since no indigenous jw will be part of the gb anytime soon.now what strikes to me as odd is the examples they both sited as the bible characters they want to relate more with, and no it is not jesus.. these modern-day governing body of jehovah's witnesses seems to be leaning heavily on old testament figures like moses and gideon as their role models instead of focusing on jesus, which speaks volumes about the kind of organization they’re leading.
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Ramapo project approved
by dropoffyourkeylee innews is that the ramapo project has been approved by authorities and can move forward..
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blondie
How many locations does the WTS have now and past ones.
Walkill
Warwick
one in CT
This one
and another whose name I can't think of
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Preaching the "good news" - about whom or what?
by BoogerMan inthe "good news" was specifically about christ's imminent kingship/rulership in heaven, to be followed by his rulership over the earth.
(matthew 6:10).
basileia (kingdom) - royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather rulership, the right or authority to rule over a kingdom, of the royal power of jesus as the triumphant messiah.
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blondie
Nice list of scriptures, Boogerman (interesting name), and searching for witnesses of Jehovah in the New Testament (WTS bible) as opposed to witnesses of Jesus.
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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?
by Sea Breeze ini would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.
surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.
my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.
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blondie
I myself would stick to doctrinal and policy issues and what scriptures the WTS uses and why not accurate or where the WTS has waffled on their applications of certain scriptures.
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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?
by Sea Breeze ini would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.
surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.
my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.
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blondie
Yes, I would a link to a WT publication regarding Bethelites running with pillows.
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Trump wins
by gavindlt ini am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.
i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.
how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!
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blondie
liam, considering how President Biden did not seem to get any supreme court justices appointed to the the open positions, I don't see how it could happen by January 20, 2025, considering the numbers in Congress.
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Alteration of Revelation 3:14 in the 4th century to support the emerging Trinity doctrine
by slimboyfat inin an earlier thread another poster asserted that there is no evidence that revelation 3:14 played a part in the 4th controversy that led to the trinity doctrine.
this was claimed as evidence that the description of jesus as “the beginning of the creation of god” in the verse was not understood to mean that jesus was god’s first creation.
the scholarly greek–english lexicon of the new testament & other early christian literature 3e (2001) by bauer, arndt, gingrich, and danker, in its latest edition states that “first creation” is indeed the probable meaning of the greek phrase.
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blondie
Duran, I like your explanation, but people set in the beliefs, might have cognitive dissonance. I am a bible reader for research purposes, but don't have any personal beliefs either way on this topic.
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Tis the season
by garyneal inseems like i just pop in here every now and then to see what everyone is up to.
just like the previous years, i check in during the holidays to let everyone know about the annual christmas card exchange.. blondie used to lead this several years ago and i was involved for about 3 to 4 years before it began to fall off.
for those of you who participated back then, i still have your addresses and have just sent off this year's christmas cards to everyone.
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blondie
Remember to check the required postage from your own address to the receiver's address when you mail your cards, is more than you think. Don't want the card to get there postage due. I know because I didn't do it the first year. For me, examples Canada, Australia, Germany, UK, most in the US.
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Tis the season
by garyneal inseems like i just pop in here every now and then to see what everyone is up to.
just like the previous years, i check in during the holidays to let everyone know about the annual christmas card exchange.. blondie used to lead this several years ago and i was involved for about 3 to 4 years before it began to fall off.
for those of you who participated back then, i still have your addresses and have just sent off this year's christmas cards to everyone.
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blondie
Go for it garyneal. It was too time-consuming for me and I hoped someone would step up. I think you have my address already.
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2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers
by Sanchy inwatchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.
average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.
baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.
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blondie
Congregations per jwfacts.com WTS seems to have putting about 1978...just after 1975 debacle https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php#L5