Posts by blondie

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JW BORG does not have clergy-laity like Christendom! 😄

by BoogerMan in

(because they told us so in a wt!.

w71 6/1 p. 330 par.

10 - "another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of god is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches.

blondie

The WTS uses the phrase "paid clergy" to differentiate from this statement is 1971: w71 6/1 p. 330 par. 10 - "Another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of God is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches. However, there was no clergy-laity division in early Christianity, and there is none today in true Christianity. The setting apart of a clergy class dates back to Babylonish, pagan worship. No precedent for it is found in the ministry of Jesus or his disciples."

We do not have a paid clergy in our organization "Weasel Words" (2012)

Yet in 2021 "In contrast, true worshippers of Jehovah have no clergy."

2010 "

The clergy-laity distinction

“All you are brothers,” said Jesus to his followers. (Matthew 23:8) The early Christians, including the Bible writers, had no clergy class. This Biblical pattern is the one that Jehovah’s Witnesses follow.

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Tis the season

by garyneal in

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friends

seems 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.

blondie

garyneal, you are on my list; keep checking the mail.

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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?

by Sea Breeze in

i 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.

blondie

Ultimate Axion, (smile) I think you missed some. The question could be how many things are the WTS still teaching that are the same as in the beginning. Some of those were before my time and my family's time, it took a careful look at the WTS history to find some of those gems. Thanks for sharing.

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Is it just me, or is Watchtower lowering its standards?

by ukpimo in

in the past, we used to hear talks on:.

avoiding sexual immorality and porn, as well as masturbation and other sexual practices.

why evolution cannot possibly be true.

blondie

Balaamass2 I agree, I could no longer go door to door or study with someone and tell them to come to the KH and find true love and a clean people. So I stopped that, then meetings. Then all social things with jws. 23 years now POMO.

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Sacred Days

by Riley in

yesterday was remembrance day/veterans days in canada.

we had a couple younger half wits in the cong in field service yesterday.

both are trying to climb the ladder with the entire elder body ready to die in the next 10 years.. i just of thought it was a dick move to go door to door about the merits of fighting for freedom or not fighting on such a sacred day.

blondie

Here's a quote.

WT 10/15/1958 p. 624 In the United States it is a custom for mourners to decorate the graves of loved ones on what is known as “Decoration Day,” May 30 each year. So Jehovah’s witnesses made it a point to visit cemeteries on that day with the comfort of God’s resurrection hope, as contained in special issues of The Watchtower and Awake! (US Memorial Day now)

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Preaching the "good news" - about whom or what?

by BoogerMan in

the "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.

blondie

BoogerMan, I love the WT CD ROM, especially the Watchtower Online Library. I think they shot themselves in the foot on that one. In fact, I have it on my Favorite websites folder.

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2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers

by Sanchy in

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watchtower 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.

blondie

Well, the WTS has never been good with numbers (remember 1914, 1925, 1975 very soon now) still waiting.

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Is it just me, or is Watchtower lowering its standards?

by ukpimo in

in the past, we used to hear talks on:.

avoiding sexual immorality and porn, as well as masturbation and other sexual practices.

why evolution cannot possibly be true.

blondie

Yes, they have been lowering their stands since the first inception of the Watchtower Society. Just seems like it is on a steeper downward direction.

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Tis the season

by garyneal in

jw
friends

seems 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.

blondie

I guess it may be that some people don't send cards. I send cards that mention the winter season only. Some may not want to give out their address. Or they don't know you. In the past, it seemed people felt more comfortable send them to me here in a pm on JWN. Just wait, I got your card today. I'm going to open it up and put on my card string under our fireplace mantel. You're the first one this season. Love Blondie

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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?

by Sea Breeze in

i 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.

blondie

Seabreeze, "I agree when in person. But for posting online, I think documented quote snippets are very effective, and make people more comfortable cut and pasting the data." That is exactly what I have been doing on JWN for years, hanging them with the WTS with their own words I"m sorry if I seemed to say that should be done in person. Sometimes, depending on the circumstances, I have copied a few to the point comments by the WTS with the source given, and give to them and ask how they would explain this kindly with a wondering tone of voice, invite them to look it up on the Watchtower Online Library. As in person, I agree, that it is not as effective. That is why I have done it on JWN and other ex-jw sites, in writing giving the source. (thought you knew that about my posting on JWN :) Blondie