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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  besty

  "evidently" <-> "we understand that"

  thats all the new light you need :-)
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  besty

  @christian guy - welcome to JWN - I hope you stick around and tell us more about your JW experience and why you left.

  It's quite a common journey to go from JW -> BAC -> atheist - cofty and many others have done that, my wife included.

  Please include the possibility that there is no god.

  Good luck!
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  Comprehensive NWT Comparison Project (calling all technically skilled members)

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?

  if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.

  a couple initial impressions:.

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  besty

  one way to filter for important verses might be to ascertain the frequency of citation in WT Lib over the last few years and then check those high value targets first
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  250,000 Jehovah's Witnesses have died refusing blood

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  80+ branch davidian cult members died in waco, texas.

  250,000+ #jehovahswitnesses have died refusing blood.

  stop this #cult!

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  we need to wait on a high level defector
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  New 1975? Jan 1st WT 2014

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this post was taken from reddit exjw but makes a very good point:.

  these are two paragraphs of the watchtower of january 1st 2014.... .

  i don't know about you guys, but in my mind, i'm seeing a deja vu of the articles before 1975 i've read.

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  "The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year."

  weasel words

  It doesn't specifically say the first group discerned the sign during the year 1914.

  It does say they were on hand in 1914.

  It could be construed to mean that the 'readily discerning' took place at a later date.

  It hinges on whether the reader relates the "in that year" to "the sign of Christs presence" or to the timing of the "readily discerning"
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  Mac Book Pro with Retina or Dell XPS 15? (both with new Haswell processors)

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been in need of a new laptop for a long time.

  no, i mean it - a really long time.

  the old dell that we have has a floppy lid and is woefully underpowered although it does build up my upper body strength every time i pick it up.. the last 6 months has been a bad time to buy something new though with the haswell processors on the horizon promising better battery life and also screen technology seems to have been leaping ahead recently to a new hi-dpi standard.. so apple finally released their mac book pro and at the same time dell has released an xps 15 ultrabook which looks like a pretty good alternative and probably better 'value'.. pro's and con's?

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  besty

  75% of people will never buy a Mac

  20% of people will compare specs between Mac and PC

  5% will buy whatever shit comes out of Cupertino. <-------- Me.

  Fact.
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  When India and China shake hands, the world takes notice-The Indian PM

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  the indian prime minister manmohan singh has just visited beijing for talks with the chinese government.

  at the conclusion of the talks singh issued this communique:.

  source: the wall street journal - http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/10/23/when-india-and-china-shake-hands/?mod=wsjblog&mod=irt.

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  meanwhile India tries to find indoors toilets for 625m people

  http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/world/asia/india-open-toilets-udas/
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  Nugget's Latest work in progress (pen and ink)

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  still a fair bit to do but i thought it is worth posting.

  this is all done with dots no lines at all.. .

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  besty

  its amazingly great work - maybe you could scan a closeup of a 1" square and post that?
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  An opportunity for AAWA leaders

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it be nice to see you guys post on jwn now and again - keep this community up to speed with what you are doing maybe?

  all we have seen is the controversies - it would be great to know what else is going on.. as far as i know aawa leadership are not banned from jwn.. or should i not hold my breath?.

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  Comprehensive NWT Comparison Project (calling all technically skilled members)

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?

  if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.

  a couple initial impressions:.

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  MMM - did it seem to you the WTS had gone to extra lengths to prevent what you have done? Speculate why?