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  The new JW Bible

  by silas hobbs in

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  i was recently informed that the new jw bible was reviewed by some academic type person who rated it as one of the best translations available.. has anyone heard of this person and if so what is his reasoning for giving it such a compliment?.

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  sir82

  FWIW:

  All translations, 100% of them, will have some bias somewhere. It's impossible to not have bias when translating such a large collection of books written by different men with different viewpoints from different cultures over many centuries.

  The NWT, after discounting its obvious biases*, is probably a pretty decent translation for 98 - 99% of its contents.

  * examples: the comma in Luke 23:43, 1 Corinthians 7:36 (bad enough when it was "toward his virginity", now it is inexcusably biased as "by remaining unmarried"), many if not most of its insertions of "Jehovah" into the NT, etc.
  
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  The real dividing line isn’t between apostates and apologists it’s between...

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  excellent observation from zizek about communist regimes: they didn’t care if people accepted the ideology or took it seriously, so long as people acted as if the ideology was true, that was the important thing.

  in fact the regimes were deeply suspicious people who took the ideology too seriously.

  people who took the ideology seriously were dangerous because they were prone to noticing the inconsistencies and flaws in the system.

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  Agree 100%.

  The "ideal Witness" is one who performs all the "right" actions with their mind completely unengaged.
  
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  How it will end for the believers

  by iankiptoo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  today, many signs have been fulfilled showing that we are in the end times and much has been said in regards to armageddon, tribulation... etc but little in regards to what happens to those who believe and what transitions them to be free and escape from all that to the final destination.

  this is my focus and message is based on that.in creation, there were two trees at the centre of the garden of eden and we are familiar with what happened;man ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and then we are familiar with the ramifications afterwards.

  now through jesus christ, the events that will lead to the end for those who believe are in 3 stages1.knowledge will be increased (daniel 12:4)there will be a transition, knowledge will transition from that of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to also include knowledge of the tree of life and this brings with it a transformation that will bring in the second phase2.healingthe knowledge/belief/faith will bring about spiritual transformational healing, also practical knowledge i.e.

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  I like turtles.
  
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  Mark Stephen Lett Raps about Murmuring and Other Urgent Jehovah's Witness Issues

  by BottleGate_ in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r1-vnsbp7c.

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  Of course everyone always comments about his rubber face & wiggling eyebrows.

  But have you ever noticed his fingers? They're freakishly thick. It's like he's got 5 bratwursts on each hand.
  
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  JW women should NOT wear high heels...

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...because high heels originated with the persian military!.

  https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-curious-origin-of-the-high-heel/p07sqgpy?playlist=fashion.

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  Ha - JW men should not wear neckties! (it was a part of a Croatian military uniform).
  

  https://www.tie-a-tie.net/the-evolution-of-the-necktie/
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  JW Library, yet another knockoff

  by neat blue dog in

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  here's the mormon's "gospel library", released 3 & 1/2 years earlier:.

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  sir82

  Evidently, the Mormons & the JWs hired the same app developers....
  
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  Organized Book Change

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i made this post yesterday.

  i couldn't remember my login info for this account.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6247826114740224/update-change-od-coming-soon.

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  Here are the changes:
  

  -- Inserted a statement indicating that the elders can inform new publishers and remind those approved for baptism that (1) the elders collect personal information on the Congregation’s Publisher Record (S-21) so that the organization can continue to care for the religious activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide and so that he may participate in spiritual activities and receive spiritual support and (2) any personal information is handled according to the Global Data Protection Policy of Jehovah’s Witnesses found on jw.org.

  -- Inserted direction for the coordinator of the body of elders to ask the baptism candidate if he has made a personal dedication in prayer to Jehovah to do His will.

  -- Inserted direction that when the baptism candidate is a minor, his believing parent(s) should be present for the sessions.

  -- The number of sessions held with the baptism candidate to determine whether he qualifies for baptism has been reduced from three to two.
  
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  I attended my JWs Grandfathers funeral

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i attended my grandfathers jw funeral the other day.

  firstly i am a rabid apostate, and certainly not wt greatest fan.

  that been said however, i will certainly stick up for them when they do the right thing.

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  I've noticed a trend of JW funerals "loosening up" a bit, allowing the service to be more personal, less JW sermonizing.

  A lot depends on how popular / prominent the deceased was. Your "average rank & file" JW funeral will probably follow the JW-approved script/sermon pretty closely, while a very popular, well-connected, and/or wealthy JW's funeral will most likely be quite different.
  
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  Creepy display

  by neat blue dog in

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  i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

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  They look like they're all animatronic.

  Do they break out in a chirpy rendition of "From House to House" when you press the start button?
  
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  Publisher ID - I Saw It In Person & It Was Terrifying!

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd like to start off this post by saying, we all know that the wt loves control.

  it's clear by their history, their wt's, the elder arrangement and so on.

  however, after witnessing and using the publish id program in person, it takes this need for control to a whole new level & it was scary.. if you've ever seen builder assist (the website program used for ldc volunteers) or the metro program, it actually looks pretty similar to that.

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  sir82

  A couple more questions:

  Was your walk-through of this program in the USA? As far as I know, the US branch does not have that much info on r&f publishers at the congregation level.

  If not: Do you know of plans to roll this out in the USA? If so, when?
  

  Did this program have any sensitive data that might compromise people in real life? It's one thing for Vlad the hacker to find out how many hours a JW had in field service in October 2014, and it's another matter entirely if he can look up a street address, a phone number, names & ages of children, etc.