The JW use of "lands" almost equates to "countries". The exceptions are mostly islands that are actually sovereign territory of another country or constituents of a larger island group. They also count a couple of disputed territories as separate "lands". For more information, see the footnotes at the Wikipedia article, Jehovah's Witnesses by country. A few years ago, they stopped counting Alaska and Hawaii as separate "lands".
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11What the hell is a "land?"
by stillin inthe service reports for jw's always toots their horn about all of the "lands" that the good news is being preached in.. has anybody got a clue?
how many lands are there, total?
are lands the same as countries?.
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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart
by mindnumbed inpages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.
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Added shading to chart to show periods of co-regency a bit more clearly...
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Did Adam and Eve Partake of Literal Fruit or is it Symbolic?
by Stauros inwas it real fruit they ate or does the fruit represent something else?.
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Stauros:
Was it real fruit they ate or does the fruit represent something else?
That's a bit like asking if Cinderella's fairy godmother really turned a pumpkin into a carriage.
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Unconfirmed 2014 Year Book Numbers - Peak Pubs, Baptized, Hrs, Reg Pio & Studies
by OwnAccord ini bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.
we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).
you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.
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Calebs Airplane:
WAIT... THERE'S STILL 2 MONTHS LEFT IN THE YEAR, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE NUMBERS?
The JW "service year™" starts in September and ends in August. Because of the reason. (Most likely because Tishri generally begins in September, and Tishri is magical in JW dogma.)
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Do You Still Wear "Meeting" Clothes?
by minimus ini have dozens of suits.
i still buy them .
i wear ties sometimes too.
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blondie:
I haven't worn a skirt for a long time; I have gradually given away my dress clothes.
Sister Blondie! Surely you don't wear... pants/slacks!! How very shocking! Even worse if they're... denim.
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About 1914?
by Slidin Fast inthe following appars in the new, new world translation bloatware section under "the message of the bible".
"about 1914 c.e.. jesus hurls the serpent, satan, to the earth, confining him there for a short time.revelation 12:7-9, 12.".
err, urm, err ok?
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London111:
In the past, it appears they were very specific, even nailing down to the day: 3/26/1918.
Oops. You are correct.Yeah, what were you thinking?! They'd never say that. That would be crazy.
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About 1914?
by Slidin Fast inthe following appars in the new, new world translation bloatware section under "the message of the bible".
"about 1914 c.e.. jesus hurls the serpent, satan, to the earth, confining him there for a short time.revelation 12:7-9, 12.".
err, urm, err ok?
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Londo111:
In the past, it appears they were very specific, even nailing down to the day: 3/26/1918.
No. It says "by the time of" that date, which means some time before. They never said it happened on that date.
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About 1914?
by Slidin Fast inthe following appars in the new, new world translation bloatware section under "the message of the bible".
"about 1914 c.e.. jesus hurls the serpent, satan, to the earth, confining him there for a short time.revelation 12:7-9, 12.".
err, urm, err ok?
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Londo111:
I believe they taught that Satan was kicked out in 1918,
No. However, they also do not officially believe that Satan was 'cast out of heaven' in 1914, but only that 'war broke out in heaven' then, leading up to evicting Satan. They are fairly vague about how long that imaginary event took.
The most specific thing they've said (in 1968) is:
*** w68 7/1 p. 413 Letting All Men See Jehovah’s Victory Processions ***
In modern times Jehovah won a great victory by means of the Greater David, Jesus Christ, when he and his angels cast Satan and his angels out of heaven between 1914 and 1918. -
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About 1914?
by Slidin Fast inthe following appars in the new, new world translation bloatware section under "the message of the bible".
"about 1914 c.e.. jesus hurls the serpent, satan, to the earth, confining him there for a short time.revelation 12:7-9, 12.".
err, urm, err ok?
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Faithful Witness:
Or, do they just mean "about," as in "regarding 1914?"
No.
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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart
by mindnumbed inpages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.
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Emery:
The majority of believeing Jws could care less
No they couldn't. But that's kind of the point.
