2020--articles of association and bylaws--3 pages.. .
2020--notice of special meeting in december--8 pages.
if you are a jw read carefully before you sign.. .
It is clear from the extended analysis that the description as ‘useless’ was in regard to the perceived legal weight of the documents rather than their provision on here. (However, I disagree with that assessment as those defined as the ‘members’ are familiar with the definitions that the analysis considered vague.)
The other comment about a ‘fake scandal’ was unwarranted.
for many years i have sought to understand how the bible was put together.. thus my name on here.
i started out more or less in line with what many schoolars felt in both old and new testament studies and over the year my notes have flucuated with dates and probable authorship.
a few years ago i slid into minimalist or copenhagen school understanding of the texs but still retained a slight historicity of the prophets.
HTBWC:
I used to figure Jeremiah might have some core preserved in his book due to the fact thjat the book is attributed to Baruch who was a historical figure. But sadly Jeremiah's words are 75% deuteronomist theology which places it very late. The rest is a mass of oracles mattching greek seers or historical narritives from Kings.
A core of the work is probably legitimate (at least to the period whether or not actually written by 'Jeremiah'). The Septuagint version suggests the version we now have is in a completely different order to the original, with the oracles against other nations that are now toward the end of the book originally placed between the first and second halves of what is now chapter 25.
Sadly Ezekiel must be vomited out also. ... The fact is the prophecy on chapter 38-39 point to a time when Israel is attacked by Selucids when Israel is under peace.
Ezekiel was definitely edited after the original writing (for example, the '390 days' was introduced later, and the Septuagint version implies that it originally referred to a 190 year period, which may correspond to the period from the fall of Israel until the exile referenced in Jeremiah 52:30). However, a core of the work probably was written during the exilic period, as it would otherwise more likely refer to the role Persia would play if it were composed after the Neo-Babylonian period - instead it only relegates Persia to one of the minor nations assisting the hypothetical 'Gog'.
i was wondering if any of you experts on statistics and trends etc could answer the question above ?.
if you know how to do it, if you can extrapolate a true figure for the falling membership in areas that are internet connected, then we can say " by the year **** they will be so small in the internet regions that they will be on the brink".. i have put this topic in " scandals and cover ups" because it seems to me they are trying to hide how many are leaving, and how few are joining in the areas mentioned.
the non internet places will not contribute much in the way of $$$, so however the figures change for them, up, or down, makes little difference.
There is not enough information available to make an accurate prediction, though the last few years do suggest they are in decline in many developed nations. ‘Active’ JWs make up about 0.1% of world population, and more than half of them are in fewer than 10 countries. So they’re already not relevant in most of the world. Even in countries where they are (marginally) more prevalent, at least some of those who ‘report’ are ‘PIMO’, and would leave the denomination in a heartbeat if they weren’t trapped by emotional manipulation induced by the threat of shunning.
What letter?
the pure worship book will be 'studied' at the weekly jw 'congregation bible study' starting next week.
anyone 'lucky' enough to attend might like to consider my review of the book for some salient points in the coming weeks.... .
I have added subheadings for the start of each Congregation Book Study section (for what is available so far). This will be updated as the schedule is made available.
as jehovahs people how thankful we are we can rely on satan's world for providing the technology to allow us to have zoom meetings.
and providing physical food as well through the farmers to families food program.
and now we are blessed that soon yes very soon!
nowwhat?:
As jehovahs people how thankful we are we can rely on Satan's world for providing the technology to allow us to have zoom meetings. And providing physical food as well through the farmers to families food program. And now we are blessed that soon yes very soon! Jehovah's people will be saved by this pandemic that through his infinite wisdom created viruses in the first place.
Yes, how thankful we all can be that very soon(ish, maybe), our wonderful merciful god will solve all of mankind's problems by slaughtering everyone who disagrees with us. Resplendent!
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the pure worship book will be 'studied' at the weekly jw 'congregation bible study' starting next week.
anyone 'lucky' enough to attend might like to consider my review of the book for some salient points in the coming weeks.... .
'scholar':
Printing out this document as a PDF could be improved by a larger print and some of the charts are not colored as the desktop document so the overall presentation needs a slight improvement in order to facilitate a proper examination of its content especially for those who prefer a hard copy.
I haven't made a PDF version available, but may do so if there is sufficient demand. Trivial matters of presentation don't prevent anyone from making a "proper examination" of the content though.
It's not clear what you mean by "some of the charts are not colored as the desktop document" since only I have access to the original document; if you mean that not all the charts exactly mimic the layout in Pure Worship, I don't see any need to do so unless readers indicate specific instances where something is unclear. (Alternative, maybe you’re referring to the background colour of wide tables on mobile devices layouts?)
Feel free to point out any errors though.
the pure worship book will be 'studied' at the weekly jw 'congregation bible study' starting next week.
anyone 'lucky' enough to attend might like to consider my review of the book for some salient points in the coming weeks.... .
Road to nowhere:
They are explaining right now how we will find confusion over the hard print and the revised one on the computer. NEW LIGHTHaha. Really? There are some changes but not major. See appendix 2 , also noted where relevant in the main text.
the pure worship book will be 'studied' at the weekly jw 'congregation bible study' starting next week.
anyone 'lucky' enough to attend might like to consider my review of the book for some salient points in the coming weeks.... .
The Pure Worship book will be 'studied' at the weekly JW 'Congregation Bible Study' starting next week. Anyone 'lucky' enough to attend might like to consider my review of the book for some salient points in the coming weeks...
a comment on another thread cracked me up where the poster related what some elder said on the platform that: .
in the new system, we likely will not have genitals.” lol.
i’ve heard so much speculation from many jw’s on what will and won’t be allowed in the new system.
Davros:
A comment on another thread cracked me up where the poster related what some elder said on the platform that:In the new system, we likely will not have genitals.” Lol
Official JW belief, though rarely talked about, is that people may be permitted to have children only during the 1,000 years, supposing that it would not be appropriate to have children after that because those children would not need the ‘benefit’ of the ‘ransom’.
