Posts by still wondering

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What was the purpose having Eight Day assembly?

by VM44 in

running man has posted his account of an eight day assembly from the 1960s.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/109297/1.ashx.

what i would like to know is, what was the purpose in having eight days for the assembly?.

still wondering

I attended the

As a teenager I volunteered as a night guard and slept on bails of hay during the day. Didn’t hear any of the talks.

Can anyone let me know if I missed anything I should know?

As we were expecting trouble from those wicked apostates we used to patrol the grounds carrying a length of iron pipe that had been left over from the miles of plumbing used to connect up the huge ex army dinner tray washing machines and hot water boilers.

Why was it 8 days? Well it was twice as much "fun" as a 4 day assembly.

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How much of WTS language is business oriented instead of religious?

by Lady Lee in

"advertize, advertize, advertise....".

now isn't that a marketing word?.

quotas, number counting, record keeping, re: how many books magazines etc being left with people.

still wondering

personally i mean.

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How much of WTS language is business oriented instead of religious?

by Lady Lee in

"advertize, advertize, advertise....".

now isn't that a marketing word?.

quotas, number counting, record keeping, re: how many books magazines etc being left with people.

still wondering

no, i trying to understand their motives, just what are they getting out of it?

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How much of WTS language is business oriented instead of religious?

by Lady Lee in

"advertize, advertize, advertise....".

now isn't that a marketing word?.

quotas, number counting, record keeping, re: how many books magazines etc being left with people.

still wondering

Yes, I agree with every word said, but most businesses are run by directors who want to make pots of money to buy and show off their swanky cars and big houses.

This lot, as far as I know, aren’t doing that. Perhaps their goal is more subtle, maybe a power thing. Control of peoples minds but to what end?

I’m confused.

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What is the current WTBS view of suicide?

by still wondering in

sorry if this has been discussed before, but can anyone tell me what the current wtbs view of suicide is?

it used to that they would suffer the second death and therefore would not be resurrected.

hows that for christian love.

still wondering

many thanks for that info. their view has clearly changed over the years, like almost everything else.

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What is the current WTBS view of suicide?

by still wondering in

sorry if this has been discussed before, but can anyone tell me what the current wtbs view of suicide is?

it used to that they would suffer the second death and therefore would not be resurrected.

hows that for christian love.

still wondering

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but can anyone tell me what the current WTBS view of suicide is?

It used to that they would suffer the second death and therefore would not be resurrected.

How’s that for Christian love.

Does anyone know if this is still the official watchtower view?

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So much criticism...but what's the answer?

by thankyou12 in

hi guys,.

good discussion here.

thanks.. what is real christianity?

still wondering

Here’s my 2 cents worth.

Not all questions are valid simply because there are asked. The classic “have you stopped beating your wife” is based on several suppositions, namely you are married and you used to beat her. If neither are true the question is meaningless.

So many of the questions I asked while a "witness" were likewise meaningless as the suppositions they were based on were untrue.

Who says you have to go anywhere. I found doing the one thing that the WTBS never did was the uttering of what is to my mind the most important prayer ever recorded, the Lord’s Prayer.

The more those simple words are used with due thought, sincerity and meditation I have come to realise a depth of understanding I never had before.

Discard the New World Translation and obtain the the New Life Good News Bible. For the first time in 50 years I can enjoy and understand reading the Bible.

Pick any verse at random, compare the two renderings and you will dump the NWT and treasure the other.

Try it and see.

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