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  Need help from JW History Buffs

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  11 years ago

  i need help with writing an article regarding vaccinations, organ transplants, and blood transfusions.. i am doing my research using limited amounts of non-wt sources and mostly just the actual wt literature.. what i am having a hard time understanding is:.

  most of the articles in the golden age, at least at the beginning of the anti-vaccination stance, are actually written by contributors.

  since there are very pro-vaccination articles and then lots of anti-vaccination articles, how can i determine the actual wt viewpoint on vaccinations?.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  The Golden Age 1931, February 4 issue devoted 10 pages to why vaccinations were not for Christians. The index page to the 1931 article claimed this as the viewpoint of the Creator.

  Does not get much clearer than that..

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  February 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 02/2014 PDF)

  by WatchTower87 in

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  11 years ago

  news!!!.

  http://adf.ly/aggvc km - 02/2014 pdf.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  When engaging in public witnessing using a table or a
  cart, publishers should not display Bibles. However, they may
  have Bibles available to offer to individuals who request one
  or who demonstrate sincere interest in the truth.

  What's all that about?

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  Does this Site get more Newbies than WTS gets Baptisms?

  by skeeter1 in

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  2. friends

  11 years ago

  just wondering on whether jwn gets more newbies that the wts gets bapstisms?

  are there any statistics?.

  this site's newbies usually lurk for a month or two, with no interaction with us.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  Watchtower has plenty of baptisms. Trouble is as they come in the front door two thirds of the rest go out the back door lol

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  Sneaky introduction advice from Dec KM

  by Splash in

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  2. beliefs

  11 years ago

  it says on page 1 par.

  3 in the q&a item.

  "where people belong to a non-christian religion, or to no religion at all, it may be better to mention the bible on a return visit, rather than at the outset.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  Ray Franz the ex governing body member said that when missionaries were sent to new lands who had several different religions, they should start of with the 'Christian religions', presumabily because it would be a lot easier to convert them.

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  I found a new FB/YouTube group and this lady knocked me out she's good

  by RayPublisher in

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  2. scandals

  11 years ago

  i found a new fb/youtube group and this lady knocked me out she's good.

  in this video there's a snippet that is priceless.

  make sure you watch up through the montage starting at 21:30!

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  alanv 11 years ago

  Totally agree this lady is a good speaker, but it really is no good showing all the mistakes that Charles Russell made. Since last October the society have openly stated that Russell was not being used as God's channel of communication. They say he was a keen bible student and got many things right. But they will also now admit he got many things wrong, which is fine in their book because he was not chosen or used by God to dispense spiritual truths.

  I think too if you were to ask someone high up in the organisation, they would say that spirit directed means that JWs use the spirit inspired bible as their guide. It's like I once asked a circuit Overseer, how are the elders said to be appointed by holy spirit, and the answer was because they meet the requirements laid out in the bible. So no invisable force helping them just the fact the bible was written by men guided by God

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  Number of anointed partakers in new yearbook?

  by JWOP in

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  2. bible

  11 years ago

  i haven't seen the 2014 yearbook on the jw site yet.

  i'm looking to see if the number of partakers has increased again (as it has for many years now).

  anyone have a scan of it yet?.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  The thing is, the gov body have it covered now if it does go up. They openly say there could be ones who partake who do not fully understand what it means, and that it does not matter if it goes up or down. God knows who the real annointed are!

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  JW morale reaching new low

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  11 years ago

  many friends i've spoken with are becoming discouraged.

  because of this it's becoming tempting to privately share my views with friends, but i know this is still too dangerous.

  most witnesses in my circle are intelligent free thinkers.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  If we are talking about the overlapping generation, surely that is not new, and has been previously discussed in the Watchtower.

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  I sent my DA letter in yesterday.

  by quellycatface in

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  11 years ago

  feel like i've been in a car accident and i'm on the road to recovery....i wonder what will happen next??

  my husband, (non jw) says he would'nt be surprised if they df'd me as one or two elders are quite spiteful.

  can they can't fire me cos i quit, surely??.

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  alanv 11 years ago

  They probably like it more when someone disassociates themselves, because there is no doubt then that the individual does not want to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses any more, and that is what is read out at the kingdom hall.

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  Proper grammar and "This Generation"

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  12 years ago

  i was never good at spelling and probably worse at grammar.

  so if jesus really ment that the phrase "this generation" was an over lapping of generations then what would of been the proper way of saying it, if at all????

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  alanv 12 years ago

  All anyone has to do is read the scripture in context. I think a 10 year old would be able to understand its meaning.

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  Who kills more trees? Wt vs. power company?

  by DS211 in

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  12 years ago

  i have to share an interesting experience with my wife this morning (not a bedroom story...sinners ;-)).. we were driving to work and my wife asked why they havent changed the wooden power poles to concrete.. me: well i think they change them as they start to give out.. wife: but they kill so many trees doing this!!!!

  why wouldnt they figure that out?.

  (what i wanted to say)me: how many trees do the watchtower kill printing magazines and bibles????.

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  alanv 12 years ago

  Hi fact finder I must admit I forgot about newspapers that are printed every day in their millions, but I gueess apart from newspapers the Watchtower must be one of the biggest users.

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