Posts by Justitia Themis

This OSCE conference occured just this month.

http://www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2007.html

Scroll down to NGOs. JW associated NGOs are numbers 10, 93, 94, 243 and 328.
http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007...586_en.pdf

Also, they "convened" a meeting. Scroll down to September 26, 2007, Room #2, from 13:00-15:00 hours.

http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007...609_en.pdf

Here is some information for those who are unfamiliar with the background and function of the OSCE:

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OSCE—What

IsIt?WillItSucceed?

By Awake! correspondent in Portugal

AFTER World War II, a power struggle arose between Western democratic capitalist countries and the Eastern Communist Soviet bloc. Each bloc developed its own security organization: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the West and the Warsaw Pact in the East.

By 1975 the Cold War had thawed enough for 35 States, including the United States and Russia, to sign what came to be called the Helsinki Agreement. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was born. It was a multilateral forum for dialogue and negotiation between the two blocs.

At the Budapest Summit in 1994, the CSCE changed its name to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Today, it is composed of 54 participating States, including the United States, Canada, and all the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Its

Objective

The objective of the member nations of the OSCE is to guarantee the security of Europe as well as to foster the implementation of human rights, disarmament, democratic freedoms and the management of regional conflict.

A summit meeting of the OSCE was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 2-3, 1996. At first, attention was focused on NATO, since several NATO members, including the United States, are in favor of the expansion of NATO to include more nations from Central and Eastern Europe. But rather than support the enlargement of NATO to include former Eastern bloc allies, Russia and some of her former Eastern bloc allies want the OSCE to become the forum for matters of European security.

The Russian prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, said at the meeting: "We are in favor of strengthening the OSCE, which is the only place in Europe where all States can work together. It is the best international place for discussing security and defense."

The radiant afternoon sun seemed to create a climate of general optimism at the close of the summit, despite the comments of the press regarding its nebulous results. Whatever success or failure the OSCE may realize, peace lovers everywhere can be assured that true peace and security will soon be realized earth wide under the rule of God’s Kingdom.—Psalm 72:1, 7, 8.

Justicia

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What's the nicest thing someone has ever said to you?

by John Doe in

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Justitia Themis

An elder in my congregation said I was THE most driven woman he has ever met. He didn't mean it as a compliment; I cherish his words to this day.

Justitia

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Re: Annual Meeting-New Understanding Of Dragnet in Matt 13:47

by Justitia Themis in

a poster on another db mentioned that there was also a 'new' understanding regarding the dragnet.

here is a copy of his post.. "vs 47: the dragnet are meetings and memorials in which all sorts attend.

most at memorial don't make progress.

Justitia Themis

The generation new light has been discussed in several threads on this DB. However, the four new understandings are from a poster on another DB. Here is the relevant portion of his post:

Next year's text taken from Exodus 14:13. . .Stand firm and see the salvation of Jehovah

Brother Barr gave a talk on 4 new understandings.

Matthew 13:31 re: As the mustard grain grew so did the organization, from 120 in the upper room to the 6.7 mill in 100,000 congregations.

Vs 33: Leaven is not negative. The woman went to sleep and didn't know how the bread grew. But Jehovah made it grow causing so many to respond to the truth.

Vs 47: The dragnet are meetings and memorials in which all sorts attend. Most at memorial don't make progress. Not all studies come into the truth. They are unsuitable fish. Angels do the separating into differnt vessels.

"This Generation" (Mt 24:34) will also be retracted from a "generation of wickedness" to its original, literal understaning. The anointed who saw the first signs, some will even live to see the last and be alive at the great tribulation

Justitia

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Re: Annual Meeting-New Understanding Of Dragnet in Matt 13:47

by Justitia Themis in

a poster on another db mentioned that there was also a 'new' understanding regarding the dragnet.

here is a copy of his post.. "vs 47: the dragnet are meetings and memorials in which all sorts attend.

most at memorial don't make progress.

Justitia Themis

I would like to this is in print.

So would I. But for the deep respect I have for the person who posted it, I would not take it seriously at all. He specifically mentions four new understandings (such as the generation and leaven) from Barr's talk on Matt 13. I suppose time will tell...

But again, does anyone have any information on the understanding of the dragnet from BEFORE 1950? I have the CD-rom, but not the older publications.

Justitia

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Question (s) from the newbie

by bite me in

go easy on me, please, as i am new to this board.

i have a question, i know chances are this has been answered in one form or another.

but can anyone tell me, exactly or roughly how much of the bible jw's actually use.

Justitia Themis

Yeah and they still pronounce habakuk wrong. (Hint : have a cook?)

..drives me crazy too 5go! Huh BAUGHK (like ball) Cook Not Huh BAAAA (like a sheep) Kuck

However, though my local professors of Judaic studies (who just happen to be Jewish) pronounce it this way, if you search online and listen to the pronunciation, many put the emphasis on the first syllable.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?habakk01.wav=Habakkuk

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Re: Annual Meeting-New Understanding Of Dragnet in Matt 13:47

by Justitia Themis in

a poster on another db mentioned that there was also a 'new' understanding regarding the dragnet.

here is a copy of his post.. "vs 47: the dragnet are meetings and memorials in which all sorts attend.

most at memorial don't make progress.

Justitia Themis

A poster on another DB mentioned that there was also a 'new' understanding regarding the dragnet. Here is a copy of his post.

"Vs 47: The dragnet are meetings and memorials in which all sorts attend. Most at memorial don't make progress. Not all studies come into the truth. They are unsuitable fish. Angels do the separating into differnt (sic) vessels."

Does anyone have information about flip-flops prior to the CD-rom (cira 1950)?

Regards,

Justitia