Posts by fokyc

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Where in the Bible does it say God is omniscient?

by sabastious in

i don't care about scriptures that say god is "all knowing" or "know all my hairs on my head" cause that could all be done without being omniscient.

are there any bible verse's that speak specifically of god's omniscience?.

-sab.

fokyc

It doesn't; and God is NOT omniscient!

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Now why would the WT not ask former elders the 3rd question?

by wheelwithinwheel in

jw
friends

in chapter 3 of ks-10, paragraph 13 (page 35), the wt corp provides the precise questions that are to be asked aspiring elders before announcing their appointment.

there are only 2 for qualifying brothers who have served previously.

brothers not having served before must be asked a 3rd.. .

fokyc

The exact wording:

13. In every case, the elders must ask the following

questions: "Is there anything from your past,

even before baptism, or in your personal or family

life that disqualifies you or that would prevent you

from accepting this appointment? Is there any reason

why your appointment should not be announced to

the congregation?" If the brother has not previously

served as an elder or a ministerial servant, ask the following

question: "Have you ever been involved at

any time in the past with child sexual molestation?"

If he answers yes to any of these questions, do not announce

the appointment. Return the S-2 form or

5-52 appointment letter to the branch office, and provide

a complete explanation as to why the appointment

should be annulled. If the brother answers no

to these questions and accepts the appointment, the

elders might direct his attention to information provided

by "the faithful and discreet slave" that will

help him fulfill his new privilege of service.- Matt. 24:45; od caps. 5-6.

Notice also that IF he accepts the appointment "the elders MIGHT direct his attention..."

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What does your XMas tree look like, or you would like to look?

by blondie in

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friends

fokyc

I just hate Xmas!

I used to really enjoy it before I met the JW's, but that was in 1952!

Ever since then I must not have anything to do with it, or else!

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Can someone help me find this source material?

by Doug Mason in

hi,.

i need to obtain scans of the following pages, and i would be deeply grateful if someone can help me.. anchor bible dictionary, volume 6 pages 392-393 ("tetragrammaton in the new testament", article by george howard.).

if anyone can help me, it would probably be best to send me a pm, so i can pass on my email address.. doug.

fokyc

Some of George Howards' material is quoted here:

http://www.tetragrammaton.org/nwtandhvs.html

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What does your XMas tree look like, or you would like to look?

by blondie in

jw
friends

fokyc

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Anyone got the December KM yet for UK

by alanv in

as it is the end of the jw service year, it would be nice to see how they finished up in august 2010 as regards total publishers.. quite often there seems to be a big push to get as many as possable to put in a service report to finish the year off.. so a scan would be good or just a report on how many publishers they ended up with.

thanks.

fokyc

Here you go:

http://www.box.net/shared/834878zvef

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$aving the WTB&TS

by Scully in

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friends

as i was flipping through some magazines in the check out line today, it dawned on me that the wts could very well save itself.. it claims that the watchtower and awake!

magazines are the most widely circulated journals in the world.

so why the hell are they not capitalizing on this popularity by selling advertising space in the magazines?