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  How Soon Will We See 9-Year-Olds in Committee Meetings?

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that teddy bear baptism video was shocking.. if you haven't seen it yet.

  check it out on this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/271170002/on-subject-child-baptism-video.

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  Old Goat

  Congregation committees have no business dealing with very young children. Most of the current crop of elders are failures as parents. Their children have run wild, 'left the truth,' and pursue a secular life. If they can't engage their own children, how will they regulate the children of others. This is wrong. How desperate for increase in numbers must they be.

  There is nothing in the bible that allows an elder to step between a parent and his child. Watchtower elders assume authority beyond anything the scriptures allow.
  
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  Better Bible Translation?

  by Sofia Lose in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  which bible translation is the best, according to biblical scholars, anybody knows?

  please chime in.. i plan on getting it and doing comparison with the new world translation.

  sl.

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  Old Goat

  I think the three volume Bible from 26 Translations is still in print. It's a good way to compare translations without buying them all.
  
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  Authors who are Active JWs?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for starters, this topic isn't about former or non-practicing jws, but active ones who are authors.

  we all probably have heard of mcmillan's faith on the march and the other one by marley cole, but how about more recently?.

  i found a couple.

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  Old Goat

  B. W. Schulz has written two history books, both about aspects of the Watch Tower's early days:

  http://www.lulu.com/shop/b-w-schulz/nelson-barbour-the-millenniums-forgotten-prophet/paperback/product-5424152.html

  http://www.lulu.com/shop/b-w-schulz/a-separate-identity-organizational-identity-among-readers-of-zions-watch-tower-1870-1887/paperback/product-21546337.html

  Schulz is elderly and infirm so marginally active, but still a Witness. He writes good, solid history and lets the chips fall where they may. I strongly recommend both books.
  

  A British Witness named Whitby writes about bible translations. I don't have a link, and they're all magazine articles.
  
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  Where is Everyone????

  by truthlover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  missing a lot of the oldies and goodies -- is this site so new, no one has signed on yet?

  i am confused... but then, i will have to wait and see what happens.. somehow - change is not the best option but we adjust..have most of the users gone to other locations?.

  tl.

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  Old Goat

  I hate the new design. And I have constant log-on issues. This is hard to read and not user friendly.
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  From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?

  by Hidden-Window in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

  i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

  what about you?.

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  Old Goat

  0. I started fading when the Internet was new. The behaviors of by so-called brothers killed my faith in the Watchtower. If you foster bad behavior; if you encourage it, then you're not God's organization.
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  Unbaptized Publisher

  by naazira in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what would you recommend for an unbaptized publisher that has learned ttatt and is inactive?

  do you think it is best for someone to just continue to be inactive and live & let live?

  or take time and write a letter wishing to no longer be an unbaptized publisher?.

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  Old Goat

  walk away quietly. most elders wont notice because they do not care about you or yours. they care about themselves.
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  What were the calculations used to arrive at the 1874 date of Christ's return?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know the calculations used by the wt to arrive at 1914. fall of babylon in 607 (false year), gentile times, no zero year, ta-da, 1914.. what did they use before that?

  i know it wasn't russell who came up with it - he just adopted it.

  i'm just curious what they had to explain away when they made the transition.. .

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  Old Goat

  This historical background to the 1874 date is explored in Schulz and de Vienne's Nelson Barbour: The Millennium's Forgotten Prophet.

  http://www.lulu.com/shop/b-w-schulz/nelson-barbour-the-millenniums-forgotten-prophet/paperback/product-5424152.html

  Both of their books are well worth a thoughtful read.
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  Will the IRS Investigate the Watchtower Society?

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if you feel that the wtbts is breaking a tax law(s), you can send a letter to investigate the wtbts to the irs to:.

  department of the treasuryinternal revenue servicemc 4910 dal1100 commerce streetdallas, tx 75242 .

  the irs will investigate complaints about the wtbts, but it will not investigate the wtbts without compliants being sent to the irs.

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  Old Goat

  Going to the IRS is a huge waste of time. It's been tried repeatedly since the 1950s without success.
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  Digitizing all WT Literature

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have lots of wt literature that i want to get rid of, and i know that a lot of the literature is "valuable" in the sense that we need to have a record of what was said and when... and hopefully, all the pictures.. one of the least well-preserved of wt literature is the yearbooks.

  they contain valuable information that is not on the wt library... for example, all of the pictures of the many jw's, or the charts and data, or the daily text.. .

  so, atlantis, or anyone who wants it, i am willing to ship the yearbooks to you with the condition that you will scan them and provide them for the entire community, and you pay for the shipping.anyone willing to take them?.

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  I noticed that the truthhistory blog has a front cover photo of A. D. Jones Day Star. I've never seen one before. Are there any more out there?

  http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/
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  Rumor Elders Will Receive Name Badges For Every Meeting.

  by HelpMeBelieve in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i keep hearing rumors elders are going to be getting permanent badge cards to wear to every meeting.

  one excited brother told me, "it would be nice if new ones to the kingdom hall could see who their shepherds are.

  there is a great surge in activity, new bible students will be able to locate the proper elder in charge of bible studies!

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  Old Goat

  So, witnesses will emulate Mormons? Wear little badges that say Elder so and so? Swell. Wonderland is alive and well and in Patterson NY.