and what type of effort a person makes to return.
Fred E Hathaway
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Fred E Hathaway
If we don't want to keep true, then we lose friends. It happens all the time. We can even not like ourselves then.
Actually, I and J didn't become separate letters in English till later than that, and the same goes for the letters U and V. Jehovah is used by the American Standard Version, Verkuyl's Berkeley Versions, Byington's Bible in Living English, Fenton's Complete Bible in Modern English, Stern's Jewish New Testament, the KJV, Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, the Living Bible (paraphrased), Moulton's Modern Reader's Bible, the New English Bible, the NWT, and the Webster Bible. In my own personal Bible collection, I also see Yahweh (An American Translation, the Bible in basic English, the Contemporary English Version, the Easy-to-Read Version, God's Word™, Traina's Holy Name Bible, New American Bible, New Century Version, New Jerusalem Bible, Revised English Bible, Today's English Version), Javé (Knox), YAHVAH (Rotherham Version revised). Several that prefer Jehovah, also recognize Yahweh as a legitimate transliteration of Hebrew; and several that prefer Yahweh, also recognized Jehovah as a legitimate English translation of the Hebrew. English is like every other language on Earth today, it evolves as people use it in different ways and as usage changes over time.
We all have the freedom of choice, even if there are various "forces" at play. If we choose to return to something, that is our decision. I, for one have never worshipped a book publishing company, nor does that appeal to me. If someone else has or does, I'm sure the True God will make sure that the person knows the True God's views with respect to worship.
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JW's participate in Government talks with other religious bodies!
by Atlantis in(please delete if already posted).
http://www.online.ie/home/news.aspx?newsid=636132 religious bodies in talks with government.
ground-breaking talks between the government and religious bodies began in dublin today.. .
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Fred E Hathaway
If Jehovah wants representation on behalf of His people, he has His way of getting doing it, whether it's having a JW in government, such as Joseph, Daniel, or even Queen Esther, or whether it is in another way such as with Jesus, Stephen, or the Apostle Paul before the authorities of the day.
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Those Three Words "I love you"
by Thinking of Leaving inhi everyone, happy friday.
i have a question for the guys and girls on this board.
do you think that the man or the woman should say "i love you" first in a relationship?.
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Fred E Hathaway
These 3 words are best said by respect, honesty, and trust. Action speaks louder than words.
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Do you even care about the war of the Muslims?
by free2beme ina man i knew very well at work, who i even traveled to mexico with on a company trip, is a muslim from afghanistan.
he told me once, "never trust any muslim, as they will not tell you the truth about themselves until it is too late.
" i found this interesting as this man was muslim.
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Do you even care about the war of the Muslims?
by free2beme ina man i knew very well at work, who i even traveled to mexico with on a company trip, is a muslim from afghanistan.
he told me once, "never trust any muslim, as they will not tell you the truth about themselves until it is too late.
" i found this interesting as this man was muslim.
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Fred E Hathaway
Which is why there's a Governing Body for JWs to resolve disputes, unlike in Islam, etc.
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Fred E Hathaway
A true friend is a friend of Jehovah's. A true friend keeps true to principles. Elihu was a true friend of Job, and so was Jehovah. If the person under test keeps loyal to Jehovah through the good, the bad, and the ugly; then that one will have Jehovah and his friends as friends. Yes, we all need to take care to prove ourselves true to Jehovah, whatever the circumstance.
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update on my divorce situation
by depressed ini'm shocked!
if you remember my experience, in a nutshell, basically my ex-bethelite ex pioneer husband cheated on me with an older "worldly woman" from his job and left me suddenly.
i had no idea that we had trouble with our marriage, however, when i discovered the love letters from the other woman, he moved out, and a week after that, i received divorce papers.
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Fred E Hathaway
We all have freedom of choice, whether we recognize it or not, whether others recognize it or not. Principles guide us all.
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"Trinitarians" how can you "lie" to the truth? Is truth a person?
by booker-t ini was talking to this jw's elder who i believe has to be the best debater against the "trinity" doctrine that jw's have he brought up several point which i feel needs to be addressed by trinitarians.
first of all he argured that acts 5:3-4 about lying to the holy spirit in no way makes the holy spirit a person any more that "lying to the truth" in james makes "truth" a person.
i have never seen that verse before about lying to the truth.
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Fred E Hathaway
I used to be a member of a nondenominational Bible study group, but trinitarian prayers became unbearable. I'm glad to have the refuge of the Kingdom Hall, even if Wisdom is hard to live up to.
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I'm a Liar
by Perry inso, i'm downtown quite early the other morning while still dark and i see a man holding an awake.
so, i pull over and wave him over.
after a few words of cordiality, i ask him why jehovah's witnesses teach that jesus returned invisibly in 1914 when jesus himself said this:in matthew 24:.
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