My mother wasn't crying, but she had to tell me the "exciting" news...the WTS has published a brand new Bible that is the most accurate ever produced!! She also can't wait to get me my own copy. I didn't have the heart to tell my 83 year old mom anything that would burst her bubble. It is just such a shame for this type of adulation from a woman that has given 60 years of servitude to an organization that could care less about her.
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REACTION from my neck of the woods...
by problemaddict inas some of you may know i am in the midst of a fade, working on the family coming along (new thread to update there).
most mf my close friends are still jw's to varying degrees.
i would say most are couples that are around our age (25-35), and they attend maybe 90% of the meetings, go in service on sat, pioneer in april, and have a couple bible studies etc... in general the good kind.
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WTF... JW Library ranks #4 in the Top (Free) Charts on Apple Store for iPhone/iPad
by undercover inchecking out the apple store for any new cool apps, and lo and behold!
i see that the wts has finally embraced that demonic form of information dispensing.
and all jah's chil'ren are snapping it up.
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I have to admit that this app is actually very good. It allows comparison between the NWT and 5 other translations (Reference Bible, Kingdom Interlinear, Byington, American Standard and King James). I am actually surprised how user friendly it is...and that it actually allows these direct comparisons of verses. You can also view footnotes with a tap of the finger on the annotation .
I also see that there is an appendix featuring on specific subjects. I found the one entitled "The Divine Name in the Christian Greek Scriptures" to be interesting. The WTS is obviously sensitive to the criticism they have received for inserting Jehovah in to the New Testament. The answer is both ambiguous and arrogant, but they do take it on.
I think this app will be a very useful one to use in talking to our JW friends and relatives...it is hard to claim we are "twisting" words to deceive right hearted ones when those words come directly from the app the WTS has published and released!
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Video feed crashed during agm. Everybody sent home
by solomon inthe feed kept crashing this morning so after 3 hours they told everybody to go home.
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No Adam...just the "pangs of distress"!
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BUM WITNESSES
by The Searcher incan anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
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Obviously, SFPW was not a JW in the late 60's and early 70's or they would not make such a ludicrous statement as " They read one little thing and all of a sudden they thought the end was coming in 75" or " Just like the 1975 self-victims". If you had been a JW during that era, you have heard almost weekly references to 1975 as being a "significant" date and allusions to it being the start of Great Tribuation. SFPW, perhaps you can tell me what the significance of that date was was other than scaring people in to avoiding careers, marriage or having children?
And before you castigate me for stating the above, I can assure you that I was a eyewitness to all of it...can you say the same? If you were a JW then, and deny that these things happened, then you are being disengenous at best, and an outright liar at worst.
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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SFPW...you rationale for argument is something to behold! It reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures...
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AGM Favoured Few
by IMHO inwhat is the point of a 'favoured few' being invited to assembly halls to hear a recording of the agm on sunday.. why couldn't they just play the recording at the kh for all to hear.. or are not the 'others' worth??
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Maybe the rest are "bum" Witnesses?...
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Video feed crashed during agm. Everybody sent home
by solomon inthe feed kept crashing this morning so after 3 hours they told everybody to go home.
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Obviously, Satan is much stronger in Canada....
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Shunning - Not Just JWs
by Joe Grundy inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmg69xmjp8.
this is a documentary from louis theroux on his return visit to westboro baptist chutch - as wacky a bunch as you'll meet.
but not that different, imho, as jdubs.. i never was a dub, but i hope as a human that i can share their pain.. being entirely secular here, it seems to me that some of the young ladies in the film need to experience 'worldly' love,.
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I would think being shunned by WBC would be a good thing!
All kidding aside, shunning is a disgusting and despicable practice. I am DF'ed and semi shunned by family, but I don't really care that much. For others, the pain of shunning can be unbearable, and to those individuals, my heart goes out to you.
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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Sorry...double post
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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SFPW...the beauty of a forum like this, is that anyone can post their thoughts. I am a little puzzled by your attack on Julia, as she is reporting information passed on to her. I find your statement that " the organization's longevity is a testament to Jehovah's blessing" to be a bit misleading...using that same reasoning, you would have to admit that God's blessing is on the Catholic Church...it has been around a lot longer than the JW's...and a lot larger in numbers as well. They must really have God's blessing!