according to matthew 24:24, the good news must be preached "to all the nations", and "in order to give a witness to 'all the nations,' we must present ... truth in different languages.
" (our kingdom ministry, 12/12, page 3).
so, which publication is available in most languages today?.
According to Matthew 24:24, the Good News must be preached "to all the Nations", and "in order to give a witness to 'all the nations,' we must present ... truth in different languages." (Our Kingdom Ministry, 12/12, page 3). So, which publication is available in most languages today?
this just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.
(reposted from http://m.imgur.com/a/crap8):.
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I allowed myself to create a PDF from the great "scans" by the thread starter ...
in the united states i gather that copyright lasts for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years.
if copyright only lasts for 70 years from publication of anonymous works, then copyright for the nwt of the christian greek scriptures would be due to run out in a few years.
watchtower leaders probably don't like the idea of others being able to publish hard copies or circulate the nwt in ebook format.
One more notice regarding copyright:
The United States used to require copyrights to be renewed after 28 years to stay in force. ... Works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain.
To my knowledge, the WTBS has never renewed copyrights for any publications, that's why all their works up to 1963 can be freely downloaded from everywhere. There are also companies selling their scans of their old books.
So, to the 1950 and 1961 editions, neither the 70-year-rule nor the 95-year-rule apply, and of coures the 'last printing' doesn't matter at all. Both editions are already in the public domain since 1979 and 1990.
the annual meeting seems to boil down to an opening talk about an "exciting new" bible museum and a closing talk about an "exciting new" new world translation.
sandwiched in between were the wt summary, a talk about indoctrinating the children fast/furious, and some "trip down memory lane.".
why would this "spiritual feast" seem to be anticlimactic?
I agree, but the "official explanation" really puts the old NWT in a bad light. They are saying it was flawed, not in content, but in general readability.
Nooo .. people are simply more stupid nowadays. Previously, the old translation was "an accurate, easy-to-read translation of the Bible" (w08 6/15 p15). Back then, this was "present truth".
It was just during the year 2013 that people became so stupid that they can't read it anymore.
- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
Maybe the "new name ... which no one knows except the one receiving it." (Rev 2:7) ... possibly in preparation of their merger with the Latte-A-Day-Saints.
i need "the best" quotes from wtbts, preferably in publicly available publications.
- not questioning the wtbts.
- idem regards blood.
talked to a congregation literature servant's close friend today.
i asked him what he thought about the "no bibles" situation.
he said the literature servant told him that there will be a new bible released at the annual meetin.
gray
Likely they changed the color, instead of black on white the new Bible is printed gray on gray.
this new article shows how arbitrary the watchtower's explanations are .... .
http://www.svhelden.info/witchtower/2013/09/hate-a-feature-of-true-christians/.
The article above is completely new; most of the old articles you find here (many of these have not been published on the blog yet):
this new article shows how arbitrary the watchtower's explanations are .... .
http://www.svhelden.info/witchtower/2013/09/hate-a-feature-of-true-christians/.
Hate - A Feature of True Christians
“With a complete hatred I do hate them” – Psalm 139:22
The Watchtower leaves no doubt that Christians must hate apostates. “The obligation to hate lawlessness … applies to all activity by apostates. Our attitude toward apostates should be that of David, who declared: … ‘With a complete hatred I do hate them.’” (The Watchtower, July 15, 1992, page 12) But “Jesus obviously did not mean that his followers should literally hate … [apostates], since he commanded people to love even their enemies.” (The Watchtower, October 1, 1995, page 8). “In the Bible, ‘hate’ can refer to loving a person or an object to a lesser degree.” (The Watchtower, March 15, 2008, page 32). “In keeping with that understanding, the Bible says that Jacob ‘hated’ Leah and loved Rachel, which meant that he did not love Leah as much as he loved her sister, Rachel.” – The Watchtower, October 1, 1995, page 8.
So it is obvious that Christians should simply ‘love apostates to a lesser degree.’ Normally, love for others raises in God’s servants “a strong desire to tell them about God’s Kingdom.” (Awake!, August 22, 1985, page 11). By ceasing to ‘tell apostates about God’s Kingdom’, Christians can show that they ‘love them to a lesser degree’.
But apostates are not the only thing that a Christian must hate. Servants of God are obliged “to hate things that God condemns, such as lying, greediness, stealing, homosexuality and fornication.” 
(Happiness – How to Find It?, page 95) The same principle applies here – we should ‘love the lie to a lesser degree’ than the truth, ‘love homosexuality to a lesser degree’ then heterosexuality and ‘love fornication to a lesser degree’ than conjugal fidelity, just as Jacob ‘hated’ Leah and still fathered seven children with her. (Genesis 29:32-35; 30:16-21) Christians must also be “hating unjust profit,” that is, loving unjust profit to a lesser degree than just profit. – Exodus 18:21.
But Jesus Christ said: “If any man comes to me, he must hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sister. Yes, he must hate himself too.” (Luke 14:26, WE) Did he mean that one should simply ‘love himself and his relatives to a lesser degree’ when he wants to become a Christian? No, because “in the Scriptures, the word ‘hate’ has several shades of meaning. … The word ‘hate’ may also denote intense hostility, sustained ill will often accompanied by malice. It is this sense of the word that is discussed” here. (The Watchtower, August 15, 2004, page 12) “Such hate
may become a consuming emotion seeking to bring harm to its object.” – Insight on the Scriptures, volume I, page 1042.
Accordingly Christians need to develop “intense hostility” towards themselves and their relatives. Like Paul they should consider themselves and their family members ‘miserable men’ and ‘hate [them] in the truest sense, which is to regard with extreme and active aversion, to consider as loathsome, odious, filthy, to detest.” (Romans 7:24; The Watchtower, October 1, 1952, page 599). Godly hate will cause them to keep looking for occasions for ‘bringing harm’ to themselves and their relatives.
this new article shows how arbitrary the watchtower's explanations are .... .
http://www.svhelden.info/witchtower/2013/09/hate-a-feature-of-true-christians/.
This new article shows how arbitrary the Watchtower's explanations are ...
http://www.svhelden.info/witchtower/2013/09/hate-a-feature-of-true-christians/
