Posts by stumbledbyothers

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Who else had to sit though last weeks WT study, 6th Jan 2019 - "Buy Truth and Never Sell It"

by skin in

that title, “buy truth and never sell it”.

is that not our goal has jw’s, to try to sell the truth to those who have the right heart condition to accept it?.

para 9: “when the fishermen peter and andrew were invited by jesus to become “fishers of men,” they “abandoned their nets.” (matt.

stumbledbyothers

If you are the spokesman for the Creator of the universe and all that entails, and represents the head of the Christian Congregation Jesus, since their intelligence is higher than ours - that you would get the Creators name right despite "worldly" information!

Would think the Creator would reveal his true name pronunciation to those speaking for him- he did that for Moses.

Would think the head of the Congregation Jesus would clear that up when he choose them in 1919, "by the way my dads name is pronounced......"

It really is "DUH-Trooff"

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When the WT study goes beyond what is written in the Bible.

by skin in

in today's wt study, 9th sept 2018, para 14. we learnt that jesus mother, mary, is one of the 144.000 anointed at penticost.

just another classic, we know more than what is contained in scripture..

stumbledbyothers

I guess Mary is enjoying her blessings as outlined in the paragraph now!

Notice how the picture of 144,000 all looks like men!

Oh wait, does watchtower teach there is neither male nor female with angels, even though every picture of angel is male-looking!!

So if Mary is given a spiritual body in the appearance of a male as a member of the 144,000, then does she have her female thoughts???

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KH Hall doors to remain locked during meetings?

by StarTrekAngel in

my mother in law told us this morning that they read a letter in her cong last night.

from now on kh doors will be locked after 15 min of meeting start.

only the fire exit (one way door) will remain unlocked.

stumbledbyothers

in my congregation they lock the doors and the gate of the main parking lot entry. The second entry (no gate) is blocked by a brother sitting in his car during the meeting. The two attendance rotate during the meeting one inside the other outside. I told the COBE that it is too dangerous (being inner city) to have one brother in the parking lot during mid week meetings (we had a lot of car vandalism over the last few years) he said we need to trust in Jehovah. So I asked to be removed from the attendance list, he said ok.Since I'm no longer attendant, I have no knowledge of any incident since then because we never reported to the congregation to keep the friends aware of whats going on.

I guess I need to step up my game in reliance on Jehovah- huh?

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Facial Hair

by new boy in

jw
friends

since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?

stumbledbyothers

The latest information that I remember is from the Sept 2016 Study article "Does your Style of Dress Glorify God?"

17 What about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard? The Mosaic Law required men to wear a beard. However, Christians are not under the Mosaic Law, nor are they obliged to observe it. (Lev. 19:27; 21:5; Gal. 3:24, 25) In some cultures, a neatly trimmed beard may be acceptable and respectable, and it may not detract at all from the Kingdom message. In fact, some appointed brothers have beards. Even so, some brothers might decide not to wear a beard. (1 Cor. 8:9, 13; 10:32) In other cultures or localities, beards are not the custom and are not considered acceptable for Christian ministers. In fact, having one may hinder a brother from bringing glory to God by his dress and grooming and his being irreprehensible.—Rom. 15:1-3; 1 Tim. 3:2, 7.

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FYI- Some KH Annoucements Aug 2018

by stumbledbyothers in

some of these kh letters may have been mentioned already:.

starting sept - $14 per publisher toward taking care of the needs of the co in us.. love never fails 2019 regional conventions.. memorial april 19, 2019.. there will be jw contact cards with blank space to write notes..

stumbledbyothers

Some of these KH letters may have been mentioned already:

Starting Sept - $14 per publisher toward taking care of the needs of the CO in US.

Love Never Fails 2019 Regional Conventions.

Memorial April 19, 2019.

There will be JW Contact cards with blank space to write notes.

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What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

by SouthCentral in

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friends

i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

stumbledbyothers

Lets see what results come from the Congregation "reshuffling" - probably not much since heaven forbid not cooperating with "the chariot" will be making you out of harmony with Jehovah!

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WT productions - suggestions for a name???

by sparrowdown in

jw
friends

how bout ..... jehollywood or just jollywood.

mad sacred cow productions.

big brother productions.

stumbledbyothers

New System Productions

For-JAH Films

New King Productions

Generations Production Company

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Was Jesus fully Human? How babies were made in those days.

by fulltimestudent in

i feel confident that most visitors to this site, understand the essential conflict at the heart of christianity.

how could jesus be fully human and simultaneously be a divine being who descended (supposedly, some thing jesus specifically claimed to be) from heaven.. as jws we may have solved this tricky point by saying that yahweh transferred the life of jesus into mary's womb, and so jesus was born fully human.. but if we remove the blindfold of faith, we immediately 'see' the problem.

in our contemporary view of the reproductive process, we can be certain that there is a female 'egg,' that is fertilised by male sperm.

stumbledbyothers

My surface investigation tells me that this is a teaching NOT originated with Watchtower.

You be surprise that a handful of Watchtower doctrine background origins are from the Catholic Church dating back to the middle-ages.

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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.

stumbledbyothers

From listening into the KH Meeting tie-in today:

The 7-hills congregation is to merge in with Brookside, Ridge, Brecksville. Brecksville to relocate to W130th KH (two congs go there now). 7-Hills hall to be up for sale.

Think they are calling it "Restructuring Utilization Plan"

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Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!

by Divergent in

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friends

thursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.

2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.

that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

stumbledbyothers

It just dawned on me to ask- where the apostles with Jesus the night of the Passover/New covenant even baptized? I recall the disciples baptizing others but nothing is written that they themselves got baptized. I always assumed that they were baptized by John the baptist. Can anyone shed light on the subject? Thanks