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  No more big District Conventions?

  by serenitynow! in

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  so i went to the hall today for a funeral and took a look at the bulletin board.

  i was surprised to see a letter stating the dc for michigan would be held at the local assembly hall instead of the big convention center in ohio where it had been held the past few years.

  have you all heard about this?.

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  All I can say is, don't believe everything you read on a bulletin board while going to a funeral.

  In my area, they're still having the convention at a larger venue. So perhaps they will still do so for many unless they see some specific reason to do otherwise. The cash JWs bring into the areas with larger venues is probably a big reason for the bigger stadiums and the like to offer them a good deal. I don't know about you, but I'd try hard to make sure 6,000+ people kept coming back to fuel my city's economy every summer.

  Assembly halls would be a good choice, but the stadiums and all that bring with it the potential for press, and therefore, a bit of free advertising. Thus, the potential for more recruits just reading it in the papers or finding out about when JWs go to their hotels, restaurants, and the like. There are a number of good reasons to do it that way, reasons that could--could--be worth the cost.

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

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  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  Well, I'll stop now. I've got other stuff to do. Just wanted to share my thoughts...

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  That was the first article. Say what you will, but at least it was explained, in the WT sense, in a coherent, orderly manner, of a sort. Most people will be knocked the f*** out during this article and the old pioneers or know-it-alls will carry the commenting. But this is like some seriously interesting stuff. It's some pretty strong admissions of a number of wrong teachings all in one article. This is like the Fix-It Felix of Watchtower articles, man. Impressive.

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  July 15th, 2013 Watchtower is available NOW on jw.org

  by sd-7 in

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  2. friends

  rather surprised--this is quite early.

  usually it's not out until the 15th of the month.

  one thing i noticed, which all the hubbub about all the other articles seems to have overshadowed, was on page 26, a brief article about mark sanderson, the newest member of the governing body.. sounds like he was on the career path of a company man.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/250277/2/July-15th-Study-Edition-Is-Up

  Yeah. Just go to the above link for discussion of that issue.

  Ninja Scroll is great, isn't it? What's Ninja Scroll? I know how to make my t-shirt into a Do-It-Yourself Ninja mask, but nothing about Ninja Scroll.

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  sd-7

  Sorry, I'm totally monopolizing this thread, aren't I?

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  Wait a minute! Page 8, paragraph 19: "How does this adjusted view further affect our understanding of the illustration of the faithful slave? Also, how does it affect our understanding of other parables, or illustrations, of Jesus that are being fulfilled during this time of the end?"

  So they admit that the 'faithful slave' is an "illustration"! But somehow it has still become a literal prophecy referring to them. Cognitive dissonance, indeed.

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  Paragraph 16 on page 7, while referring to all the other parables in Matt. 25 as "parables", carefully avoids using the same term when discussing the 'faithful and discreet slave'. Cle-ver!

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  Page 7: "Does a further consideration of Jesus' prophecy reveal that our understanding of the timing of other significant events needs to be adjusted?"

  Translation: "Did we figure out some more stuff we were wrong about? Yup. Let's see what it is! By the way, did that last set of paragraphs totally f***ing confuse you? Good. Here's some more for you to not remember by the time this lesson is over."

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  Page 6: "Since Jesus was not yet active as Judge of all nations in 1914, his judgment of people as sheep or goats could not have started in that year."

  So...explain to me why I needed The Watchtower to inform me of this truly stunning revelation? Everybody in Christendom "(which is holy in the eyes of nominal Christians)" probably already knew this and didn't have to revisit it at all. You know, like the identity of the 'higher powers' in Romans 13.

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  July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

  by confusedteenager in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

  they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

  of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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  So what's up with the photo showing a silhouette of the New York skyline in flames on page 5? That's probably not the best choice of picture, guys...

  Page 4: "We also discerned that the first part of the great tribulation did not begin in 1914. Why not? Because Bible prophecy reveals that the great tribulation will start, not with a war among nations, but with an attack on false religion."

  Okay, so then how did Bible prophecy reveal something totally opposite of that to you before? Why not the true meaning? Because Bible prophecy reveals whatever the Watchtower says it reveals.

  --sd-7