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  Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?

  by Balaamsass in

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  andover townsman, andover, ma.

  july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.

  bill dalton.

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  GLTirebiter

  Some interesting things I see in ScenicViewer's image:

  - It identifies the New American Bible (NAB) as a Catholic edition, but not the Jerusalem Bible which is most certainly a Catholic edition.

  - The (original, 1966) Jerusalem Bible is a "dynamic equivalence" translation, using a very lyrical, literary style to convey its message beyond the mere words themselves. That seems to be an odd selection given the extremely literal, prosaic interpretations used by the Watchtower Society.

  - As of 1985, the New Jerusalem Bible was in print. So the book listed may have been that revised version, though they list the older title. It still translated the tetragram as Yahweh, which remained until a later revision in 2007 used Lord (as it was to be read during Mass and other services.)
  

  - It's curious that they would offer any 73 book (Catholic) editions. The seven deuterocanonical books contain passages not at all consistent with Watchtower doctrines.
  
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  Sanctimonious, "WE'RE Thankful EVERY day."

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanksgiving is really just a nice, traditional, family-oriented day set aside on a national level.

  no babylon the great.

  give me a break with the holier than thou, "we don't celebrate thanksgiving.

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  They're thankful for the day off.

  What day off? A national holiday means people are at home, anxiously waiting for the knock at the door announcing the arrival of the latest Watchtower (public edition). Get busy! You need to get those service hours in!
  
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  Official Increase in the Number of Jehovah's Witnesses You Shouldn't Trust

  by David_Jay in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reports are coming from witnesses that, once again, the number of memorial partakers has risen considerably this past year, 2016. while confirmation is still to come on the exact numbers, the current explanations given for this increase surely causes a dilemma.. imagine the roman catholic church publishing each year the number of members who it felt were mistaken about what they believed in, that this same number of members was likely suffering from problems such as pride or even mental disorders or something along this line.

  this number, by the way, was in the thousands too and growing annually.

  what would you conclude, therefore about the catholic church and its admission?.

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  I THINK that the catholic church teaches that once a person dies they can no longer help those on earth. It is those left on earth that can help the departed by asking God to remember their life...

  The second part, yes. The departed not-yet-saints undergoing purification in purgatory can no longer help themselves, so the living should pray for them that they may be prepared to meet the Lord face-to-face (2 Mac 12 29-46, 2 Tim 1 16-18).

  The first part, no. Once they arrive in the Lord's presence, i.e. become saints, they will bring prayers on behalf of the living to the Lord (Rev. 5 8, Rev. 8 3-4). We do not know who all the saints are, but we can know some who are because their intercession has been effective, demonstrating that they are in the Lord's presence and bring prayers to Him on our behalf.
  
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  Studies in the scriptures AND bunch of Rutherford books available online

  by NikL in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this may be well known here but i just discovered it.. lots of old publications are in the public domain and are available for download.

  could be a great source of information for those that need it.. here are couple links.... https://archive.org/details/studiesinthescripturesvolumes1-7.

  https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3a%22j.f.%20rutherford%22.

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  The Finished Mystery is available on Project Gutenberg. I'm surprised that they have none of the earlier volumes in their catalog.
  
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  Did anyone vote yet?

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i voted today in nyc.

  a well organized process.

  very busy and most of the people voting were african american.

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  I will vote on election day, at a polling place, using a paper ballot that I will personally drop into a locked ballot box. The ritual matters: it is our public display of the regard we have for the privilege of voting. If you will stand in line for hours to get a Black Friday deal but not to vote, please reconsider your priorities!
  
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  Give my Cubbies some love!

  by JRK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many of you think the cubs deserve a world series championship for the first time in 108 years!?.

  jk.

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  Cubs vs. Indians in the World Series: definitely a sign that The End Is Near (or at least that Hell has frozen over)!

  The Cubs are an NL team, where pitchers are ballplayers and take their own at-bats. That is reason enough to say "Go Cubs!"
  
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  Technological singularity

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. jw
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technological_singularity.

  the singularity" redirects here.

  for other uses, see singularity (disambiguation).the technological singularity (also, simply, the singularity)[1][2] is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization.

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  Prophecies that assume endless improvements in computing machinery are assuming endless decreases in the size of electronic switches. State of the art designs now have feature sizes of 15nm (150 Angstroms, about 100 silicon atoms wide), which means the end of the road is in sight. Device density will hit the hard limit of single atom features if Moore's Observation continues for a few decades more, and practical considerations (including fabrication quality and connecting the bits together at an acceptable cost) must be overcome to get there. While quite not as unlikely as the Watchtower's 1975 prophecy, talk of "the singularity" is more science fiction than engineering reality.
  
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  I need help, I'm falling in love with a JW girl

  by nebula-- in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so i met her at my last job that i worked & we started off as friends.

  i didn't know her faith at the time & i honestly couldn't have cared less, seeing as i'm agnostic.

  after about a year, i began developing emotions for her & sure enough, we ended up dating for a little while.

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  I want to spend the rest of my days with her but I know I can't & she knows it as well... I'm falling in love with someone I can't have

  Please listen to yourself. Your head is recognizing things that the heart prefers to ignore.

  Here are some things to consider:

  - Witnesses are not supposed to date casually. Dating among Witnesses is for serious appraisal of a potential spouse, not mere socializing or enjoyable company. Dating is to be done in groups, not one on one, to avoid temptations of the flesh.
  

  - Witnesses are pressured to marry young, especially the young ladies.
  

  - Kingdom Halls have an unbalanced male-female ratio. It's a sad twist on Jan & Dean's hit, Surf City ("Two girls to every boy!") There are not enough single Brothers to go around, so the Sisters must compete for them...or...
  

  - Young ladies who find no worhty prospects in the Kingdom Hall often drift away from the religion long enough to find and wed a Worldly (i.e. non-Witness) man. Then, after some time in the Kingdom Hall's penalty box (sitting in the back row, being ignored for the most part), they will earn reinstatement. After that, it is their duty to try to bring their Worldly Non-Believing Mate to the Kingdom Hall, out in the never-ending the door-to-door pamphlet distribution campaign, and into the baptismal pool.

  Don't put yourself or her through anything you are not willing to commit to 100%, with eyes wide open to what may lay ahead.
  
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses and Disaster Relief

  by mildren53 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm looking for this brochure mentioned in god's kingdom book.

  i've heard it's only for gubernamental authorities.

  otherwise someone would have it in pdf format?

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  Disaster relief for Jehovah's Witnesses!? What a joke

  That is not a joke, but a truthful commentary about what they are offering. They will assist only Jehovah's Witnesses (and perhaps some who are making progress down the recruitment pipeline.)

  My ex-Elder-in-Law worked on a WTBTS relief crew after a major hurricane, and he was quite candid that they were there to help their own--not those most in need, regardless of creed.
  
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  Necessary Family Business (NFB) is now acceptable according to the weekly WT Study

  by Quarterback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the last decade i've seen so many articles, and top speakers try to downplay that nfb policy.

  now, this weeks wt study mentions a positive experience of someone applying having, "contact and applying nfb with a df relative".

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  Unconditionally loving your parents, spouse, and children is Necessary Family Business. Forgiving them "seventy times seven" times for whatever they might have done is Necessary Family Business. Neglecting them because they don't go to meetings and the Kingdom Hall and spend every weekend peddling WTBTS publications is NOT family business.