Topics Started by Simon Morley

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Aug 15 2010 WT - 3rd Study Article - Are they Serious!
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
paragraph 17 states: "how should we respond when rumors about fellow believers are circulated by gods enemies?".

what about: "how we should respond when rumours about fellow believers are circulated by fellow believers?

my family was continually a victim of sewer level slander (not even gossip that resulted in murder - not physical but a character assassination.
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ARRGH - Post Memorial Calls
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
seems that our 1st non attendance at the memorial has put us on the "1 sheep out of 100 radar".

we have been inundated with calls (we usually do a good job of screening) and the drop by in service wed, thurs and yesterday of some of the die/blowhards.

i fully expect another in about an hour.
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Most Respected Bible Translation
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this may have been asked before, so as a newbie i apologize.

what bible translation have you found to be the most respected and recognized by both hebrew and classical scholars for its faithful translation?

please no comments on the nwt!.
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"Keep Doing This..."
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as this will be the 1st year of my not attending the memorial my wife (who feels the same) and i had a discussion this morning that i thought i would post to see (as i am relatively new to the group) what you all feel.

our discussion was about jesus' command to "keep doing this in rembrance of me".

what would jesus want us to do if we do not go?
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Hypnotic Language Patterning
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have not attended any meetings for three months but recently i was struck by a strange recollection of something common to most meetings i attended.

at every meeting, regardess of the time of day, frame of mind, secular workload, etc, i would feel i was being lulled into a numbing sleep.

it was not that the material was boring to me (i have attended many boring secular conferences and never experienced the strange effect that a meeting had on me).
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How did you respond?
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
we have not attended any meetings for several months now as we continue our fade.

how have you dealt with the nosey parkers who hold the territory that you live in and insist on "dropping by".

first it was the family that holds the card and then a coule of other familes as they work our territory.. i am tired of not answering the door (they know we are home) and need a cute but not revealing comeback to the "we miss you at the meetings" line.
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Response to DF Action - Letter in Response
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
a few months ago i saw a letter format in reponse to potential df'ing.

i read it and thought it was great but never saved it - it looks like i will need it - sometime soon.

could someobody post the body of that letter format so i can give it to my lawyer and also, has anybody had success with the letter staving off any action by the jc such as annoiuncements?
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Inactive = D/F in 3 Years
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is it true that there is a now policy that if you are inactive and not attending meetings that after three years you will be d/f'd?

i have a friend who is very concerned that this is now policy.

can any shed some light?.
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Putting some wick in Wikipedia
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just want to posit to all why many on jwn don't take advantage of the wikipedia to establish counter arguments?

today many researching the net will first gravitate to wikipedia because it simply provides a reasonable unbiased viewpoint and when it is in contention, moderators will simply encourage more evidence to be submitted to support arguments.

as i support and add to many wikipedia sites - as long as there is evidenced based quotations (which is encouraged by wikipedia moderators) there are no questions.
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Is the GB Representational?
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
if the gb represent all "tribes, peoples and tongues" how come they are top heavy with us members?

if you take the 2008 ww report, taking the countries with the largest publisher count, assuming the law of averages, "impartaility" and a gb of 12, the make up would be:.

2 likely from the usa; 1 likely from brazil; 1 likely from mexico; 1 likely from either italy/japan/germany; 1 likely from either phillipines/russia/congo/zambia; 1 likely from either ukraine/columbia/argentina/britain and 1 likely from somewhere in the rest of the world.