Diogenesister

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  The most thrilled topic but why dont people reply with facts/ figures

  by Ardian in

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  the watchtower and awake have been listed as the most popular magazines.the figures are astonishing.

  i am not sure whether it is based on reality or not.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.

  i have seen the link on many social media networks.

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  The article says the list is "based on their circulation and popularity." Circulation for Watchtower and Awake includes all the many thousands that are not placed in the field and that end up stacked up in JWs' homes, the many thousands that are placed, but, never read and that end up in the trash, and the many thousands that JWs get, but, don't themselves read... also, the stacks that are left at laundromats, those left under doormats at not-at-homes, etc.

  The sad thing is that if it was a bunch of mags that were counted by the number that wholesalers buy, but that never get sold to the public, JWs would say “How silly those magazines aren’t popular, none are sold!” Yet that is exactly what is happening to the Awakes....Jehovah’s witnesses are like the wholesalers who buy in bulk but can’t sell them on! They are being duped! They think because no one person or company is making a profit from them it doesn’t mean Watchtower Bible and Tract of Pennsylvania inc. isn’t getting $tinking rich!
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  Final Prediction on Election

  by minimus in

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  who wins?

  who loses?

  president/ senate/ house of representatives .

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  With every passing election I find myself leaning more and more to the concept of sortition. Better to be ruled by random people picked from a phone book...

  sortition? That’s a new word for me! As in The Sorting Hat???
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  EU top court rules on JW blood transfusion case

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the court of justice of the european union (cjeu) yesterday delivered the judgment (press release) on a request of the supreme court of latvia on whether domestic authorities are obliged to reimburse costs of cross-border medical treatment when the patient's decision to perform it in another european country was based on religious, not medical, grounds.

  the opinion of advocate general (summarized here) is helpful in understanding the case.. the son of the applicant in the main proceedings had to have open heart surgery.

  that operation was available in the latter’s member state of affiliation, latvia, but could not be carried out without a blood transfusion.

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  Thank you.

  Regardless of Watchtower nonsense if there is the possibility of a patient getting treatment out of States/s and said States have reciprocal's, patient's absolutely should receive it.
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  The 1950s NWT (1984)

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i did a video on this subject once but feel this is a noteworthy topic.

  to be honest the old nwt has come under sonsiderable attack from fundie morons attacking it's nt which was translated with a few revisals in 1950.the truth is john 1:1 and 8:58 and other texts, though despite being odd, are within the translation rules as are the inclusion of the word {other} since this was stated in the forward as an interpolation.

  jehovah in the nt is odd but certianly lacking as other translations have added more yhwh.. so the ot?

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  Scholar did you watch the Dr Price video I posted? Timestamp 39:16 Interestingly Dr Bob thinks the witnesses are on to something when it comes to the Bible
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  Funnies : Mr. Deity

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi this guy is a classic.

  if you have a few mins he's well worth checking out, highly recommended!.

  another guy i love on youtube is pinecreek....he has a wonderful, gentle manner as he gets into discussions with christians about god, atheism etc.

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  Hi this guy is a classic. If you have a few mins he's well worth checking out, highly recommended!

  Another guy I love on YouTube is Pinecreek....he has a wonderful, gentle manner as he gets into discussions with Christians about God, atheism etc

  https://youtu.be/UaZDcS-rMf4
  
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  The 1950s NWT (1984)

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i did a video on this subject once but feel this is a noteworthy topic.

  to be honest the old nwt has come under sonsiderable attack from fundie morons attacking it's nt which was translated with a few revisals in 1950.the truth is john 1:1 and 8:58 and other texts, though despite being odd, are within the translation rules as are the inclusion of the word {other} since this was stated in the forward as an interpolation.

  jehovah in the nt is odd but certianly lacking as other translations have added more yhwh.. so the ot?

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  But I do not excuse his scholarly dishonesty to prove a doctrinal point. A good example is Jer. 29:10 in order to prove the 1914 date

  That's because Fred Franz was never a scholar. A talented amateur for sure, but no scholar else he would have taken his scholarship more seriously.
  
  
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  The 1950s NWT (1984)

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i did a video on this subject once but feel this is a noteworthy topic.

  to be honest the old nwt has come under sonsiderable attack from fundie morons attacking it's nt which was translated with a few revisals in 1950.the truth is john 1:1 and 8:58 and other texts, though despite being odd, are within the translation rules as are the inclusion of the word {other} since this was stated in the forward as an interpolation.

  jehovah in the nt is odd but certianly lacking as other translations have added more yhwh.. so the ot?

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  This is an interesting piece from Biblical scholar Dr. Robert M. Price (love him!) about Jehovahs Witnesses translation of the Bible and whether the Arc Angel Micheal could really be Jesus. See timestamp 39:16

  (Also v funny if you go a little earlier his favourite comedic bits of the Bible)

  https://youtu.be/A29MrMM_60M
  
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  Muslim beheads one kills another yelling alahu akbar or what ever it is the idiots yell.

  by mickbobcat in

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  2. current

  idiot muslims do it again.

  when will libtards learn.

  and now scotland wants to prosecute people for saying things in their own homes the muslims deem hate speech.

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  BBC are saying it happened “NEAR” a church. I can’t believe how they are willing to lie...my father worked for the beeb for years and I used to trust it so much. When David Attenborough dies that’s it for my license fee!!!!
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  something funny happened on the way to November--

  by waton in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  stude 138 this week is about jesus ruling; seen standing in heaven, sitting at the right hand, standing up for his people, sitting down again for judgement, riding ---but the portion, what he is actually biblical doing right now, col. 1:13 was never read or discussed.

  even the whole section of the book's article was not read!.

  next month jws are covering the land with their kingdom of 1914 and soon panda paradise saga, but will deaden into silence the ~ 2000 year old real possible kingdom of --- love.. was the whole chapter 138 read in your zoom room?

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  Can anyone explain to me what a “full preterist ” is please.
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  What's the Latest re How JW's are Associating and Preaching?

  by mikronboy in

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  2. friends

  i've been out of the loop for a while so some things have passed me by.

  so i'm curious how jw's are affected by the covid virus.

  are they still preaching or having meetings etc?.

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  Are they actively pushing Covid as a sign that the End is Near ( again ) ?

  Jan

  Yes Jan. I've heard on this board of uninterested non believing mates suddenly going to meetings and studying for baptism! A GB member has done morning worship on the subject, claiming they're not surprised and have been predicting this for years...indeed it's a good time because the pandemic proves the GT is close! So yes, they are using COViD to claim Armageddon is close.

  But then Watchtower does that with any & everything.

  • The travel/dressing time is reduced. And it is far easier to get a drink and snack or browse something

    Road to nowhere I'd put a tv next to my browser (out of sight)&and just watch something else...all the time looking like I'm watching the zoom meeting😜