lol .
w54 5/1 p. 277 par.
17 - some of the “great crowd” are now serving in position of “princes,” .
The statement in the 2014 WT says "Doubtless, Christ will appoint others from among faithful elders of today to take the lead in the new world"
So bugger Moses, Abraham, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah etc etc and the many faithful ones of old, then!
No some random elder from Chipping Sodbury will become a Prince - get to order Moses etc around and hob-nob it with Jesus and the Holy Host of Kenny Rogers....
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Jeff Edited to add: perhaps this is a difference in how words are used on our respective sides of the pond. All the more reason to make sure you're using the words you want to be using
I've noticed him use that word before too and it has the same meaning in the UK: Churning = turning out a lot of rubbish.
I think it's to do with him hearing other You Tuber's use the phrase. Bit of a Freudian slip and sounds as if making maximum profit is the goal, rather than reasoned responses to watchtower.
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The real number of the beast was 616 and we missed it.
665....The Neighbour of the Beast😁
[Sorry....I'm see meself out]
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@Toblerone5
That video was brilliant!! He's grubbing around for content where ever he can. It's despicable he pretends to care for victims when he goes off to Thailand and does what he does to those young girls with no thought to how they came to be in that position in the first place. The vast majority of male and female prostitutes are victims of child abuse, whether they've been trafficked or not. Most have substance abuse problems too.
I only knew one girl who was that one in a million....not an addict, good childhood etc and became a working girl for a short time to pay for school and a deposit for a flat. She came back to me 15 years later having done her degree and now working for an environmental charity. She said that it had really messed her up and that she can't have normal relationships now. So much for these people that claim it's just another "job". They're deluding themselves.
last spring norweigian state refused to give public contribution to jws (religious organisations can apply that in norway and previously wtbs has been granted that).
the decision was caused because of practise of disfellowshpiping.. now there is a new twist.. 25.10.2022 authorites in norway send a letter to wtbs and told them that they have four weeks to fix that practise.
if they don't do that they will loose their status as a religiouse organisation.. intrestingly jws did not "understand" what authorites meant by that and requested more time.. how can they not understand?
I was given to understand the Norwegian government financial grant was removed because of the practice of shunning minors, many times by family (and examples were given of shunning even within the family home). This is rightly deemed as child abuse and contravenes the ECHR rights of the child.
one of the first prayers that many people learn is the lord’s prayer, which jesus taught his followers.
this prayer is found in what is commonly called the new testament.
the prayer begins: “our father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified [or hallowed].” (matthew 6:9) yet, god’s name, rendered in english as “jehovah” or sometimes “yahweh,” is rarely found in english translations of the new testament.
The pleural of appendix is appendices. Watchtower writers should know that. It's not anatomical.
It's strange they clearly state his translation was criticized by scholars, who did not take it seriously.
Did this man Parker become a Bible student does anyone know?
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The thing is though Vintage, Lloyd was a penniless pioneer when they met and married. So far from wealthy they were both in a lot of debt when they arrived in Croatia. It's one of the reasons they decided to move there. Despite not paying any rent it still took them 2 years to repay their debts, which they did to their credit according to Lloyd, so I don't think the above about attraction to wealthy narcissists applies?
Simon And from what I can tell, she's just as manipulative and a "people user" as he is, in a slightly different way.
Her treatment of Kim is concerning. It's very strange to send out an emotional S.O.S. to Kim, to not only go radio silent when Kim responds with concern, but then allow Kim to be thrown to the wolves by Lloyd's online goons for it, too. It was like she was playing 'both sides' at the same time. Very odd, if I read it all correctly.
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I just don’t buy the implication of ignorance on her part as to what Ipsilon Media is for and how much her husband is pulling in.
I may be too close to the situation to see clearly, however I hold the opinion that she may have known to some extent however not fully.
I'm not going to make friends with this one and people will say I'm making racial stereotypes - but this is based on 25 years of experience. Eastern European's had a rough time of it behind the iron curtain, during the aftermath & prior to joining Europe and many would do anything for a British passport in that time. I've known very many over a long period and I've yet to meet one who didn't prioritise finan5cial well being over anything. Remember Dijana has her parents to think about, too. That woman is intelligent & I would rate her iQ as considerably higher than Cedars.
Did they manage to get funds from the government during the pandemic, too, as business owners'? I would say definitely. Lloyd would claim he couldn't travel & "make films" during the pandemic.
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I am only surprised to see that he waited so long. He would have known about the benefits of incorporating from the business his father managed, wouldn't he?
His father didn't run a business. Lloyd claimed he was chronically unemployed with a bad back.. Evans Snr. inherited the house from his wife's first husband. He sounds like one of those self important dudes that loves setting up companies....to flog Peckham Spring Water and Crash Turbans from the back of his Reliant Robin 😜
i'll assume we have all felt a jolt of loss when a favorite tv, movie or book character dies.
when i watched the death of the incredible hulk tv movie after years of reading the comics and watch the tv show i was impacted.
funny even today it just feels wrong.
Hodor in Game of Thrones. Just the whole reveal in minutes before and then he was gone.
Hold the Door!😭
Sophia in the walking dead was pretty awful, but Dales was the saddest
