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  Theocratic sleeping: have you seen anyone asleep at the KH? Or done it yourself?

  by highdose in

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  i must admit have done the whole nodding thing and even once at an assembly fell asleep on a brothers shoulder... shame he wasn't cute!.

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  Yes, afternoon talks are the worst. I need a siesta right about that time.

  There are some brothers who will lull you to sleep on any subject.

  Being more conscious of the truth about the Watch Tower makes me

  want to sleep during meetings.
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  Most Respected Bible Translation

  by Simon Morley in

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  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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  I agree the NASB is quite faithful to the text and very literal.

  But there are other translations that I respect quite a lot.

  The New Jerusalem Bible, and the English Standard Version.

  My favorites although dated are Young's Translation and

  the American Standard Version.

  Check out parallel verses in many translations at: Bible.cc

  http://bible.cc/genesis/1-1.htm
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  DO Rodrigues/ROD-ricks commenting on JWN discussions and apostate having some Troof.

  by cattails in

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  what a flurry of interesting topics on jwn lately!

  my oh my.. i haven't posted in the last few days... nor read the forum.. this last week i was back east visiting friends in the troof.. lucky for me it was assembly time, so packing and going to.

  natick assembly hall (boston, ma), and caught the sunday.

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  Everett Rodrigues (note no Z, but S, at end of name).

  I know him. I agree he's not the sharpest, dresses well and thinks a lot of himself.

  If he re-appointed someone it's because the local Body of Elders recommended it. 

  He's not the kind to take chances, especially if it could backfire on him. He likes the good life and the accolades.
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  IT'S OFFICIAL - New Elder's Manual by end of 2010

  by sir82 in

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  per a "top secret, confidential, burn this after you read it" letter to all boes, dated march 2, 2010, but not read in our congregation until this past week:.

  new "kingdom ministry" school for all elders and ministerial servants, to be held (in the us anyway) between november 2010 and january 2011.. 6 hours of jaw dropping tedium instruction for ms, 9 for elders.

  ms session to be held on a sunday, elders on friday and saturday.. the "super secret surprise", for elders only: a new textbook will be released to be studied at this "school".

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  My guess is that rape is now fornication, or is that a non-fornication? Geez! This is like watching a tennis tournament.

  Or perhaps a fraction of it, together with sceeming and fighting back. Unbelievable but true.
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  One year in jail for JW man who circumcised son at home

  by behemot in

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  one year in jail for metro vancouver man who circumcised son at homeby andrea woo, vancouver sunmarch 25, 2010comments (46)metro vancouver -- a metro vancouver man who circumcised his four-year-old son at home with a razor blade and blood coagulant meant for horses has been sentenced to one year in jail followed by two years probation.

  in april 2007, the man, identified only as djw due to a publication ban, gave his son, dj, honey wine before placing him on garbage bags on the kitchen floor.

  djw then cut away the boy's foreskin with a razor blade.. .

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  oppostate

  Well, at least the "Do it yourself J.W." (DJW) 

  at least used a razorblade, I think in the olden

  days of the Israelites they used 'flint knives',

  ouch!

  BTW, I'm not.
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  JW's being more "secretive" than usual?

  by cameo-d in

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  anyone noticing any odd "more secretive-than-usual" type behavior among jws very recently?.

  kind of like "somethings-up" mode?.

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  Shhhhhh... it's a see-cwet, they awe huntin' wabbits...

  It's the persecution mentality you're tuning into... it's been

  there all along, just you're sensitized to it now. It is a holding

  back pearls from swine, a sense that if you open up with your

  beliefs, with your precious WT truths, that people will trample

  them and even laugh at you or look down at you because of

  who you've chosen to be. It is part of cult mentality and a 

  drawing away from the world. That's what I perceive is going

  on and has been going on about secretive behavior. Perhaps

  it is increasing as the hardships of life are pressing in on 

  people, and they feel they need to round up the waggons

  in order to feel safe. That's what I think is going on with JWs.
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  (The Good JW) Prince owes 450K in Taxes?

  by darthfader in

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  http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2010/03/25/20100325prince-delinquent-tax-records.html.

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  The minute they start micromanaging Prince is the time he'll

  start becoming conscious and the WT handlers aren't really

  about to lose the perks of having a celebrity in the ranks.

  Maybe the WT can help him out by returning some of the

  contributions he's made... NOT. Poor Prince, I feel sorry for

  the guy. Purple rain!
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  RUSSIA: Raids, literature confiscations and criminal case in Tambov--first such reported home raids against them since the Soviet era--Forum 18 News Service reports

  by cattails in

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  22 march 2010. russia: raids, literature confiscations and criminal case in tambov.

  by geraldine fagan, forum 18 news service , and felix corley, forum 18 news service .

  russia has raided three flats of jehovah's witnesses in tambov in the first such reported home raids against them since the soviet era, forum 18 news service has learnt.

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  The WTS doesn't have major facilities or a big stake in Russia. If the same 

  were to happen in the US or in Europe then there would be changes.

  The religion of Islam is way more oppressive against it's followers than

  the JWs religion. If a muslim apostasizes he can be put to death and 

  some have. But the Russians are only going about confiscating some

  islamist propaganda and not all islamic writings. There is way more 

  hate in Islam than there is in JWdoom. Catholics and Orthodox 

  Christians have said and done more hate attacks against others

  than the Watchtower has ever published, what with the history

  of pogroms and the anihillation of the Jews and Romany minorities.

  It's a big mess in Russia, but it has always been a big mess there.
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  The Nephilim, who were they and are their descendants among us?

  by The Finger in

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  The Nephilem could not have children, they where hy-breds, kind like a thourobred horse can't have offspring.

  Yes, about thorobred horses, they can have offspring and have in the past, that's why they're what they are.

  It's when you mix a donkey with a horse that you get a mix-breed, a mule, and these can't have offspring.

  The idea that angels and humans mate would have similar results, offspring who couldn't reproduce. 
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  Robert King

  by PublishingCult in

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  greetings, this is my first post here on jwn .

  i came across mr. king's youtube channel, ewatchamacallitman.com, and i was speechless and ill at the same time.. .

  i went to his website and tried to do some reading, but my head started hurting and my vision blurred.

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  oppostate

  Welcome! I have really enjoyed your high-quality videos on YouTube .

  I agree...

  PublishingCult and V / WTcomments videos are quite well done and very similarly presented.

  Kudos!