Posts by nugget

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The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2

by raymond frantz in

for the ones based in britain only the "few" were invited to attend the agm .they received their new grey bible and the rumor was that the new bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until january .it was confirmed tonight .a letter was read as local announcement that the new bibles will not be available until the end of january for the rest of the congragation .all the in crowd were sat there with their new flashy bible looking smug.also the bible reading was read from the new bible to make it all the more obvious ..... the real aftermath of agm....

nugget

I do feel sorry for those witnesses who were unable to attend as they will feel left out. It will be interesting how the Bibles compare as for a few months at least many Uk witnesses will be following along in the old Bible and changes will leap off the page in a way they wouldn't if everyone was following along in the same book.

I think the UK seems to have been left as the poor relation if other english speaking countries had a more generous approach. There has been an issue of cliques and elders families lauding it over others in some congregations and this will just make it worse. If they had waited until the DA then there would have been ample copies for everyone.

I was never that fussed about having a copy of the publication on the day of release but I know that for many it is a highlight, they will happily queue for a book that they will be giving out the next day without a fuss. It is the elderly sisters with no special status who will feel the disappointment the most.

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2014 Year Text "Let Your Kingdom Come"

by scotoma in

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guy pierece mentioned the years text as let your kingdom come and then dropped the line "it's been 100 years since the kingdom was established in the heavens".. that was it.

wouldn't the 2013 corp meeting be the appropriate time to be discussing that milestone - instead of waiting til 2014 is 3/4 over next october.. obviously they don't want to dwell on the 100 years because it really puts the old light about the generation in a "bad light".

doesn't a centennial deserve a proper celebration?.

nugget

Raise expectations just to dash them later.

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Can you really give the WT app a negative review?

by bytheirworks in

seriously guys, can you really give the wt app a negative review?.

i mean it does what it says it will do in a sleek way... right?.

so why the calls to give this app bad reviews?

nugget

It depends what it poports to be. If it claims to be an accurate translation of the Bible then it is misleading. It is a translation for JWs that supports JW beliefs and introduces the name Jehovah where it never in the original manuscript. I don't want it and therefore do not feel any need to review it.

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Videos of a few key moments from the Annual Meeting

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfuiaeg820.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjbvfpjpje.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezhj13pun4.

nugget

So unbelieving relatives undermine JW morals. Seems to me that their believers that practice adultery, bully the flock, shun people who do not share their beliefs, live off benefits and practice child abuse are more likely to undermine the morals of their congregations rather than the normal balanced people on the outside.

Isolation and pressure on children is a worrying development. This has been implied and baptism of pre teens has been lauded but has not been described as the norm before. The poison is that because this has been said by a member of the GB it carries more weight with the congregation. So from infancy they have to have the identity as a JW so that as juniors they can get baptised so that as teenagers they can be shunned.

I feel for witness children unable to talk about sports, or food and driven into a harsh faith before they can truly know the consequences of their choice.

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Hubby gave me my cross and chain

by KariOtt in

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we got home earlier today from celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary.

we had a blast.

walked aroung gatlinberg.

nugget

Good for him that he made the effort and very unjw to purchase a religious icon. Your behaviour is a little extreme and perhaps you should think about that. Why block out the upc what is the point? Why would it even matter if you took the item back snd if you purchased it in the first place?

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The handbook issued to American soldiers when they came to Britain in WWII

by konceptual99 in

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plain, common horse sense; understanding of evident truths.. .

they speak the same language.

try to do the same for the british and respect the things they treasure.. .

nugget

That is really interesting - thank you for sharing.

Angus

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is 100 years a long time?

by nugget in

jws concept of time is definitley bizarre.

on a website recently some brothers argued that if the end didn't come for another 100 years then that was not really a long time.

jws always look at time in relation to god's supposed standard of a 1000 years being just one day but perhaps they should revise their estimates to human timescales.. human life expectancy is on average 70 to 80 years.

nugget

JWs concept of time is definitley bizarre. On a website recently some brothers argued that if the end didn't come for another 100 years then that was not really a long time.

JWs always look at time in relation to God's supposed standard of a 1000 years being just one day but perhaps they should revise their estimates to human timescales.

Human life expectancy is on average 70 to 80 years. Some may be lucky to last the full 100 years but not many. Since the advice is to remain single then this is a problem since if you die before the end then you are resurrected but do not marry.

Human fertility in women lasts 20 to 25 years for safe conception. As the organisation does not want you to have children in this system then you have to hope that it comes sooner then later since if time runs out you may never have children.

Worklife lasts around 40 to 50 years in which you need to provide for your families needs. If we are looking at 100 years then it is an old age of poverty that they have to look forward to.

If the society is pushing back it's deadline then it appears callous and inhumane to demand people sacrifice their whole lives to a cause that they cannot expect to see come to fruition in their lifetime. But then this religion does not care for the people they merely wish to continue peddling the myth for money.

Just remember for us 24hrs is one day not a thousand years and 100 years is longer than most of us have left. No generation last 200 years.

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ehh AGM Bible

by Gorbatchov in

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ehh, so the best bible translation by the only true religion is replaced by the best bible translation of the only true religion?.

o my god!!!!

gorby.

nugget

yes I think that is apt. Beige is just too colourful.

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Video feed crashed during agm. Everybody sent home

by solomon in

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the feed kept crashing this morning so after 3 hours they told everybody to go home.