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  Josephus and Jesus

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on another thread wot i read a few days ago and can't remember which one, someone asked why josephus never mentions jesus .

  at the time i had no knowledge of this so kept quiet .

  however today while reading an excellent book (don't know if i should advertise but if anyone wants the title let me know ) i have found out that josephus mentions jesus in around about manner.

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  Do the GB 2.0 Travel First Class? What Do You Know About That?

  by Scott77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i know bethelites have signed a vow of poverty and recieve about $100 monthly stipends.

  however, when it comes to air travel, does the governing body of jehovah's witnesses aka watchtower society in new york state (gb 2.0) travel first class?

  what do you know about that?.

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  Faith In Action Pt 1 DVD

  by the truth is mine in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  the service meeting for this week was almost entirely made up of questions based on the dvd faith in action pt1.

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  The first three ( 3 ) presidents of the WTB&TS got 1914 as the invisible presence of Jesus Christ wrong

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder how many jehovah`s witnesses today realise that 3 presidents of the then international bible students association under w.h.conley,1st president,then c.t.russell 2nd president,followed by j.f.rutherford,the 3rd president who changed the name from the i.b.s.a.

  to jehovahs witnesses,and especially the 2nd & 3rd presidents,lived ,taught and proclaimed to all who would listen,up until their death,that jesus invisible presence began not in 1914,but had occured in 1874.. none of these three early presidents beleived jesus invisible presence began in 1914.. the wtb&ts didn`t start teaching the invisible presence of jesus christ began in 1914 until the year 1943.. that is almost seven decades, 70 years, after they were formed as a bible student group.. w.h.conley was only president for a short period of time.

  c.t.russell started zions watchtower & herald of christs presence in 1879 ,he died in 1916. j.f rutherford assumed control of the i.b.s.a.

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  how to make keyboard bigger on Samsung epic touch?

  by Iamallcool in

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  Question #9 of this week's "oral review" of DVD "Faith In Action"...

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week, the service meeting will have an oral review of the dvd faith in action which was distributed in the 2010 district assembly worldwide... as many of you probably know, the intent of this dvd is to present a "white-washed" version of the history of the watchtower by omitting all the scandals and cover-ups.... i no longer go to meetings, but i would have loved to raise my hand and answer question #9 which reads: "what did the bible students expect would happen in 1914?".

  my response would have been the following:.

  even though the geoffrey jackson admits that the bible students expected a "heavenly reward", the dvd avoids mentioning that russell categorically predicted armageddon would come in october of 1914. what's even worse is the fact that the narrator lied on two occasions by saying that the bible students expected or reasoned that jesus would take the throne in 1914. this is completely false.

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  Regular pioneers to be nominated by BOE

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  apparently the regular pioneers will be nominated by the body of elders, not bethel.

  however, elders will have to send bethel a notification when a pioneer is nominated or removed..

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  Is everyone entitled to their opinion?

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  i thought this was a very good quote from seth godin's daily blog: .

  http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/04/is-everyone-entitled-to-their-opinion.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3a+typepad%2fsethsmainblog+%28seth%27s+blog%29.

  is everyone entitled to their opinion?perhaps, but that doesn't mean we need to pay the slightest bit of attention.. there are two things that disqualify someone from being listened to:.

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  Love & Living up to Dedication = Serving Abroad & Not Going to University (July 15, 2012 WT)

  by pirata in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looks like there's a new series, "they offered themselves willingly".

  here's how it opens:.

  a young brother in italy was under pressure.

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  “My Dream Has Come True” latest tower last page

  by therevealer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "my dream has come true" i have a bullshite story in the latest watchtower..

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