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  Have a Good Day & Pay It Forward :-)

  by snowbird in

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  please tell the person who responds something you like about her/him.. thanks.. syl.

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  pirata

  Sylvia, do you keep replying so that you'll get all the compliments?

  Sylvia is nice.
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  S-2 form 1987 Elder Appointment Document

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  s-2 form 1987 .

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog addressing the process and documentation of local elders and circuit overseers recommending men as elders and/or ministerial servants, and how watchtower notified local elders of their response to their recommendations.

  this article includes a view of the document involved.

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  Is it the Governing Body's approval?
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  I cant keep my Forum name here for anymore than a few days, I have got to constantly re-registar.

  by eruption in

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  pirata

  Have you tried firefox or chrome?
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  What happens after login at the jw.org site?

  by bereanbiblestudent in

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  does anyone know what happens after the login at www.jw.org?.

  are there any publications in pdf (like the kingdom ministry) and/or letters available there?.

  https://www.jw.org/index.html?option=ybtvr1.

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  Actually there's not really much available unless your login has been assigned access privileges by the administratror.

  ie. you only get access to Our Kingdom Ministry if you are explicitly given access to download Our Kingdom Ministry.
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  Sunday Drama-"Young Ones-Be Discreet and Wise"

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  i briefly touched on the drama in another post, but i felt i needed to share in greater detail this latest masterpiece.. .

  this was the drama on sunday.

  the story alternates between the story of joseph, son of jacob, and a witness kid (forgot his name;billy?

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  Thanks for the recap!

  I found it bizarre that they used the phrase "discreet and wise" as this is usually applied to the faithful slave. Maybe Timmy can start partaking of the emblems now that he's proven to be discreet and wise?
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  The Bible is full of violence.Why are JW's told to avoid anything related to it then?

  by XPeterX in

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  in exodus jehovah killed the egyptians.ahud stabbed eglon in his abdomen,people in a city (don't remember which one) would eat their own children,jw's back then sacrificed their babies to moloch and the list goes on.so why jw's have to avoid books,music,movies which contain violence?

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  Violence can be analyzed historically, or for entertainment, or both. JWs and Christians in general teach against enjoying violence as entertainment, at least paying lip service to the idea. Usually gets thrown out the window once a movie, game or show starts.
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  Who wants to help put together the ultimate Watchtower Index Wiki?

  by pirata in

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  2. bible

  presenting: wtindex.info.

  there are a great deal of watchtower publication references available on a number of sites, and on this forum, but it takes a lot of searching, digging, and reading to find them.. i have put together a wiki that currently catalogs:.

  1) subject references for watchtower publications (from 1800s to present), in an organized and clear way.. 2) the sources of quotations (with context) used in watchtower publications.

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  pirata

  It's satan, err, jay hoover sabotaging things, like he did at the nimrod's office tower.

  I was wondering why my laptop was flying around the room, making it very difficult to type... ha ha. j/k.

  Turns out it was actually user error . My screen was not scrolled down far enough to see the "send" button at the bottom, so I was clicking on the "sent messages" button at the top (which for some reason my brain was reading as "Send message"). Doh!
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  Another Elder

  by burnedout in

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  pirata

  burnedout, welcome!

  A couple threads you may be interested in:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/205012/1/ExJWs-and-NonJWs-Ask-Should-I-Try-to-Change-My-Mate

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/210510/2/Seeking-suggestions-on-reaching-my-wife
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  Litmus Test – Blood and Lee Elder

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  litmus test blood and lee elder.

  today i uploaded a new article on my blog that shares a litmus test, which in this case tells the witness community that the director, lee elder, of the organization associated jehovahs witnesses for reform on blood an is not an apostate.

  my guess is that this bit of news will surprise more than a few web-based watchtower apologists.

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  pirata

  Thanks Marvin! Great entry.

  Footnote 2 seems to be cut off. You might also want to indicate who Paul Wade is in the main text, otherwise the argument is not very clear.
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  Is there no hope? (daughter getting baptized)

  by camicia in

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  i'm really distraught about the fact my 23 year old daughter is ready to abandon a potential career in writing where her talent lies, and become a jehovah's witness.

  i banned the study being held in our home, but it only hurt my relationship with my daughter, who screamed at me "i pay to live here and i'm not hiding, you're sabotaging my relationship with god!

  " so i gave in.

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  Direct opposition will likely not work. I know a guy whose parents were not happy when he quit University to get baptized and pioneer. He was not allowed to return to live at home unless he stopped being one of Jehovah's Witnesses. It seems he was struggling for a while, so they were likely hoping that this would be enough to change his mind. All it seemed to do was feed the persecution complex.

  Continue to support her and let her know that you care about her and want her to understand all sides of the subject before she makes her decision. Above all, emphasize that she's still your daughter no matter what. Emphasize that whatever decision she makes, you'll still love her and still be her mother. Contrast this with the disfellowshipping arrangement where a former JW family member is shunned when they change their beliefs.

  If she is willing, ask her to read "Crisis of Conscience", available as a PDF from (http://www.commentarypress.com/Publication/English.html) or as a book on freeminds.org. Offer to read it together (reserve judgement and commentary if you can, she should be able to come to a conclusion on her own). I say to offer to read it together, because if she is wishy-washy she may not have the incentive to read it on her own, but still be willing to do it with you. It is written by a former Governing Body member. The author (Raymond Franz) shows no bitterness, still loves the Bible and God, and does not try to push the reader into another belief system.