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  I'm addicted to this site

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  by far not the most known here, i'm not the funniest, i don't reseach the new jw stuff or have much to say.

  but, i'm reading this all the time.

  i write when i think i have something to say.

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  I was thinking of opening a thread a few days ago entitled "are you addicted to this site?", but you beat me to it!

  Seriously, I think I spend way too much time on here. It's like an oasis of sanity.
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  Do You Folks Wanna Hear My Story?

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've already written "my story".

  i've been "out" for 35 years.

  but that is not a story that contains the little stuff.

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  Farkel, would like to hear your new stuff, and your old stuff too! Where's your old stuff?
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  Just to let you know

  by mouthy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  -----------------------------------------------------------------.

  watchtower,july 15th 1991 says.

  these anointed christians are ambassadors for christ, substituting for christ.. excelent quotes to use when discussing the wts.

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  pirata

  *** w10 1/15 pp. 31-32 Jehovah’s Way of Ruling Vindicated! ***
  How Jehovah Rules Today
  13 Christians today proclaim to the world that human rule over mankind is nearing its end. In 1914, Jehovah established his Kingdom in the heavens under his appointed King, Jesus Christ. At that time, he granted Jesus authority to go forth “conquering and to complete his conquest.” (Rev. 6:2) The newly enthroned King was told: “Go subduing in the midst of your enemies.” (Ps. 110:2) Sadly, the nations have consistently refused to submit to Jehovah’s rule. They have continued to act as if “there is no Jehovah.”—Ps. 14:1.
  14 A few anointed members of “the Israel of God” still remain, and as Jesus’ brothers, they continue to act as “ambassadors substituting for Christ.” (2 Cor. 5:20) They have been appointed as a faithful and discreet slave class to care for and provide spiritual food for anointed ones and a growing crowd of Christians, who now include millions having the hope of living on earth forever. (Matt. 24:45-47; Rev. 7:9-15) Jehovah’s blessing on that arrangement is evident in the spiritual prosperity enjoyed by true worshippers today.
  15 Each of us would do well to ask himself: ‘Do I fully recognize the responsibilities that I should shoulder within the Christian congregation? Am I properly supporting Jehovah’s way of governing? Am I proud to be a subject of Jehovah’s ruling Kingdom? Am I determined to continue telling others about God’s Kingdom to the extent that I reasonably can?’ As a group, we willingly submit ourselves to the direction given by the Governing Body and cooperate with the appointed elders in the congregations. In such ways, we demonstrate our acceptance of God’s way of ruling. (Read Hebrews 13:17.) Willing submission results in a worldwide unity that is unique in this divided world. It also produces peace and righteousness and brings glory to Jehovah, demonstrating that his way of ruling is by far the best
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  WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

  in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

  the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.

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  JW GoneBad, you have a PM.
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  The letter I promised earlier from the Society on Blood

  by ldrnomo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  there are four different links on sendspace.com .

  each link is one of the pages of the letter here are the links.

  page 1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/03vk19.

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  You're better off adding the black boxes in photoshop after you've scanned it. Can't see through those.
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  1967 & 1968 Kingdom Ministries -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those researchers who would be interested in the kingdom ministries before those that appear on the wt library cd-rom (which starts at the year 1970):.

  here are two more years (us edition), which can be downloaded at the following filesharing site:.

  1966 km reduced size (20 mb).

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  Awesome. Thanks cabasilas!
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  WT development of Disfellowshiping. (part 4; 1894 to 1919)

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ......., the apostles language indicates that his case was not a hopeless one, asit would have been had the sinner transgressed.

  against full light and knowledge, wilfully.

  for the same apostle declares that such cannot be renewed unto repentance.-.

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  @Black Sheep, do you have a page number for your references in Studies in the Scriptures VI?

  @Aussie Oz, thanks again for creating these threads.. They are a great comprehensive resource.
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  Rejected by Immediate Family

  by LoriJis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as most of you know, my husband and i da's ourselves almost 8 months ago.

  the communication with my family stayed pretty normal.

  they would call once in a while and text me.

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  sending them all an email saying how i feel and then just letting them know that i will be disconnecting from them from now on.....

  I wouldn't say that YOU'RE going to be disconnecting them. Don't let them put the blame on you. If anything I would emphasize your love for them and let them know that you'll always be available to talk should they one day decide that shunning family members because of they changed their religious beliefs is not the way of love ("Is it Wrong to Change Your Religion?", Awake! 2007 Jul p.29). When they pull the "you left Jehovah" card, it's good to explain that you don't feel you left him because either you don't believe in God anymore, or You don't believe that God is using the organization, or whatever is the case.
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  What will be the next "meat in due season" from the GB?

  by moshe in

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  the brothers in the writing department that cooked up the "overlapping generations" for jws, is hard at work on next years district conventions talks and books.

  do you have any ideas for them?.

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  The Faithful Slave is actually just the Governing Body after all.
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  Say it together now: "itsacult"

  by pirata in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i dedicate this thread to itsacult.. everyone say it:.

  "itsacult".

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  pirata

  The bell has been rung. Thanks itsacult!