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

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  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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  Were Elders told to mention the Faithful Slave / Governing Body / Organization more?

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  as of 5 years ago in my congregation, the "faithful slave" was rarely mentioned in talks, prayers, etc.

  usually it was all about jehovah, and jesus got his token phrase at the end of a prayer with "in jesus name, amen".. now, in the past couple years i've noticed, especially since the elders have gone to the elders school, almost everytime an elder prays, and in many of the talks, there is mention of the faithful slave, organization, or governing body.

  "thank you jehovah for giving us your organization, which provides us food at the proper time", "how thankful we are that the faithful slave provides..", etc.. for any elders who went to the elders school, did they specifically say to build more appreciation in the organization, faithful slave, etc.

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  1960-1969 yearbooks?

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  does anyone know if the 1960-1969 yearbooks are available in any form?.

  the watchtower library cd-rom only goes back to 1970 (and even then, no worldwide report that i could find).. research applications released up to 1959.. but can't seem to find 1960-1969 anywhere....

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  According the the Insight Book's definition of "God", should Jesus be worshipped?

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  jgnat's thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/210513/1/how-many-gods-are-there, made me realize something:.

  here's the definition of 'god' straight from the insight book:.

  *** it-1 p. 968 god ***.

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  Microevolution vs Macroevolution (NOT an evolution vs creation debate)

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  i've heard the distinction between microevolution and macroevolution a lot, especially from intelligent design arguments.

  microevolution being defined as changes or adaption within a species, and macroevolution being changes from one species to another.

  my impression is that there really is no such meaningfule distinction between macro and micro in the modern scientific sense of evolutionary theory.

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  If you dont' have anything nice to say, don't say it

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  Real Jehovah's Witnesses (djeggnog, StandFirm, etc), I'm trying to understand you.

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  i'm an active jehovah's witness.

  i've obviously lost my faith, that's why i don't feel bad posting here anymore.

  i'd probably be disfellowshipped as a division causing, teaching, apostate, faster than you can say "maher-shalal-hash-baz" (isaiah 8:1), should it be found out that i was posting here and did not repent of the things i've said and stop participating in this forum.

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  How High School Helped Me Realize I Didn't Know How to Have My Own Opinion

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  i used to get pretty good marks in high school, until it came to situations that required me to give my own opinion.. my social studies teacher used to get quite frustrated with me when it came to anything political.

  we were asked to write paragraphs on how we feel about different issues.

  i always did something like: "this side feels this way, that side feels that way, here are the pro's and con's to each side, then maybe some obscure comment that didn't really state what my stand was".

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  Who wants to help put together the ultimate Watchtower Index Wiki?

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  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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  New on jw.org: Dramatic Bible Readings

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  check them out:.

  http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=qryqlvlyrqsnzn.

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