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  TRICKY WORDS and why not to use them

  by Terry in

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  tricky words .

  perfectly good words go unused in writing and speaking.

  their meaning isn't clear and the eye is 'tricked' by similarity to other words or sounds.. .

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  I like the word FACETIOUS. It uses all the vowels and they are in alphabetical order. It's the only word I know like that. Any others?

  George
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  I`m astounded by this number ,what`s your thoughts ? definite benefits for sure ,but what of the future ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  by 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time.

  but no year in the past compares to 2021. as of sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on.

  just this month, spacex deployed another 51 starlink satellites into orbit.. right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet.

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  Right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet. About 60% of those are defunct satellites—space junk—and roughly 40% are operational.

  "Global networks track nearly 30,000 pieces of space junk as they journey around Earth, from defunct satellites to rocket stages. However, there's far more debris that's too small to be tracked but is big enough to threaten satellites or astronauts on board spacecraft". - Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world - BBC News

  Shoe Box satellites are being launched at an incredible rate, many fail and just add to the junk floating around the earth. Nothing will be done until there is a disaster of course.

  George

  
  
  
  
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  Did you at one time Believe-that you were not going to die. Does your still in JW spouse still believe?

  by pistolpete in

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  this magazine says it all!.

  and many of the older jws believed at one point in their life that they would make it through the great tribulation and into the 1000 year reign of christ without dying.

  which is why so many jws stayed in so long.. is the main reason why jws ignore all the child abuse, the end of door to door service, and the closing of kingdom hall for almost two years----because they still believe they will not die?.

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  "Give me the boy until he is seven and I will give you the man." Brain washing and indoctrination.

  I was born in, 1940's, never to go to school in this old system. Well I did go to school, I received my Coronation Bible, left school, married a pioneer...... we both believed we would never die.

  Now we are old, I am ill and know I really will die in the not too distant future. I have only really understood this fact since I found this site some 15 years or so ago. All the people I know that are non-JW's have understood this all their life of course, they know they will die and accept it. However, it's a bit like some of my shares, they are not doing too well, but I wouldn't get enough from them if I sold them, to make it worth while. That's why I just keep going with Sis England.

  George
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  2021 Annual Meeting Talk, "I Will Never Abandon You"

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  this 19 minute talk by “governing body” member samuel herd lacks enthusiasm, energy and mostly reads his script.

  looks like he was forced to talk about something he no longer believes, but goes along what was written to appease the rest of the ''governing body.''.

  mr. herd says, ''sometimes we have to make adjustments.

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  St George of England

  Have you noticed that he appears more and more rarely in videos or programs on jw org

  Probably more to do with his age and failing health. He has suffered from diabetes for many years.
  

  George

  
  
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  2021 Annual Meeting Talk, "I Will Never Abandon You"

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this 19 minute talk by “governing body” member samuel herd lacks enthusiasm, energy and mostly reads his script.

  looks like he was forced to talk about something he no longer believes, but goes along what was written to appease the rest of the ''governing body.''.

  mr. herd says, ''sometimes we have to make adjustments.

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  Do you have a link to the AGM and this talk please.

  George

  Edit:- OK I have just found Lloyd Evans videos. Part 1 of 4 lasts over 2 hours and I think that would be worse than listening to the actual AGM. In fact with 4 parts it may be quicker to wait until January.
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  Is the preaching work Jesus taught being diluted during the pandemic?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  the real preaching work:.

  2 timothy 4:2. preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.. matthew 10:8.

  “heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.

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  St George of England

  Groan....

  Here in the UK it's just a case of writing by hand letters that few will ever read. Just counting time.

  George
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  2/2022 WT: a repeated request & more doubletalk

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know the now famous quote, "all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

  " well, this point is regurgitated in the latest wt, along with yet another new bunker scene:.

  "during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical .

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  “WHO REALLY IS THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?”

  12. Since the Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible, what questions arise?

  12 The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction. In fact, the Watch Tower Publications Index includes the heading “Beliefs Clarified,” which lists adjustments in our Scriptural understanding since 1870. Of course, Jesus did not tell us that his faithful slave would produce perfect spiritual food.

  So why would anyone follow their instructions if they thought they were "strange, impractical, illogical"?

  George
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  So, When Did They Stop Singing?

  by Atlantis in

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  rutherford said:.

  a few words like the above pronounced at the beginning of the study would be far more beneficial than to occupy the same time in singing songs, which often express much that is out of harmony with the truth of and concerning god's kingdom.watchtower/1938/may/1st/pg.139 .

  back then, they had what was called: order of study, and this is what every overseer was instructed to say to the audience.. .

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  I understand that as soon as Rutherford kicked-the-bucket, they all started singing again. JW's did not agree with Rutherford's interpretation.

  On 9th August 1944 at the Convention in Buffalo, F W Franz released a new song book "Kingdom Service Song Book" available at 10c per copy. New song released "Take Sides With Jehovah" which many on here will remember. There was a a talk leading up to this showing why JW's should be singing. WT September 15, 1944 P285.

  George

  
  
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  Talk Outlines You Might Want!

  by Atlantis in

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  talk outlines you might want and a lot of them are dated 2020.. .

  https://filetransfer.io/data-package/i3fcrbfc#link.

  let me know if anyone wants the "original" zion's watch tower issues in pdf and searchable.

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  Does anyone have a copy of the Public Talk outline

  "The origin of humans - does it matter what you believe?"

  I have the 2000 version (133) but wondered if there is a later version. Atlantis's file link above is no longer valid.

  Many thanks in advance.

  George
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  What changes are on the way?

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was listening to the co talk to my wife’s congregation on sunday and pretty much the complete talk was justifying doctrinal and organizational changes and pretty much preparing the ‘rank and file’ for upcoming changes.

  anyone on hear have any insight of what ‘new light’ is coming in the future?.

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  Any changes of doctrine will be trivial items that will largely go unnoticed and mostly not understood or cared about.

  I cannot see any major changes such as dropping 607BCE which would wake up too many if they admitted they had had this date wrong since they changed from 606BCE back in 1943.

  The investment in Ramapo and such shows it is going to be a digital future and selling KH's and AH's will speed this along.

  I may be too old to see many of the changes but they will come.

  George