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  Too fat for the kingdom of God !

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  former jehovah's witness servant dick borghi along with elders in the lowell, ma.

  congregation were asked by the circuit overseer to vote on whether to disfellowship overweight brothers and sisters.. this was very troubling to dick for two reasons.. 1... brother borghi thought it would be the responsibility of the faithfull and discrete slave to lay out a precise directive on the basis for this unusual request.

  what criteria would have to be met to make such an awkward decision?.

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  Alfred

  At what time will you make the SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTabout "Johnny the Bethelite"?
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  The "Generation." what is the latest New Light Regarding It? CO from Fresno Area Confused Me!

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the co who is covering the central valley, mentioned how easy this concept is to understand.

  in his talk, he said many of the friends had made a "big deal, over little.

  he used the "titanic analogy, used the space shuttle analogy.

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  Alfred

  The "Nu-Lite" is that ONE Generation = TWO Overlapping Generationsbecause Exodus 1:6 says so...
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  PAT ROBERTSON "Pat Robertson Asks If Mac And Cheese Is a 'Black Thing;' Raises Storm of Comments

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://global.christianpost.com/news/pat-robertson-asks-if-mac-and-cheese-is-a-black-thing-raises-storm-of-comments-62941/.

  pat gives his blessings to divorce your mate if they become sick.

  "just make sure they are cared for, go ahead and date another man or women.".

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  Alfred

  Avocado Jake...

  It seems you start quite a few topics under "Bible Research & Study Articles" that really don't belong in this section... Why is that?

  Shouldn't this one go under "Politics & World Events"?

  Just saying...

  (By the way, I do enjoy most of your posts... cheers )
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  The word "Armageddon" has been fading away from WT publications

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1960s 1,095 times.

  1970s 152 times(drastic drop after 1975).

  1980s 438 times.

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  Alfred

  Designs...

  I checked those 2 phrases (The End & Last Days) and they're also being mentioned less... "Day of Jehovah" is also being mentioned less.

  But all of these are still mentioned a lot more than "Armageddon"...so you're point does have some validity...
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  The word "Armageddon" has been fading away from WT publications

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1960s 1,095 times.

  1970s 152 times(drastic drop after 1975).

  1980s 438 times.

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  Alfred

  And they gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har–Ma·ged′on [Meggido Mountain]. -Rev 16:16

  It seems the WT has been planning a slow fade for the word "Armageddon" as the word is being mentioned less and less as we get further away from 1914. Could it be that their failed predictions (1914, 1918, 1925, 1975, before 2000) is forcing them to change their membership retention strategy which includes a slow fade of this fear-mongering word? Or could it possibly be that they will eventually admit that 144,000 is just a symbolic number and that JWs will all die and go to heaven after all (with no literal "Battle of Armageddon" taking place)? Whatever the reason, the numbers don't lie and I believe the list below gives us a pretty good indication that the word "Armageddon" is soon to dissapear from WT publications...

  Mentions of “Armageddon” in the Watchtower magazine…

  1950’s 2,063 times

  1960’s 1,095 times

  1970’s 152 times(drastic drop after 1975)

  1980’s 438 times

  1990’s 242 times

  2000-2009 184 times

  2010-2019 60 times (projected based on 6 mentions in 2010)

  I'd love to hear your opinion on what is driving this fade... Thanks!
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  International Conventions = $$$$. WTBT$ in bed with South Korean government

  by Mattieu in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember the whole process of selecting a host city for australias last international convention.

  the australian bethel played the nsw government against the victorian.

  it was so similar to choosing an olympic city and the big boys from bethel knew how to play the game.

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  Go back in the old w/t and awakes and see how many host cities/countries had tourism articles published only to host an international convention in the next 6-12 months.

  I think I'll do that... this should be interesting...
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  What is the actual PRODUCT being sold by Jehovah's Witnesses??

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  madison avenue became famous for selling the sizzle rather than the steak.. the point of advertising was to create an appetite for a product.. sometimes, in order to create desire for the product, advertising consisted of imposing an embedded fear that could only.

  be resolved by purchasing the solution: the product.. .

  four hundred and twelve billion dollars annually is spent on advertsing in the u.s. ($412 billion).

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  grass-eating lions and pandas..
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  What was the name of the WT's special printing machine?

  by Paralipomenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember on my visit to the bethel, one of the stops was this machine that allowed rapid production of layout in different languages.

  they were very proud of it, i guess it was invented by a poor volunteer there and it was enough of a breakthrough that they claimed that international companies were looking to buy or license the technology for millions.. the guide was very proud to say that they were keeping the technology and not sharing.

  tee hee hee, take that satan!.

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  Alfred

  Factfinder

  The sad thing is that I was actually convinced (for a few years) by this elder that this was am automatic translator/printer... This was one of the things I used to tell co-workers whenever they made fun of me for being a JW... that and 1914...

  I felt really stupid when I finally realized that the information circulating about MEPS (and 1914) was completely distorted (like everything else that comes from the WT...)
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  100 Baptism Questions

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  iunderstand from a recent watchtower/awake that elders ask 100 questions before u are allowed to b baptized?.

  what questions?

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  Alfred

  I n answer the eunuch said to Philip: “I beg you, About whom does the prophet say this? About himself or about some other man?” Philip opened his mouth and, starting with this Scripture, he declared to him the good news about Jesus. Now as they were going over the road, they came to a certain body of water, and the eunuch said: “Look! A body of water; what prevents me from getting baptized?” With that he commanded the chariot to halt, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. -Acts 8:34-38

  But wait! The eunuch's baptism is null and void! No one read him any questions to see if he is worthy enough to get baptized! Philip should have checked with the Governing Body in Jerusalem before running ahead of them and baptizing a total starnger who had zero (0) hours of Field Service... Let this be a lesson to us all... Never baptize anyone unless you're 100% sure he meets WTBTS citrieria...
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  Aid to Bible Understanding

  by Sharpie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how many people still have the book aid to bible understanding?

  and when did the watchtower decide to scrap it?

  was there any offical anoucements anyone rememeber to please return the books?

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  Alfred

  Blues Brother...

  Two years ago, an elder saw my Aid to Bible Understanding book while on a shepherding call and told me that it had been written by an apostate (I guess he was referring to Ray) which is why we the Insight books were printed in 1988...