It is telling that as they now have this modern technology available for use, they are not using a christian desire to provide the best for the r & f by choosing the best of their speakers rather than glorifying themselves.
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2014 summer conventions to have live video and audio feeds
by dropoffyourkeylee ini have heard from reliable source that this summer's conventions will feature video of various gb members as they speak and announce releases.
the regional (as opposed to the international conventions) will have numerous video monitors all around.
anyone else heard about this?.
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The earthly paradise (TM) has now become a much more happified prospect for all the sheepies. Maybe there will be less JWs declaring themselves anointed.
It must be wonderful (in a demented kind of way) to be in control of the fantasies of millions of people, to decide on a whim the paradise you want to create for them.
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As a parent, did you ever have a swimming pool and invite neighbor kids?
by 4thgen inbeing 4th generation, i realize that am socially stunted, in regard to those that are not jws.
i am forging ahead and endeavoring to build a life outside of jw's.
i am trying as i can to socialize my child to make friends and be a normal kid.
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We've had a pool whilst the kids have been growing up and there are a lot of benefits but it is a serious matter and as a parent actually takes a lot of the pleasure away.
Home insurance is good but it is of very little significance as you do not want any child to drown or be badly injured.
The most important responsibility is to keep a constant watch on the children and I mean constant, don't even think of taking a telephone call even if you are near the pool. It is amazing how easily distracted you can become. We had a horrible scare early on but it did teach us how important it was to always keep your eye on the kids. When children are in trouble they may not make any noise at all.
It is a very bad idea to have a bunch of children in the pool at the one time. At the most we found three little ones in the pool at the one time was easier to cope with. They love to play and do silly things. I used to hate it when one would go underwater and stay still to see how long they would last, I would be thinking 'how long have they been under now?'. Oh the joys, it brings back memories.
Another big responsibility is to ensure that the water is clean and you need to constantly test it and add chemicals as required. Children are much moer susceptible to the waterborne germs and can become much sicker than adults.
We found the kids loved to be constantly in and out of the water and we found it very disrupting to our day at times but this becomes manageable over time when you set rules.
In our state we are required by law to have the pool fully fences and with a lockable gate. This is a safety measure and absolutely essential when there are little ones around.
You don't need a big house or a pool to invite school kids over. Your children don't need more than one friend at a time either. Actually, I personally think that it is much better to have only one friend over at a time, two at the most. It allows the kids to forge serious friendships. You are only making more work for yourself to have a group of kids over with no long lasting benefit for your children. Birthday parties are a different matter. In that instance we would give our children the choice of having two or three friends over for a sleepover or a two/three hour party with up to 10 children.
Once the kids know that they are welcome to invite their friends over the matter will then be in their hands to deal with as they feel comfortable. We actually found that the kids were happy to make friends from the local neighbourhood when they were little.
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My Story 2/3
by objectivetruth ini left off my story here -.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/280040/1/my-story#.u4evu3w9ksm "about 3 weeks after my reinstatement announcement was read, some "information" came to light, and the elders discovered that i wasn't %100 honest in my last hearing.. hmm i guess my reinstatement was invalid : ( they have those in the elders.
book right?
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Teaching that a disfellowshipped person is dead to God is one of their most dangerous teachings in terms of our relationship with God. These are just men making their own decisions as to whether someone is sorry for breaking bible rules and in some cases, being difellowshipped for breaking only organizational rules.
It is not up to any man to say that we no longer have a relaitonship with God but in JW land this only promotes the idea that we need the organization to have God in our lives.
With your second disfellowshipping, was this because you were still 'sinning' during your first disfellowshipping or simply because you had not been totally honest during your first judicial committee?
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why does the Wt hate Jesus so much?
by Crazyguy ineven in the anniversary year were they claim jesus being enthroned for a hundred years they talk and say jehovah is king, its still all about jehovah, i don't get it?.
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Once they started calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses their focus had to be on Jehovah, not Jesus.
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A glaring example of how Watchtower's insertion of "Jehovah" corrupts the NT
by Island Man in"the rnwt replaces "kyrios" (lord) with "jehovah" in translating romans 14:8 as follows:.
"for if we live, we live to jehovah,*+ and if we die, we die to jehovah.
* so both if we live and if we die, we belong to jehovah.".
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Designs - The scripture is talking about Jesus but the WTBTS relates that scripture to both Jesus and Jehovah. Of course the WTBTS does not support the Trinity but because they have translated the above scripture as they do, their rendering only supports the trinity.
Maybe you could explain why their translation does not support the trinity and the smoke surrounding me will clear.
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Elder lying in court!
by Batman89 inpart 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpp0zdmpc-w. part 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qobxt9czxzi.
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This elder knows very little about his organization. He thinks helping the individual is number one, not keeping the organization clean.
Here he is telling lie after lie and he knows he's doing it. Didn't he swear an oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. I guess when you think you have the truth but don't actually have it you lose the ability to tell the truth.
We don't have titles - sure, when I next hear a GB member being introducted on stage as a GB member I'll just pretend that is not his actual title.
What is really sickening is that he tries to use the bible to support his comments.
Some of the outrageous statements he makes include =-According to him for every df'd person who felt their experience was bad he has 100 who will testify that it was good, lol.
A seven year old needs to be 'helped' if they attend a birthday party.
The '52 Watchtower statement is no longer accurate. (where was the retraction?) He is so worried about apostates and doesn't recongize that his own literature holds apostate statements.
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If You Owned This Site Would It Be Any Different?
by minimus inthis site is probably one of the most informative jw sites on the internet.
if you want to keep abreast of the watchtower, this is a great place to find out the latest in jw land.
kudos to simon for keeping it going all these years!!!
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No it wouldn't be the same, Simon does an excellant job. He is a very level headed person with a personality that is non egotistical.
I love the way that this forum layout encourages a collection of individual thoughts and opinions.
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A glaring example of how Watchtower's insertion of "Jehovah" corrupts the NT
by Island Man in"the rnwt replaces "kyrios" (lord) with "jehovah" in translating romans 14:8 as follows:.
"for if we live, we live to jehovah,*+ and if we die, we die to jehovah.
* so both if we live and if we die, we belong to jehovah.".
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I agree with Villagirl. If they believe their interpretation is so far superior then this is a great scripture to prove that they do support the trinity.
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"Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall
by Perry inthe watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.
however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.
justification is a present possession (rom.
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The Watchtower doesn't want to give this message because it is hungry for slaves to do it's work in recruiting members and feeding it money.