Amelia Ashton

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  WT Library 2013 Availability

  by outinthemeadows in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know where there might be a link to an english watchtower library 2013?

  i don't know why i download an illegal copy every year - probably so i can take the mick...... all i can find is an italian version - the only italian i can speak is on the menu at our local restaurant......

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  Could I have a pm with it too please. :)
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  JW's DO celebrate Xmas!

  by PrincessCynic in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm finding it really funny how many witnesses celebrate christmas without actually 'celebrating christmas'.

  i'm just looking at facebook and seeing how many got together with family on christmas day or boxing day and had a big roast dinner, often with turkey, ate too much, drank too much, played some board games etc.

  then a few days later i'm seeing photos from all their 'family present days' where the kids get a ton of gifts to open.

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  It seemed to me most of the the witnesses found an excuse to be visiting and eating at a non witness relative's house Christmas Day.
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  shock horror! WITNESSING ATTIRE NOW CONDONES OPEN-NECK SHIRTS FOR MALES!

  by steve2 in

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  2. friends

  go to jw.org right now friends and you will see a young male jw witnessing in a rural setting with publication in hand and - take careful note - wearing a crisply-white open-neck shirt.

  bring out the carnival, light the lights: the organ ization is kicking itself into an ongoing casualization of its rank and file.. in the 1960s through 1980s i know brothers who dared to attire themselves sans ties who were reprimanded or worse.

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  In Spain one elder went on field service without a tie but he was the only one.
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  What are you doing on Christmas day?

  by Jen1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any one out there doing field service?

  i have not gone out on that day in years.

  and have no intention of ever doing that again.

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  Amelia Ashton

  My daughter and I are spending it with cantleave and family. Really looking forward to it.
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  Acts 20:28

  by never a jw in

  1. social
  2. humour

  acts 20:28 nwt.

  pay attention to yourselves+ and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers,+ to shepherd the congregation of god,+ which he purchased with the blood of his own son.

  king james and other translations.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I too learned more about the history of the bible and jws after leaving than I ever did before.
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  Acts 20:28

  by never a jw in

  1. social
  2. humour

  acts 20:28 nwt.

  pay attention to yourselves+ and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers,+ to shepherd the congregation of god,+ which he purchased with the blood of his own son.

  king james and other translations.

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  Amelia Ashton

  In the WT's own Interlinear the word "son" is not in the original text and has been added and placed in brackets in the translation.
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  Why the field service reports?

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some years ago, we had this difficult bible study with a guy who was unofficially a witness for about 40 years, yet he would never make the step of becoming an unbaptized publisher.

  we pushed him at some point to tell us the reason, and the reason was this: he didn't agree with the field reports practice.

  he said he did a lot of preaching by himself but didn't see any reason to report it to the congregation.. of course, we told him that the reason we hand in field reports is so that we have statistics, and know how much work is done worldwide and bla-bla-blah.

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  And to judge how spiritual you are of course.
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  Could we quantify how many posters their are from different nations ? Would you like to know ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .

  how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.

  etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?

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  Lol
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  Comment made by an uber dub aunt

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok i've read similar threads to this before, but i just thought i would share a comment made by an aunt.

  my aunts bible student died, and due to the families wishes the funeral service was given in another church.

  my aunt with a disgusted look on her face when recalling the events to me said "and you know what, they must of only spent about 5 minutes talking about the person, and the rest of it was about the church".

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  Shortly before I was "recruited" my grandfather had died on xmas eve. The funeral was held between xmas and New Year and we sang xmas carols. That was weird for a start.

  The vicar spent 5 minutes telling us how my grandad was at peace with god up in heaven and then spent the next half hour telling us all the things we would have to do to get there ourselves. Knowing my grandad did none of what we were supposedly required to do but with plenty of reassurance that he was safely up there got me thinking. The sister I was studying with had a field day when I told her.

  They don't see it.
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  Do you google about someone before you date him or her?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. relationships

  i do not understand why many people will not google to see if he/she has a mugshot, criminal record, etc......

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  Date ? What is this strange word you speak of? Lol

  I left the dating game years ago but I Google all new potential hedgehog owners. Sometimes when sending an email to them the first time I get their facebook page come up and I go and look at that too. So far I haven't discovered anything bad but if I did they would not be getting a hedgehog from me.