Amelia Ashton

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  The Memorial campaign: What question from a householder would have made you think?

  by Faithful Witness in

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  i know that soon, the jws in our area will be out in full force, on their hit and run campaign with invitations to the memorial.

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  did you ever encounter a householder during this campaign, that made you stop and think about what you were doing?

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  Amelia Ashton

  They haven't been here, ever in 5 years.
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  British museum bible tours

  by inbetween in

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  visiting london years ago i had the chance to participate on a bible tour arranged from bethel.

  what i remember, it was one out of 12 topics, and a brother or sister served as a guide, showing particular objects related to bible accounts.. at that time, i was quite enthusiastic about it, thinking i learned something valuable.. .

  now, being awake to ttatt, i wonder what real scientific value those tours served.. or rather it raises the suspicion, that those tours are for visiting witnesses in order to distract them from many other finds in the museum, that would disprove either the bible or their own theology.. anybody ever made such a tour ?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  A brother at my old KH did them. I did the Tiglath Pilesar one too. It was fascinating.
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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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  Amelia Ashton

  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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  Amelia Ashton

  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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  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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  Amelia Ashton

  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

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  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

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  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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  Amelia Ashton

  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

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  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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  Amelia Ashton

  Lol