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  Philippians 2:5-11

  by PSacramento in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in paul's letter to the phillipans, typically dated 50-60 ad, paul says:.

  your attitude should be the same as christ.

  you being the very nature(form) of god, did not consider equality to god as something to be held on to (grasped), but made himself nothing, thaking the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness.

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  Lieu

  .... and he was praying to himself and raised himself up too?

  Schitzo or Gremlin?
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  New World Translation, is it the best bible translation?

  by littlebuddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my jw elder friend said to me that the nwt is the best translation of the bible and that scholars have said as much.

  is this true and is it the best?

  are there scholars who disagree?.

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  TD,

  One also haas to watch those 17-18th Century translations. A problem arises when we find that men of those times fancied the 'poetic' as a sign of high breeding and scholarship. This lent to all the occasions of pluperfect - present subjuntives being used in translations.

  I'll wait until someone finds "the oldest" and translates that to English [which of course will be modern Eng]. Until then, I'll use whichever version I happen to have handy.
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  New World Translation, is it the best bible translation?

  by littlebuddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my jw elder friend said to me that the nwt is the best translation of the bible and that scholars have said as much.

  is this true and is it the best?

  are there scholars who disagree?.

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  Lieu

  when we find the actual originals, we can THEN prove which is the best Bible translation, and NOT before

  This is my thought on the matter. Until then, they're all in the same inacurracy boat; one no better than the next.
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  My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".

  i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.

  it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.

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  Thanks a million for this site.
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  Talk illustrations that need to be retired

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my dad used this one alot: it compared raising a child to holding a spring.

  if you let go too soon the spring will fly off in an uncontrolled direction.

  if you hold it too long you will wear your hand out and the spring will be no good.

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  Lieu

  No one's mentioned the one about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic...

  .... and "tacking".
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  Spain Branch will send bethelites to

  by JHK in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  spain branch will send bethelites to the following bethel homes: guatemala, honduras, brasil, south africa and united kingdom.

  other bethelites, will go to near their original congregations with special piooner priviledge..., to receive suppor from their families and friends.

  in the moment, 70 will be fire, 40 to special pioneer y 30 regular pioneer.

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  It looks like a food & weather preference to me.
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  Are You Afraid of The Biblical God?Does This Fear Stunt Your Intelligence?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. beliefs

  are you afraid of the biblical god?.

  are you afraid of a god that can read your mind.

  if so have you ever considered this a form of mind control?

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  Lieu

  God, No. God is love.

  Rookie cops? Yes.
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  Real Reasons Some Go to Bethel

  by startingovernow in

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  2. beliefs

  i've known known a lot of bethelites and it never ceased to amaze me when asked why they wanted to go there the kind of answers i got.

  some included:.

  my mom used to have dinner ready for me every night when when i was pioneering before i got married.

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  Lieu

  I always got the impression they were a bit effeminate, not gay though. Maybe they were so skinny & frail from a lack of food.

  As for the topic, some couldn't take having to work low paying jobs (due to education) and having to support themselves ... so they went to Bethel.
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  Is this Kingdom Hall Creepy?

  by kurtbethel in

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  2. beliefs

  this is a hall in oceanside, california.

  it is hidden away from the street on a nondescript lane.. .

  no windows!.

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  Lieu

  ... eerily like those buildings at the death camps.
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  1941 Watchtower Convention Resolution Condemning Moyle -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  background:.

  when olin r. moyle wrote his letter of resignation to j.f.

  rutherford in 1939 he really hit the judge's nerve.

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  JR was quite vindictive.