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Church of Almighty God in China

by southwest in

it's interesting to look at the beliefs of this cult in china from a jw perspective:.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eastern_lightning.

and the response of the chinese government to the recent murder by members of the group:.

southwest

It's interesting to look at the beliefs of this cult in China from a JW perspective:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Lightning

and the response of the Chinese government to the recent murder by members of the group:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-31087839

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Feedback on new graphic please?

by southwest in

i wanted to create something to attract interest in ttatt.

maybe someone will see this and do some more research online?

it could be shared on instagram or reddit.. http://imgur.com/zof5ku2.

southwest

Thanks for the comments, I guess I feel it's just funny how even the JW logo is wrong! I'll leave this for now. :)

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Feedback on new graphic please?

by southwest in

i wanted to create something to attract interest in ttatt.

maybe someone will see this and do some more research online?

it could be shared on instagram or reddit.. http://imgur.com/zof5ku2.

southwest

I wanted to create something to attract interest in TTATT. Maybe someone will see this and do some more research online? It could be shared on Instagram or Reddit.

http://imgur.com/zof5KU2

Any thoughts, feedback etc very welcome?

Thanks

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Watchtower doctrine: Judges 1:19 (God couldn't defeat the Iron Chariots)

by southwest in

this weeks assigned bible reading is judges 1-4. i have never noticed judges 1:19 before which reads in the nwt as:.

jehovah was with judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain,* because they had war chariots with iron scythes.

but in the kj as:.

southwest

Thank you very much for all of your replies, especially Bloody Hotdogs. Very helpful.

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Watchtower doctrine: Judges 1:19 (God couldn't defeat the Iron Chariots)

by southwest in

this weeks assigned bible reading is judges 1-4. i have never noticed judges 1:19 before which reads in the nwt as:.

jehovah was with judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain,* because they had war chariots with iron scythes.

but in the kj as:.

Watchtower doctrine: Judges 1:19 (God couldn't defeat the Iron Chariots)

by southwest in

this weeks assigned bible reading is judges 1-4. i have never noticed judges 1:19 before which reads in the nwt as:.

jehovah was with judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain,* because they had war chariots with iron scythes.

but in the kj as:.

southwest

Ha! Top of reddit / exjw at the moment:

http://imgur.com/xAe2NSz

This was what got me thinking what the official WT position is.

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Watchtower doctrine: Judges 1:19 (God couldn't defeat the Iron Chariots)

by southwest in

this weeks assigned bible reading is judges 1-4. i have never noticed judges 1:19 before which reads in the nwt as:.

jehovah was with judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain,* because they had war chariots with iron scythes.

but in the kj as:.

southwest

This weeks assigned bible reading is Judges 1-4. I have never noticed Judges 1:19 before which reads in the NWT as:

Jehovah was with Judah, and they took possession of the mountainous region, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain,* because they had war chariots with iron scythes

but in the KJ as:

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

I cannot find the official Watchtower doctrine on the meaning of this verse which says clearly that God cannot defeat iron chariots. Does anyone know of any old articles that may discuss this?

Also, is the NWT version a deliberate mistranslation or a legitimate translation option?

Thanks!

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Phases of Mental Extraction

by freemindfade in

in only the short time i have been no longer lurking but also posting, i have discovered some people with situations and reactions very similar to mine.

i guess there are different ways people get out, some do something and are outright shunned, then they may find ttatt and stay out.

but there may be more and more like me, who are 100% mentally out, but for the reason of not losing spouse and family fade.

southwest

Thanks for sharing this, I can relate to many of the points you raise, although the order maybe a little differently.

I really do wonder, just how many 'active' JWs are mentally out?

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Why tv.jw.org?

by pixel in

hello,.

this is a question for people with web knowledge (i'm looking at you simon :-)):.

i'm wondering why they named it tv.jw.org instead of something like jw.org/tv?.

On a technical level, it is just simpler to run the entire TV operation through a subdomain like this. They can route all traffic directly to the JW TV servers, and so heavy load on the tv.jw.org site would not affect jw.org itself.

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WT for March 15, 2015: “Consider the context”

by Doug Mason in

my study on the watchtower magazine for march 15, 2015 is available at:.

http://www.jwstudies.com/the_watchtower_and_the_contexts_of_jesus__stories.pdf.

this watchtower presents jesus stories at matthew 25: the ten virgins; the talents; and the final judgment (sheep and goats).

southwest

Exactly pixel. Thanks for your reply Doug, never thought about the dream being by a heathen king! And how about this Doug?:

Page 10, first few lines:

Jehovah has helped “the faithful and discreet slave” to become steadily more discreet. Discretion has led to greater caution when it comes to calling a Bible account a prophe[cy]..

May as well read:

Jehovah has helped “the faithful and discreet slave” to become steadily more discreet. Discretion has led to greater caution when it comes to launching an online TV channel starring themselves!