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  Trinity doctrine and bible canonization

  by The JHWH in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello, a quick question that came to find and couldn't find easy answer using google so i'ma try here.. so: was the doctrine of trinity decided to be a christian doctrine by the same people who chose which books to include in the bible?

  i vaguely remember that both of these subjects were decided at the first council of nicaea.

  if this is not the case, then when, where and by whom were these things decided?.

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  JWism retaking control of wife's family

  by The JHWH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a situation regarding this religion has developed which i fear might have negative implications on me and wifes lives, and i'm looking for thoughts and advice in how to approach the situation.

  i'll start with some background information to enlighten the situation.. i'm a male in mid-twenties, raised secularly, married to an ex-jw woman (on paper still a jw though), who's been raised in the jw religion, although somewhat untheocratically shall i say.

  for instance her mother has 5 children with 3 different men, all non-jws, and has had many other relationships as well.

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  Girlfriend probably getting DF'd

  by The JHWH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the local jc decided to df my girlfriend because of basically premarital sex.. she confessed few weeks back to the elders, and the judicial system had its wheels rolling.. they confronted her today, and eventually came to the conclusion described above.. .

  she told them that she regretted our sexual acts, and that we wouldn't perform that kind of actions before we're married.. they talked with her about getting married etc.

  a week before the jc.. now the reason they decided to df her was not the sexual acts itself, nor the lack of regret,.

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  Watchtower's stand on misquoting

  by The JHWH in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember reading an article, maybe from the 70's not sure, where wtbts condemned people who misquote people for their own purposes.. i'd be thankful if anyones remembers this and could post it here..

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  1972 District convetion

  by The JHWH in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anybody have a audio file or a transcript of this convetion?.

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  Disturbing new YouTube video showing Anthony Morris's approach to teenage baptism

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if anyone was under the illusion that all baptized jw children become dedicated solely of their own volition, then hopefully this new video should be a wake-up call.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plgbjdgoj-u.

  (unfortunately, due to the soundtrack i've chosen, this video is apparently banned in germany.

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  WTBTS and government money

  by The JHWH in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  from what i understand is, that the wtbts isn't funded by (any?

  ) government(s).. this would be very understandable, in order to get money from a government, they would probably need to open their books,.

  what i would like know is: has the wtbts appealed for government money?

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  Watchtower asks Congregation money for publications

  by The JHWH in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone remember the case where some congregation didn't get enough money to cover the costs of the magazines?.

  wtbts sent a letter to the congregation asking for money.

  does anyone remeber this case?

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  Question for Dogpatch (Randy): What will it cost to produce the new 16-page Watchtower & Awake?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when literature used to be sold d2d, i remember how the society never missed an opportunity to trash other religions for "peddling god's word for profit" while boasting about how the watchtower only charges for the cost of the paper and ink.. in the book "witnesses of jehovah", the author mentioned that randall watters used to be involved in print cost analysis and determined that, while we were selling wt & awake mags for 20 cents door-to-door, it was really only costing the society 4 cents per copy to produce.

  that's a whopping 400% profit!.

  obviously, things have changed... the paper is different, as well as the ink and printing methods in general.

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  Of those who leave; how many are women?

  by The JHWH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wtbts-society is already lacking of young men, the need for elders in the future will increase drastically.. if i recall right, of those who are recruited on a later age (not born-ins), even up to 80-90% are female.. does anyone know if there is any kind of difference between genders regarding disfellowshipping?.

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