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  “New light” Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.

  if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.

  it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.

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  Why can it be said with certainty that Christ’s original apostles were not at least part of the faithful and discreet slave?
  
  

  Because, just like “offspring of vipers”, the second generation of the anointed “faithful and discreet slave” Governing Body with their overriding veto powers belittle what their “spiritual fathers“ once taught them.

  During the annual meeting held on October 1, 1971, one of the speakers pointed out that the governing body of “the faithful and discreet slave” preceded the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania by hundreds of years. (Matthew 24:45-47) A governing body was formed at Pentecost of 33 C.E., more than 18 centuries before the Pennsylvania corporation came into existence. At first, the governing body consisted of, not 7 men, but 12 apostles. Evidently, its number was enlarged later, for “the apostles and older men in Jerusalem” were taking the lead. — Acts 15:2.

  (2001 The Watchtower, January 15, page 29).

  By God, Holy Spirit is not of ambiguous nature and with certainty would take less than a century to reach the faithful.
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  Please direct me to the arabic implementation of JW.ORG

  by bats in the belfry in

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  i was unable to locate the arabic language on their website, thinking about the potential to reach millions.. http://www.jw.org/en >>> site language box - i can't find it.. .

  shouldn't it be one of the main concerns to flood these countries with their propaganda via internet since there are so few missionaries in them?.

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  I appreciate that sending proselytizing agents to arab speaking countries is pretty dangerous.

  Yet as of now they have a rack of servers that could reach into those countries without having anyone beheaded.

  Their prime concern should be to translate the whole jw.org website into all those languages where they are prohibited to preach. And I don't just think of the approx. 56 titles they offer on the website. If they do an all encompassing witnessing in that language, then that way they could gloat to have preached the globe over - truly.
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  Please direct me to the arabic implementation of JW.ORG

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
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  i was unable to locate the arabic language on their website, thinking about the potential to reach millions.. http://www.jw.org/en >>> site language box - i can't find it.. .

  shouldn't it be one of the main concerns to flood these countries with their propaganda via internet since there are so few missionaries in them?.

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  . . . I was unable to locate the arabic language on their website, thinking about the potential to reach millions.

  http://www.jw.org/en >>> Site Language box - I can't find it.

  Shouldn't it be one of the main concerns to flood these countries with their propaganda via internet since there are so few missionaries in them?
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  To believers: Is Blasphemy really the Unforgivable sin?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
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  mark 3:29 seems to indicate that this is so.. so please theists explain what is meant by this scripture?

  is god really that petty?

  do you believe that blasphemy is a greater sin than murder or paedophilia (which isn't even mentioned as a sin) or genocide?.

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  Is Blasphemy really the Unforgivable sin?

  Not even the boys in Brooklyn are sure.

  Some people who were once faithful Christians have purposely drawn away from God, perhaps because of bitterness, pride, or greed, and are now apostate fighters against God’s spirit. They willfully oppose what the spirit is clearly accomplishing. Have these individuals committed the unforgivable sin? Jehovah is the final Judge.—Romans 14:12.

  2003 Awake!, February 8, page 13
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  Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

  by cedars in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

  i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

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  GODS WORD ASSEMBLY PROGRAM 2013 by Toledo Squad

  by bigmac in

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  Cross-referencing: 2013 District Convention Program
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  Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

  by cedars in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

  i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

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  Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

  by cedars in

  1. jw
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

  i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

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  Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

  i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

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  Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

  i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

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  . . . just perusing:

  *** Jehovah Cares for You ***
  Are you convinced of Jehovah’s saving power? Are you aware of his angelic protection? Have you personally tasted and seen that Jehovah is good? When was the last timethat you were particularly conscious that Jehovah had been good to you? Try to recall. Was it at that last home you visited in the ministry, just as you were feeling you could do no more?

  w02 10/15 pp. 17-18 par. 16

  *** How Angels Can Help You ***
  Do angels care for people and protect them? The apostle Paul asked: “Are they [angels] not all spirits for public service, sent forth to minister for those who are going to inherit salvation?” (Hebrews 1:14) Clearly, the answer to Paul’s question is yes.

  w98 11/15 p. 6