One touchstone to go by can be found in the 1979 "Commentary on the Letter of James" book, the colaboration effort by Ed Dunlap / Ray Franz. BTW, they never liked having that book quoted to them during elder sessions .
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Disciplinary Actions
by Cold Steel induring a disciplinary procedure, what would the response be if you wanted representation?
an advocate?.
why don't they have a group of unbiased men, a prosecutor to present the case against you and an advocate that would represent the accused?
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The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.
by THE GLADIATOR injanuary 2014 watchtower study article.
let your kingdom comebut when?.
this generation will not pass away.
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What was said during the 2011 District Convention:
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Now the obvious question is, to what generation was Jesus referring and what does this have to do with Revelation chapter 6? Well, like Revelation, the generation that Jesus was referring to also consists of two groups of people whose lives would overlap. Group 1 of this generation discerned the sign of Christ's presence in 1914. But they weren't merely born in 1914 nor merely alive to witness the start of Christ's presence. They were spirit-anointed in or before 1914. Therefore, the generation Jesus referred to saw the start of the last days. The second group are those that will see the end of this system of things. As the first group grew older, the second group started to be born so that for a while the two groups overlapped one another - they were contemporaries of one another.
We might think of it this way. While we were in school, we were contemporaries with children of other ages who were also going through school. Even though our ages differed, we were collectively known as 'school age children.' We were all part of the same generation of students. Obviously the older ones finished their course, even while the younger ones were just starting out.
For how many years do school kids go to school together, max.?
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Prepare for meetings??
by Jen1 indo you prepare for meetings?
if i go i spend a few minutes underlinging my books/watchtower.. i have noticed that those who do the micks especially notice when your stuff is not underlined, and comments are made after the meeting, not so gentle hints, about study and preperation!
in other words i am being told off, its usually the ones who are highly critical of everything i do, sometimes their whole family seems to be straining to see if my stuff is underlined, i know this because i heard the daughter to family wisper her watchtower is not underlined!.
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For marked ones not allowed commenting:
Prepare by underlining the study material during the commenting sessions — hell of time saver.
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"Questions" written by JWs in 1976
by Doug Mason ini seem to recall that two sets of "questions" were put out in 1976, following the failure of the 1975 prediction.. anyway, here is the scan of one that i have; hopefully others can tell me the background.. i have made it available at:.
http://www.jwstudies.com/_questions__by_jws__abt_1976_.pdf .
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zeb >> "until he arrives?"
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Why the memorial? Because Freddie argued without scriptural backing that, until the last one of the 'remnant' is in heaven, it has to continue.
As of the 2013 Watchtower mag, that will be some time before Armageddon.
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Prepare for meetings??
by Jen1 indo you prepare for meetings?
if i go i spend a few minutes underlinging my books/watchtower.. i have noticed that those who do the micks especially notice when your stuff is not underlined, and comments are made after the meeting, not so gentle hints, about study and preperation!
in other words i am being told off, its usually the ones who are highly critical of everything i do, sometimes their whole family seems to be straining to see if my stuff is underlined, i know this because i heard the daughter to family wisper her watchtower is not underlined!.
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My JW relatives wish for a software program that randomly underlines pdf files.
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WT Study March 15 on jw.org
by Gayle inonly scanned,,couple articles on necessary on having a old-age long-term plan now.
reality is hitting them more than ever.. also, australia showed "publisher" amount.
i assume it was the "peak" stat.
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Not one word on how children should take care of their disfellowshipped / disassociated aged parent(s).
Do you honestly feel the local elders would budge a finger?
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Today's Daily Text is a Convoluted Mess
by TTATTelder inwednesday, december 11. his heart did not prove to be complete with jehovah.1 ki.
will we let solomons course be a warning example for us?
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I imagine those poor writers sitting before a blank page, and having to think up 365 of those gems, must go a bit bonkers after a bit.
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For some time I am under the impression the Writing Dept. employs the software "Daily Text Random Generator v2.1"
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Today's Daily Text is a Convoluted Mess
by TTATTelder inwednesday, december 11. his heart did not prove to be complete with jehovah.1 ki.
will we let solomons course be a warning example for us?
(1 ki.
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The key to that convoluted mess is here:
(...) there is no indication that Jehovah quickly rejected him as king or strongly disciplined him.
Take your pick at what you can do without divine punishment.
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DECEPTIVE CROSS-REFERENCING IN NWT
by The Searcher inin order to "scripturally justify" j.f.
rutherford's rebranding of the bible students by the creation of a designer name which made them stand out from other bible students, the nwt deceptively misuses a verse to perpetuate the falsehood of the unscriptural name, "jehovah's" witnesses!.
(james 2:7) "they blaspheme the fine name by which you were called,* do they not?".
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DECEPTIVE CROSS-REFERENCING IN NWT
by The Searcher inin order to "scripturally justify" j.f.
rutherford's rebranding of the bible students by the creation of a designer name which made them stand out from other bible students, the nwt deceptively misuses a verse to perpetuate the falsehood of the unscriptural name, "jehovah's" witnesses!.
(james 2:7) "they blaspheme the fine name by which you were called,* do they not?".
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