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  Not Forsaking Christian Gatherings

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at the meeting this week, there was a part about placing our trust in jehovah and not worrying about food and shelter (mat 6:33).

  the part was based on the 2013 yearbook p138 and 139 where there were two examples:.

  a family went to their convention leaving their chickens unattended for a number of days, worried about if they would survive.

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  Cross-referencing: A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third
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  Every watchtower, awake, etc printed kills 48,000 trees!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the watchtower having a 25million monthly print, here is the breakdown.

  1 tree will make 8,333 sheets of paper.

  each watchtower, atleast the last i had, had around 16 sheets.

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  Have a look here: WTBTS environmental impact: Printing Production - Worldwide

  
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  Literature carts are the cruisiest way to preach ever - photo attached

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.

  in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.

  i could not work out who were the jws attending them.

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  The Field Service slip needs a new column: "LitCart Service Hours".
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  Summary / conclusion of the 4 study articles of WT 07/15/2013 - anyone?

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ... learning the [new] truth can be a shattering experience.. .

  the truth is often disagreeable, because it fails to support prejudice or myth.

  the encyclopedia americana.

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  Very telling is the quote continuation in that Encylopedia Americana when it says:

  In the short run, the suppression of known truth and the prohibition of free inquiry into truths yet unknown often serve some special interest or privilege.

  How true, when the spotlight of special privilege is on the 'Glorious Eight'.

  And have they not just done so by prohibiting the flock to do a free inquiry into things (research) ?
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  Summary / conclusion of the 4 study articles of WT 07/15/2013 - anyone?

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ... learning the [new] truth can be a shattering experience.. .

  the truth is often disagreeable, because it fails to support prejudice or myth.

  the encyclopedia americana.

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  Oubliette >>> I saw a source quoting on Google books , most likely referenced under the subheading 'Truth'.
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  Summary / conclusion of the 4 study articles of WT 07/15/2013 - anyone?

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ... learning the [new] truth can be a shattering experience.. .

  the truth is often disagreeable, because it fails to support prejudice or myth.

  the encyclopedia americana.

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  ... learning the [new] truth can be a shattering experience.

  “The truth is often disagreeable, because it fails to support prejudice or myth.” The Encyclopedia Americana

  Seeing our ... [past] ... beliefs exposed as untrue can be disillusioning, especially if we were taught by trusted religious leaders. Some might liken the experience to finding out that trusted parents were, in fact, secret criminals.
  
  But is not finding out religious truth better than living under a delusion? Is it not better to know the facts than to be manipulated by lies?
  
  
  When it comes to physical realities, such as medicine, mathematics, or the laws of physics, even the staunchest relativist will believe that some things are true. Who of us would dare to ride in an airplane if we did not think that the laws of aerodynamics were absolute truths? Verifiable truths do exist; they surround us, and we stake our lives on them. ( All of above texts quoted from: 1995 The Watchtower, July 1, par. 5,7 & 8 )
  
  
  Don't stake your lives on metaspiritual truths!
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  New Watchtower video on "real friends"

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5schopnecog.

  it's difficult to imagine how this video could be more disingenuous and hypocritical.

  cedars.

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  What's their unique selling point?
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  People who make the truth EXCITING!

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been fading for years now and attend meetings very rarely these days.

  but something happened recently to make me think about going regularly again.

  a couple have returned to my congregation who used to be special pioneers here twenty years ago.

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  slimboyfat >> . . . out of curiosity,

  what ever happened with the couple that returned to your congregation, who used to be special pioneers there twenty five years ago?

  Is their spirit for "the truth" still fervent? Or did it (they) expire?
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  “How can we be sure the Bible has not been changed?”

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at page 63 of its book, reasoning from the scriptures, the watchtower society poses the question: how can we be sure the bible has not been changed?.

  the reasoning book opens its response with a citation from a book written in 1929: the bible from the beginning by p. marion simms.. i have prepared a study that examines whether the reasoning from the scriptures book accurately presents the position presented by simms in his book.. http://www.jwstudies.com/we_can_be_sure.pdf.

  does simm's book really say that we can be sure the bible has not been changed?.

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  Isn't the “Reasoning from the Scriptures” book dated, anyway?
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  Warwick Blue Print!/Rutherford brochures!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when you download this file you will need to wait for about 30 seconds for all the images to come into focus.

  the images should come into view in the pdf right in front of you.

  if you don't wait the file could become jammed and you would need to start all over again.

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  Highlights from the zone overseer visit of brother Gerrit Losch to Norway
  
  After Armageddon there Will be no more Norway, Sweden, USA. We will have an administration center in the new world. Ezekiel 48:35. We are building now a place in Warwick (we don’t like the name, we hope rename it Peacewick)there will be a place for about 1000 Bethelites. If this is the new Adm. Center we don’t know. We do know there will be a Administrative Center in the new world.

  Perhaps they should rename it to “Shammah”.

  Ezekiel 48:35, footnote — What does the city in Ezekiel’s vision represent? “Jehovah-Shammah” is situated in “profane” land, indicating that it must represent something earthly. The city seems to represent the earthly administration that benefits those who will make up the righteous “new earth.” (2 Peter 3:13) Having gates on each side illustrates its openness. The overseers among God’s people are to be approachable.

  w07 8/1 p. 11 par. 3

  So it goes from "seems to represent" to "there will be" an administration center? How aloof must these Eight be to declare such a vague text represents their new building in Warwick? (Reminds me of the . . . from Scranton to Hoboken Terminal . . . story)