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  Another Young JW dead during childbirth

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the latest young jehovah's witness mother to die in childbirth by following the terrible medical advice of watchtower writers.. https://www.niyitabiti.net/2017/02/nigerian-jehovah-witness-allegedly-dies-of-excess-bleeding-during-child-birth-because-church-doesnt-permit-blood-transfusion/.

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  NikL

  I totally get that Landy.

  I am too.

  Not saying I believed this...just was wondering.
  
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  Another Young JW dead during childbirth

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the latest young jehovah's witness mother to die in childbirth by following the terrible medical advice of watchtower writers.. https://www.niyitabiti.net/2017/02/nigerian-jehovah-witness-allegedly-dies-of-excess-bleeding-during-child-birth-because-church-doesnt-permit-blood-transfusion/.

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  NikL

  Am I missing something here?

  To all those doubting the validity of this story saying it's a facebook story, when I click it takes me to a Nigerian news website.

  Again, am I missing something?
  
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  Blonde, I miss your comments!

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this link http://beroeans.net/2017/01/30/by-undeserved-kindness-you-were-set-free/.

  has a great discussion about today's wt study, the difference and reasons for translating grace as undeserved kindness.

  this has been discussed here before but i've just discovered the website.

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  NikL

  I too read it this morning in preparation for the study today.

  Helps keep things in perspective :-)
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  A brother repeated a "rumor" from the platform last night.

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  i seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "i heard a rumor and i don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door.".

  anyone else heard this "rumor"?.

  and whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?

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  NikL

  I've been feeling like there is a very BIG change on the horizon. Just a gut feeling I guess. But I think fukitol...

  Solution: shed 'new light' on the door to door work, making it no longer compulsory for all in the congregation to do it. Make it something for pioneers only, bit like how the Mormons do with their 19 year old missionary 'elders'. The rest of the congregation can just do informal witnessing, phone witnessing, or giving tracts away in the street or in malls directing people to JW.org to watch videos there instead of on some schmucks tablet on a doorstep.

  May be closer than we know.
  
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  A brother repeated a "rumor" from the platform last night.

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "i heard a rumor and i don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door.".

  anyone else heard this "rumor"?.

  and whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?

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  NikL

  That was a bit of sarcasm on my part scratchme1010 but you are spot on with your points. They do use gossip and rumors to forward their agenda.
  
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  A brother repeated a "rumor" from the platform last night.

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "i heard a rumor and i don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door.".

  anyone else heard this "rumor"?.

  and whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?

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  NikL

  I seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.Last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "I heard a rumor and I don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door."

  Anyone else heard this "rumor"?

  And whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?
  
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  Trinity...cross...Does it matter?

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  i've been thinking about this for a while.. did jesus diee on a cross?

  does it really matter?

  it doesn't change anything that i can see.. is god a trinity?

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  NikL

  Lots of great comments here and I disagree with some but most I agree with in-part at least but @ StephaneLaliberte...you summed up my feelings nicely.
  
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  Trinity...cross...Does it matter?

  by NikL in

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  i've been thinking about this for a while.. did jesus diee on a cross?

  does it really matter?

  it doesn't change anything that i can see.. is god a trinity?

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  NikL

  I've been thinking about this for a while.

  Did Jesus diee on a cross? Does it really matter? It doesn't change anything that I can see.

  Is god a trinity? Again, who cares? Jesus still told us to pray to our heavenly father.

  I think it is inevitable that we will never have the complete picture of spiritual things as long as we are physical beings. It seems to me people make mountains out of molehills over things we can't possibly know for certain in this life. At the end of the day the commands of Jesus...weather he was god incarnate or died on a cross stay the same.

  What do you think?
  
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  A Beard Maverick

  by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to the kh for the first time in a month, and the first brother in our congregation has grown a full beard.

  i am in a western u.s. semi-rural area in a cong with an extremely conservative and controlling elder body.

  oddly enough, it seemed like people were going out of their way to converse with him and act like they didn't notice the beard or they complimented the beard.

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  NikL

  We've got a couple in my hall too.

  We are also in semi rural area in the western USA.

  I was talking with a friend last night and he related a story of when that beard article was considered in his congregation, a young brother actually spoke up during the study and said something to the effect, "I don't understand all the fuss about facial hair...it's just another fashion trend and there is nothing un-scriptural about it".

  My friend didn't know if this guy was talked to after the meeting but i am thinking he was :-)
  
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  1919 What???

  by NikL in

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  2. beliefs

  i had seen it before but never actually looked.. sure enough in july 15 2013 wt .... 17 in the past, we have stated in our publications that these last four references apply to jesus’ arriving, or coming, in 1918. as an example, take jesus’ statement about “the faithful and discreet slave.” (read matthew 24:45-47.

  ) we understood that the “arriving” mentioned in verse 46 was linked to the time when jesus came to inspect the spiritual condition of the anointed in 1918 and that the appointment of the slave over all the master’s belongings occurred in 1919.

  (mal.

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  NikL

  Thanks Magnum.

  I think I get it now.