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AGM recording available
by suavojr in
1. jw
2. friends
here is the link to the opening of the great 2013 agm glorified new, very new, did i mentioned new?

gray bible!!.

first part:.
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Due to Oct 5th WT Biz Meet all meetings for that week are cancelled
by illoowy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was informed that due to oct 5th wt biz meet all meetings for that week are cancelled,.

i asked if the mid week meeting was also and was told yes, because of the assembly.. it seems there's an overload of theocratic alternative banqueting feasts available so.

that the regular menu at the kh is not necessary for that week.
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If the rumor is true, and there is a new bible will it be distributed at the AGM?
by hoser in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
total speculation of course, but if they are good marketers every attendee will leave the event with a shiny new new world translation.
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Roma (gypsy) becoming JWs
by InquiryMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in eastern europe, a significant portion of jw are roma.. i came across this paper describing the conversion of a family in slovakia and their religious lives etc... quite interesting..... http://revacern.eu/exchange-programme/ep-paper%20hrustic.pdf.

obviously, there is a problem with prejudice from non roma jw vs roma jws,.

since the society has published a video entitled our romani brothers to conteract this.... (if i remember correctly) .
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About Anonymous they are working on things as we speak!
by life is to short in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
soldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.

soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.

anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
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Why get "personal" when discussing a topic?
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
trading insults happens among kids all the time.. intellectual development hasn't progressed to the point where they can present contrary ideas and opinions with persuasive appeal to reasons, facts and logic.. "i know you are; but what am i?".

"your momma's so fat....".

so, they fall back on childish mocking, provocation and personal attack.. as we grow older and have more education and sophistication our minds should mature---or so you'd think!.
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The Emphatic Diaglott, still being published by the WTB&TS for the benefit of ... NOT JWs but for Christadelphians, Church of God Holiness and Abrahamic Faith folks.
by illoowy in
1. jw
2. friends
there are english speaking denominations that actively use the emphatic diaglott.

the wtb&ts is the only publisher providing new printings of this nt interlinear.

the r&f jehovah's witness doesn't use the diaglott (not even the jw version of it "kingdom interlinear translation" that supplanted it).
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Advance Health Care Directive dpa-E Us PDF?
by Caminante in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a friend of mine, active jw, is about to go to the states and needs an english ahcd document.

can any of you provide me a scan of the latest revision of the us edition of it?

i found an australian version that pretty much resembles the current romanian revision used here (nov. 2004), but i'm not sure it's accurate according to us laws and/or the us version of the form.
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For me, it was when they kicked out Ray Franz and Ed Dunlap
by oppostate in
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2. beliefs
for me, it was when they kicked out ray franz and ed dunlap.. .

i knew about the reform movement they started through ed's brother - and stupidly believed it could work.. .

the clouds were truly parted and i could see it for what it was when they were ejected for nothing but trying to ask for biblical reform.. .
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More Publishers requires MORE Watchtower buildings ALL OVER THE WORLD.
by Alfred in
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2. beliefs
kindom ministry 1970. .

branch letter.

dear kingdom publishers:.