Topics Started by Jerome56

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JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
one thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.

it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.

it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.
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2013 New World Translation
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
on their website in the video "organizational accomplishments" watchtower devotes this segment to praising the superiority of the new world translation.

about half way through, david splane relates the reason for a change in wording from the old 1984 nwt reference bible to the 2013 revised nwt.

he said this was because of the recent discovery of an older manuscript that contained the greek word for overseer that was unavailable when the reference bible was being compiled.
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What Do You Think?
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
do you think the tower is getting money from the government for encouraging people to get vaccinated?

or is there just too much lemon in my tea?.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/07/27/biden-harris-admin-provides-121-million-in-arp-funding-to-local-communities-for-covid-19-vaccines.htmlbiden-harris administration provides $121 million in american rescue plan funds to support local community-based efforts to increase covid-19 vaccinations in underserved communities.
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MANUAL!--2020-04 SFL.
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2020-04-addendum letter.. https://docdro.id/n0hm6tg.

2020-04 shepherd the flock of god elder manual.

https://docdro.id/llechtz.
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The name Jehovah in the New Testament
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
among the reasons the watchtower society gives in appendix c of the new world translation for inserting the name jehovah in the new testament is the following:.

· " in greek, is the definite article missing from before kyʹri·os (lord), where it would normally be expected grammatically, thus indicating that a proper name may originally have appeared in the greek text?

d. does anyone know if this is a valid argument?
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Letter Detailing My Latest JW Encounter
by Roger Kirkpatrick in
1. jw
2. experiences
to whom it may concern: .

i am writing this letter in the hope of reconnecting with two jehovah’s witness elders whom i met at a literature display in downtown new braunfels, across the street from krause’s.

i explained to them that my daughter is a jehovah’s witness and, therefore, i am somewhat familiar with their beliefs.
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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Annual Mtg Points
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in
1. jw
2. friends
matt 28: 19 is the year text.

new understanding on joel ch 2 who are the locusts?.

there is a new building addition to warwick in the works.
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Interesting article for those leaving WT but are still believers and want to heal from being entrenched in legalism
by NikL in
1. jw
2. friends
i really enjoyed it and thought i'd share for what it's worth.... https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-you-can-heal-from-growing-up-in-a-legalistic-church.html.
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Need Help: My Correspondence with the Headquarters
by Lobsto in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a month ago i sent a letter to the us branch about 607. my purpose for sending it was because i wanted to show to my parents through the letters the truth behind the date system.

two days ago, i received a response from them.

i think this is gonna be the first of many.