As employees, JW's are allowed to raise and lower the flag on public buildings (offices, schools, etc) where they work if no ceremony is accompanied with it.
Drearyweather
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2017 Kingdom Hall in Chile with Flag with Meeting
by ILoveTTATT2 infinally, after 5 years, we have received footage that shows, unmistakably, that there was a flag in the kingdom hall, while a meeting was happening.here is the video:https://youtu.be/uel3otw6gemi will post this year's pictures below.
this year we had pictures and video of three different kingdom halls with the flag!.
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Free to sin but still cannot bring myself to do it
by sinboi inhave da'd myself nearly 3 months ago.
now i am part of this world but i feel myself the odd one out.
something inside me is still blocking me to do the things i have been longing to do while i was still a jw, such as attending birthday parties, sex, etc.... just last nite, i was on the way to attend a birthday party.
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Drearyweather
I don't want to see how he kill babies at armeggedon!!! evil d.o.g!
You don't have to wait till Armageddon.
Just go to the internet and see how many abortions take place each year in the name of "unwanted pregnancies". Reported vs Non-reported. Actual killing of human life..err..sorry...Medical Termination of Pregnancy.
Funnily, you will find people who will condemn the killings mentioned in the Bible but condone the abortions taking place. People can justify anything for their own benefit and cause.
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John 1:3
by Hi y-all injohn 1:3 states in the nwt, "all things came into existence through him, and apart from him (the word, or jesus) not even one thing came into existence.".
the wt states apart from him one thing came into existence, that is, jesus the first created being.. is there an explanation for this apparent contradiction?.
thanks!.
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Drearyweather
Maybe this would be simpler to understand:
New Living Translation
God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. -
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Was there really a specific request for money in this week's meeting?
by stuckinarut2 ini have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.
can this be confirmed please?.
i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.
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Drearyweather
Yes, darkspilver is right.
The money is for the Global Assistance Arrangement (GAA) which was started in 2015 and replaced the already existing Kingdom Hall Assistance Arrangement (KHAA).
The GAA coincided with the revised Kingdom Hall Fund (KHF) that was in operation for 30 years. That was the time when all Kingdom Hall Loans and mortgages were cancelled and congregations were asked to pool in resolved funds monthly towards this cause.That was also the time when the "Contributions for Kingdom Hall Construction Worldwide" box was removed.
The reason given for this was the bible text 2 Cor 8:14: but that by means of an equalizing, your surplus at the present time might offset their need, so that their surplus might also offset your deficiency, that there may be an equalizing. "
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Special Talks now via video
by AverageJoe1 intired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?
well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).
here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.
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Drearyweather
What am i thinking of? Where they just dropped the number 3 talks entirely?
You just mixed up the TMS (Theocratic Ministry School) with the KMS (Kingdom Ministry School).
And no, they have not dropped the number 3 talks entirely. They do have them in between, but at a less occurrence than what it was in the TMS.
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Special Talks now via video
by AverageJoe1 intired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?
well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).
here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.
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Drearyweather
How in the world is anyone supposed to observe how something will be done next year?
IdiotsLet me make this simple for you.
The 2018 Service Year started on 1st September 2017.
The KMS for 2018 Service year will run from 1st October 2017 to 28th February 2018. (In almost all countries)
The Special Talk is during the week of 19th March 2018. So all Elders and MS will have known the teaching methods which they will now see on video.
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The Best Is Yet To Come
by Lostandfound inin my memory irecall a phase many years ago when this phrase seemed to be on everyone's lips "the best isyet to come".
my of this may be not very clear but one thing is clear, nothing better ever came, silver sword, videos, caleb trash, lowering decorum, down, down, down.
i dread to think what worse would be like!.
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Drearyweather
This phrase was attributed to Daniel Sydlik, who even gave a talk on this.
Nothing Better Ever Came
With the phrase he meant the new world, or paradise
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Orwellian change of the history(Again)
by Ray Frankz inwell, this month's jw broadcasting had a curious piece of history class.
samuel herd was there, but i don't remember if it was him that presented it.
the theme was "how it was to be a jw in the years 1900.".
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Drearyweather
The publisher plays the speech "Millions now living will never die" and touch the emotions of the widower because of the part talking about the ressurection.
Ray Frankz,
Are you sure that speech is of the "Millions now living will never die" campaign?
The record cover used by the publisher shows the Rutherford books from the 1930's period, and the Phonograph record cover which he used to play the speech is entitled "Religion - By Rutherford", which was a book released in 1940 i guess. The speech starts with the topic "Where are the dead?" which was also the topic of a booklet that Rutherford wrote in 1932.
I may be wrong, but how did you came to the conclusion that the speech is of the "Millions now living will never die"? which was way back in 1920's?
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Orwellian change of the history(Again)
by Ray Frankz inwell, this month's jw broadcasting had a curious piece of history class.
samuel herd was there, but i don't remember if it was him that presented it.
the theme was "how it was to be a jw in the years 1900.".
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Drearyweather
When did they stop using the "religion is a snare and a racket" phrase?
The started using this phrase in the late 1930's. This phrase was a topic of a lecture given by Rutherford in 1938 and is heavily used in the book Religion released in 1941
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Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?
by usualusername1 indo any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.
thanks.
paul.
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Drearyweather
You do not need academic qualifications if you claim to speak for God.
Look at Jesus. What academic qualifications did he have?
And even if you are qualified, it doesn't give an assurance that everyone will believe what you say just because you are qualified.
Look at Luke and Paul for this, who were supposedly qualified