Posts by Drearyweather

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Did You Ever Luke ANY Songs From The “Songbook “?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.

did you ever like any of those songs?

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Drearyweather

Of course, they got rid of it.

No. That song is there in the new songbook. It song No 52, Christian Dedication

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/music-songs/sing-out-joyfully/52-christian-dedication/?media=sjjm

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So much wrong with today's text....

by doubtfull1799 in

"jehovah takes the initiative to bless his loyal servants.".

this statement is a contradiction or on oxymoron or something.... if they already had to demonstrate loyalty before he acted then he did not take the initiative!.

our faith is not complete unless we are convinced that jehovah will reward....yes faith involves the certain expectation of gods promised blessings.. so they condemn people for "serving to a date", the carrot if you like, and being disappointed when there blessings do not materialise at the promised time... yet say that the carrot is an important part of faith!!!.

Drearyweather

So much wrong with today's text....

You do the day text every day?

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JEHOVAH - The biggest racist in history!?

by stuckinarut2 in

many people like to boast about “jehovah being loving and impartial toward all”.

there are even scriptures that say words to that effect.. however, if we look at just his actual conduct and actions , and not accept the words supposedly written by his apologetic “bible writers”, the facts tell us something else!.

firstly, he chose one special nation and race of people.

Drearyweather

Will try to be the devil's advocate :-)

Firstly, he chose one special nation and race of people. He made it clear that they were unique, valuable and precious to him.

No. He did not choose a nation. He chose his devotee Abraham and blessed him that through him a nation would come into existence which will be his chosen nation. (Gen 12:1-3) It was not like selecting USA over the UK. It was bringing a community into existence. The Bible calls Abraham as God's friend. And having a special friend in my life doesn't make me a racist.

He demanded that no foreigner be able to freely mix without them renouncing their heritage and culture.

The nation of Israel was a nation with the Law covenant as a constitution. Any foreigner wishing to be a part of the chosen nation was supposed to follow this constitution. (Lev 24:22) Becoming an Israelite was akin to becoming a Jew and interfaith was not allowed in the law. He was not forced to be a part of it, but if he desired then there was no immunity for him.

Same laws apply here, because as a US citizen if you want to become a citizen of India, you are supposed to follow the law. (if you are found in possession of beef in one of the banned states or caught in a homosexual tangle, you would be criminally liable in the Indian court of law)

He then went to great lengths to make his people feel entitled and superior to all other races and nationalities. Their laws and culture made it clear they were of a higher standing.

I am not sure, how having a superior set of laws makes one racist? US has better laws than India, but that doesn't make US a racist country.

To reinforce this, massive genocidal wars were committed and celebrated- with the aim of ridding the world of those “awful” foreigners! It wasn’t a campaign to settle a difference, it was a campaign to wipe out their very being, genetic lineage and even the memory of them!

If the Canaanite were as disgusting as some historians say, then the genocide is acceptable for a social good of the greater number of people. Why do we seek to exterminate ISIS and other Terrorist outfits? Why do people still debate if US was right with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? If we are still divided on whether this event that happened 70 years ago is a genocide/war crime or not, how could we effectively conclude that events that happened thousands of years ago were morally wrong?

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My impressions of the cart witnessing

by Sour Grapes in

i have watched tons of youtube videos of our exjdub friends approaching and talking to the jdub manikins at their carts as they give a great witness to the world by sipping their hot lattes, updating their social media, chit chatting to each other, and the most important thing of getting their time in, counting their hours.. when the jw's see someone approach with a camera they do several things, they will turn their backs on the person, or look at the person with a frown and act like the person isn't even there.

the witlesses refuse to answer simple, clear, and precise questions.

when i was an elder i loved to get into discussions and debates with trinitarians, priest, clergymen and those who were born again.

Drearyweather

Could this poor sod look any more disengaged?

The juxtaposition of this pathetic JW

From what I see in the photo, the old guy is putting away a bottle of water back on the cart holder after a sip. Could have been my old mom doing the same.

I don't think he should be called pathetic for that.

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

Yes, Its 2017 report.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2017-service-year-report/2017-country-territory/

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

was looking at the 2015 Service Report which had one publisher in Bangladesh for 631,355. I rounded it off to 7,000. Is your number based on a newer report?

I based it on 2017 report. But how are you calculating the numbers? Even for 2015, it shouldnt be 1 in 7000

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

Thanks Wonderment.

A small correction.

In Bangladesh, they only have one publisher for every 7 thousand people (7,000).

For Bangladesh its 1 publisher for every 525,084 people

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

Here is a list of SOME of the NWT REVISED Language Editions published so far:

The revised 2013 NWT is available in around 50 languages. See the list here:

https://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=PDF&output=html&pub=nwt&option=TRGCHlZRQVNYVrXF

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

The only "witnessing" ever been done by J.W.`s is poaching off what Christendom has gone and done before them

This shows that Christendom did a bad job in retaining their members. And that's the business model of a religion. Christendom preyed on the vulnerable natives of the land by forceful conversions, bloodshed, crusades. Jesus converted Jews to Christianity. That's how religions grow. You poach the predecessor and target the vulnerability of their members. JW's are not the only one doing this.

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New World Translation REVISED Editions

by Wonderment in

i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.

here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.

albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .

Drearyweather

Or maybe where are the funds

You think that the WT is out of funds?