It wasn't just the Covid shut down, cart work, and checking a box to indicate participation, that has caused the ministry to diminish. I think it was also to a large degree the dropping of "suggested presentations". Formerly there was always something to go by, a question, a scripture, for several years those " shadow people" videos with Witnesses in silhouette doing door to door presentations. That has all been dropped, likely because the Organization doesn't want to be held responsible for what anyone might say. They started a while ago using the term ' your Personal ministry'. Now it's a generic "love people...make disciples...start conversations...start bible studies..." with no specific direction. People have been uncertain what to do, although a local elder recently said you can still use the tracts, as these have a question printed on them to start the conversation.
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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023
by Lowrence indoes anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?
thanks in advance.
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"Yahweh" pronunciation is more correct (w60 8/1 pp. 453-455)
by psyco in.
https://wol.jw.borg/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1960561 (substitute .borg with .org)furthermore, today in every jw publication the tetragrammaton is rendered as yhwh which is more preserved by yahweh than by jehovah..
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It seems an old and needless argument. The pronunciation is going to differ from language to language anyway with further variations in dialects and accents. I believe in the old Divine Name brochure there was a chart showing the different pronunciations even among Witnesses in different countries. All we know is there was a name used in the oldest manuscripts and it wasn't in English...
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Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial
by Anony Mous inso i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.
i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.
lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.
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jhine....they have not normally spoken much of it, but at the last Conventions, the first episide of the video series"The Goid News According to Jesus" was shown depicting his birth. I always imagined the angels heralding it as singing, but in the video they do it in a sort of weird chant. There was also a new song introduced. "Good News, this Good News, preach with all your might...Good News, Christ is born... The Way, The , Truth, The Light..." which led some to say it was a 'Christmas' song, but whether they will continue in that vein remains to be seen. It can all be found on the JW.Org website. In fact during Cristmas Week it was the "headline" item there...
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Luke 23:43 the NWT
by Ade inluke 23:43 - and jesus said to him, "positively i say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
nwt places comma here , giving a totally different meaning to the verse.
now the average jw uses this to back their doctrine and it seems in itself virtually impossible to reason with them on it.
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HereIam60
According to Luke he requested "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom"... like if and when....as they were both near death, I don't think he was expecting it that day...
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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023
by Lowrence indoes anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?
thanks in advance.
lowrence .
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Removed - blood card
by skin ini overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.
i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.
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HereIam60
It always annoyed me, back in the days of printed magazines, that whenever there was an 'Awake' article on health care there would always be a footnote stating that they did not endorse or recommend any particular treatment. I felt if that were true then neither should they discourage or forbid any. I think the terms of conditions of the JW App also contain a statement that they are not responsibke for a person's health care choices. The publication of the current bible study book "Enjoy Life Forever' would have been a perfect opportunity for them to quietly "step away" from all the controversial doctrines but no, it's all in there including a full page chart on what blood fractions would or would not be acceptable. I'm now sure the scriptural guideline to abstain from blood only means 'Do not purposely eat it and Do not purposely shed the blood of others' Medical uses have nothing to do with it.
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Luke 23:43 the NWT
by Ade inluke 23:43 - and jesus said to him, "positively i say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
nwt places comma here , giving a totally different meaning to the verse.
now the average jw uses this to back their doctrine and it seems in itself virtually impossible to reason with them on it.
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HereIam60
The men were both dying. If a promise was to be made it had to be then and there, as if here, now, today, in our last moments I promise you I will remember you.... This phrasing is not out of line with the way Jesus expressed himself at times, such as Matthew 26:34, John 13:38 to Peter "Truly I tell you before a rooster crows you will deny me... etc, or Matthew 16:28 referring to his forthcoming transfiguration " There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God coming in its' glory..." both calling attention to the truth of the statement and the time of speaking... I can only go by English translations...
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Removed - blood card
by skin ini overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.
i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.
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I have not heard of this, though I suppose some hardline elders might ask for it back as the wording -at least on the old card I have - states that the bearer is "one of Jehovah's Witnesses". In our area I don't think they care much about it. It's not like the old days where at a meeting each year everyone was asked to fill out a new one and get it witnessed. We were also told not to call it a " blood card" as it was actually a " no blood card" although the preferred term was Advance Medical Directive. It's also been called a Health Care Proxy and a Durable Power of Attorney. A video shown a while back used all these terms, and I asked an elder if they all mean the same thing but didn't get a clear answer..
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What Theme Song Should Be Played When You Walk Into a Room?
by Sea Breeze inthis could fun.
what song should be played when you walk into a room that best describes you?
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I'm Still Here
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We Don’t Give Christmas Presents; We Give Presents To Each Other All Year Long!
by Sea Breeze inhow many of you dutifully told this lie to your friends as a kid?.
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My own experience has been somewhat different. Growing up, the joys and tinsel always seemed to dereriorate and tarnish into drunkenness, sickness, and verbal abuse. (Mom getting sick, Dad getting mean). There seemed to be a big disconnect between the celebration and the birth of Jesus, so it was not hard for me to give it up. At that though I have never been Anti-Christmas. I was the only one in my family who studied, so when the brothers came during the holiday season, like it or not, there was a Christmas tree up in the living room. Maybe the witnesses I've known are somewhat more relaxed about this. I've never known any children who lacked toys, or alternate gifts through the year. Certainly my daughter has had them.I really do think all the good things about the holidays, family togetherness baking, gift giving, fun and happiness, can and should be done, on that or any day. I'm not controlled by religion or a calendar.