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  The Ever-Changing Song Book

  by Cimarrona in

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  the songs in the old brown song book were way better than these new ones.

  had they not changed the songs, i may never have left (halfway joking).

  they gave no feeling, no soul (but of course there's no such thing as soul or whatever)!

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  Oldies but goodies :)
  

  https://img.jehovahs-witness.com/image/b7d86fa0f3b8bf7c95ce267664b86f08?s=528
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  So there are only 12 magazines left!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  ok, so hot on the heels of the announcement at the agm, we have been told that there are probably only 12 magazines left!.

  yes, there will be only 3 wt each year, and 3 awakes.... and that they will do this for two years, then reprint those issues.... so yes, the "abundance of spiritual food" is limited to 12 more magazines..... surely, this is proof of the end coming so soon!?!

  😉.

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  Till late 1980ies mags and books had a fixed price, we had hardcover books (various formats) every year, 4 mags x 32 pages each month, and no soliciting for money, just pay regular price for products. Good old days...
  
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  October 1, 2017 TO ALL BOE IN NIGERIA Re: Local Needs For the Week of October 16-22

  by wifibandit in

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  october 1, 2017 to all bodies of elders in nigeria re: local needs for the week of october 16-22.

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  Idk is that letter genuine or fake, but its content perfectly fits The Watchtower - Study Edition 01/2018, pp 17-21: "Why Give to the One Who Has Everything?" - if the letter is fake, someone obviuosly got inspired by that article.
  
  My very comment: caption should be "Why Give to the Ones Who Have Everything?" with opening script Mathew 25:29: "For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance (in the Warwick fairy castle). But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him" - so better donate to us "voluntarily"...
  
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  In the name of the...

  by btlc in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was a kid, i was occasionaly attend to baptism at conventions, and i remember that brothers who immerses candidates in the water, said: "right hand to nose, left hand to right hand, and i baptise you in the name of the father, son and holy spirit, amen".

  i remeber that same mantra at my baptism too, back in the eighties.

  but, some years ago, i was asked to help to move some props around baptism pool, so i attend to baptism after so many years - there was no "in the name of the..." part.

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  Thx again, deegee, I managed it already. I'll check all the references mentioned there.
  
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  In the name of the...

  by btlc in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was a kid, i was occasionaly attend to baptism at conventions, and i remember that brothers who immerses candidates in the water, said: "right hand to nose, left hand to right hand, and i baptise you in the name of the father, son and holy spirit, amen".

  i remeber that same mantra at my baptism too, back in the eighties.

  but, some years ago, i was asked to help to move some props around baptism pool, so i attend to baptism after so many years - there was no "in the name of the..." part.

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  Thx for link, deegee.
  
  I know about baptismal questions changes, I reread that w85 article, and I browsed BOE-file.pdf period 1985-1990, but didn't find any instruction about words given at the moment of the immersion. I'm browsing "Kingdom Ministry" from 1985. onward, but I'm still pretty sure that words "I baptise you in the name of the father, son and holy spirit, amen" was present some years after 1985's change of baptismal vows.
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  Why would Jehovah God write the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone ,in the first place ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. beliefs

  i mean to say he is the creator of the universe isn`t he ?

  so why would he use such a method that is subject to crumbling over time ?.

  i remember a jw talk/mag.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w
  
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  In the name of the...

  by btlc in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was a kid, i was occasionaly attend to baptism at conventions, and i remember that brothers who immerses candidates in the water, said: "right hand to nose, left hand to right hand, and i baptise you in the name of the father, son and holy spirit, amen".

  i remeber that same mantra at my baptism too, back in the eighties.

  but, some years ago, i was asked to help to move some props around baptism pool, so i attend to baptism after so many years - there was no "in the name of the..." part.

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  When I was a kid, I was occasionaly attend to baptism at conventions, and I remember that brothers who immerses candidates in the water, said: "right hand to nose, left hand to right hand, and I baptise you in the name of the father, son and holy spirit, amen". I remeber that same mantra at my baptism too, back in the eighties. But, some years ago, I was asked to help to move some props around baptism pool, so I attend to baptism after so many years - there was no "in the name of the..." part. I asked a nearby elder, why is that? and he gave me look like I said something nasty, and he said: "we don't use that phrase for decades, dude..."
  
  So, I missed that "new light" or what? Is there some official instruction about that change? It should be in the late eighties or nineties. I tried to search here on forum, but can't find anything.
  
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  The "circle" of the earth

  by stillin in

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  a fair bit of time was spent discussing the (one) scripture in the bible that "proves" that when the bible touches on scientific subjects, it is absolutely correct.

  this was at the most recent clam meeting this past week.

  from isaiah, the reference to the "circle" of the earth.

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  Not so much later (3rd century BC), pagan Greek Eratosthenes: he is best known for being the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth, which he did by applying a measuring system using stadia, a standard unit of measure during that time period. His calculation was remarkably accurate. He was also the first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis (again with remarkable accuracy). Additionally, he may have accurately calculated the distance from the Earth to the Sun and invented the leap day. He created the first map of the world, incorporating parallels and meridians based on the available geographic knowledge of his era.
  
  But, he wasn't the one of the Jehovah's apointed prophets, so who cares about him...
  
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  Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!

  by Divergent in

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  2. friends

  thursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.

  2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.

  that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

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  Just A Thought Regarding The Bunker Video

  by pale.emperor in

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  as ridiculous as the bunker video was, a few things popped into my consciousness as i was riding the train today.

  firstly, why did they go to all the expense and effort to not only create a bunker, but to furnish it like a living room complete with coffee table, armchair, shelves etc?

  i mean, a bunker should be a bunker... boxes of tinned food, tools, medical supplies, emergency gear etc.

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  Bunker or basement, that's the question... i'm not a native english speaker so i don't know what thoughts or associations that terms means to you. I live in former socialist state, and many socialist countries had vivid movie production, but all that productions had to go trought The Party censorship, so many movies ended sealed and archived in "the bunker" - they came out to public years or decades later, depends on current politics. So, when i saw "the bunker JW video" caption, my very first thought was the movie made by JW.org but banned by GB :)