The [brackets] were removed from the hard cover edition, which is what was used for custom binding, while the deluxe edition and the reference Bible used the brackets.
mindnumbed
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Bible printing, a loss of money for the WTS
by oppostate inso i brought this up in another thread... but i think it needs its own discussion.. having had one of the new grey leatherette and silver edged bibles with the new appendixes in my hand.
i immediately thought of all the custom covered nwt bibles you see some publishers sporting at meetings.
also the fact that the co's and wives who'd been given one had to turn it back in seemed very off-putting.. .
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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart
by mindnumbed inpages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.
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Yes. We know that most entrenched JW's will come to the conclusion that every other source is influenced by Satan to discredit the truth as revealed through God's Organization, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Incorporated.
However, it seems it can be an innocent enough way to get a person to think. If introduced innocently, it may start the ball rolling, some will no doubt research the subject, it may be a seed added to past moments of cognitive dissonance or it may just be the first.
When I was mentally in, one of the projects I would think about from time to time was to look up historical references about dates, not to disprove JW, because I just assumed everything I was taught was correct, but to bolster my knowledge.
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1 Sam.14:31-35 The soldiers of Saul disobeyed Gods law regarding blood and were excused.Does the NNWT bible contain this account?
by smiddy ini`m just curious if this account is in their grey bible.
smiddy.
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31 On that day they kept
striking down the Phi·lis′tines
from Mich′mash to Ai′ja·lon, and
the people became very tired.
32 So the people began rushing
greedily at the spoil, and they
took sheep and cattle and calves
and slaughtered them on the
ground, and they ate the meat
along with the blood. 33 So
it was reported to Saul: “Look!
The people are sinning against
Jehovah by eating meat with the
blood.” At this he said: “You
have acted faithlessly. Roll a
large stone to me immediately.”
34 Saul then said: “Spread
out among the people and say
to them, ‘Each of you must
bring his bull and his sheep and
slaughter them here and then
eat them. Do not sin against Jehovah
by eating meat with
the blood.’” So each of them
brought his bull with him that
night and slaughtered it there.
35 And Saul built an altar to Jehovah.
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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart
by mindnumbed inpages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.
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Mention to the JW ... Here is a list of the kings from Jewish Virtual Library, why would a Jewish source have different dates concerning their own history? Isn't that odd? Maybe I should write the Organization and let them know the chart is wrong.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Judah.html
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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart
by mindnumbed inpages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.
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Pages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the Kings of the Southern Kingdom, ending with Zedekiah in 607.
Praise the new Bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to Kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, I decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so I checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the Bible .... why would that be?
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A House Divided Against Itself Falls-Luke 11:17
by Stand for Pure Worship inthat text reminds me of one of a handful of problems peculiar to the ex-jw community.
second only to the wild beast's internal divisions, is the divided makeup of the ex-jw populace.
you know the one thing that indicates jehovah's blessing upon the worldwide association of kingdom proclaimers, is not only the continued success of the preaching work, but along with it the unity and love amongst the brothers and sisters.
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I was treated poorly by someone on my job, does that mean I should look for other employment as a result?
- Do the owners or boss(es) of your job claim to be God's place of employment?
- Do they claim that whatever business decisions they make are directed by God's Spirit?
- Do they state that every other place of employment is false and under Satan's control?
If yes, I would suggest you might want to find another job, cuz they are nuts!
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Yet More Annual Meeting Speculation. . .
by breakfast of champions inso, yes, there will be a "new bible" released at this annual meeting.
worst kept secret ever.. however, the new bible will no longer be called the "new world translation".
again, this is pure speculation, but it would kind of make sense since the term "new world" is very mason-y, old-time jw-y, and doesn't appear in the bible anyway.. what they would call it, i couldn't even guess..
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NeonMadman ... interesting you mention Byington, while it wasn't the basis for the New New World Translation, it is included in the Bible App they released.
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Who Will Be The Next Member Of The Governing Body To Defect From The Corporation?
by frankiespeakin inwhile it may seem unlikely which of the currant governing body members do you feel would be most likely to defect?
i know it is a loaded question.. what about wealthy anthony morris iii?
or mark sanderson or geoffrey jackson?
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They are so insulated from reality ... if they had JW's coming to them with their questions and doubts like members of LDS did to Hans Mattsson, maybe one of them would also come to a crisis of conscience.
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New World Translation 2013 download link
by Watchtower-Free inhere is the link to download the brand new new world translation from jw.org:.
http://assets.jw.org/assets/a/nwt/nwt_e/nwt_e.pdf.
here is the link to the new jw library app:.
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Why the need for a new font?
by Splash inso with everything else being dissected, i want to know why it's important to have a font that can be copyrighted?.
the font used is very similar to a number of others, like tahoma, ms sans serif, and arial etc, so what benefit is there to employing (in the loose sense of the word) a team in japan to create a brand new western set of glyphs?.
will this help with their prosecution of those who copy/paste nnwt verses?.
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This may or may not shed some light ...