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  F&DS reducing occurrences of JESUS in revised New World Translation

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after much prayerful consideration, responsible representatives of the "faithful and discreet slave" class have decided to reduce the number of times that the name jesus appears in the main text of the new world translation of the holy scriptures (greek scriptures) from 919 to 79.. the reason for this change is one of the same reasons recently given for the new songbook.

  as you may recall, the songbook "sing praises to jehovah" had about half of the songs with jesus as the theme.

  in the new songbook, "sing to jehovah", we felt it appropriate for jehovah to be exalted more than jesus so the songbook reflects that balanced view by having 2/3 of the songs praising jehovah and 1/3 to jesus.. the translation committee for the new world translation of the holy scriptures found it appropriate to restore the divine name "jehovah" 237 times in the main text of the christian greek scriptures, this is very disproportionate from the number of times the name "jesus"occurs, which is 919 times in the main text.

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  @tornapart

  Which song numbers praise F&DS? I haven't acutally read/sung any songs from the new song book.
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  In Love with a JW but he dumped me

  by Ranavalona in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so i just broke up with my jw boyfriend of over two years, nearly three.

  when i met him he was disfellowshipped and i didn't find out he was a jehovah's witness unitl 4 months into the relationship.

  six month into he was reinstated with the caution of getting rid of me, but he didnt.

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  My brother married a girl who got pregnant to a JW when she was 16. She kept the child and raised him by herself. The JW father never wanted to see or have anything to do with his own son, and never paid child support.

  Now the father is a MS or something higher in the JWs. His son wrote him a heartfelt letter to get in contact, he replied saying he's not interested in meeting him. He's too worried that it would affect his position in the congregation. Despite the fact his son is now a JW too!

  The point being if the JWs can make a father so cold hearted toward his own son, what chance does a 'Worldy' girlfriend have?
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  What do you think about this?

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  there's so much going on in my life right now but i'll be posting more about that later.. .

  to get straight to the point (i'm actually in the meeting right now) my mother has been very depressed about a lot of things lately.

  she is a regular pioneer and is a jw who many think is happy but she's a good faker and knows all to well how to put on a fake smile to cover up her true feelings.

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  Your mum probably has doubts, a lot do after the 1914 generation thing.

  I suspect your mum genuinely wants the best for you and your future. I doubt it's a trick.
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  Funny story! I guess that settles it.

  by BreathoftheIndianNose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so about 2 years ago i decided to put an end once and for all to the myth about jw's being a cult.

  if i could prove it to myself that we weren't, i could prove it to those annoying people at the doors who say jws are a cult as well.

  it was really hard to find a deffenition that proved that we weren't a cult.

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  Welcome. And what was the definition of cult you read to your mum?
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  Memorial - Why do i keep going?

  by maisha in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every year i attend, missing only 5 in 50 years.. i do not attend meetings nor active in anyway, my family shun me,(all devote believers) but i do feel drawn to attend each year.

  i am out for sure, but i no longer have faith, or a belief in any religous body as being approved by god.. i am so screwed up now i not sure if i believe in a creator!, let alone who or what that may be.. i was born into the truth, married into the truth and my ex is devote.. i could never return to the cult now seeing it for what it is.. i served, donated, slaved for years happy to do so as has all my family.. i went out of my way to get df, sort of a wanting to die act, of rejecting the society.. i used to sit in a movie in my youth and think, wow i am so lucky, all these people are going to die and i will live forever.. even just typing this gives release to my emotions,, lol,,, yea i have many emotions,,, many regrets, basically the organisation i followed and the instructions destroyed my life in every possible way.. the power plays that i witnessed within are what first woke me up,,,at first i let it go, forgiving those involved as brothers do.

  but again and again power and position is and was the thing to have, you got the power you got everything.

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  If there's one meeting you should never miss, it's the memorial. As a JW that's something you're conditioned to think.

  For some strange reason I felt guilty for not going the first few times.
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  CRAZINESS!!! I'M BEING 'MARKED' FOR GOING TO COLLEGE!!!

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ohmygosh!!!

  one of my friends who is a ms told me today that the elders have 'marked' me because i'm a reg.pioneer and i've decided to go to college next semester???!

  he said he can't tell me anymore but to be careful---what the hell does 'mark' mean?

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  I think I got marked when I asked two elders "Come on, do you really believe everything they [the Governing Body] tell you?".
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  Does anyone know about Monsanto?

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was sent a petition stop supermarkets here in uk from selling products supplied by a company called monsanto.

  i have never heard of them so i googled them and there doesn't seem to be anything good being said.

  should we be worried over here?.

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  Monsanto the seed mafia. They sue farmers for collecting their own seeds, even when they've never used monsanto seeds.

  Not to mention GMO Roundup ready crops of corn & soy.

  Not sure if it's true or not, there's been reports that pigs won't eat monsanto GMO corn.
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  Pioneers Bearing No Fruit

  by TOTH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father in law's sow has been a pioneer for what...twenty plus years now?

  she has yet to see any of her studies progress to baptism.

  i know this is an excellent thing but to jw's you would think it would be tragic.

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  “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

  I've been wondering if the fruit symbolizes new members into the JWs, then what does the fertilizer (animal manure) represent?

  Could the animal manure represent the Watchtower's literature?

  And the tree keeper represent the Watctower Org?
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  old literature

  by independenthinker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys, me again.

  thanks for all the help, i was wondering how to get my hands on the old literature, i was gonna ask this nice older brother i know if he could get me some old books?

  i really wanna see the failed proph...... old light for myself.

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  @Black Sheep

  I did try that once. It didn't get anywhere, the elder sat there with a blank look on his face and said "I dunno ****, I've been over the answer with you three times now. Maybe you need to pray about this subject, and if you can re-study the material I've given you", to wich I said "But the material simply doesn't answer my question", he replied with "Sometimes we just need to trust in Jehovah, and his loving organisation".

  I could have had a better conversation with my dog. At least he listens.
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  Will Jehovah himself kill me, or will Jesus, Satan, or someone else?

  by InterestedOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've heard people here say jw's believe that jehovah will slaughter non-members of the jw religion when armageddon comes any day now.

  does the watchtower teach that jehovah himself will do the killing, or is it delegated to someone else like jesus, satan, angels, or humans killing each other?

  who is the actual killer in the picture?

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  During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

  So you won't die, you'll just wish that you could ... kind of like when you're at the meetings.