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  What happens after you get the registered letter?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. beliefs

  my friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.

  she's in her early 20's.

  she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.

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  content deleted for copyright reasons...

  Basically, what has already been stated. Signing the letter is a way for them to know the invitation to a judicial hearing was received. If she chooses not to go, they can proceed in abstentia. If she doesn't sign it, there isn't a way for them to know, and she'll likely get another one in a month or two. If she never signs a single one, they could proceed without her, but holding a final decision in abeyance until she has the opportunity to tell her side.That last sentence is not always followed by elder bodies, but it's basically what the book says to do.
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  New Leaflet to give to JW about TTATT

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi to all my fellows "apostates" in all world... especially in e.u.a.

  and uk.. as some of you already know, ex-jw in portugal created a leaflet especialy to send to jw in all the country (individualy or to congregations).

  we must say that it was a sucess from the point of view of the impact originated.

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  leaving_quietly

  Needs a QR code (or several)
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  Possible announcement in October....

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pure speculation for several reasons.. "friends, it has been 100 momentous years since christ arrived as king.

  in the last 100 years a great shout of praise has gone up to jehovah.

  technology has greatly changed the way people live and communicate and jehovah has made sure that his organization is on the forefront of these changes.

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  we can now say with all confidence that the work of preaching the good news to the entire inhabited earth has been accomplished.

  Meh. They already said this.

  *** w95 9/1 pp. 17-18 par. 17 Christian Witnesses for Divine Sovereignty ***
  Still, that first-century preaching work was merely a foretaste of what would be accomplished during the last days. Looking forward especially to our time, Jesus said: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14; Mark 13:10) Has this prophecy been fulfilled? Indeed, it has.
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  2014-06-01 Coordinator of the body of elders ---NEWS BOE---

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

  pdf : http://adf.ly/pkuhp.

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  leaving_quietly

  It is legit. My elder father-in-law mentioned it to my wife the other day. I wasn't present. My wife told me. I had to act as if I didn't know about it.
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  JW.ORG signs to be put on all Kingdom Halls! New directive.

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have been told that all kingdom halls are to have a large jw.org sign placed prominently out the front..... can anyone confirm this?.

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  leaving_quietly

  i wish I knew how to upload a picture....so you will have to take my word for it all....

  Use tinypic.com to upload your image anonymously, then use the image button above with a link to the tinypic URL.
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  New Tract for August 2014 - Scan

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone has done this before , i apologise but this was new to me.....struck me as strange that nowadays, the answers to life's problems are found on the internet .

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  Oh, my... what a HUGE spin here!

  I was immediately struck by the "New World Translation" next to the verses. It actually caused me to look closer. I mean, why put that out there unless it says something different in other translations, right? Well, it actually DOES!

  First, they make it seem like all one verse, but it's not. They combined two separate verses into one, with all the verses in between being taken out. Thus, context is in question.

  Next, they make it sound like the verse is actually talking about the Bible. It ISN'T! Psalm 119:160 in the NWT reads this way:

  "The very essence of your word is truth, And all your righteous judgments endure forever."

  Other translations read:

  "All your words are true"

  "The sum of your word is truth"

  "The very essence of your words is truth"

  The Hebrew Interlinear at biblehub.com reads:

  "[from] the beginning Your word [is] true"

  Sneaky, sneaky, once again.
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  Where does the Governing Body say "old light" comes from?

  by matt2414 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body claims they've received "new light" from jehovah every time they change their doctrine.

  so where did the "old light" come from that's being replaced?

  if the old light is incorrect, could it have come from god?

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  Any who dare to open this "can of worms" will see their favourite elders "suddenly" morph into Pharisees with big stones in hand...

  
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  International conventions - Seattle

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just found out from my jw mom that the congregations located in the suburbs north of seattle.

  will be renting buses to shuttle people back and forth to the international convention at husky.

  stadium.

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  leaving_quietly

  i thought the "beavers" were your neighbours to the north?

  Nope. South. Oregon Beavers. http://www.osubeavers.com/

  How many here are actually going to be at this conv?

  I will (sadly)
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  What has the WTS EVER "predicted" that has actually come true?

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  you'd think they could point to something right?

  obviously we're the one true religion".. i can't fathom how anyone of any intelligence would be willing to join up with this org after doing even rudimentary research.. for years they have taught that it's wrong to seek advanced education or to plan for a "worldly" future by trusting in this system of things and then this past sunday the watchtower article rips on people for not planning for the future in regard to their elderly relatives.

  maybe if they hadn't been teaching for 100 yr's that the end was "just around the corner" and telling us we'd better believe that fact...or else, we would have planned better for a future that you said without reservation would not even occur.. what mind blowing prediction can they point to that would convince someone "oh yeah..these guys have it right"...?.

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  If you read the Bible alone, you will fall out of the "truth". True!
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  International conventions - Seattle

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just found out from my jw mom that the congregations located in the suburbs north of seattle.

  will be renting buses to shuttle people back and forth to the international convention at husky.

  stadium.

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  @ADCMC... also, there are no downtown hotels on the official lodging list. None. Not a single one. I was looking at that list a couple of weeks ago just to see. That part of the email is pure bull****. The most expensive room costs $124 per night for a four person occupancy. Most range from $79 to $119, with the bulk at the lower end of that range.

  About the only thing that MIGHT be true is that Husky Stadium has never been rented out, that is, the NEWLY RENOVATED Husky Stadium, and only because it was completed last summer. Well, duh!