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Women must not instruct men, even by singing a theocratic song.
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i did a quick search and this doesn’t appear to have been commented on here, but if it has been, i apologise in advance for starting an unnecessary thread.. regarding a change to a song title, the study article on page 7 paragraph 17 of november 2017 watchtower explained, “the change of the title “guard your heart” to “we guard our hearts” was most considerate.

in the audience at our meetings, assemblies, and conventions are many new ones, interested ones, young ones, and sisters who by singing the words would be put in the awkward position of telling others what to do.

so the title and the lyrics were modified.”.
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Well, I thought they were funny.
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. social
2. humour
like many others, our local church produces a newsletter.

church car park sign... “for members only.

trespassers will be baptised”.. a sunday school teacher asked, “johnny, do you think noah did a lot of fishing when he was in the ark?” “no,” replied johnny, “how could he, with just two worms?”.
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How to Get More From Reading Your Bible
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. social
2. humour
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Where's Awake! No.3?
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's nearly march and awake!

no.3 has still not appeared on jw.org.

has it come out in paper form, or has something gone wrong?
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Skinny jeans given health warning
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
looks like am ii might have a point - skinny jeans can cause serious damage to nerves and muscles, doctors have warned.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33238110.
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The Apostasy Within
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.
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Watchtower Society copyright activity
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have heard that the watchtower society occasionally takes action under copyright law to either close down a website, or get it to remove the offending material.. some websites (like jwfacts.com, quotes-watchtower.co.uk, and even in some threads here) include a host of images taken from watchtower publications that depict (among other things) armageddon.

are these websites infringing watchtower society copyright by displaying their images?.

if yes, has the watchtower society attempted to have these sites either closed down or the images removed?.
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Do as we say, not as we do
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i like to collect admirable quotes from watchtower publications that i can then use back on jws to demonstrate their double standards.

for example, this appeared in the awake!, august 22, 1984, page 28;.

the catholic church occupies a very significant position in the world and claims to be the way of salvation for hundreds of millions of people.
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A Postoffice Thief Is Still Robbing Our Mail!
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. social
2. humour
while doing some research in some old watchtowers, i came across this in the watchtower of jan 1st 1900 with the above title.

i thought some might find it amusing.. we specially request that no money be sent by mail.

altho this is mentioned in every issue quite a number fail to heed it.
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What group within the Witnesses has the highest drop out rate?
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you could categorise jehovahs witnesses into their various groups, i.e.

publisher, auxiliary pioneer, regular pioneer, special pioneer, missionary, co, do, bethel worker, born-ins, etc etc, (and you can subdivide into as many groups as you wish) what group do you think has the highest drop out rate?

i remember an ex ny bethellite saying that bethel cured him of the watchtower, and after reading the thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/160509/1/warren-schroeder-from-bethel-on-freddy-kline-and-the-apostate-books my guess is that it would be ny bethellites, but i am interested to know if there is a consensus on this, or on any other group, or no group at all..