Thats interesting.. did u know they are still using it? There is a myriad of properties in UK and link to Greece properties on site - someone reported it months ago... they are listed under I.B.S.A. owners with the real estate firm, their lawyers house was one up for sale along with all types of homes and apartment buildings, etc. the badge showing at the bottom of the page though was JW.ORG.....must be a billioin in sales
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I.B.S.A. members were witnesses of Jesus Christ.-JW`s members are witnesses of Jehovah.
by smiddy3 inis there a difference ?
i believe so ,and a very big difference.one that harmonises with the new testament in bearing witness to jesus and his kingdom and one that amounts to a new gospel bearing witness to jehovah and his kingdom something that is condemned in the bible.. c.t.russell started the magazine called "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" and its emphasis was on bearing witness about jesus christ and his kingdom ,of course he got many things wrong ,but he was focused on jesus & his kingdom with what the new testament is all about.. j.f.rutherford in his wisdom decided to change the heading of the watchtower to " the watchtower announcing jehovah`s kingdom" a phrase / term / doctrine that is not in the new testament and takes away the importance and role that jesus christ has in bringing people to god.phil.2:9-11. nowhere in the christian greek scriptures / new testament are followers of jesus christ instructed to be witnesses of jehovah ,nowhere there is not one scripture that instructs them to do so.. however in the christian greek scriptures / new testament there are over twenty scriptures whereby christians are told to be witnesses of jesus.. and it was by divine providence that followers of christ were to be called christians .acts 11:26 , not jehovah`s witnesses.. do jw`s even know what it means " by divine providence " ?.
the jw`s use isaiah 43:10-12 an old testament scripture to justify calling themselves jehovah`s witnesses,however that was applied to the israelites back then ,did they adopt the name jehovah`s witnesses ?
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I can just imagine the hype that is going on in Australia about how close armageddon is now with all of these bushfires occurring.
by smiddy3 init brings to mind my niece when she see`s how dry the countryside is ,how armageddon must be so close..
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I cannot watch this, the darling animals, the fact that all food source will be gone the earth will not be sustainable in those areas, at least some flood rains came but only put out 25 reported locations - 75 are still burning...
Canada has sent over three lifts of fighters so far
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Changes In Canada
by LetTheTruthBeKnown ini am surprised no one has mentioned what is going on in canada.. maybe they have but i missed it.
so here are some of the facts as i know them.
ontario only.. sault st. marie had their six congregations whittled down to two.
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This list is only up to January 2019- since then many more are gone-- three in my area (Eastern provinces) and others have gone too so probably double or triple that number. Thanks for the site to find out what is going on truthfully.. so much for lies, as per the WT sunday.
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I am now 73 and the road has been filled with wonders
by Terry ini appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.
you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!
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Terry, I liked that last comment so much, I took a picture.. so true so true...
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I am now 73 and the road has been filled with wonders
by Terry ini appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.
you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .
which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!
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Love it!
Remember when kids going to class used their minds - poems, alphabets-back and forward, writing skills, practise, practise....
I do remember my grandmother having a PARTY line - one line carried 5 other homes and they would have a certain ringtone for their house- then everyone on the line could listen to the conversation...
Picking berries and making home jams and jellies - no get you fresh meal delivered for you to make - WoW! How crazy is that...
The first tv we had - watched the black and white sign on before the 30 minute shows started later in the day - never had tv 24 hours. Alfred Hitchcock, Ed Sullivan, wrestlin',
Looking back- things seemed so good and even though technology and science has made great strides, now we see resurgence of diseases once thought eradicated - every kid had a vaccination and took meds for polio, locally each kid had to take a cod liver oil pill every school day, supplied at school. No drugs, mom was always at home with meals, worked part time at xmas to make some money..... Skating on ponds or backyard rinks, playing hockey on the street - just hollered out -CAR", move over and wave as they passed.
Makes one just sad thinking about what has been lost...
Have a great day Terry... your only as old as you feel.
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NETFLIX: "Messiah" ... all I can say is "Wow!!"
by Terry innetflix : messiah.
remember how you felt watching close encounters of the 3rd kindfor the first time?that's what i'm feeling at the end of season 1 episode 2 ofmessiah.it's not what you think it's going to be.it's not jeffrey hunter in king of kings, or mel gibson's passion of the christ, or the left behind series, or temptation of the christ, or the greatest story ever told.. this isn't a hollywood version of anything.. folks, at the end of episode 2 i'm thinking i'm watching extraordinary storytelling fresh, original, superbly acted and -best of all: no bullshit.. don't read anything about it.
don't watch previews.
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Thought this was an excellent show- wrote to Netflix to bring on Season 2 - this guy is Bulgarian I think and lives the part - or so he says while filming and preparing for the part.. I have not been enamoured with some of Netflix productions, but this one is very interesting... bringing out the best and worst in each person contacting him. Killing the dog kinda shocked me, thought he was going to heal it. Wondered why he stayed in tent so long as many folks wanted him to heal their loved ones. The ending of the season - the "resurrection" of the men was interesting.. leaving a hook for more.
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What the 2019 Service Report is really hiding
by BottleGate_ inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlwfeoq2514&feature=youtu.be.
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I notice that many of these baptized at local assemblies are youth, born ins. I would hazard a guess and say 40-50% are of that category. The 0.8 percent is usually the death rate yearly.
Still, with the "increased" great crowd, that is a poor showing for baptisms.
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Can someone compare the midweek meeting now to what it was say in the 60`s - 80`s ?
by smiddy3 ini can`t believe the tidbits i`m finding out about the changes ,dumbing down of the meetings i used to attend and participate in up until the late 1980`s ...
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In days passed, we could give our own comments based on what we studied -- today, The direction is passed that a reply to the lessons have to come out of the paragraph, so people are reading the same sentences, that the reader has just completed. So boring!! To venture too far from the point they asked in the question is really not supposed to be done, although some do and it is refreshing to hear it.
They ask everyone to do research, but really dont want you to answer using that research. Mostly now, its read a scripture or parrot an answer. Of course, they society does not answer questions anymore with QTR... they feel they have touched on every subject they say and now make up their own questions to have an answer for-- and we are to go to elders to get answers. Well I have and am still waiting for clarification on several issues.
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Living in the last of the last days - A new prophecy
by Listener inalthough not a new concept by the watchtower, particularly in public talks and at assemblies, they have now put this prophecy in writing.watchtower oct 2019 page 8 -13 study no.40 titled -keep busy during the last of "the last days".
the first paragraph asks '1.
what convinces us that we are living in “the last days”?
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The thing that the pubs are not picking up is a buzz word- must!..... Because so much time has passed, we MUST be living in the last days! They do not know, they have NEVER KNOWN, They are no different than 5 people and I sitting around the table and discussing some aspects of the Bible and drawing out something that they can make a study lesson out of to keep pubs in a scared, believing all things, mindset' This information has been repeated almost word for word for years. The idea that all anointed will be gone off earth and then the boys of the elder school will lead - lead who? There will be pandemonium according to scripture, Where would you run to find any elder-- we do not see any at shepherding calls or receive a concerned phone call from them, even in a hurricane or blizzard situation right now.. I am sure they will be looking out for their own ass when the time comes, not ours.
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New baptism contract
by resolute Bandicoot inhi all, a little while back we had a thread on the topic a new baptism contract, specifically question two, in that the "in association with gods spirit directed organisation" has been dropped.
we had two circuit level baptisms in australia since the story started getting around where the old wording was still being used and i was starting to think that it was just a rumor.. the melbourne international convention this passed weekend used the new contract, in which the claim of spirit direction is rolled back.
i would share here if i could post a mp3 file.. what will be next 1914 swept under the carpet?.
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TBK
Yes they did create- a multi billion dollar empire full of loyal do bees - much like the Amway system. Get new ones in to keep the money flowing.. There is nothing more hypnotizing than the hope of everlasting life- faith and jump on the fast moving chariot.
This organization operates along the lines of Scientology - so close, so close- the only difference is they invoked God into it all and promoted the Spirit to get it done. Most people do have a "God" gene so they are easy to persuade, looking for something better.