Posts by truthlover123

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The people who decided the Scriptures

by Doug Mason in

many people over many centuries have been involved in deciding which documents were scripture.

there has never been unanimous agreement, including today.

only the church of rome took a vote on the canon.

truthlover123

If you look up copyright law it states:

Any copyright 75 years old are in public domain - therefore anything before 1943 is public domain to do what you want to... so The Derivative Copyright Law( Partial) says: To be copyrightable, a derivative work MUST be Different enough from the ORIGINAL to be regarded as a New WORK or must contain a substantial amount of NEW material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a pre-existing work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes.

Therefore how many Bibles out there have been changed to bend the congregations to do the will of the new bible creation with its new name and directives changed many times by those who have no knowledge of languages, meanings, etc. and only use dictionaries of various languages and choose the word they want to replace what the oldest version of the Bible is??

That is why bibles have different doctrines- so many belief systems... How can you copywrite God's word? I would guess that the closest true reflection of what was required is the first 5 books written by Moses with over 600 laws.

How many times has the bible been changed by JW's and why do they call it the New World Translation - the UN and US is calling for a new world order... does that compute? Just a thought....Does that tie in with the cross and crown and wreath that was used on the front of the WT for years?

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What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

by SouthCentral in

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i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

truthlover123

Starting carts in our hall, 11 baptized out of the 2300 in attendance at the 3 day.. most of audience made up of elderly, I would say that within 5 years most of them will be gone and the initiation rate is slow so we are now waiting for halls to be assimilated as they are removing chairs to the storage and making it look like we have a full house now... recent meetings show 50-65% attendance. -- in my hall at least

Service is a routine - little of a territory done, rvs and breaks.. some studies. One study in our hall from world baptized, i re instated,

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Sessions and the New Religions Guidlines

by truthlover123 in

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can anyone explain what this is all about?

saw a crawl on cnn that trump/ sessions are ensuring religion is protected??

or something like that - are they asking for all heads of organizations to review their mandates?.

truthlover123

Can anyone explain what this is all about? Saw a crawl on CNN that Trump/ Sessions are ensuring religion is protected?? or something like that - are they asking for all heads of organizations to review their mandates?

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Struggling to Live a Lie

by Addison0998 in

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it’s been very difficult, much more than i first anticipated to live a lie, (be pimo and a regular active member) i still live with my parents but i plan on moving out at the end of the year, so i really need to keep it together.

but i think people are starting to get suspicious that something is up.

i’ve stopped commenting, going on service all the time, talking at the door, and occasionally voicing something, such as a question that no one has a good answer for, that makes people think, but ahah, thinking is dangerous and wrong so that is suspicious of course.

truthlover123

It is difficult - I and three others in various congs are going through the same thing.... not giving donations, min service and comments, look at everyone suspiciously its a terrible way to live but its either age, faith in Jehovah himself, and not the org. - no where else to go to build "acquaintencaes" anymore.. and on and on --It's a trap... and unless you have a good support system on the "outside" its stay in and keep your thoughts to yourself, although some day you may want to break free then do it - but pick your battles

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

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it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

truthlover123

This video is and will be very impactful on the young ones... our son, who is not associated has had nightmares, distress, anxieties due to remembering the graphic pictures in the older publications regarding Armageddon and the great tribulation where all will die but JWs...

What impact this will have on young ones wont be known for several years unless a kid is wise enough to start asking questions and letting his / her parents know that this was disturbing

There are no words

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CO asked for everyone 20 years old & younger for a group photo

by LevelThePlayingField in

there was a co visit in ohio a couple weeks ago.

when he was finishing up his sunday talk he said that he would like if "all the children that are from this congregation, not if you're just visiting, but from this congregation to come on up on the stage right after the meeting because i want to get a picture of you.".

i thought to myself, why?

truthlover123

I have a thought-- most congregations now do not have younger ones..if they do they are few and far between,,,, pubs most all have white hair and are showing their age.. how uplifting to see children in these photos and not with aged ones who are pointedly showing the congregations are going to be losing a lot of aged pubs in the near future....

More selling of halls due to non support cause the young are not going to be supporting it...

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Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry

by AFRIKANMAN in

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when meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.

in the presence of god i make this vow.”.

the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.

truthlover123

good - no man owns her to be passed from man to man - she walked the aisle by herself and took the word obey out... well done!

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Regional Convention New Releases

by pixel in

the new releases for the regional convention are out at the borg's page.

but remember, you can not see them unless first you attend....

truthlover123

we are stuck in a 100 year old at least - hot( no ac) building this year. Getting it cheap as it has to be cleaned...no renovations since being built --

and they cant afford to publish anything now?? What has happened to new light? I would say their chest pounding is causing them a heart attack with all the money they need to cover expenses regarding child abuse issues

So we have to send the org $10- 12,000 dollars out of the fund even before the convention/assembly starts and THEN pay for the expenses??? of the three days. JOKE!

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Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

by minimus in

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i don’t get it.

who really cares?

in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

truthlover123

Don't know if this was mentioned but the fact she walked part way by herself indicated she was not property to be given away by a man to another man--- loved it!! She broke the tradition of being owned...She opted instead to walk with her little bridesmaids and the Mulrooney twin boys holding her train.

TL

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Gerrit Lösch gives a special talk the Norval Assembly Hall in Georgetown Canada

by wannaexit in

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the first part was all about the the evils of higher education.

i couldn't stand it and left.

was anybody there today?

truthlover123

actually he said the guy shot himself in the hear to get away from OCD and upon coming to, apparently he hit the brain where the ocd occurred and was cured -- laughed as did most of the attendees. That was so inappropriate,, this guy was in a sad emotional state enough to try and kill himself and this was the best Loesch could do. He did not say "unfortunately one individual sadly tried to take his life" he just went into the story without one bit of remorse for the guy.

Showed video of fires and floods in BC quoted Gal 6 Do what is fine- mentioned how NB is dealing with floods

And 1 John 4:16-18 God is love and how much he loves children - no mention of abuses -- and how love transcends - I guess that was for the victims

Re education example of Luke the physician how he did not encourage education but became a disciple, same as Paul and that college fosters spirit of independence-- (does that mean thinking ability)

Hit on marrying out of truth as well

The towards the end of the talk he mentioned something which seemed to me to be out of context that we should pray hard to Jehovah and not commit suicide.. QUESTION---are there problems they are covering up with this statement...

Porn, education, bad association, neighbours, workmates, it was all on the table, nothing new...

1408 cong in Canada 115,937 pubs memorial 183048

Money on the agenda, Either by cash, cheque to Watchtower Society or atm/debit card, credit card