...Urging the friends to work in pairs -- as a general practice -- seems to me a significant departure from the WT push for productivity. There are hard-line JWs I know, usually old timers, who regard pairing up as a cowardly cop-out from facing up to the worldies one-to-on-one.
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Is the May 2012 KM pumping up some hysteria?
by discreetslave in1)as sheep amidst wolves, gods servants are preaching among a crooked and twisted generation.
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10:16; phil.
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Jehovahs Witnesses and Entitlement
by hoser ini've noticed an attitude among the friends that they feel that they are owed something by society.
example: at the last meeting one of the elders gave a talk about how "the system" is getting harder and harder to make a living.. .
i know its a recession out there, but to blame satan the devil for your economic woes is kinda harsh don't you think.
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" I won't work Over-time, I won't work Monday after 7PM or work Sunday" ... then I suggest you don't bother to apply for Bethel! JWism must be the only religion that makes a virtue of financial irresponsibility.
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Common JW phrases that aren't in the Bible
by biometrics ini'm interested to know common phrases jehovah's witnesses use, but don't actually apear in the bible (even the nwt).
especially phrases most jw's would assume are in the bible.
e.g.. "paradise earth".
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"Anointed Remnant" ... "Unbaptised Publisher" "Approved Associate"
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I wouldn't describe his personality as "horrible;" he was eccentric, absent-minded, suprficially rather amiable and approachable, with a self-deprecating sense of humor... all that changed in an instant upon any challenge to his opinions on any subject relating to WT dogma.
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WT Seeking Donations Of Gold: News To Me... When and Where?
by Room 215 ini noted in a thread on kingdom hall remodelling that some mentioned that a call for donations of gold jewellery was made from the platform.
since this sounds like something that would have been presented by a part on the service meeting and therefore noted in the kingdom ministry schedule, can anyone recall the specifics of this?
if so, how recently?
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Thanks, Alfred, that I remember (mentioned in a 1983 Awake! magazine, I believe). I was referring to a more recent request, reportedly here in the U.S. as I understand it.
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WT Seeking Donations Of Gold: News To Me... When and Where?
by Room 215 ini noted in a thread on kingdom hall remodelling that some mentioned that a call for donations of gold jewellery was made from the platform.
since this sounds like something that would have been presented by a part on the service meeting and therefore noted in the kingdom ministry schedule, can anyone recall the specifics of this?
if so, how recently?
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I noted in a thread on Kingdom Hall remodelling that some mentioned that a call for donations of gold jewellery was made from the platform. Since this sounds like something that would have been presented by a part on the Service Meeting and therefore noted in the Kingdom Ministry schedule, can anyone recall the specifics of this? If so, how recently? I've been associated for more than 50 years and this is news to me.
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Kingdom Hall remodel - scam
by Dagney ini was wondering from any here in the know, does it seem like there is a lot of "remodels" going on?.
in the last week i had the occasion to talk with two jw's in different halls, about 10 miles apart.
they both are undergoing major remodels.
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If the WT dumped 1914 tommorow ...?
by faithfulslavedriver inthis is my first post here.
i've been a lurker for awhile but had no particular desire to join until the other day.. anyways, do you think that if wt decided to face the fact that 607-1914 is an indefensible pile of crap that has been artificially kept steaming for way too long, would it really kick off a mass exodus or anything?
in the short term the fds/gb might lose some authority, but they are hemorrhaging people anyways keeping it around (607 started me on the road to this place).. if wt stopped talking about 1914 for awhile then later killed it, blaming it on "further research" or something, and acknowledged some uncertainty in 607/587, i really doubt that very many of the r&f would think much about it.
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faithfulslavedriver, first and foremost, welcome aboard. To invoke your analogy, that once-steaming turd is now drying out, forming a nearly impenetrable crust that repels logic and common sense.
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Reasoning from the scriptures, is there a plan to release a new version?
by insearchoftruth ini know that the section on last days is no where close to correct anymore with the 'overlapping generation' change, i am sure there are other discrepancies as well with the book.
shouldn't there be a new version of this coming out (or even better for those of us who are trying to find changes a 'change list' like what was done with the 'grand climax' book)?.
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Amazing, the short "shelf life" of publications supposedly based on the immutable Word of God...
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Today's Watchtower
by tornapart inat the meeting today the wt had a paragraph about certain ones breaking away from the church because the church's doctrines didn't match the bible, some were excommunicated, some imprisoned, some executed.. of course they were held up to be lovers of god, true christians... if i was to do the same thing i would be held up as an apostate.... and excommunicated...... i wish sometimes i had the same courage as those ones.....
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I also noted how they downplayed any wrangling over the circumcision issue... they portray it as a peacfully achieved consensus; yet Act 15:7 clearly mentions disputes taking place. Also, I wonder why Luther and Erasmus failed to make their list of honorables. Still, all in all, it was a welcome respite from the anti-education, hate-your-dfd relatives, do more, do more, enjoy-life-less drumbeat.
One modern parallel to the "peacefully acheived consensus" fiction.... Knorr stating that the transition to a Governing Body would take place "over my dead body," and Freddy's publicized debunking of the first-century GB concept in his remarks at the 1975 Gilead graduation... (tapes of that talk widely available).