Maybe we should ask them:
"HEY DEAF PEOPLE - CAN YOU DRIVE, GET MARRIED AND RAISE A FAMILY?"
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i've personally never wondered that, but apparently some people do.... (see 00:40 in the video below).
http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-asl-bible-helps-deaf-family/.
cedars.
Maybe we should ask them:
"HEY DEAF PEOPLE - CAN YOU DRIVE, GET MARRIED AND RAISE A FAMILY?"
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the issue july 15th 2013 changes the understanding of the fds dramatically, and it was broiught out here and on other places this creates numerous problems.. here is another one:.
jesus is supposed to be the head of the congregation.
when something goes wrong, he is often portrayed as the one having control over his congregation and also that in time he will act, clean the congo and direct elders (being the stars in his hand).
*** w12 10/15 p. 14 par. 8 What Kind of Spirit Do You Show? ***
Jesus can direct the “stars” in his hand in any way he feels appropriate. (Rev. 1:16, 20) Thus, as Head of the Christian congregation, Jesus has full control of the bodies of elders.
i was an elder until march 2012 until i resigned.
i then stopped going to meetings in october 2012 and have enjoyed 9 months of freedom that i have found to be jouful!
i loved learning ttatt and sites like this and jwfacts.com have been excellent.. i told the elders that i needed a break and that they should not contact me unless it was a social visit and true to their word they have done that.
Hey!
My post on this thread from an hour ago has been deleted!
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i was an elder until march 2012 until i resigned.
i then stopped going to meetings in october 2012 and have enjoyed 9 months of freedom that i have found to be jouful!
i loved learning ttatt and sites like this and jwfacts.com have been excellent.. i told the elders that i needed a break and that they should not contact me unless it was a social visit and true to their word they have done that.
Punky totaly nailed it: "It doesn't matter. The prime directive of JWs is to protect the organisation and GB at ANY cost."
If you don't want to get DF'd then don't try to discredit the doctrines, even if the WT has already discredited the doctrines themselves.
You will fit the Apostate template. You will be DF'd.
There is no logic, reasoning, scriptural proof, MIRACLE that you could do to prove your point.
Also remember that the elders are in fear of each other. If one was to agree with you he would jeapordise himself.
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chatter on the street is that there exists a very high possiblility of the new newworld translation being distributed.
it comes from a reliable sources, but who knows.
has anyone heard anything about this?.
There was a new Bible released at the latest DC, but it was released invisibly.
The Witnesses are thrilled to have such a wonderful new tool and will use it extensively to confirm all the new teachings coming from the GB.
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if you could pick anyone from jwn to meet in real life to meet and have dinner with, who would that be?
let's exclude all those who you are already friends with, who you know and love from jwn in real life.
so or me, that excludes my friend ann and also curious butterfly.
For me it's Loubelle - I read every single post and can't believe how determined and strong she's been.
What an inspiration!
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on the back cover of july 15 watchtower magazine is an article entitled look at the artwork!
it tells us that:.
"the beautiful pictures and photographs that are painstakingly produced are there for a purpose.
@smiddy (also not wanting to derail the thread but adding to the point made):
Seems the Soc are unsure whether he did or not. Probably the most stupid and pointless flip-flop.
YES - (1914) Photodrama of Creation (pictures) p.57, 58, 61, 88:
NO - w54 8/15 p. 511 Questions From Readers
Watch Tower publications show Jesus as beardless and with short hair because he is shown that way in representations of him that are older than the traditional effeminate-looking picture... The photograph of this church window... shows a cross with a young man nailed to it, beardless and with short hair, to represent "Christ crucified, but triumphant."... Since the Bible does not describe Jesus’ facial appearance or indicate he had a beard of length, we follow the oldest archaeological evidence rather than the later traditional view.
YES - w68 5/1 p. 286 Questions From Readers
Biblical evidence is the most reliable testimony to be found on this question, and a recent careful review of what it says indicates that Jesus did indeed have a beard.
NO - (1986) Worldwide Security under the Prince of Peace (picture) p.164:
YES -(2012) Good News From God (brochure picture) p.9:
on the back cover of july 15 watchtower magazine is an article entitled look at the artwork!
it tells us that:.
"the beautiful pictures and photographs that are painstakingly produced are there for a purpose.
@Bobcat:
So there are the firstfruits, then the overly ripe harvest, then the ripe harvest which gets destroyed.
The firstfruits are the 144,000, the overly ripe are the earthly class and the ripe ones are the worldy ones.
Just trying to get my head around the descriptions.
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recently, we were challenged when we told someone that the wt itself says that it is not inspired, and we then were asked is that something you recently started to believe?.
how many people just forget what the wt has said?
well, read it and weep.. .
Yet in the same year they released a WT saying they were prophets!
w72 4/1 p.197
"So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative... This 'prophet' was not one man, but was a body of men and women... known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian Witnesses... Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a "prophet" of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show? "
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the first british winner of wimbledon in 77 years.. it's been a long time coming!
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cedars.
Fantastic match!!!