hi folks.
i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.
it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.
If it takes a team of 10 people two weeks to translate some WT material into one new language, how long does it take to translate that same material into 10, 50, 200 more languages?
Answer: Two weeks.
Every time a new language is needed, more volunteers are added. The total man hours goes up, but the lead time (elapsed time) remains at two weeks.
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ever notice how completely out of touch some (most?
) public speakers are?.
last week we had a speaker ramble on for fully 1/3, maybe 1/2, of his 30 minute talk on the evils of "rap music".. i don't believe the term "rap music" has been uttered by anyone under the age of 40 for at least 20-25 years.. this week we got another "older gentleman" warning us about the pervasive dangers of "internet chat rooms".. again - didn't "chat rooms" die out about the same time as dialing up to connect to aol?.
Yet on this forum page right now are three recent threads all talking about rap videos.
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i haven't seen anything posted about this but here is a link to a july 12/13 montreal gazette article entitled: .
too much blood: researchers fear the gift of life may sometimes endanger itthe title of this thread was taken directly from the article.. http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/much+blood+researchers+fear+gift+life+sometimes+endanger/8652224/story.html.
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You are banned from transfusing the major component 'white cells' (leukocytes), but a breast fed baby eats white cells in the mothers colostrum.
This is something I have never understood.
Why aren't the leukocyte donors (the mothers) disfellowshipped the same as any other donor?
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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).
If the elders ("stars") are in Jesus hand but it is the GB who give direction to the elders, what does that make the GB?
Answer: Jesus' hands.
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i'm just wondering has any body ever been busted on an apostate site because someone was able to identify them because of something they wrote.
why i ask this question is because how would this be explained at a jc.
because the person who reported it to the jc was reading something that they shouldn't of.
Hi Joe,
I was being ironic - let me explain:
The quoted para 8 is actually old light, not current dogma.
The quoted para 10 is the typical WT description of an apostate, but really describes the food the GB has historially provided, then changed.
The quoted para 13 is meant to describe apostates but actually fits the WT publications very well.
I agree with your point - to catch a thief you become a thief sort of thing.
I really hope no-one ever gets busted for this reason, but I bet it happens.
hey guys.
don't really post here much, mostly just lurk around.
so here's just backstory: in 2012, after about half a year of research i decided to leave the organization.
Here's a short thread on the third way to leave the org:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/246262/1/Is-there-a-third-way-to-leave
for the first time in years today.
to say that it took me five minutes to read the whole thing would be to flatter the rag.
it doesn't even seem to contain actual articles any more, just headings and bullet points and pictures.
And once again the WT have done exactly what they previously said was wrong to do:
*** w85 6/1 pp. 12-13 par. 10 Walk by Faith! ***
Because of overlooking divine direction or treating it lightly, some might think our meetings should be shortened, assembly locations should not be so far away, and study material should always be simple, never including “solid food.” (Hebrews 5:12)... If that happened, could we honestly say that we were really “walking by faith, not by sight”?
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i'm just wondering has any body ever been busted on an apostate site because someone was able to identify them because of something they wrote.
why i ask this question is because how would this be explained at a jc.
because the person who reported it to the jc was reading something that they shouldn't of.
If you are busted, well, you had been warned:
*** w94 7/1 p. 11 par. 8 At Which Table Are You Feeding? ***
This slave has proved to be, not any single individual, but the class of dedicated, anointed Christians. This class has put upon Jehovah’s table the finest spiritual food for both the anointed remnant and the “great crowd.”
par. 10
Food on the table of demons is poisonous. Consider, for example, the food dispensed by the evil slave class and the apostates. It does not nourish or build up; it is not wholesome. What motivates them is, not holy spirit, but vitriolic bitterness
par. 13
Jesus said: “By their fruits you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:16) What, now, are the fruits of the apostates and their publications? Four things mark their propaganda. (1) Cleverness. Ephesians 4:14 says that they are “cunning in contriving error.” (2) Prideful intelligence. (3) Lack of love. (4) Dishonesty in various forms. These are the very ingredients of the food that is on the table of demons
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complete donation what happened?.
today i added a new article to my blog showing part of a never before publicized letter where the watchtower organization makes admission of how jehovahs witnesses actually responded to the 1990 change to its complete donation arrangement.
my article is titled complete donation what happened?
No excuses - you can donate!
*** w97 9/15 pp. 5-6 Poor yet Rich—How Can It Be? ***
"One might think that those who live in extreme poverty would hardly be in a position to contribute financially to promote Kingdom interests. But that is not so. (Compare Luke 21:1-4.)
Some Witnesses in Ghana whose main occupation is subsistence farming mark out part of their land to be used to promote the interests of God’s Kingdom. When the produce of that portion of their land is sold, the money is used exclusively for that purpose, which includes making contributions at the local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses."
Actually, one might think that those who live in extreme poverty might be in a position to receive financial help from the Society, not make their own situation worse.
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this is something i heard an elder say... .
is this possible?.
how many were baptized in all of 2012?.
268,777 baptized last year
361,394 fewer attended the memorial last year (compared to the year before)
So despite adding a quarter of a million converts, the memorial was attended by a third of a million fewer.
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