i received an email from a member who is not comfortable posting yet, says for now he just lurks - but he/she made a very interesting comment about the gb giving instructions to the elders about making adjustments.
here is an exact quote: "for all you brothers that have responsibilites giving talks, public talks on the platform, assemblies and convections coming up, you have some work to do.
you are going to have to relook at those scriptures you are using, and make some adjustments in whatever it says from the bible.
Dotted throughout the presentations were references to elders, and how they should ow take note of something or other.
I'm sure they will diligently refresh their public talk back catalogs, just as they did when the talks were reduced in time from 45 to 30 mins.
I was suprised to hear the GB referring to the "Faithful and Discreet Slave" in the third person.
Never did thay say eg "You should thank us for this Bible", or "We have provided this for you...", always the "F&DS".
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can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
What annoyed me was how they spent time pooh-poohing the KJV and the language used, only later to scoff at some of the old NWT, even commenting once "whatever that means" in a derogatory way after reading an old NWT verse.
I actually really like the KJV and find it a dignified translation. I don't think there are any Bible versions I'd use in isolation since many versions together can give an excellent feel for what was meant. The KJV 'may' not have had any anointed on the translation committee but they were extreme scholars, and the GB did once say that 'being anointed doesn't give you any extra insight above a non-anointed".
I'll use this new version in conjunction with others, as I've always done. Especially an interlinear. The app being released on Monday looks very useful.
It's a heavy bible, much more so than the last one, but that's due to all of the extra bits at the front and back. Seems well put together.
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can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
Unless that person misheard, I didn't even get a similar phrase.
They repeated a few times that ANY family or friends not in the Truth are essentially a drain and a danger, so why spend time with them.
I didn't hear that same thought aimed at low-hour or 'weak' witnesses though.
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first of all, big "thank you's" to everyone who put up the goods after attending!
why im disgusted.
the new bible (no, it doesnt have a new name, for all who are asking) is a huge f**king monstrosity!
The mobile device app that's being released on Monday from all of the main app stores looks good.
A side by side comparison of verses from the old NWT, the new NWT, the ASV, Diaglott, Geneva Bible, and one other.
I think they said it was called WT Library.
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can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
I can confirm that the phrase 'bum witness' was NOT used.
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there's a lot.
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one that i just don't understand is that no one should hold hands during a prayer.. where the hell do they come up with these rules??
And when it comes to the District Conventions, the KM is full of the craziest rules!
i have noticed on ex sites the use of the word jah in reference to jehovah.
is this just a slang used by ex's or do active also use it?
if active members use it, doesn't it seem a bit disrespectful then?
(Ps 104:35) "Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise Jah, YOU people!"
(Re 19:6) "And I heard what was as a voice of a great crowd and as a sound of many waters and as a sound of heavy thunders. They said: “Praise Jah, YOU people."
So I guess they think it's ok.
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does the organization of jehovah's witnesses do any charity work?.
answer from a wt apologist.
http://defendingjehovahswitnesses.blogspot.com/2013/05/does-organization-of-jehovahs-witnesses.html.
If that response made you angry then don't look at their defense of 1975 or vaccinations, you'll explode.
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i heard credible rumors of a large (sized) release coming on saturday.
anyone else hear this?
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Besty, it would only need five pages.
LISTEN OBEY AND BE BLESSED
since the wt this week has the prediction of a "peace and security" event, i thought i would include a comment from the new american commentary (nac, d. michael martin, pp.159-60) on 1 thessalonians 5:2, 3.. here is the wt's position, according to this week's wt study (sep 2012 study edition, pp.3 4):.
1 th 5:2, 3 is a "future development.".
it happens "just before that day of jehovah.".
There is also a mistranslation, or at least a very poor translation, in verse 4 in the NWT.
(1Th 5:4) "But YOU, brothers, YOU are not in darkness, so that that day should overtake YOU as it would thieves."
This suggests that for some bizarre reason, "that day" would over take thieves!
What was meant, and can be discerned from the context (especially verse 2 quoted in the OP) is
"But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you as a thief."
It properly refers back to the illustration of a thief that can suprise you when you are not expecting it.
Maybe this is one example of where the new Bible version will have a correction.
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