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  WTF... JW Library ranks #4 in the Top (Free) Charts on Apple Store for iPhone/iPad

  by undercover in

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  2. friends

  checking out the apple store for any new cool apps, and lo and behold!

  i see that the wts has finally embraced that demonic form of information dispensing.

  and all jah's chil'ren are snapping it up.

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  When it was introduced by the GB it was an 'application', not an app.

  Only once someone who understood this technology came on stage did we hear that it was an 'app'.

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  New NWT- 1 Corinthans 6:9

  by XBEHERE in

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  1 corinthains 6:9-. or do you not know that unrighteous.

  people will not inherit.

  gods kingdom?

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  Greek word denotes 'soft men', the 'receivers', not a specific act.

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  Job 38:31 footnote - Old habits die hard :-)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  found this footnote quite amusing:.

  job 38:31 "can you tie the ropes of the ki'mah constellation?*".

  *possibly the pleiades stars in the taurus constellation.. .

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  Splash

  Found this footnote quite amusing:

  Job 38:31 "Can you tie the ropes of the Ki'mah constellation?*"

  *Possibly the Pleiades stars in the Taurus constellation.

  You gotta love them there Pleiades.
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  Why the need for a new font?

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so with everything else being dissected, i want to know why it's important to have a font that can be copyrighted?.

  the font used is very similar to a number of others, like tahoma, ms sans serif, and arial etc, so what benefit is there to employing (in the loose sense of the word) a team in japan to create a brand new western set of glyphs?.

  will this help with their prosecution of those who copy/paste nnwt verses?.

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  Splash

  So with everything else being dissected, I want to know why it's important to have a font that can be copyrighted?

  The font used is very similar to a number of others, like Tahoma, MS Sans Serif, and Arial etc, so what benefit is there to employing (in the loose sense of the word) a team in Japan to create a brand new western set of glyphs?

  Will this help with their prosecution of those who copy/paste NNWT verses?

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  A small observation from the AGM...

  by sir82 in

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  ...but it struck me as significant anyway.. i attended at a jw assembly hall, and was sitting behind a pretty typical jw family.

  2 kids about ages 8 & 5, frazzled hen-pecked husband, and....the mom.

  the lady of the house.

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  Splash

  Here in the UK I was sat near an older gentleman (80+?) who was not satisfied with the length of clapping going on in the local assembly hall.

  When he realised the live audience were out clapping us he decided it must be a measure of our appreciation or faithfulness, so became the only one clapping in the hall once the local attendees had petered out but the NY audience were still going.

  In the end it took a nearby older sister to tell him "that's enough now".

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  brazen conduct, dissensions

  by hoser in

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  as predicted by jwn loose conduct has been replaced by brazen conduct.

  galations 5:19 2 peter 2:2 .

  a catch all phrase for apostates.

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  The whole point of changing Loose Conduct to Brazen Conduct was to enlarge on the sexual element, losing that constraint.

  The argument goes, the original greek word did not just refer to something of a sexual nature but included a disposition or attitude.
  That is now reflected in Brazen Conduct.

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  My interest in this revised NWT

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the biases of the earlier iteration of the nwt have been known and discussed from the appearance of the first appearance in 1950, and i assume the revised edition will be affected by the same prejudicial biases.

  one can cynically subscribe to the view that this is a financial bonanza and possibly a distraction from the imminent centenary of that distant significant date.. my interest will be to see how the impact of this revision evolves, particularly in the area of the wts's support material and on the impact its release will have on witnesses.

  some preliminary thoughts are:.

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  Eph 1:4 "as he chose us to be in union with him before the founding of the world, that we should be holy and unblemished before him in love."

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  GAH!! AGM!!! >:( (Or "Grumblecakes is Disgusted")

  by grumblecakes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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!

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  Splash

  Ah, swap out Geneva Bible for KJV and I think my list is correct.

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  My interest in this revised NWT

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the biases of the earlier iteration of the nwt have been known and discussed from the appearance of the first appearance in 1950, and i assume the revised edition will be affected by the same prejudicial biases.

  one can cynically subscribe to the view that this is a financial bonanza and possibly a distraction from the imminent centenary of that distant significant date.. my interest will be to see how the impact of this revision evolves, particularly in the area of the wts's support material and on the impact its release will have on witnesses.

  some preliminary thoughts are:.

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  John 8:58 "Jesus said to them:"Most truly I say to you, before Abraham came into existence, I have been". "

  Col 2:9 "because it is in him that all the fullness of the divine quality dwells bodily."

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  BUM WITNESSES

  by The Searcher in

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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!.

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  Splash

  Along the lines of 1975, one interesting comment was made by the GB. It was to do with teaching something that was incorrect, and an example from 2Tim 1:13 was given (paraphrasing):

  "An elder gave a PT and mentioned the 'pattern of healthful words'. He said 'If you take this verse from here, and that verse from there, and then this one, you get a beautiful pattern emerging' and this was like a designers pattern, a pattern on a piece of fabric."

  Everyome laughed, as did the GB, since that is not what 'pattern' means in the correct context. This illustrated why the word 'pattern' had to be replaced in the new NWT.

  Later in the same talk he admitted "It has to be said, that elder got his idea from somewhere", and explained that something similar once appeared in the WT. This, I've since found, was in w87 11/15 p.21 "The Pattern Established".

  Other words replaced in the new NWT include Fornication (Sexual misconduct), and Brazen Conduct now appears in Gal 5 list of works of the flesh.

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