Posts by Splash

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BUM WITNESSES

by The Searcher in

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!.

Splash

I can confirm that the phrase 'bum witness' was NOT used.

Splash

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What Are Some Stupid Rules In Watchtower World?

by minimus in

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friends

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??

Splash

And when it comes to the District Conventions, the KM is full of the craziest rules!

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Use of the word jah?

by carla in

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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?

Splash

(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.

splash

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Does The Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses Do Any Charity Work?

by Bangalore in

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.

Splash

If that response made you angry then don't look at their defense of 1975 or vaccinations, you'll explode.

Splash

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Annual Meeting on Saturday

by XBEHERE in

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i heard credible rumors of a large (sized) release coming on saturday.

anyone else hear this?

.

Splash

Besty, it would only need five pages.

LISTEN OBEY AND BE BLESSED

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A Different View of "Peace and Security"

by Bobcat in

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.".

Splash

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.

Splash

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Watchtower Society Scandal Involving Menlo Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

jw leaks has published court documents relating to the removal of the body of elders in the menlo park congregation of jehovahs witnesses (california, usa), the seizing of control of millions of dollars of congregation assets by watchtower bible and tract society of new york, and the related rico enterprise civil lawsuit against jpmorgan chase bank et al.. backstory: in 2010 the watchtower bible and tract society of new york seized control of millions of dollars of prime real estate assets belonging to the menlo park congregation of jehovahs witnesses, california, by forcefully removing the body of elders and dispersing the congregation.

money invested by the congregation was also removed from their bank accounts by watchtower representatives.

those within the congregation that objected to this were threatened with disfellowshipping.

Splash

I had no idea this case was still active!

Thanks for the information.

Splash

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Could rebaptism present a loophole for exiting without being shunned?

by Island Man in

this is how i imagine it can work: the baptized jw first gets the elders to acknowledge in written form that his previous baptism was in fact null and void.

* then later, coming close to baptism - preferably, the day of rebaptism - he changes his mind about being rebaptized (maybe he says no or remains silent when the questions are being asked, with this being video recorded).

so legally, he never was a legitimately baptized jw and therefore should not be anounced as "bro.

Splash

At one time, only the anointed were known as 'Jehovah's Witnesses'.
The rest had a lesser title like Jonadabs.

It was only later that the JW name was applied to more than just the anointed - I've yet to find out when that happened and the WT article that describes it.

Splash.

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