i have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.
it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.
i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.
BU2B - I like your reasoning:
(Le 19:27, 28) 27 “‘YOU must not cut YOUR sidelocks short around, and you must not destroy the extremity of your beard. 28 “‘And YOU must not make cuts in YOUR flesh for a deceased soul, and YOU must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves. I am Jehovah.
Splash
we would like to inform you that the question box article published in the november 2013 issue of our kingdom ministry has been slightly adjusted.
the updated version is available for download on jw.org.
in preparing for the item, which is going to be discussed this week, we kindly ask you to use the updated version.
Or maybe you could just tell us?
Splash
i have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.
it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.
i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.
Wasn't there a comparison with Disney at one time, ie Disney doesn't allow men to wear beards?
Also found this quote funny:
*** w05 9/15 p. 10 Who Was Pontius Pilate? ***
"When in uniform, Pilate would have worn a leather tunic and metal breastplate. His public clothing was a white toga with a purple border. He would have had short hair and have been clean-shaven."
So we prefer JW's to look more like the killer of the Lord, than the Lord.
Splash
we would like to inform you that the question box article published in the november 2013 issue of our kingdom ministry has been slightly adjusted.
the updated version is available for download on jw.org.
in preparing for the item, which is going to be discussed this week, we kindly ask you to use the updated version.
Just read them side by side. No differences.
Splash.
Even then the WT used this reference work after being told not to, in Awake! 87 3/22 p. 12.
Although to protect themselves they neglected to credit Mantey at all, instead choosing to describe his work as
"A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament, by H. E. Dana, 1957, page 183"
Splash
as a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .
if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .
if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .
"would of"
"I would of said..."
"would of"
IT'S "WOULD HAVE" !!!!!
AND YES, THIS ONE DOES DRIVE ME NUTS!!!
Splash (who is normally a very mellow and calm soul)
i'm sorry but can someone here explain what this is about.
i saw someone on here called scholar on here saying that it somehow destroyed both coj and hermann hunger but how?
how does rolf furuli know that it was tampered with?
The thing that really chills me is that if the GB suddenly revise their timetables and teachings to say that, yes, Jerusalem WAS destroyed in 587BCE and not 607BCE, there will be hardly a murmur.
Everyone will say how great it is that light has increased, and all of the old reasoning, articles, talks, and explanations will be dropped like a hot potato.
There is no thinking about teachings, only defending teachings, and it really doesn't matter what those teachings are.
Splash.
been going nuts looking for this.. i am sure i have read, and probably saved, a quote by them about not being false prophets but i am buggered if i can find it anywhere in search, google or my own pc.. can you help?.
i think its 2009 but not sure, where they have the line 'never have we said ''jehovah has said'' when ...'.
a link or pdf or scan or cut n paste, etc would be great!.
hamsterbait - that WT sentiment was recently restated. Note the WT instruction to 'read':
*** w10 7/15 p. 11 par. 18 “What Sort of Persons Ought You to Be!” ***
"At the same time, Jehovah will honor his faithful servants by making it abundantly clear that they were, indeed, his representatives.—Read Ezekiel 2:5; 33:33."
(Eze 2:5) And as for them, whether they will hear or will refrain—for they are a rebellious house—they will certainly know also that a prophet himself happened to be in the midst of them.
(Eze 33:33) And when it comes true—look! it must come true—they will also have to know that a prophet himself had proved to be in the midst of them.”
Splash
as a fader, i'm working on a mental guide to field service.
because most of this is a mental exercise realizing that your new knowledge, the mental side of things, is what makes it so hard to preach after learning ttatt.
what presentations have you used in field service as a fader to preach the good news without preaching jw propaganda?.
"Good morning, we're showing folks (wt like this word) a scripture from the Bible that tells us why it's important to live by Bible standards. Do you have time for me to read this to you?"
Basically, mention the Bible, make it sound judgmental, and leave them with the option of saying "No!".
You'll also get kudos for trying to use the Bible on f.service.
since 1935, the watchtower had been categorically teaching (for over 6 decades) that the heavenly calling of the 144,000 anointed christians had ceased in 1935. this teaching was especially significant to older jws (especially those who spent much of their lives serving the watchtower as pioneers, elders, missionaries, bethelites, etc.
) because many of these would eventually turn their attention to the aging governing body members and feel a sense of relief knowing that the end was drawing ever so near.
in other words, as more governing body members (who were born before 1935) passed away, the closer they would get to their long-awaited reward of surviving armageddon and living on paradise earth where they would finally hug grass-eating lions near a waterfall while marveling at snow-peaked mountains in the distance.
Adding to jwfacts post, the way we are seeing the number of anointed/partakers grow again ties into scripture.
When Jesus used the illustration of workers in a vineyard (Mt 20), he said some came in the morning, some at the third hour, others at the sixth hour and more at the ninth hour. Jesus did not say all the workers arrived in the morning and slowly petered out through the course of the day.
These workers are the anointed. If the year 2000 corresponds to the ninth hour then you should expect the number of anointed to be increasing once again as Jesus invites these ones into his vineyard.
There is no scriptural basis to be saying that they should be in continual decline from the arbitrary date of 1935.
Splash.
