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  Job 6:6

  by Bebopin in

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  king james version job 6:6. can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt?

  or is there any taste in the white of an egg?.

  new world translation "watchtowers version" job 6:6. will tasteless thing be eaten without salt , or is there any taste in the slimy juice of a marshmallow?.

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  Splash

  Where translations refer to the 'white of an egg', it is the clear liquid form being referred to, not the boiled white type.

  This is why the original NWT quote you provided describes it as 'slimy juice'.

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  Removing DO's Will Be a Fatal Mistake

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is an article i looked up about the collapse of the soviet union.

  striking similarities.. http://www.worldology.com/europe/europe_articles/causes_soviet_collapse.htm.

  stagnating economy: the soviet union had grown to a size large enough to the point where it became cumbersome to continue state planning.

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  smiddy Arent jehovahs witnesses , the WTB&TS , on record criticzing christendom for pensioning off their clergy when they reach 70 ? the accepted year of retirement , saying words to the affect , that a true christian (JW ) never retires ? Their in the service until they die ?

  Wow smiddy, that's an impressive memory you have there!

  The quote you're thinking of was specific to the anointed.
  The WT comment is comparing apples with oranges as usual, since even 'pensioned off' clergy can remain faithful until death - they are not pensioned off from living a Christian life. Anointed are also pensioned off from their jobs and even their congregation responsibilities if they get too old, but again it doesn't stop them leading Christian lives.

  *** w67 2/15 p. 118 par. 23 “From a Weak State . . . Made Powerful” ***
  "Many individuals of the anointed remnant are now finishing their earthly course in faithfulness. Like Samson of old, they are fighters for God’s righteousness to the end, sharing to the full in the vindication of Jehovah’s great name. They do not look to be pensioned off, like Christendom’s clergy. Rather, they prove themselves “faithful even to death,” and so the promise is sure to them: “Happy are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time onward . . . for the things they did go right with them.” "
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  The Organization is expanding so much........

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...that district overseers are now being used as circuit overseers!!

  that was a comment at the wt study program.

  another great comment was this: " you can go to bethel and have zero skills.

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  wasblind Call me country dumb, But I have to ask What's the use of higher education if you still can't earn enough to pay your debts ?

  In the UK we have some really rubbish university courses that will never help you get a job.

  For example: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1710482

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  The Organization is expanding so much........

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...that district overseers are now being used as circuit overseers!!

  that was a comment at the wt study program.

  another great comment was this: " you can go to bethel and have zero skills.

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  Splash

  One 90 year old elder commented at our hall that if you get a university education you end up with £20k worth of debt.

  There was no mention that in the UK you only begin to repay that debt once your earnings reach a certain level and that the repayment rate is very low.
  Many will never have to repay their student debts at all if they don't earn enough.
  Basically, it's the cheapest loan you will ever get in your life.

  But putting things in perspective never really goes down well in a kingdom hall.

  Who was it who said "If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance".

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  Soon™... In use since 1879!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  2. friends

  i wondered how fast the wt publications used the word "soon"... as in expectation of some prophecy or fulfillment.... eight pages into the first watchtower... july 1879.... "our design has been to present to the body of christ, "the chaste virgin" church, which expects soon to go in to the marriage and become christ's bride, a selection of sacred songs especially adapted to her condition and expressive of her desires and hopes.".

  the expectation?

  1881. http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php.

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  Splash

  I think Blondie first posted this - apologies if that's not accurate.

  Splash

  DELIVERANCE IS AT HAND (AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 130 YEARS)

  *** w08 5/15 p. 15-16 par 20 *** (6 years ago - as of 2014)
  May you experience great joy in your ministry as you declare this good news and help those " rightly disposed for everlasting life " to realize that deliverance by God’s Kingdom is at hand! – Acts 13:48

  *** g 6/06 p. 32 Millions Will Be Going—Will You? *** (8 years ago)
  The morning program will continue with a talk that introduces a convention highlight, the full-costume drama based on chapter 13 of the Bible book of First Kings. The convention’s final session Sunday afternoon features the public talk "Deliverance by God’s Kingdom Is at Hand!"

  *** w97 4/1 p. 11 Take Courage as Deliverance Draws Near *** (17 years ago)
  Deliverance Near—For Whom?
  12 The increasingly difficult conditions on earth are striking evidence that a vast change—indeed, a grand deliverance—is near at hand! For whom? Deliverance is nearing for those who pay attention to the warning signals and who take appropriate action.

  *** w82 10/1 p. 28 par. 14 Be as Men Who Are Facing Har–Magedon Unafraid *** (32 years ago)
  14 … .The "deliverance" that is now at hand for persons of such faith is not initially the heavenly glorification of the remnant of the spirit-begotten disciples of Christ and their being taken away from the earthly scene of tribulation, although that is in store for them finally.

  *** w72 04/15 p. 233 *** (42 years ago)
  Mankind desperately needs a Liberator from these ruinous demonic heavens. Jehovah God has raised up the needed Deliverer! Jehovah’s marked time for the desired deliverance is at hand!

  *** w54 10/15 p. 624 Why Prayers Go Unanswered *** (60 years ago)
  They rejoice because they know deliverance to a new world is at hand, that this present evil world must end in that "great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again," namely, the war of Armageddon. This is Jehovah’s decree.

  -- The Watchtower, October 1st, 1941. page 303 (73 years ago)
  As his witnesses these faithful ones the great Jehovah God bids to go and tell the glad news to the sorrowing world, and to advise mankind that Jehovah is God, that Christ Jesus is the King of kings, and that the day of deliverance is at hand.

  -- The Watchtower, September 15th 1930 page 281 (84 years ago)
  God has now given his people an understanding of The Revelation which he gave to Jesus Christ to show unto his servants. The publication of the two books called Light, giving the explanation of The
  Revelation, will greatly anger the Devil and all who have not the spirit of Christ. We may therefore expect the opposition to the kingdom to quickly become stronger than ever. It will be of short duration, however, because the day of deliverance is at hand.

  -- The Watchtower, January 1st , 1921 page 13 (93 years ago)
  Behold, the evidence daily increases that the old world has ended! The kingdom of heaven is here! Let the saints look up and lift up their heads. Let them sing aloud for joy because the day of deliverance is at hand.

  -- Zion’s Watch Tower VOL. XXXI June 1st No. 11 1910 R4627 p. 188 (104 years ago)
  Through his lie our race has gone down into sickness, mental, moral and physical, and is going down rapidly to the tomb. Thank God for the great Deliverer; thank God also, for his great day of deliverance, the Millennial Age, now nigh at hand!

  -- Zion’s Watch Tower November 15th , 1892 page 326 (R1464) (122 years ago)
  It is therefore his will rather that we should suffer injustice than that we should spend our strength in fruitless efforts to interrupt the present order of things. And so the kingdom of heaven suffers violence now, but such will not always be the case; for the time of her deliverance is at hand.

  -- Zion’s Watch Tower December , 1881 page 3 (R302) (133 years ago)
  Let us, dearly beloved, see to it, that we not only bury ourselves and our wills in Christ’s, but also keep our bodies under–dying daily until fully delivered into the blessed kingdom –which deliverance we believe to be so very nigh at hand.

  -- Zion’s Watch Tower September , 1880 page 2 (page R134) (134 years ago)
  Let us, dearly beloved, live up to our covenant, and not only bury ourselves and our wills in Christ’s, but also keep our bodies under–dying daily until fully delivered into the blessed kingdom–which deliverance we believe to be so very nigh at hand.
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  Fred Phelps is dead

  by zound in

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  2. friends

  two cults leaders in two days..

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  Splash

  Good riddance to revolting scum.
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  Are they down to two meetings a week and standing mute next to a literature trolley one hour a month?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  trying to get a handle on what they do now, my two sisters and brother and families.

  a three day convention in the summer is it, circuit assembly twice a year?

  when i was in people were supposed to do ten hours field service a month at least.

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  Splash

  Regular pioneering is 70 hours per month.
  Aux pioneering is 50 hours per month.
  You can pioneer three times in a year on 30 hours per month - memorial time, and the two times a CO comes.
  Pioneer ministry can be limited to standing beside a trolley.

  Magazines are half sized.
  Magazines come out half as often.
  Magazines are dumbed down and basically channel you through to JWorg.

  Public Talks have been reduced from 45 to 30 mins.
  PT outlines have been updated for the reduced timeslot, all deep material has been pulled.

  Book Study evening was cancelled and integrated into the TMS.

  WT study focusses on being obedient over anything else.

  SAD has been scrapped and called a Circuit Assembly
  There will be two Circuit Assemblies, both 1 day long.
  Circuit Assemblies will not be having baptisms.

  District Conventions have been scrapped and replaced with Regional Conventions.
  DO's have been scrapped.
  Zone Overseers have been scrapped.

  Various 'training schools' have been scrapped.

  What have I missed?

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  BOE: Kaboom to DOs

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all congregations re: district overseers.

  dear brothers:.

  march 20, 2014. we are pleased to inform you of a significant decision made by the governing body that will affect the work of traveling overseers worldwide.

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  Splash

  As respectful_observer mentions, some DO's have trod on a lot of heads to get where they are.
  It will be interesting to see how they are received as they tumble back down to the level of those they have previously abused and humiliated.

  There will be many DO's who try to assert themselves as superior CO's, finding it hard to let go of all the power they once had, refusing to acknowledge their demotion.

  What's that law about unintended consequences?

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  BOE: Kaboom to DOs

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all congregations re: district overseers.

  dear brothers:.

  march 20, 2014. we are pleased to inform you of a significant decision made by the governing body that will affect the work of traveling overseers worldwide.

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  Splash

  This will help fill the gap left by forcibly retiring all the 70 year old brothers who do circuit work.

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  A friend gets his last check from a JW company.....

  by problemaddict in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so basically he is a subcontractor for a company that owes him money, and has been paying him very poorly for his service.

  (industry wide problem).

  so he e mails them a venting e mail, saying he will no longer take work, giving them a date he expects the pay to be cut or he leins properties etc.... he gets a response, they go back and forth, and the last response they send the check and at the bottom post a scripture (he didn't remember which one) with the phrase "and we will continue to serve our god jehovah".

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  Splash

  Whenever I see the words "Christian Business" or see a fish on the business sign, I run in the opposite direction.

  What if you're looking to buy some fish and chips?

  Splash