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  BTTT / Marked topics

  by Simon in

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  2. announcements

  i've noticed a lot of topics being bumped recently with "bttt" (back to the top) comments or "marked" as the reply.. i'd appreciate if people think twice before doing this.

  simply forcing topics back to the top even though there is nothing to say on them is not helpful and negates the usefulness of having an active topics view.

  if everyone did this with every topic they want to push then things would quickly deteriorate so i don't believe some should be allowed to do it for whatever reason.. by all means post new and relevent comments to a topic but short esp single-word non-comments that are simply used to push certain topics back to the top are likely to be interpreted as spam and removed or blocked if necessary.. .

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  Governing Body Member Gerrit Loesch Must Eventually Take The Witness Stand In Child Molestation Lawsuits

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. child-abuse

  with many more cases in the offing the zalkin lawfirm will press the issue again and again and force gerrit loesch to testify.

  what say you?.

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  Yet the GB would throw any other poor JW in front of a judge with a meaningless and vacuous "Trust in Jehovah" comment.

  What ever happened to respecting the authorities, paying Caesar's things, and copying the examples of Daniel, the apostles, and Jesus?

  Spineless hypocrites will be repaid according to their own actions.

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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  Cadellin To the best of my memory, it's not repeated in the NT the way the prohibition against blood is, is it?

  Mt 18:16 on the testimony a of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

  1Tim 5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an older man a except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

  2Cor 13:1 On the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter must be established.

  What will be interesting is how they justify changing the two witness rule when they are forced to. How will they reason that these scriptures no longer apply?

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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  Sounds like they are angling for another GB indictment to relive the 1918 glory days of persecution.

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  TMS written reviews

  by rosesinbloom in

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  2. bible

  are we no longer able to receives the answers to the written reviews?.

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  Use a tablet and an epub kingdom ministry - the answers are in there next to each question!

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  JW attitudes to women

  by Frazzled UBM in

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  2. beliefs

  i would be very interested to hear from you ladies on this one.

  i know that the society keeps women in subjugation through the headship cr@p but didn't ahve any sense about hoew prehistoric the attitudes are until the other day when we were driving out of the supermarket car park and my wife spotted a woman dressed in tight shorts (it has been very hot here) and she commented 'they say that women who dress like that dserve to be raped'.

  i did a wtf and overreacted 'how can you blame the victim like that - such attitudes give men a lciense to commit rape and make women feel they are to balme if they get raped which in turn means that rape doesn't get reported and it gopes on with impunity.

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  Don't worry girls, in the new system you too will own that enviable appendage you so dearly covet:

  Golden Age 1930, April 2. P. 446 Bible Questions and Answers
  Whether the identity of the sexes, as such, will be preserved, we do not know. There have been some well authenticated instances in which women have been transformed into men, and it is possible that this transformation may become general and we shall all be brothers together.

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  Recent Update - Service Report

  by Da.Furious in

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  2. beliefs

  on oct. 22, eight brothers were released from prison in turkmenistan by presidential amnesty.

  (see 2014 yearbook, p. 31) the ninth brother is still imprisoned, but it is hoped that he will be released shortly.

  some were already in prison for three or more years and had been severely mistreated.

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  9,845 form submissions out of 363,000 views is 2.7% which is roughly what the yearly increase is.

  Since 2000, 3.8 million have been baptised.
  The increase since 2000 is 2.1 million.
  Where have the other 1.7 million gone?

  Hours spent in ministry this year = 2 billion
  Baptised = 275,000
  Therefore it is taking 7,000 hours (or 10 months of witnessing hours) to make each disciple.
  An average congregation puts in approximately 16,000 - 18,000 hours of ministry per year.

  It's a pity we can't determine born-in baptisms vs from the field baptisms, as this would better represent the ministry effectiveness.
  eg. if 4 out of every 5 baptisms are born ins, this means the number coming in from the field each year is only 55,000.
  That would mean 36,000 hours are needed to bring in one person from the field. That's roughly one person every two years, per congregation.

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  My Relief

  by Smart in

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  2. medical

  what a massive relief!

  thank god i have just found this site the other day!

  i don't know where to begin!

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  Hi smart,

  Good to have you here.

  I suggest you remove your name and congregation info from your post otherwise you'll end up with even more problems!

  Press the little pencil icon to the right of your post to edit.

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  134 years ago

  by Splash in

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  2. beliefs

  as 2014 draws to a close, i looked to see what important things happened in history.. looking to 1880, these things all made the news for good reason:.

  jan 27th - thomas edison patents electric incandescent lamp.

  mar 10th - salvation army of england sets up us welfare & religious activity.

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  As 2014 draws to a close, I looked to see what important things happened in history.
  Looking to 1880, these things all made the news for good reason:

  Jan 27th - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
  Mar 10th - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
  Mar 31st - 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
  Apr 24th - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales is founded in Oxford, England
  Jun 1st - 1st pay telephone installed
  Jun 16th - Salvation Army forms in London
  Jun 24th - First performance of "O Canada," the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
  Jul 19th - SF Public Library starts lending books
  Aug 2nd - British Parliament officially adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  Sept - Zion's Watch Tower page 2 tells us that deliverance is very nigh at hand
  Sep 6th - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval
  Nov 2nd - James A Garfield (R) elected 20th US President
  Nov 11th - Australian Bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol

  Helps put things into context.

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  Imperfect but 'Glorious Ones" daily text Oct.29.2014

  by prologos in

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  While I'm posting flip-flops on other threads, here's one about who the glorious ones are.
  Seems they struggle to even know themselves.

  WHO ARE THE 'GLORIOUS ONES' (2Pe 2:10)?

  All anointed - w60 9/1 p. 539 par. 14 Awake Worshipers in the Time of the End
  The "glorious ones" here referred to are not any who are bright and shining in their own eyes or who are glorious in the eyes of others due to their personal achievements. Those who are the brothers of the King Jesus Christ have been selected as heirs of the heavenly kingdom—a glorious privilege indeed!

  All anointed - w65 10/1 p. 592 par. 7 Execution of Divine Judgment upon the Ungodly
  Who are these "glorious ones"? They must be those who receive glory from Jehovah God and his Lord of lords, Jesus Christ. According to Isaiah 60:1, 2, Jehovah's "own glory" would be conferred upon the remnant of spiritual Israel, the anointed Christians.

  Elders - w79 1/15 p. 25 Why Keep Free from Murmuring?
  They were individuals who were "disregarding lordship and speaking abusively of glorious ones," or responsible men in the congregation.

  Elders - w80 1/15 p. 19 par. 10 Are You a Loyal Subject of God's Government?
  Further describing them, the apostle says: "Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones [persons entrusted with oversight within God's congregation] but speak abusively."

  Anointed elders - w82 8/15 p. 28 pars. 14-15 Heed the 'Warnings Placed Before Us'!
  Those ungodly persons also spoke abusively of "glorious ones" (literally, "of glories"), evidently those who had certain glory conferred upon them by Jehovah God and Jesus Christ... 15 Certainly, those of Christ's anointed followers who serve faithfully as appointed Christian overseers have had glory, or honor, conferred upon them.

  Anointed elders - w89 9/15 p. 22 par. 8 Be Obedient to Those Taking the Lead
  Surely, we do not want to be like the "ungodly men" of Jude's day who 'disregarded lordship and spoke abusively of glorious ones,' anointed Christian elders with God-given glory, or honor, conferred upon them.

  Anointed elders - w91 4/15 p. 31 Beware of Apostates!
  Unlike the archangel Michael, who would not even bring a judgment against the Devil in abusive terms, the ungodly men spoke abusively of "glorious ones," evidently those with certain glory conferred upon them by God and Christ as anointed elders.

  Elders - w97 9/1 pp. 15-16 pars. 13-14 Beware of False Teachers!
  Jude writes that "these men, . . . indulging in dreams, are defiling the flesh . . . and speaking abusively of glorious ones." (2 Peter 2:10; Jude 8) In what sense, though, do they "look down on lordship" and speak "abusively of glorious ones"? 14 They do so in that they despise divinely constituted authority. Christian elders represent the glorious Jehovah God and his Son and, as a result, have certain glory conferred upon them. True, they make mistakes, as did Peter himself, but the Scriptures urge members of the congregation to be submissive to such glorious ones.

  Elders - w98 6/1 p. 17 par. 10 "Put Up a Hard Fight for the Faith"!
  But if we dwell on their faults and undermine respect for them, might we be "speaking abusively of glorious ones"? In verse 10, Jude mentions those who "are speaking abusively of all the things they really do not know." Some will, at times, criticize a decision made by a body of elders or a judicial committee.

  Elders - w08 11/15 p. 22 par. 9 Highlights From the Letters of James and of Peter
  While "glorious ones," that is, Christian elders, have faults and may err at times, we must not speak abusively of them.

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