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  2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.

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  -- it-1 p. 339 Blasphemy
  "Blasphemy includes the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of God"

  Let TOMO take that up with heaven.
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  Are Jehovah’s Witnesses losing the War on Apostates

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  found this.

  http://jwalumni.org/2015/06/08/who-are-jehovahs-witnesses-september-watchtower/.

  by misha anouk on 8. june 2015 in news

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  konceptual99 [TOMO said] go back to why one came into the "truth" in the first place and consider the unity of doctrine

  If I did that, I'd find all the things I was taught as being 'Truth' are no longer so.

  They were taught, explained, backed up with scripture and we had to preach them.

  They have since been replaced, discredited and teaching them now would get me DF'd.
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  2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.

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  Tony Morris III has an ego problem. He exudes scornful pride.

  He has a Christ complex and looks down on absolutely everybody.

  He misses the point of the scriptures and adds burdens like the modern day pharisee he is.

  He has no love. He has a seething, evil malevolence.

  Let him explain THAT to heaven.
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  At the mouth of 2-3 witnesses a matter is established .Gods word the bible proves a generation is 50 years +, or - 5 years

  by smiddy in

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  jehovah`s witnesses make a big deal about the 2 or 3 witnesses in judicial decisions yet they ignore that evidence when it suits them.. firstly :.

  regarding the length of a generation matthew ch.1:17 gives a strong clue ,their are 3 lots of 14 generations mentioned which equal 42 generations from the time of abraham to jesus .. watchtower publications give abrahams birth as 2018 bc......they also give jesus birth as of 2 bc a period of 2016 years .

  2016 yrs.

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  You might be onto something there prologos.
  (Matthew 24:37) "For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be."
  
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  Now Even JW Men Are Going To Die At The Big A

  by OneFingerSalute in

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  so this weekend there was a part about not following jesus at a distance.

  the speaker made a big point of stating that any baptized jw male who was not either appointed ms/elder, or at the very least "reaching out" actively, was in fact following jesus at a distance.

  he said that the only way to live through the big a was to follow jesus closely.

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  The GB going beyond what the Bible says again? Well that's no surprise.

  (1 Timothy 3:1) "This statement is trustworthy: If a man is reaching out to be an overseer, he is desirous of a fine work."

  No guilting there, just encouragement. If you want to then great, but no punishment if you don't.
  The Bible even says that some are better suited to some roles than others, not that everyone should be an elder.Besides, if the GB stuck to the qualifications listed in the 1Tim 3 and Titus 1 then more 'would' qualify.They have replaced the Bible qualifications with their own, mostly unwritten, largely BoE specific requirements.

  
  You must be seen to be doing at least 10 hours ministry or the congregation average per month.
  You need to be answering regularly.
  Your wife must be in good standing.
  Your children must not be pursuing higher education.
  You must not have the wrong sort of facial hair.
  You must not be missing meetings, even for work reasons.
  You should be conducting Family Worship every week.
  Your car should be clean and your house tidy.
  You have to be on the Theocratic Ministry School and give decent talks.
  You have to kowtow to all demands, such as not wearing bright socks or coloured shirts, if the other elders demand it.
  You must not have upset anyone in the congregation recently.

  I've forgotten others, but if you miss any single one of these don't expect to be an elder.
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  Canada Branch Finances - What's Going On?

  by berrygerry in

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  an update on the canada branch hasn't been made (i think).. year-over-year, canada's equity decreased by 11 million in 2012, 17 million in 2013.. however, the 2014 report shows a huge increase (20 million) in the cost of "purchased supplies.

  " with the shrinkage of the mags, and the push to online, how the heck did this go from 39 million to 58 million?.

  even with this number, the equity in 2014 went down by a staggering 56 million.. what the heck is going on?.

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  Long term investments (cell G5) took a 32 million nosedive.
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  JW Elder Promoting His Business on YouTube

  by Samuel in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doizc34ilso.

  the person appearing in this video was the presiding overseer of a congregation in which i was serving.

  i had served in a lot of congregations over the years and had seen a lot of crazy goings on, but this particular elder was high up on the "crazy list".

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  JWdaughter That guy looked like a JW elder. Few dress like that even in corporate positions anymore

  That's a good observation.

  Times are changing in the business world as far as accepted norms for business wear.

  JW's will stick to the 1980's formula until they are told by a CO or the GB that they no longer need a suit jacket and tie.
  I can't remember the last time I had a business meeting with someone dressed like this, it dates them to a time and mindset that's no longer relevant.
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  At the mouth of 2-3 witnesses a matter is established .Gods word the bible proves a generation is 50 years +, or - 5 years

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah`s witnesses make a big deal about the 2 or 3 witnesses in judicial decisions yet they ignore that evidence when it suits them.. firstly :.

  regarding the length of a generation matthew ch.1:17 gives a strong clue ,their are 3 lots of 14 generations mentioned which equal 42 generations from the time of abraham to jesus .. watchtower publications give abrahams birth as 2018 bc......they also give jesus birth as of 2 bc a period of 2016 years .

  2016 yrs.

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  smiddy Your making the mistake of thinking the total years of ones life is a generation.

  Taking all assumptions out of the equation and looking solely at the Bibles use of the term #generation we find this.

  What is the Bible's definition of a Generation:

  35 years: (Job 42:16, 17) "And Job continued living after this a hundred and forty years and came to see his sons and his grandsons—four generations.
  

  37 years: Jerusalem was destroyed about 37 years later when Jesus said "this generation will by no means pass away"

  38 years: Deut 2:14 - And the days that we walked from Ka′desh-bar′ne·a until we crossed the torrent valley of Ze′red were thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war had come to their end.

  (Mt 1:17) "All the generations, then, from Abraham until David were fourteen generations, and from David until the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon until the Christ fourteen generations". When you read the list in Matthew, none of them are described as overlapping:
  65 years - Abraham to David : 2018BCE -> 1107BCE / 14 generations
  35 years - David to deportation : 1107BCE -> 607BCE / 14 generations
  45 years - Deportation to Christ : 607BCE -> 29CE / 14 generations
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  Overlapping Generation/GB/Doug Sanderson

  by Simon Morley in

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  my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.

  current belief is:.

  watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.

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  Diagram of overlapping generations - the latest teaching.

  
  
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  JW Elder Promoting His Business on YouTube

  by Samuel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doizc34ilso.

  the person appearing in this video was the presiding overseer of a congregation in which i was serving.

  i had served in a lot of congregations over the years and had seen a lot of crazy goings on, but this particular elder was high up on the "crazy list".

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  How many buzzwords can you throw into 2 minutes in the hope of looking competent?

  He's just repeating the introductory paragraph from the Dummy's Guide to CRM's.

  I wouldn't employ someone who can't speak understandably to the customer or who tries to look good using the latest technobabble. Stick that in your CRM guide to looking stupid.