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  Jehovah's Witnesses dismayed by new magazine format from Watchtower Society.

  by Balaamsass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wow.

  i was surprised this week by calls from active jws complaining about the new magazine format, and more begging for money from the platform.. frankly i was surprized by this reaction since this is old news to jwn members.

  i guess actually shuffling to the bookroom and grabbing the new "awake tracts" minus the inside cover forward ...awakened many sleepy, catatonic, bored jws who never read the things or go on the internet anyway.. any feedback from other areas?.

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  Advertise, Advertise, Advertise jw.org...
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  "Assembly Day 1" "Elders Will Help You Understand Society's Publications That Contradict The Bible"???

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "data-dog", elders do not have time to involve themselves with publishers "personal, secret views", why can't the sheep do their own personal thinking and keep it to themselves if they desire to remain "in good standing"?

  watchtower is afraid of the internet, men like simon, randy and greg stafford, anderson cos (women too) sites putting questions into thinking jws heads.

  the wts is nervous because of the effect sites like jwn, freeminds, e-watchman, elihu , jw romania".

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  @Larsinger58 - that was one of your best posts ever.

  I was going to send that 'as-is', but to be honest I haven't read all your posts. To be fair, I recognize that we all have some issues.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses dismayed by new magazine format from Watchtower Society.

  by Balaamsass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wow.

  i was surprised this week by calls from active jws complaining about the new magazine format, and more begging for money from the platform.. frankly i was surprized by this reaction since this is old news to jwn members.

  i guess actually shuffling to the bookroom and grabbing the new "awake tracts" minus the inside cover forward ...awakened many sleepy, catatonic, bored jws who never read the things or go on the internet anyway.. any feedback from other areas?.

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  I got mine from the wife (in Polish) but at least in Polish, the entire 'Purpose' statement is gone! I thought they were just going to remove the part about 'soon' as opposed to pre-1995 version that referenced 1914. So, I guess there is no 'Purpose' in having the Awake. For sure it could easily be merged with public edition of WT.
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  Who Is On Your Concert "Wish List"?

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a few i've missed and hope to see:.

  leonard cohen.

  radiohead.

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  Hendrix, Mozart, James Cotton (Blues, Harmonica)
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  Wife's FS report for last month... Zero!

  by Captain Obvious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i could just be reading too far into this but... even with plenty of opportunities and time to go, she didn't seem to make it out last month.

  last night she said she was gonna go out today (the 1st) but... she's downstairs at the moment sipping coffee watching tv.

  a few weeks ago on the long drive back from the assembly we talked about fs.

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  You could try suggesting that you go somewhere together next Saturday morning. Not sure what is available where you are, but keep it simple. Farmer's market, park. Don't say anything. Just go do something normal. Couple of hours wandering around enjoying the scenery, maybe some light lunch after that. Later tell her how much you enjoyed spending that time with her.
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  Ok kids, how many references to jw.org can you find in the new mag?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wife just got back from meeting with new abbreviated mags.

  first thing i noted was how many references to the official web site are in the awake.

  could be competitive for the kids who count how many times the speaker says jhvh or jesus or gb.

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  Wife just got back from meeting with new abbreviated mags. First thing I noted was how many references to the official web site are in the Awake. Could be competitive for the kids who count how many times the speaker says JHVH or jesus or GB. Is it the same in other language editions? My wife is Polish.
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  20 Questions

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's say there is a new law.. once each year the leader(s) of any religious group have to answer 20 questions in public on tv posed by their critics.. twenty questions are allowed for a one hour presentation.. of course, we would expect softball answers.

  except for one thing: the questioner can press a "bullshit" button!.

  that would mean the question is repeated and another answer was called for.

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  QUESTION: Is it possible that a flood covered the entire earth in 2370 BC(E) and wiped out all life except for 8 people and as many animals as they could fit in their boat? (I'm just focusing on the year, nothing else about flood legend, which would also consume entire hour)...

  QUESTION: Is it reasonable to believe that prior to 2370 BC(E) it had never rained before on the earth?

  QUESTION: Is it likely that Hebrew is the original/earliest human language?

  My suggestion for questioner: Leoleia
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  Watchtower's greatest failure: the absence of IGNORANCE

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  knowing is good.. not knowing is bad.. knowing that you don't know leads to inquiry, research and education.

  that is good.. assuming you know the validity of your research material is bad.. sometimes you are stumped but you don't know that you are stumped.

  you proceed anyway.. .

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  Nice post Terry. I'd much rather belong to a religious organization that said: we are just a bunch of people trying to figure it out. Sometimes we are wrong. We welcome your input. Does such an organiztion exist?
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  any ex witness from maryland ?

  by unstopableravens in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi i have not been here for a while i did not have a working pc how has everyone been ?

  just wondering if there a re any ex jws from maryland.

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  Sulla: it was not free of conflict, just saying that I met some really good people there. I recall one occasion where the hard-core crew had a very engaging, (dare I say fun) brother removed as the School overseer because he was going off track. Several elders resigned when the decision was made to remove him as an elder. I was actually on very good terms with some of the hard-core crew. I just could't figure out why we all couldn't just get along.. Now I understand (kind of).... Frederick was much more of a mix (rural vs urban/suburban) than Montgomery.
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  any ex witness from maryland ?

  by unstopableravens in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi i have not been here for a while i did not have a working pc how has everyone been ?

  just wondering if there a re any ex jws from maryland.

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  At one time long ago, I was in Frederick county. To be honest, there were some pretty amazing (real) people there.