ADMCS: That's not EdenOne's point. Mathmatically, he is correct. If you referred to someone as "John", "Doe", or "John Doe", and you wanted to count the number of times they were referenced, you would use his mathmatical formula of reducing the total by the number of times the individual's full name was used. That's all he's saying....
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Numbers don't lie :The End of JESUS...
by raymond frantz in(1john2:22,23)who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that jesus is the christ?
this is the antichrist, the one that denies the father and the son.
23 everyone that denies the son does not have the father either.
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Numbers don't lie :The End of JESUS...
by raymond frantz in(1john2:22,23)who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that jesus is the christ?
this is the antichrist, the one that denies the father and the son.
23 everyone that denies the son does not have the father either.
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Given the statement reflected by the OP (who, to my knowledge may not have been the creator of the website he referenced) and Jeffro - both simply searched for "Jesus." I agree with EdenOne on the mathmatical calculation of those nouns. But counting raw data? there are other factors... what about synonyms to Jehovah? What about the pronouns... would they count?
Most unfortunately, the number of mentions cannot be used as a barometer of the magnitude of Jesus' significance in the Watchtower. The WTS could write a paragraph like the following:
Jehovah is greater than Jesus Christ. Christ was the archangel Michael making Him not as significant (no scriptural reference here). Christ said his Fatherwas greater than Himself. Christ said He was powerless without his Father. So, the mature Christian would reasonably conclude that Christ was less thanHis Father and Christ should not be honored in the same light. (please ignore John 5:23)
I don't know that assessing the numbers would reveal truth here....
Just curious - on the search feature of the WTS CD, does it distinguish "Christ" from "Christian", "Christianity", and "Christians"?
Does encircling the word with quotes provide a different result? AND, I thought I read that sometimes the CD fails to find certain articles (ahem) even when the search criteria is accurate.... I'm sorry, I can't give an example off the top of my head - but I could have sworn I read that somewhere.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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WHOA!... Jeffro, you've crossed the line now.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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OH, he's not talking to me because I'm a BELIEVER and was baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!
(Whew... was worried there.)
He's talking to you Jeffro... (giggling)
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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Who are you to determine who is serving and who isn't?
Don't embarrass yourself. Revew James 3:1 and Romans 12:3-8 before you answer.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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Could someone tell me which verse of the Bible says that a relationship with the Almighty will be determined by three dudes in one's hometown leveraging an unscriptural oath to a contract that changes at the unilateral will of one party?
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Bibles out of stock
by turtleturtle inso i txt my in law who works at the printing facility in the us regarding why there were no bibles in so many congregations.
they never answered for either text.
i would say someting is going on with the nwt..
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I knew someone who took tours at the Walkill and Brooklyn facilities earlier in the year. None were available in English at either location.
There were a few Vietnamese editions, but that's it.
Wouldn't you think there'd be Bibles at the main offices?
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The Elders want to meet with me ... (Judicial Meeting)
by Oubliette inthe elders want to meet with me.
at least that's what they keep telling me, and they've been saying it for more than a month and a half now.
just so you're clear: this is a judicial committee.
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wow.... why does this walking around neither in nor out sound like an earthly purgatory?
and they say they're not like the Catholics. smh
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Who on here, are close to 60
by Quarterback inwow, where does the time go?
i'm scared of reaching this number, and yet i'm so close.. what is your health secrets?
what do you do for stress releif?
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HAHA! Hi, Mouthy! I'm 47 and asking the same question. *sigh*
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Did You Ever Experiment At A New Kingdom Hall By Sitting In the Back, Or Wait To Be Greeted?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inthere is much frustration from jws who attended other kingdom halls because the jws were not friendly and actually smug!
social experiments on jw good manners and the "love that identifies the true christians" did you find it?.
it does not exist because they do not love each other unless they are authorized to from the wts..
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I thought cults did the love-bombing thing... or is that only if you walk in with a known individual?
In a conversation with my friend, I was railed against for not coming to the KH and meeting the "friends."
If I went, he wouldn't be able to come near me I suppose, for, being a female, he wouldn't be allowed to know me, correct?
I'm wondering if I'd be met with the same coldness you all speak of. I wonder how that would make him feel.
This would be a complete fail if the whole congregation swarmed with the love-bomb thing.
His KH is probably predominantly African-American - in churches that can make a difference. Has anyone noticed if that makes a difference here?