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  I have a favor to ask. I need to find a statement that was in one of the magazines, but I can't find it now. Can you help?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  i have a favor to ask.

  i need some information found in a watchtower that i can't seem to find in my library.

  today, the watchtower teaches that the governing body is the faithful slave.

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  Maybe this is it?

  "Jesus further said that his followers would not be left in doubt and darkness with the rest of mankind, for he would “send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other”. (Matt. 24:31) Also that he would have ‘a faithful and wise servant whom he would make ruler over his goods (kingdom interests) to give his people meat in due season’. (Matt. 24:45-47) The word ruler in the above text has the thought of distributor. It is true that there is only one organization on earth today that is “announcing the kingdom of God as the hope of mankind”, and that organization is Jehovah’s faithful and wise servant associated with the Watchtower Bible Society."

  7/1/1950 Watchtower
  

  
  
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  SCRIPTURE TO READ TO JWs

  by somebody in

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  two jws came to my door recently.

  i asked one of them to read ecclesiastes 9:5 for me.

  i then asked them if all living jws are knowing or believing or are conscious that they will die.

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  somebody

  Finkelstein, what scripture is that? I like to read it and ask any JWs about that one the next time they happen to come to my door!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
  
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  Q. about an old Kingdom Song (needs an old timer to answer)

  by snugglebunny in

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  back when i was a boy, we were using the old green songbook entitled "songs to jehovah's praise".

  one of the songs contained the lyrics: "happy is the man who stays awake and keeps his outer garments".

  i don't know what the song was called.. i'm pretty sure that the melody to this song was another rip-off from an already existing tune, in this case the maine stein song.

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  somebody

  Interesting! I only remember the purple soft cover song book from the 70s. Two songs I remember some of the lyrics to:

  "We're Jehovah's Witnesses, we speak out in fearlessness. Ours is the God of true prophecy....What He foretells comes to be."

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  "But as for me, determined I shall be.....blah blah blah....In my integrity."

  I loved the piano and loved singing but resisted the urge to just belt it out. LOL I've heard that there is no more piano playing and the music just sucks nowadays.

  peace,

  somebody
  
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  SCRIPTURE TO READ TO JWs

  by somebody in

  1. jw
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  two jws came to my door recently.

  i asked one of them to read ecclesiastes 9:5 for me.

  i then asked them if all living jws are knowing or believing or are conscious that they will die.

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  somebody

  Two JWs came to my door recently. I asked one of them to read Ecclesiastes 9:5 for me. I then asked them if all living JWs are knowing or believing or are conscious that THEY WILL DIE. Neither one of them would answer but hurriedly told me about the dead. I again asked them to read the scripture over and asked the same question. Neither one would answer the question but tried to talk about the dead again! Hmmmm.

  (Ecclesiastes 9:5 NWT) 5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.

  Bolding mine. Just food for thought. :-)

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
  
  
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  Can Someone Give Me the Link to That "After Armageddon" story

  by jacobm in

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  it was a fictional (obviously) story about what life would be like after armageddon if the jws were right.

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  http://avoidjw.org/2015/10/after-armageddon/
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  My mom died at 96 (without a visit from her granddaughter)

  by BONEZZ in

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  don't get here much anymore.

  my mom, if you remember, really wanted to see her granddaughter before she died.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcpuj96a8lg.

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  BONEZZ

  My heart goes out to you and my heart goes out to your daughter too. Because when she wakes up, she'll realize she cannot go back in time and she will need all the help and support she can get. And please accept my deepest sympathy at the loss of your wonderful MOM. (((((BONEZZ))))) I pray that your daughter wakes up SOON so that you can enjoy your grandchild!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah

  by lovesjehovah in

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  i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.

  i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.

  i do not condone any crime.

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  somebody

  I love threads like this. It shows that JWs Love "Jehovah" who did NOT die to save them. Jws would NEVER start a thread stating that they Love Jesus Christ, the ONE SAVIOR. Anyone who is a Christian would. Rather, they leave Christ OUT of the love.
  
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  somebody

  I'm the same as mommyfirstandalways. Rhode Island, USA. Not sure where in RI she is, but I've been free from the borg for 36 years now so am free to say that I'm in Pawtucket, RI.

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
  
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  Matthew 25:31

  by lambsbottom in

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  so many changes throughout the wt history!.

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  is matthew 25:31 concerning after armageddon or during/before?.

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  Great question, lambsbottom! It's odd that if you include verses before and after Matthew 25:31, Jws run into problems. Even MORE problems than they did trying to explain the WBTS Inc's teachings, which JWs claim were "their own", BEFORE 1995!

  (Matthew 25:31 NWT) 31 “When the Son of man arrives in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne.
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  HELP!

  by somebody in

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  i see no option to reply to topics.

  things have changed, or i'm having major senior moments yet again..

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  somebody

  I see no option to REPLY to topics. Things have changed, or I'm having major senior moments yet again. Any help would be appreciated!