Posts by Camperdown9

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Can I pick up a New World Translation from the JW London head office?

by Camperdown9 in

i'm an anglican and not a jehovahs witness.

what i dislike about lots of church congregations is their readiness to make unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other christian groups.

recently someone in a church tried to tell me a little about the views of jehovahs witnesses.

Camperdown9

Hi All

Thanks for all your comments.

No I'm not thinking of joining I'm just interested to know more about them. I have heard a few comments from people at church who have views on JW's but I'm not sure if they have ever done any research themselves. Think it's more like people passing on hearsay.

JW seam to have people everywhere in London at the moment handing out awake and the watchtower. For a while it felt like they were at every underground station. They seam to be the most visible religious group in London at the moment. (In fact recently I don't recall seeing anyone other that the JW's out on the streets )

I'm kind of interested in bible translation and would like to read the NWT and compare it with the NRSV or ESV.

Anglican churches in the UK tend to be very different from each other. One might have only male clergy with traditional hymns following a strict order of service and reading from the KJV. Another might only have praise music with the words on a screen no real fixed order of service, readings from the NIV and people waiving flags. I'm a little envious of churches like the Roman Catholic's and the JW's who seam to follow a set uniform plan.

The JW's wouldn't want me and I have no desire to join. I guess there are a bit like the Mormons, everyone has heard of them, few have even had there followers call at their homes but few (including me) know anything about them.

alex

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Can I pick up a New World Translation from the JW London head office?

by Camperdown9 in

i'm an anglican and not a jehovahs witness.

what i dislike about lots of church congregations is their readiness to make unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other christian groups.

recently someone in a church tried to tell me a little about the views of jehovahs witnesses.

Camperdown9

Hi

I'm an Anglican and not a Jehovahs Witness. What I dislike about lots of church congregations is their readiness to make unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other Christian groups.

Recently someone in a church tried to tell me a little about the views of Jehovahs Witnesses. This was not done in a positive way, however it got me thinking that I would like to learn more about the beliefs of the JW church.

So far I have down loaded the book "What does the bible really teach" and I'm about half way through. I have also got the New World Translation as an app,but I would like a paper version of this bible. I tried to find one I could buy online and then noticed that it's only available from the JW directly.

So my question is...if I go to your office in north London will I be able to pick up a copy?

if not how do I get one?

thanks

Alex