Posts by TheOldHippie

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In exodus 10:17 NWT why is the word ENTREAT in capital letters?
by solomon in
1. jw
2. friends
cant find the reason in any wt publications.
TheOldHippie

"Its funny how God cant write the Bible so its clear. I meant the ancients didnt need hints like capitalisation to make theology clear. Jehovah next time you write a Bible, write it properly so theres no confusion in what you want to say."
It MAY come as a surprise to you, but the Bible was not written in English originally. I know, I know, it is a terrifying surprise to you, but nevertheless it is the truth.
So in Hebrew or Greek and other languages this is no problem - but it is in those languages which do not differ between 2nd and 3rd person plural.
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So, No Evidence For Solomon... How About The Other OT Superstars?
by Room 215 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so, as we've seen, there is no independent, epigraphical extra-biblical evidence from archeology for solomon; then what about joshua, samuel, joseph, samson, etc., etc.

?.
TheOldHippie

"Theres a very interesting book by a scholar who shows the egyptian and bible parallels. (........) Read the book you will see the truth for yourself."
The only problem (apart from the fact that neither author nor title are mentioned) is that there other very interesting books by other scholars that whow different things, and after reading those books one will be able to see a different truth for oneself ................
One book says A, another says B, and so we are driven by the wind and by the wave from here to there to Neverland, and who knows what is True? For every idea proved there is the exact opposite idea likewise proved, as Charles Fort so wisely put it a century ago.
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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone.

i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .

cedars.
TheOldHippie

Could you also give the same figure, in correlation with pork flesh consumption and whether the houses mainly are consttucted by wood or stone?
Correlation is a tricky thing. Coca cola and vodka = you get drunk. Coca cola and rum = you get drunk. The correlation factor? Coca cola.
I am afraid you will have to look a variety of other factors that can distrub you otherwise neat figure, like age distribution of the population, rural or urban areas, democratic versus not so democratic countries etc. etc.
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Annual Meeting Report 2012
by Borges in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
before going to work, i just checked on jw.org if the annual meeting report with the "new light" now is published in other languages too.

nothing, only on the english site.

not even in spanish.
TheOldHippie

About the next year's meeting, it is stated that "This program will be broadcast in English only. It will not be interpreted into other languages."
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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?.
TheOldHippie

" i remember the first district assembly where the lunch break was nearly 2 hours, in total there was only like 3.5 hours of talks for the whole day"
Don't understand that - as the latest DA here had a lunch break of 1:20 and a total of 5:30 hours of talk ............
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Report for USA out yet?
by factfinder in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone have the us report for 2012 yet?

thanks..
TheOldHippie

I guess you missed something, Big Large Mama, because the service year runs from October thru September.
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Who is supposed to do the "Separating Work" for the new magazines?
by nochoice in
1. jw
2. friends
so, there is a bit of a fight going on in our hall between our pioneer sisters and our magazine servant.

since the new magazines are boxed with two issues together, there is a bit of work to be done separating them.

our magazine servant stacked them on the counter as usual, right out of the box.
TheOldHippie

In fact a letter HAS been read, telling that they are stacked two and two and have to be separated, and that orders for issues in foreign languages have to be made in 2's; a congregation cannot order 3 of a certain language because of the printing method, but 2 or 4.
The couple of youngsters handling the counter do it here, and the smaller children are happy to help, making a competition out of it.
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Cover article about Jehovah's Witnesses (portuguese magazine)
by TJ Curioso in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the magazine sabado (saturday) launched yesterday (11/22/2012) an issue where the unknown world of jehovah's witnesses .

is revealed, and not for the bestreasons.

from the false prophecies, doctrinal inconsistencies, pedophilia and absurd prohibitions .
TheOldHippie
Some followers burn children's books in metal bidons (trash cans? you get the idea, a metal receptacle)
They must marry without ever having kissed during courtship

Oh yeah? Really?

I have also burned various things in trash cans - guess I'll pop up at the front page of some magazine.

Must marry without ever having kissed - guess I'll have to make sure the whole congregation is df'ed, then ............

Shunned while my Son copes with Cancer.

by phil the fish filleter in

hi guys, i am known to some on here and to prevent further problems from the trolls that may identify my son from what i am disclosing i have a different name.

so, my 26 year old son gets the diagnosis ocular melanoma back on june 14th this year with a very bleak outlook.

i walked away from the cult some years ago, however my son stayed in as he was engaged to an uber witness girl.

TheOldHippie

"if he in any way contacts either his mother or myself for any help they will not only sling him out, he will also not be allowed to see his wife or child again. "

Quite simply not true.

Why do the Jehovah's Witnesses accept the authenticity of "The Book of Daniel" but not that of Enoch's?

by I_love_Jeff in

according to the jehovah's witness book called insight vol.

"authenticity.

some critics question the authenticity of daniel, assuming the position taken by a third-century heathen philosopher and enemy of christianity, porphyry, who contended that the book of daniel was forged by a palestinian jew of the time of antiochus epiphanes.

TheOldHippie

The, jwfacts, with all due respect, you must have been sleeping thru many meetings and actively have NOTread many articles and books, since the topic of not-inspired books such as additions to both the OT and NT have been covered various times. The Vulgate and Luther additions have been commented on, so QUITE as uninformed as you claim the JWs to be in this respect, they are not - or better, ought not be.