But organization books will never be distributed at conventions, as they are for publishers only. It might be announced that a new one is printed, but it will be distributed later i nthe autumn thru the congregation, never just handed out to a crowd.
TheOldHippie
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2014 DC Release (Unofficial Rumors)
by WatchTower87 inmi first prophecy:.
friday afternoon: 4:20 teach your children to love gods kingdom!
new book/brochure for children based on the articles "teach your children" (appeared in watchtower public edition).
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Look! It was very good or: Evil in the Animal Kingdom
by TheOldHippie ini have fed a number of birds regularly thru winter, and among the species were some doves.
this spring, two of them took a liking for each other and teamed up.
for a couple of weeks, extensive construction work was jointly done and resulted in a nice little nest, undoubtedly a cosy home for the small family which expected to multiply.
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TheOldHippie
Doves come in different shapes, my friend.
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Look! It was very good or: Evil in the Animal Kingdom
by TheOldHippie ini have fed a number of birds regularly thru winter, and among the species were some doves.
this spring, two of them took a liking for each other and teamed up.
for a couple of weeks, extensive construction work was jointly done and resulted in a nice little nest, undoubtedly a cosy home for the small family which expected to multiply.
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TheOldHippie
I have fed a number of birds regularly thru winter, and among the species were some doves. This spring, two of them took a liking for each other and teamed up. For a couple of weeks, extensive construction work was jointly done and resulted in a nice little nest, undoubtedly a cosy home for the small family which expected to multiply. I could follow their daily chores from a window. And luck struck, as a couple of weeks ago four nice, spotted eggs were to be seen. I enjoyed watching the unfolding events.
Others were watching too.
A gang of crows never interfered or troubled the happy couple in any way, they were just watching, and from time to time checked in on the progress. The male dove would be out looking for food, leaving the female alone, but the crows did not bother her. Perhaps they were happy, too, on behalf of the fellow birds, the doves, that they were successfull, a naive observer could think. The crows continued to bother nobody.
Until one day just recently.
In the twinkling of an eye they formed a hunting party, and carefully organized, just like a chimp or whale hunting party, within a couple of seconds made a swift aimed attack at the nest. My yells and knockings at the window did not scare them this time, as opposed to what it had always done before if they tried to steal food from the other birds. With beaks, claws and wings they managed to drive the doves away and make the nest turn upside down and fall to the ground with its precious little eggs. These smashed to the ground – and the crows hurriedly ate them.
The doves could do nothing but watch. They circled a few times above the scattered pieces of egg shells and straw, and flew away, and I have not seen them since.
And to my mind came only one thought, Genesis 1:31:
“After that God saw everything he had made, and look! it was very good “
And subsequently also Psalm 104:24:
“How many your works are, O Jehovah! You have made all of them in wisdom. The earth is full of what you have made.“
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How did HQ handle the increase of new JWs leading up to 1975?
by Zoos inthis new donation arrangement under the pretense that so many new halls are needed to accommodate the worldwide increase has me wondering.
the numbers in the current annual reports don't show anywhere near the increase as there was leading up to the 1975 debacle.
so how did the gb of the time handle a genuine need for more kingdom halls?.
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TheOldHippie
There were not many KHs in the pre-75 era, at least not in Europe. Our congregation owned its own old house, and was one of the first to have one. So it was a question of renting larger school rooms or space like that. Post-75 just saw slightly less people coming but no selling necessary. My first congregation donated thousands of dollars monthly to the branch because of low cost of renting a room in an old building.
Two neighnouring congregation are a bit anxious right now, as each of them sold their KH last year in order to build new ones and now are having their meetings in the KHs off other congregations. Each of them have a bank account of some 1 million dollars because of the sales.
My congregation? Would have been debt free in 40 years (no kidding), but it is now zeroed out. Two opposite takes.
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A farce elder here
by His Excellency injust to share a little about me:.
i was recently appointed an elder, about 6 months ago now, and that is exactly two years after my awakenning, but funny that the appointment came also about 2 years after i had completely lost all faith in god and had been leading a full time anti-jw life .
makes you wonder the role of the holy spirit in the entire nomination or appointment process.. .
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TheOldHippie
thank you, talesin - and poor me, who believes EVERYONE is talking truth here ..............
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Proposed Apostate takeover campaign
by zound infictional apostate takeover campaign.
stage #1.. what if in a town that had a particularly large amount of apostates and ex-jw's, over a period of a few months, they started going to a small congregation.
either pretending they were bible studies or just returning jw's, they got good standing in the congregation, priveleges etc.
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TheOldHippie
Great idea! - And imagine, it wouldn't take more than 40-50 years to accomplish!
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A farce elder here
by His Excellency injust to share a little about me:.
i was recently appointed an elder, about 6 months ago now, and that is exactly two years after my awakenning, but funny that the appointment came also about 2 years after i had completely lost all faith in god and had been leading a full time anti-jw life .
makes you wonder the role of the holy spirit in the entire nomination or appointment process.. .
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TheOldHippie
You state that "In all the JCs I have sat, I have always ensured the decision ended in a public reprove."
But at the same time, you state you were appointed 6 months ago.
Have there been THAT many JCs appointed, THAT many cases of violating the standards in half a year's time?
Makes me VERY doubtful as to whether this is a true case or not.
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Shark Evolution
by metatron inhttp://descrier.co.uk/science/fossil-discovery-shows-model-evolution-sharks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fossil-discovery-shows-model-evolution-sharks.
i used to consider sharks to be evidence for creation - and against evolution because it was stated that they are largely unchanged after millions of years ( hence, 'what evolution?')..
that's not the case, however.
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TheOldHippie
I don't need to have any points - YOU have them, and you so readily keep on giving them to us. Come on, give us more! I am sure you can do better than stating that doubting evolution is equal to claiming the Earth is flat?
I am sure that is only the beginning. Can't wait to hear the rest of your dogmatism!
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Shark Evolution
by metatron inhttp://descrier.co.uk/science/fossil-discovery-shows-model-evolution-sharks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fossil-discovery-shows-model-evolution-sharks.
i used to consider sharks to be evidence for creation - and against evolution because it was stated that they are largely unchanged after millions of years ( hence, 'what evolution?')..
that's not the case, however.
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TheOldHippie
coffy asked: "How can an "evolutionist" - not a word I would ever use any more then gravitationalist - be dogmatic? Evolution is just a fact. It does not depend on dogma, it is fully supported by all the evidence."
How funny - he managed to give an answer to his own question right away!
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Why did Jesus tell the convict on the cross next to his, that he would be joining him in Heaven TODAY??
by Faithful Witness inmaybe a silly question, but i'm curious about this part of the story of christ's crucifixion, when the 1 thief challenges jesus to save himself and "us too" from their deaths, but the 2nd thief rebukes him and pleads with jesus... .
luke 23:42-43: and he said unto jesus, lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
and jesus said unto him, verily i say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.. .
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TheOldHippie
"So the text was probably like this without comma.
And Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."
Hardly. It was in NT Greek. If one is to state what the text "probably was like", one ought to provide a word-for-word translation from the Greek. And there is no need to operate with a "probable" text, as it is readily available for example in Nestle-Aland.
And in your "probable" text - what is your basis for writing the "today" with a capital T?