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  Must Read, Sticky Topics

  by konceptual99 in

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  having just found this gem with leolaia's superb post with 18 reasons the flood of noah's day is a myth..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/222593/1/did-the-global-flood-of-the-bible-really-happen-please-give-evidence.

  ... i wondered what topics going back through the archives should be must reads for anyone coming to jwn?

  what topics/posts should be made sticky (if that ever where to be a possibility)?.

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  88JM

  Please add some more - I'm sure there are plently of great threads!

  I also found this series great - the story of Freddy "Brown Shoes" Franz:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/58060/1/My-two-week-consulting-trip-to-Bethel-the-beginning-of-the-end-Part-1

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/58061/4/My-two-week-consulting-trip-to-Bethel-the-beginning-of-the-end-part-2

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/58126/1/My-two-week-consulting-trip-to-Bethel-the-beginning-of-the-end-Part-4

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/58242/6/My-two-week-consulting-trip-to-Bethel-the-beginning-of-the-end-Part-5
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  Must Read, Sticky Topics

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having just found this gem with leolaia's superb post with 18 reasons the flood of noah's day is a myth..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/222593/1/did-the-global-flood-of-the-bible-really-happen-please-give-evidence.

  ... i wondered what topics going back through the archives should be must reads for anyone coming to jwn?

  what topics/posts should be made sticky (if that ever where to be a possibility)?.

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  88JM

  Here's quick list of some of my favourite threads:

  607/1914

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/55372/1/586-587-the-K-I-S-S-approach-no-VAT4956-Ptolemy-Josephus-needed

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/215793/1/Watchtower-admits-the-KISS-method-works-Nov-1-2011-WT-p-24

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/236562/1/Watchtower-Dishonesty

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/246169/1/Daniel-was-confused

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/32094/1/607-chronology-debunked

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/192813/1/607-B-C-E-A-Trip-To-The-Local-Library-With-Pictures

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/213808/1/When-Was-Ancient-Jerusalem-Destroyed-Why-It-Matters-What-the-Evidence-Shows

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/222960/1/e2809cWHEN-WAS-ANCIENT-JERUSALEM-DESTROYED-e2809d-Why-does-it-matter-The-Watchtower-October-1-2011-and-November-1-2011

  "Faithful and discreet slave"

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/242808/1/My-letter-to-the-elder

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/232780/1/Can-you-list-watchtower-articles-that-claim-anything-from-the-faithful-slave-should-be-taken-as-from-jehovah-himself

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/245366/1/THE-WALSH-TRIAL-FOR-NEW-MEMBERS

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/244294/1/What-happens-when-you-argue-with-JWs

  "Generation" change

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/156634/12/Watchtower-Comments-THE-GENERATION-CHANGE-Featuring-LEOLAIA

  144,000

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/96705/1/The-144-000-and-the-Great-Crowd-of-Revelation

  "Flip flops", changes and "old light"

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/243651/1/The-sin-of-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-What-does-the-bible-REALLY-teach

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/248914/1/Porneia-in-marriage-a-changing-view

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/244268/1/Awake-says-in-Eden-lions-ate-apples-and-Crocodiles-ate-Pinapples-are-they-crazy

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/246752/1/A-question-about-lying-and-the-Jehovahs-Witnesses

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/235191/1/Why-does-nt-the-WTS-publish-anything-about-the-Dead-Sea-Scrolls

  Bethel and Gilead Experiences

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/169263/1/What-Gilead-Taught-ME
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  Governing Body Always Saying Obey Us Even If We Are Wrong,, Have They No Shame?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  how do you feel about that arrogance?.

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  88JM

  I think the best quote for this is from the Olin Moyle trial:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/192703/1/Adherence-to-FALSE-TEACHINGS-required-of-Jehovahs-people-Scottish-Court-Case-transcripts-confirm

  " Unity at all costs " - Haydon C. Covington

  Unity based upon an enforced acceptance of false prophecy.
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  kingdom hall packed from memorial invitees!!!

  by nowwhat? in

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  after spending a month in cold,rainy, snowy conditions, and using up 100's of gallons of fuel in service.

  jehovah certainly blessed our efforts!!.

  we must have had zero invitees up from zero the year before!!!

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  88JM

  Over half of the congregation here auxilliary pioneered, and they placed around 3500 memorial invitations. There was maybe only 1 person who came as a result of the invitations (even he might have heard about it by word of mouth) - other visitors were just a handful of bible studies who would have probably come anyway.
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  Should Bethel Be Turned Into An Old Folks Home?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  eventually with out sourcing of printing being more efficiantly and cheaply done, and the decrease in demand for printed material, what should be done with all those career bethelites that are past the age of 65?.

  maybe they should just turn bethel into an retirement home for thoses that gave their all to the corporation.. maybe keep a few of the more attractive young brothers to do remakes of their famous masturbation no no videos for the closet gays on the governing body?

  to keep things from getting tideously dull and boring..

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  Perhaps they could keep the GB as staff. I love the idea of Splane having to empty bedpans.
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  Do you think that generally there is a fall in interest in the 'memorial'(TM) of late?

  by punkofnice in

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  i remember the days when the mock the christ ritual memorial would have the kingdum hell brimming.. i haven't been for at least 2 years.....and i'll never go again unless i'm offered a substantial amount of money to do so.. the last mock the christ memorial i went to the side rooms were used but the hall still had spare seats.. i know the overall speed of the 'growth(tm)' seems to be slackenning off so i guess the pass the cutlery ritual will be in decline by way of attendance too.. i think some of the peak in attendance was where kingdum hells were merged.. what say you?.

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  88JM

  There were 61 at the memorial here - down 19 I think from last year.

  A few JWs here on holiday and maybe 4 or 5 studies.

  Normal meetings here are around 40 in attendance.
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  $2 Million Property Sold by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia | March 26, 2013

  by jwleaks in

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  no stairs but two-storey darjeeling in bowral sells for $2 million.

  by jonathan chancellor .

  tuesday, 26 march 2013. .

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  88JM

  Sorry, no - the link was to a different thing - I was just trying to find somewhere comparable in the same area to see how prices are.
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  My thoughts and observations re: the Memorial

  by 144001 in

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  while sitting through my annual visit to a kingdom hall tonight, i had the following thoughts/observations:.

  1. the speaker appealed to the kids: "how many here are 15 years of age or younger?

  " he then went on to tell us how exciting it would be to "lie down" with lions that eat straw instead of flesh, and further discussed jw kids napping with leopards, bears, and cattle.

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  88JM

  Amen to that!

  Oops
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  $2 Million Property Sold by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia | March 26, 2013

  by jwleaks in

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  no stairs but two-storey darjeeling in bowral sells for $2 million.

  by jonathan chancellor .

  tuesday, 26 march 2013. .

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  88JM

  $ 2 million (AUS) for an old house and ~78 football pitches?

  I don't know much about property, but it seems a lot?

  Compared to i.e.: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-residential+land-nsw-mittagong-200028151
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  First mention of "new light" may appear in July 15, 2013 Watchtower

  by cedars in

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  a trusted source informs me that the "new light" about the faithful slave is to make its first printed appearance in the july 15th watchtower, which should be available for download online three weeks from now, on around april 15th.. i'm led to believe that the references to the new understanding are made in such a manner as to suggest the "new light" isn't that new at all, which suggests to me that little or no effort is being made to explain the doctrinal connotations.

  my source and i are hoping to get a key paragraph posted at the earliest opportunity.

  watch this space!.

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  88JM

  I will be interested to see how they explain who was the FDS between 1917 and 1942. I suspect they won't try.