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  stupid statement in watchtower about appointments of elders

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
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  after going through all the processes of how they appointed elders in the past they say this:.

  "the elders in turn would inform the newly appointed men of their appointment, asking them if they were willing and actually qualified to accept the assignment.

  so after qualifying the man you ask him if he is qualified.. .

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  Same thing happened to me being announced as an MS too - bundled into the back of a car a few mins before the meeting started, with no idea why they were asking me questions.
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  The Watchtower 11/15/2014

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

  select "premium download".

  (thanks breakfast of champions).

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  That guy in the basement may just as well be reading the instructions on a packet of kool-aid.
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  Achan teaches us stealing is wrong, but wanton genocide A-ok?

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this week on the tms, there was a talk about achan.

  how i didnt see how out of wack the jws moral compass is earlier i do not know.

  achan stole some valuables from jericho and for this him and his whole family was murdered in a brutal fashon and burned up by fire.

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  I always thought it was strange with Achan that he stole garments - it seems like kleptomania.

  Presumably they would be immediately identifiable as not being Israelite garments, perhaps in their quality, but very likely lacking in the fringes and blue thread.

  There is no way he could ever have worn the garments in public, and he couldn't really trade them with Isrealites either, so what was he planning to do with them?
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  What Could Hacker Do To The JW.Org Site?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  i really don't know anything about what hackers do.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hacker_(computer_security).

  in the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network.

  hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, challenge or enjoyment.

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  personal records, lists of paedophile reports etc...

  None of that stuff will be anywhere near the JW.org website database - at the very least in some kind of firewalled intranet.
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  What Could Hacker Do To The JW.Org Site?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. social
  2. current

  i really don't know anything about what hackers do.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hacker_(computer_security).

  in the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network.

  hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, challenge or enjoyment.

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  Probably the easiest thing would be DNS poisoning to get it to redirect users to jwfacts or something. The org might catch on pretty quick though.
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  Questions From Readers (w67, 6/15, p383) :How old was Abel when he died?

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtgower has decided to drop most of it's old publications up to 1990 and it looks like the library cd will be a thing of the past soon .i have decided to save some of the old content especially the questions from readers like wordpress posts and add photos ,let me know what you think.here is one from the 1967 watchtower.

  how old was abel when he died ?.

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  Tricky getting enough protein on a veggie diet too.
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  Is their a new holocaust in the making ? Are jews being made the scapegoats again ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mass immigration in the world "seems" to have led to a rise in anti -semitism in the west.

  france now has more than six million muslims.. germany now has four million muslims.

  the netherlands has almost one million muslims .

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  Such racism is not just against Jews but Muslims also.

  It is vital to make a distinction between race and ... religion
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  Stagnant JW growth at international convention

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  so at the international convention 235 were baptized.

  the attendance was 34k.

  that's resents less than 1% its about .6%.

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  Don't also forget people dying, OneEyedJoe
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  CO position going away

  by OwnAccord in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i heard this on another site just throwing it out there because there's been talk about it here.

  i'm sorry i can't answer any questions i'm just relaying the information.. the branch is considering replacing all circuit overseers with 3 brothers per circuit to oversee needs.

  24 congregations per circuit with 1 brother each assigned to 8 congregations each on a yearly rotation.

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  They already essentially have this in the circuit here using so many temporary C.O.'s - the actual real current C.O. has never been to the congregation here - he's doing circuit training apparently...
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  Not on JW.org : Question for Jehovah's Witnesses elders: If pants have Pagan origins, is DENIM demonized ?

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  2. friends

  a yound sister was severely counciled by the elders for wearing a denim "jean skirt" to the hall last year.

  she left with tears in her eyes and never returned.. for the last 50 years denim jeans have been banned at the brooklyn bethel breakfast table.. i understand denim jeans are banned even by tourists visiting beth ell.

  billy explained the pants situation in past posts.. so my questions are: what other instances are there of denim bans by watchtower ?

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  You might also recall the instructions to international convention delgates where again denim was banned - including for all social functions and day trips. The instructions were in another post on here.