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  UK Branch visit 2015

  by tamagotchi in

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  2. friends

  anyone know anything about it?

  apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday

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  It's also being re-broadcast on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as well for congregations who share a hall etc.
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  "Neither can salt water produce fresh water." - James 3:12, RNWT

  by 88JM in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i noticed this verse the other night and thought it looked so obviously ridiculously provably untrue that there must be something more to it.

  surely even a bible writer must understand that desalination isn't witchcraft?.

  new american standard bible:"nor can salt water produce fresh.".

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  I noticed this verse the other night and thought it looked so obviously ridiculously provably untrue that there must be something more to it. Surely even a bible writer must understand that desalination isn't witchcraft?

  It seems that the NWT and RNWT butcher the translation though (the New American Standard Bible also looks bad):

  NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (2013 REVISION):
  "Neither can salt water produce fresh water."

  
  NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1984 EDITION):
  "Neither can salt water produce sweet water."

  
  New International Version:
  "Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water."

  
  New Living Translation:
  "No, and you can't draw fresh water from a salty spring."

  
  English Standard Version:
  "Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water."

  
  New American Standard Bible:
  "Nor can salt water produce fresh."

  
  King James Bible:
  "so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh."
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  Huge Shift in Doctrine?

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure why more people aren't talking about this?.

  the march 15 study edition of the wt has some major changes!

  - all unbiblical "types and antitypes" are now dropped.

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  In other words, the GB reckon they will stop making up pretend explanations for biblical content??

  Except when it suits their creationist millennialist ethnocentric exceptionalist end-time eschatology property investment kleptocratic timocracy.
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  UK Big Money Winner Who Became Witness, Dies

  by The Searcher in

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  viv nicholson won a fortune in the early 1960's on the british football pools, and many years later became a witness.

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32278528.

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  I've heard a few public talks with her life story given as a warning example about materialism.
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  The RNWT "Silver Sword" is taking its place in revised history.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's no secret that i do not study for meetings, prepare for failed circus, conduct "mormon night", or read the bible much or pray anymore.

  even so, i do keep a close eye on the goings on in dub-land.

  i just noticed something interesting on the front page of the latest km.

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  rNWT is an acronym made up by exJW's - I don't think the WTBTS has ever used that officially, as a reference acronym.

  On JW.org, the previous bible is referenced as "bi12".
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  'great crowd' are in the temple (naos) but not in the new covenant???

  by fukitol in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in one of the biggest about-faces in watchtower history, in a 2002 question from readers it was admitted that the great crowd is indeed in the temple itself (naos) in revelation 7. .

  but notice the statement bolded below from that article comparing the great crowd to the proselytes in ancient israel.

  the statement is made that the proselytes "submitted to the law covenant.

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  They couldn't afford the wine bill
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  Online version of "Reasoning from the Scriptures" has deleted preaching reference to Muslims

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the online version of "reasoning from the scriptures" has deleted the entry under "conversation stoppers" for when someone says "i'm a muslim".. online reasoning book.

  for the record, this is what has been removed:.

  *** rs pp.

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  I'm guessing it's also to do with them wanting JW.org to not get banned in certain countries with internet censorship that also happen to be Muslim countries. Some of what is said there could be deemed "blasphemous" and/or "apostate" which are capital offences in some countries.

  I'm guessing the first thing any Muslim country is going to do in deciding whether to ban a website is do a search for references to "the Koran" and "Muhammad". The text there would be a major red flag.
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  25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

  by 88JM in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

  some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

  others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

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  Thanks steve2 - I'm glad someone understands.

  Here's the updated version with the latest 2014 data anyway:
  

  Yearbook Stats 1988 - 2014:

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bzL2A4XRiobElEbmhhSW51Z0U/view?usp=sharing
  

  Yearbook Stats by Field 1988- 2014:

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bzL2A4XRioQUh2eVRLOGlJTk0/view?usp=sharing

  It looks like it's better to just download them and view/edit in Excel/OpenOffice rather than trying to view in Google Spreadsheets as it has trouble viewing them for some reason - maybe because there's quite a lot of data and formulas.
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  Shepherding textbook in digital format 2012 Printing

  by hildebrando in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  "the watchtower is butchering the 2010 elders manual, and has released this new one to all elders.

  to many court cases involve exposing the 2010 elder manual, so now the watchtower is changing a few things with this new one".

  (authorized).

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  Told you so.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/207300003/re-shepherding-textbook-digital-format?size=10&page=4#206720002
  
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  Re: Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.

  we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.

  mobi, and pdf format.

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  If they eventually do away with the paper versions of the textbook, they will be able change their policies just with a few clicks, just as they change the online versions of other publications.

  Of course they've been sending revisions to the sheperding book via paper letters to the elders for years (insert this here, ignore this bit etc.) but soon they will be able to change things like their disfellowshipping policy worldwide overnight.

  They will also be able to make different policies or wording depending on the laws of a particular country and get around regulations in one particular country without watering stuff down for other countries.