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Wife says "John 17:3 is just like Christendom's translations!"

by leaving_quietly in

11 years ago

she downloaded the jw library app which has the parallel versions of a verse, and upon looking at john 17:3, she said the above to me.

i wonder if this will start causing chinks in the armor for many jws, especially when they look up john 14:14 or rev.

5:10. the months ahead should be interesting..

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

As I said in another thread, this verse comparison feature (which is like BibleHub, something I've been using since I learned TTATT but which most JWs probably don't know about) could be a bad idea, in that it will demonstrate to some JWs that there was really no need for a new NWT after all, when it's simply gotten closer to a bunch of old Bible translations from Christendom.

Talk about mind reading, this is exactly what I was thinking, even as the guy was showing it at the AM. I even thought, "wow guys, r u sure? there's no undo on this one, once you start down the verse-by-verse comparison path, there's no turning back". I guess with all the other apps out there, BibleHub, BibleGateway, etc. the GB finally broke down and realized that they are actually way behind in providing tools and information for study. And they'd rather the R&F use society approved crap instead of outside tools and info.

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Anything new BESIDES new bible release at the annual meeting?

by EndofMysteries in

11 years ago

so was it all just a new bible release or was there any doctrine changes, etc?

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11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

Besides any of the par-for-course absurdities mentioned above, or stupid condecending jokes, there were no other major changes to doctrine. 144,000 is still a litteral number. No tithing instituted. Bible dumbed down.

You going over niggas heads, Lu (Dumb it down!)
They telling me that they don't feel you (Dumb it down!)
We ain't graduate from school, nigga (Dumb it down!)
Them big words ain't cool, nigga (Dumb it down!)
Yeah I heard "Mean and Vicious", nigga (Dumb it down!)
Make a song for the bitches, nigga! (Dumb it down!)
We don't care about the weather nigga (Dumb it down!)
You'll sell more records if you (Dumb it down!)

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The relationship between the Father and Son. What's your opinion?

by DATA-DOG in

11 years ago

i am curious about this.

ever since i realized that there is no proof that jesus=michael the archangel, i wondered about who jesus was.

that's how i think of the father and the son, or the word.

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

What an excellent thread. It's really late where I am, too late to get into a serious discussion, but I thought I'd just throw these two scriptures out there, and see what everyone thinks of them:

John 17 (yes, the entire 26 verses)
Hebrews 5:1-10

I'll post my own thoughts tomorrow after the annual meeting . . . lol, if anyone is even cares then.

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Lurkers and Apologists, can you please explain.....

by DATA-DOG in

11 years ago

..from the scriptures why.... 1) material wealth is a sign of jehovah's blessing in our modern day.. 2) why jehovah blesses the growth of chicken populations, but allows active jehovah's witnesses to die in field service, or on the way to conventions, and on the way to celebrate the memorial?

3) why jesus is not your mediator?

bibles and a concordance only.

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

outsmartthesystem wrote:

Data Dog - What magazines are these ridiculous stories in?

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302013001#p129

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Lurkers and Apologists, can you please explain.....

by DATA-DOG in

11 years ago

..from the scriptures why.... 1) material wealth is a sign of jehovah's blessing in our modern day.. 2) why jehovah blesses the growth of chicken populations, but allows active jehovah's witnesses to die in field service, or on the way to conventions, and on the way to celebrate the memorial?

3) why jesus is not your mediator?

bibles and a concordance only.

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

DATA-DOG wrote:

No offense, but I do not consider you an apologist. LOL!! You are too logical in your thinking, and challenging an CO or DO is way to rebellious! LOL!!

LOL, none taken sir. If is in the defense of actual Bible principals, I will rebel until I die.

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Lurkers and Apologists, can you please explain.....

by DATA-DOG in

11 years ago

..from the scriptures why.... 1) material wealth is a sign of jehovah's blessing in our modern day.. 2) why jehovah blesses the growth of chicken populations, but allows active jehovah's witnesses to die in field service, or on the way to conventions, and on the way to celebrate the memorial?

3) why jesus is not your mediator?

bibles and a concordance only.

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

DATA-DOG wrote:

Does the Bible teach that material prosperity is a sign of God's favor? I ask because this is often an argument used by JWs to prove that the WTBTS is THE CHANNEL.

Monsieur wrote:

But, what I'd love to get just a straight yes or no answer on is this - does god/love bless people with wealth?

I am an active JW. I have heard this argument before about the Organization. If a fellow witness were to utter such non-sense around me (and they have at times), a serious disscussion using the following verses would ensue:

Psalms 51:16-17
Luke 18:9-14
Mark 12:41-44

To say, in anyway shape or form, that monetary blessings form a basis for proving gods aproval is completely absurd, and ANY witness should know better. I wouldn't care who said, it, CO, DO, GB member, the bible would immediately be opened and such a blasphemous argument would get shattered.

Now I can't possibly speak for, or absolve what has been written in various forms by idiots in the writing department over the last 70 years or whatever. But if you are looking for a straight answer, the answer is; NO, the Bible does not teach that material prosperity is a sign of God's favor; and NO god does not only bless/love people with wealth.

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Not sure if the above counts, I don't think you can classify me as a lurker or apologist, but whatevs.

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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

by WatchTower87 in

11 years ago

- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

- new bible.

- new nwt (revision).

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

slimboyfat wrote:

So is somebody going to get a recording of this event and put it on YouTube or something?

This is not a promise, but I'll see what I can do. I am not at liberty to discuss details at this point, but if I find a way to discreetly make a file or something to that nature, I'll be sure to at least post it on this forum.

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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

by WatchTower87 in

11 years ago

- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

- new bible.

- new nwt (revision).

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

Jeffro wrote:

I'm sure he thinks it's delicious.

Phizzy wrote:

Jeffro, he only sniffs it.

Well he is a quite docile 19yr old boy who takes exacting notes at all meetings and assemblies, and can't think for himself; the "glue" has most certainly gone to his head. I've always said they put something in the food at Bethel to make everyone mindless. Although, I have eaten there on occasion and I didn't get any dumber, at least not that I can tell, lol.

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NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

by clarity in

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11 years ago

# 3 newbie post.

first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

10 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

clarity wrote:

Warehouse... we love having you here, Iam curious about your name.?

A long time ago, on a forum far far away, I made a few internet buddies and we had lots of fun. Then some of those buddies got banned from the forum as a result of their troll hijinks. They subsequently moved to a new forum.

I found them, but didn't want them to know who I was so that many lol's could be had (playing tricks on one another was a hallmark of these guys). So I went by the name warehouse because they wouldn't connect it to me, at least not initially; and also because I worked in a warehouse previously.

The name warehouse is my one online name that is completely unconnected to anything in real life, with the sole exception being my work history. I guess using it for this forum, it can take on another meaning, that being I've become a warehouse of analysis. But that's a stretch, lol.

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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

by WatchTower87 in

11 years ago

- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

- new bible.

- new nwt (revision).

11 years ago

warehouse 11 years ago

daniel-p wrote:

If anything, it's got to be a new reference bible.

This is what a bethelite who works directly in the bindery at Wallkill basically eluded to me. That the reference NWT, deluxe NWT, hardcover NWT, and softcover NWT are all being discontinued, and combined into one single format. It makes sense, that way they only have to print one kind of bible.

*It should be noted that this bethelite is a peon. He tests the glue they use, so take the above info with a grain of salt.

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