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  From Prison to Prosperity - new JW.org video

  by cedars in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofo9xmhis5c.

  let no one say witnesses don't catch people at their most vulnerable, or use love bombing.. .

  cedars.

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  zound

  From prison to prosperity to poverty.
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  JW App Stats

  by konceptual99 in

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  so how high will the jw app climb up the app store download charts on monday?.

  will it be high enough to register on any third party lists of what's hot?.

  can you imagine what the wts would make of it being on the front page of the app store?.

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  zound

  It's still quite surreal for me that the WTS is releasing 'apps' and allowing ipads into the halls etc. So much different than when I was in.
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  The NWT is almost readable now (some random thoughts)

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. bible

  i guess there will be lots of interesting little changes, but perhaps the most significant change in the new version of the nwt is overall readability.

  there were many, many passages of the old nwt that were virtually incomprehensible unless you had read some watchtower commentary explaining what on earth they were trying to say.

  take 1 cor 7:36 in the old nwt for example:.

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  zound

  Thanks for the notes.

  The change in 1 Corinthians was no doubt suggested by Brother Jackson.

  "Obsessed apostates" doesn't quite have the same hateful ring to it.
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  AGM Release: The New, Improved New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

  by Oubliette in

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  2. humour

  this just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.

  (reposted from http://m.imgur.com/a/crap8):.

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  zound

  Haha, nice work. Can someone who has the bible post the forward to see what the windbags actually said? (I'm sure it's not too far from the parody)
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  Why the new Bible is gray

  by JimmyPage in

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  after considering several possible colors for the new bible the governing body finally lovingly decided on gray.

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  after all, they said, it will match the hair of everyone who waits for the promises of the watchtower to be fulfilled..

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  zound

  The bible's grey. Too bad their thinking is still black and white.
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  A video recording of the annual meeting since I haven't seen any yet.....

  by EndofMysteries in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1hqfc0l5pg.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82e283rqxry.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ppn-ltbis.

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  zound

  Haha, so crude but so funny.
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  What Will Be the Penalty For Using the Old New World Translation?

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. friends

  so who here wants to run an experiment?

  if you still attend the meetings, are you willing to cling to the "old" new world translation?.

  keep using it in front of all of the rest of the cultists.

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  zound

  Most likely there will be an article in the WT before long referring to people who do not 'move with the organisation' as 'mentally degenerate' or something. Then the shunning mechanisms will automatically kick in.
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  What Will Be the Penalty For Using the Old New World Translation?

  by LostGeneration in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so who here wants to run an experiment?

  if you still attend the meetings, are you willing to cling to the "old" new world translation?.

  keep using it in front of all of the rest of the cultists.

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  zound

  Probably initially it will be a a private word after the meeting with an elder. It may take a few years to phase it out. Perhaps in a few years the penalty might be stronger.
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  FDS... GB Member Geoffrey Jackson's wife looks young

  by sherrie11 in

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  how old is this man?

  any one have more information on him?.

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  zound

  What job do you think she has at Bethel.

  She road tests the bibles before they send them out - to make sure they're 'sister proof'.
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  FDS... GB Member Geoffrey Jackson's wife looks young

  by sherrie11 in

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  how old is this man?

  any one have more information on him?.

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  Jackson is about 58. Don't know her age - but she looks in her twenties to me - early 30's at a stretch (fashion-wise much older).

  I'd guess an age gap of around 30 years, unless she just holds her age extremely well.

  Has Watchtower ever commented on age differences between potential marriage mates?