When I was more "in" than "half-way out", I never truly believed this. And my uber-spiritual best friend confirmed last week that he doesn't believe this either. There are others with the right heart condition that fully believe they are on the right path and are serving God whole-heartedly. I am fully confident that if there is a God, that he looks on their efforts with a happy heart, even if some aspects of their worship are wrong based on misconceptions. No religion has it right. Not even us-them JWs, hence the new light.
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JW.org FAQ - a new video on "Are Only Jehovah's Witnesses going to be saved?"
by RayPublisher injw.org faq trickery #1 - are only jehovah's witnesses going to be saved?.
from the description:.
if you have been associated for any length of time with the jehovah's witnesses you know that they believe they are the only true religion and the only ones that will be saved before the war of armageddon.
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Are your Ready for Sunday's WT...1914...
by Legacy into all who are still active...& those who are not...... is everyone ready for wt for sunday....1914....is everyone ready to see the friends faces, that will pretend all is well.
but their minds will be racing.
i started the article...talk about confusing...but maybe on purpose only a few in the hall will be able to break it down.
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pronomono
The further you read the more confusing it gets. For example, look at these quotes.
Pg 8, Par 19: "Finally, we examined why Jesus’ arrival to appoint the faithful slave over all his belongings did not occur in 1919 but will take place during the great tribulation."
Pg 23, Par 12: "In 1919, a time of spiritual revival, Jesus selected capable anointed brothers from among them to be the faithful and discreet slave and appointed them over his domestics."First, they say it happened (previous literature). Then they say it didn't happen (new light). And then a few articles later they say it did happen. Looking at the articles as a whole, I THINK they are trying to say that there is a dual fulfillment, one in 1919 and a future fulfillment during the great tribulation. I find no scriptural basis for this other than reading between the confusing lines.
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Lurkers/faders in the US - a heads up on next week's service meeting (Warwick HQ project to be discussed)
by cedars inhi folks.
atlantis has very kindly let me see a copy of the aug 21, 2013 letter to all bodies of elders in the united states.. they are being instructed to re-organize the service meeting for the week commencing september 2nd (next week) to include a special recruitment talk to attract skilled volunteer workers for the new warwick hq.. an interesting feature of the letter is its comparison of the project with nehemiah's rebuilding of the walls of jerusalem.
considering the relocation of hq is financially motivated more than anything, the analogy is more than a little bewildering.. here is a scan of the opening comments of the two-page outline, to be given in the next local needs item.... .
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I couldn't go if I wanted to. I'd have to lie on the application. The questions are just way too deep.
1) Have you watched movies containing violence, imorality, or pornography in the last year? Yes, yes, and yes.
2) Has your service time been low? If so, explain why? Yes, I don't care.
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Annual Meeting tie in program - Bans children from attending
by Quarterback inthis was announced at our congrgation meeting.
only, baptised, active witnesses are invited to attend this special program.
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@Gingerbread, No we'll be sneaking to the bathroom to post the live updates. ;)
Our hall still has the Aug 7th BOE letter posted where tickets have been discontinued so that active, baptised adults and the unbaptized/baptized children can attend. They are recommending that people carpool and only attend their scheduled session.
Who attends must be determined on a location by location basis depending on how many KHs have a fast enough internet connection multiplied by how many seats are available and then divided out by how many of those seats they can fill by bros/sisters in the area over the four scheduled sessions.
If there are more brothers and sisters than seats, someone is getting left out.....excuse me......blessed.
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Are your Ready for Sunday's WT...1914...
by Legacy into all who are still active...& those who are not...... is everyone ready for wt for sunday....1914....is everyone ready to see the friends faces, that will pretend all is well.
but their minds will be racing.
i started the article...talk about confusing...but maybe on purpose only a few in the hall will be able to break it down.
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pronomono
For any witness that is a "real" student of the Bible, this is huge. I like how they subtly put in the closing paragraphs that they have in fact NOT been appointed over Christ's belongings. This should bring the question to the forefront of all JWs minds "Are they really even the faithful and discreet slave?" Look over the next article in how they try to back pedal and prove that they are.
This article is a great excuse for not going out in service. Why? I DON"T KNOW WHAT WE BELIEVE ANYMORE!
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Annual Meeting tie in program - Bans children from attending
by Quarterback inthis was announced at our congrgation meeting.
only, baptised, active witnesses are invited to attend this special program.
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pronomono
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Annual Meeting tie in program - Bans children from attending
by Quarterback inthis was announced at our congrgation meeting.
only, baptised, active witnesses are invited to attend this special program.
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Guess I will hear this one Thursday night. Last I heard, minors still living at home were allowed to come with their baptized, active parents.
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NEW BIBLE
by The Searcher inthe following is part of an email from a retired district overseer in the states.
(source private).
"the new bible will be released at the agm and i understand only two versions will be printed from now on.
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pronomono
It's sad really. In all honesty, I wonder if this is an entirely new bible or just another revision, just like all the other revisions before. I can't see them deviating too terribly much. The Society's major deviations have always been concurrently subtle or on subjects the masses didn't completely understand. This would be too much of a blatantly obvious change if it were an entirely new bible. It would also cause too many questions with current JWs, especially if there were significant changes.
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NEW BIBLE
by The Searcher inthe following is part of an email from a retired district overseer in the states.
(source private).
"the new bible will be released at the agm and i understand only two versions will be printed from now on.
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pronomono
Instead of a new translation of the new world translation, I call a new bible (pure humorous speculation, btw). The governing body recieved revelations from God concerning the coming of Armageddon next year, 100 years after Christ's coming in 1914. Yep, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of that important date. The Gentile times will have ended. So with these new revelations, the governing body wrote a new bible based off the new opened scrolls mentioned in Revelation and just delivered to the GB by a revelation.
This new bible will tell us what is expected of us in this new world, instructions on how to teach the newly resurrected, and methods for finding your resurrected loved ones. It will teach us how to be carpenters so that we can build houses, and how to farm so that we can sustain ourselves. Laws will be outlined on how land should be claimed and shared as well as what not to do with all the newly tamed animals.
The name of the bible will change from the New World Translation to the New World Bible since the revelations will have been received in English. Surprise, no translation is needed so we'll know exactly what was meant by reading the original words. No more will we have to debate the meaning of stauros or other greek words.
Expect the unexpected with us JWs.
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NEW BIBLE
by The Searcher inthe following is part of an email from a retired district overseer in the states.
(source private).
"the new bible will be released at the agm and i understand only two versions will be printed from now on.
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pronomono
Julia, I'll take one for the team and report. I can't lose my religion before I hear this history-making, ground-breaking, earth-shaking event broadcast. My congregation is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, the last session that will air. So if anyone hears it on Saturday or Sunday a.m., feel free to report.
