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  ATMs in assembly halls

  by Xanthippe in

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  i only heard about these atms last year on this forum.

  the poster seemed to be saying they are for donating only, is that correct?

  absolutely gobsmacked over this, don't the brothers see any correlation between this and the likes of jimmy swaggart?

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  how much is the max donation at the wtbs machines?
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  Where are the scriptures to back up the highlighted assertions?

  by Brainfloss in

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  2. bible

  9 through his son, jehovah established an arrangement here on earth that works in harmony with the invisible part of the organization.

  why is a visible arrangement needed to accomplish the work described at matthew 24:14?

  consider three reasons.. 10 first, jesus stated that this preaching work would take his disciples to the most distant part of the earth.

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  9 Through his Son, Jehovah established an arrangement here on earth that works in harmony with the invisible part of the organization. Why is a visible arrangement needed to accomplish the work described at Matthew 24:14? Consider three reasons.

  10 First, Jesus stated that this preaching work would take his disciples “to the most distant part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) Second, arrangements would be needed to provide spiritual food and to care for those engaged in this work. (John 21:15-17) Third, provisions would have to be made so that those preaching the good news could gather together to worship Jehovah and be taught how to carry out the work. (Heb. 10:24, 25) Accomplishing these goals could not be done by accident. For Christ’s followers to be successful, the work would need to be well-organized.

  11 How do we demonstrate our support for the arrangements made by Jehovah’s organization? One important way is by always putting our confidence in the ones whom Jehovah and Jesus are trusting to lead us in our preaching work. There are many activities or causes in the world today that could vie for the attention of those taking the lead among us. Yet, what has consistently been the focus of the visible part of Jehovah’s organization

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  w13 4/15 pp. 22-26 under the heading-- THE EARTHLY PART OF JEHOVAH’S ORGANIZATION
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  Active JW's, can you defend "THE TRUTH?"

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as of yet, no member of the jehovah's witness faith can defend their unique beliefs.

  when the dust settles, it all comes down to blind faith in men's ever-changing ideas.

  this "unique belief" was not a "true teaching of the bible.

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  hi·jack ˈhīˌjak/ verb past tense: hijacked; past participle: hijacked

  1. 1. illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes. "three armed men hijacked a white van"

     synonyms:

     commandeer, seize, take over, take control;

     possibly
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  Jesus washing feet in underwear or naked?

  by John_Mann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  john 13:4,5. got up from the evening meal and laid aside his outer garments.

  and taking a towel, he wrapped it around his waist.. after that he put water into a basin and started to wash the feet of the disciples and to dry them off with the towel that was wrapped around him.. .

  the wt "translates" himatia as outer garments but some other translations says just clothes.. if he were wearing just an underwear, why wrap a towel around the waist?

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  oops wrong thread
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  Jesus washing feet in underwear or naked?

  by John_Mann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  john 13:4,5. got up from the evening meal and laid aside his outer garments.

  and taking a towel, he wrapped it around his waist.. after that he put water into a basin and started to wash the feet of the disciples and to dry them off with the towel that was wrapped around him.. .

  the wt "translates" himatia as outer garments but some other translations says just clothes.. if he were wearing just an underwear, why wrap a towel around the waist?

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  hi·jack ˈhīˌjak/ verb past tense: hijacked; past participle: hijacked

  1. 1. illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes. "three armed men hijacked a white van"

     synonyms:

     commandeer, seize, take over, take control;

     possibly
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  reasoning book

  by Brainfloss in

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  why isnt the reasoning book available on jw.org?.

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  Why isnt the reasoning book available on jw.org?
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  Todays wt study, a query, no oxymoron jokes !!!!!!

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wonder, is this a new doctrine and when did "reason and scripture" take place.. .

  page 25 paragraph 10 dec 15 2013 study wt.

  10 the bread that the apostles could see and would soon partake of meant jesus body.

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  Active JW's, can you defend "THE TRUTH?"

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as of yet, no member of the jehovah's witness faith can defend their unique beliefs.

  when the dust settles, it all comes down to blind faith in men's ever-changing ideas.

  this "unique belief" was not a "true teaching of the bible.

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  Heavens: The question is, are the JWs Jehovahs prophet, according to their own definition of a prophet?

  If so are they a true prophet or false prophet according to their own definition?

  the definition can be found in the insight book or the reasoning book.

  thanks

  ps this is not data dog under a different screen name
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  Active JW's, can you defend "THE TRUTH?"

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as of yet, no member of the jehovah's witness faith can defend their unique beliefs.

  when the dust settles, it all comes down to blind faith in men's ever-changing ideas.

  this "unique belief" was not a "true teaching of the bible.

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  The OVERLAPPING GENERATION teaching puts a time frame on the end.
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  Active JW's, can you defend "THE TRUTH?"

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as of yet, no member of the jehovah's witness faith can defend their unique beliefs.

  when the dust settles, it all comes down to blind faith in men's ever-changing ideas.

  this "unique belief" was not a "true teaching of the bible.

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  NICE ILLUSTRATION

  Let me illustrate it this way for you:

  A genious invents a machine that perfectly cures cancer and writes an exhaustive and inerrant manual on how to operate the machine and service it. Every hospital can purchase the machine and the manual is available for all to purchase and read. But the genious later appoints one hospital in all the world as the sole authorized agents for explaining the manual - despite the fact that this hospital has a history of misunderstanding the manual and continues to misunderstand it, with dire consequences to patients. The chosen hospital then writes a series of imperfect, always being revised, study-aids meant to explain the timeless, exhaustive and inerrant manual written by the genious. Now everyone has to believe that they can't understand the perfectly written, timeless manual made by the genious without accepting the erroneous, always being updated volumes of study-aids written by the one hospital. How crazy is that?!