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  Annointed: yearly figures

  by DaCheech in

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  is it my imagination.... or did the numbers of "annointed" partaking in the lords evening meal go up by 5 people this year?.

  what explanation can make any sense at all about this?

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  FairMind,

  You are welcome. We come here to share. It has been awhile, but I do plan to get the rest of the numbers.

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  Annointed: yearly figures

  by DaCheech in

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  2. bible

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  is it my imagination.... or did the numbers of "annointed" partaking in the lords evening meal go up by 5 people this year?.

  what explanation can make any sense at all about this?

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  Hope this comes through, it is a table that I started. It is not complete as you can see.

  Memorial Partakers:

  Year	Partakers		Year	Partakers		Year	Partakers		Year	Partakers
  1924			1945	22,328		1966	11,179		1987	8,808
  1925			1946			1967	10,981		1988	8,685
  1926			1947			1968	10,619		1989	8,693
  1927			1948	25,395		1969	10,368		1990	8,869
  1928			1949			1970	10,526		1991	8,850
  1929			1950	22,723		1971	10,384		1992	8,683
  1930			1951			1972	10,384		1993	8,693
  1931			1952			1973	10,523		1994	8,617
  1932			1953			1974	10,723		1995	8,645
  1933			1954			1975	10,550		1996	8,757
  1934			1955	16,815		1976	10,187		1997	8,795
  1935	52,465		1956	16,302		1977	10,080		1998	8,756
  1936			1957			1978	9,762		1999	8,755
  1937			1958			1979	9,727		2000	8,661
  1938	39,225		1959			1980	9,564		2001	8,730
  1939			1960	13,911		1981	9,601		2002	8,760
  1940			1961	13,284		1982	9,529		2003	8,565
  1941			1962	12,714		1983	9,292		2004	8,570
  1942			1963	12,292		1984	9,081
  1943			1964	11,953		1985	9,051
  1944			1965	11,550		1986	8,927
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  Next WT Study....... Alcohol!!!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  it should be most interesting.

  1 out of 3 in my actual congregation has a heavy drinking problem.

  i'd say that's the 'sin' that is way, way overlooked by the wtbts.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  If the WTBTS decided to disfellowship based on excess alcohol consumption, they'd let go 1/3 of its members. No doubt in my mind about it!

  Are you talking about the 1/3 of the Angel who fall in Revelation? It might be a new sign that the end is near
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  im curious where is everyone from?

  by brokenfairy in

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  i am originally from the fort worth/grand prairie area....just curious as to where others have come from?

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  Born and raised in Pennsylvania. Lived in San Diego County since 1972, except for two years in Florida.
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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  Here is a link to Jehovah's Witnesses and the Cross Sarah J. Roberts (fifth year doctoral student in linguistics at Stanford University).

  http://www.forananswer.org/Top_JW/jwcross.pdf
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  Best Bible Translation?

  by mywifeisaJW in

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  my wife has been a jw for about 10 years (we have been married 15 years).

  over the years i have tried various strategies to deal with this, which i won't go into here...except that i have agreed to "read the bible" with my wife...and i get to pick the translation.. what translation would be best recommended to help highlight the errors of the nwt and jw thinking in general?

  i have seen here that today's english version has been recommended...anything else?

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  I just don't think that the NIV is the best representation of what the words actually mean when put together.

  Why Georgia,

  Why do you feel that the NIV is not the best representation of the words actually mean when put together?

  What Bible do you feel is?

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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  Welcome ZealofJehu,

  Hope you enjoy posting on JWD.

  I think you are right as to one of the reasons the WTS uses the stake. It is like their flag pole to rally around.

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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  IMO the discussion of Cross or Stake is exactly what Rutherford and those that followed wanted. The debate pulls us away from what really took place on the tree (is that politically correct or what). Jesus died as a substitute for you and me. He was resurrected so that we could share in ever lasting life. That is what is truely important.

  But I must admit, that I love the theological debate. It does stimulate ones thinking.
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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  Why couldn't God tell Moses to make an Asherah pole?

  God can do anything that He wants to. But in Numbers Moses was doing what God told him to do and there was no reference to worship and/or the Asherah Pole. 2 Kings 18 deals with corrupted worship and how the people, not Moses, put the snake on the Asherah Pole.

  The Life Application Bible that I use says this about 2 Kings 18:4. The bronze snake had been made to cure the Israelites of the bit of venoumous snakes (Numbers 21:4-9). It demonstrated God's presence and power and reminded the people of his mercy and forgiveness. But it had become an object of worship instead of a reminder of whom to worship, so Hezekiah was forced to destroy it. We must be careful that aids to our worship don't become objects of worship themselves. Most objects are not made to be idols - they become idols by the way people use them.

  Although 2 Kings discribes what happened in the Isrealites worship it does not relate to what John was talking about in John 3:14-16. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. [ e ]
  16 ?For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, [ f ] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.The connection with 2 Kings 18 is not a valid relationship.

  The reference in John is belief and the reference in Numbers is belief. The reference in 2 Kings is corrupted worship. 2 Kings is not related to the context of John 3. To tie 2 Kings to what John was talking about is not a correct textual relationship.
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  Cross or torture stake.....

  by snakeizz in

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  this has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?

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  Leolaia,

  Are you saying that God directed Moses to put the snake on the Asherah Pole in Numbers.

  I agree that 2 Kings 18:4 says the Asherah Pole. What I disagree with is that you say Moses put it there and at God's direction. The text here is talking about those that have corrupted worship, which would mean that they corrupted what Moses had done.

  The Septuagint published by Hendrickson Publishers, the pole is translated signal-staff in Numbers 21:8-9. I do not claim to be a Greek or Hebrew Scholar.

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