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  The upcoming protest at Warwick on November 5th

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  hey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.

  it looks like some momentum is building up to it.

  but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?

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  slimboyfat

  Is Tuesday still around? He was the guy who started this I believe. way back in 2009 or something.
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  For ELDERS: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year (Picture)

  by pixel in

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  2. beliefs

  i know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .

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  slimboyfat

  1. Ministerial Servants are not allowed to see the program for elders. (This is so important it is bold)

  2. Any elders who receive the program early should not discuss the information with other elders.

  Seriously, what's wrong with these people?
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  Are We In A Computer Simulation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  elon musk believes we are and he's a pretty smart guy that runs spacex, a lot black hole physics may seem to present the 3 dimentional space as a hologram of a 2 dimentional sphere.. i think this is open for serious debate.

  what are the pros and cons?.

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  slimboyfat

  Unless it's a technical question that we can't best answer for ourselves.

  We can't understand everything or come to our own conclusions about every topic. If I want to know the best way to build a bridge, make a cake, draw up a contract, treat a fracture, or whatever else it is probably best to rely on expert advice. In principle I could study engineering, cooking, law, medicine and so on myself, to the best of my ability, and find the best possible answers myself. But at a certain point (very quickly in fact) it becomes far too much. We simply need to rely on expert opinion to exist in the modern world.

  Some seem to regard philosophy as exempt from this principle. As if expertise doesn't or shouldn't carry the same authority in this area as it does in say engineering or law or academic subjects like physics or biology. That our opinion is as good as a philosophy professor. Dawkins seems to have this view of philosophy, which is quite odd when you think about it. He wouldn't accept that someone who hasn't studied biology has views on evolution that are as valid as his own. Yet he thinks that his own views on philosophy deserve a hearing. He can only do this by denigrating the entire discipline he is engaging with.

  To make a long story short, I am perfectly open to the possibility that a philosopher or a computer scientist may have insights into the nature of reality that I am not able to grasp because I do not have their training. In principle I could scrutinise their reasoning down to the basics, but this would be a very lengthy undertaking and may require a lifetime of study. Truly understanding something is not the same as simply following an argument closely. Because understanding requires huge background knowledge of various subjects, not simply acquaintance with the grammar and select vocabulary or a topic.

  I think it is reasonable to defer to a "smart" person. In fact it's a key skill to learn when to defer to the knowledge of others and working out who is expert and who is not. We all made the mistake of thinking JW leaders were experts on the Bible, life and everything. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't defer to anyone about such matters. It means we should be more discriminating about who we defer to.
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  Are We In A Computer Simulation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  elon musk believes we are and he's a pretty smart guy that runs spacex, a lot black hole physics may seem to present the 3 dimentional space as a hologram of a 2 dimentional sphere.. i think this is open for serious debate.

  what are the pros and cons?.

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  slimboyfat

  I wonder, if we call reality a simulation what difference does it make other than changing one word for another?

  In my mind(!) it's one of the best arguments for God.

  The more we learn about reality the more completely mysterious it seems to be.
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  JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

  by Edison Trent in

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  2. scandals

  a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

  they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

  they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

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  slimboyfat

  Maybe so careful. Then again this is from the same organisation that scheduled meeting parts praising the book study arrangement that took place after the announcement that the book study was to be abolished.

  Didn't COs just get reassigned in September anyway? If they plan to abolish COs it probably won't happen until next year at the earliest.
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  Instructions For Merging Congregations

  by wifibandit in

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  instructions for merging congregations s-67-e 9/17.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks. Interesting differeces between the two letters. More secrecy in the new letter. Plus literature distribution was a consideration in 2011 and is no longer a consideration in 2017 - presumably because print literature is being phased out anyway. Would be interesting to identify more changes.

  I reckon there aren't many other churches where a congregation would be dissolved without even consulting the congregation. Says a lot about respect and dignity.

  Locally churches a few years ago had a public discussion before a merger of local churches was agreed.
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  Altered Scriptures?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my spies tell me that the jobos recently had a broadcast where 2 scriptures have been changed.. luke 22.26you, though, are not to be that way.

  but let the one who is the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the one taking the lead as the one ministering.. 1 tim 3:1this statement is trustworthy: if a man is reaching out to be an overseer,+ he is desirous of a fine work.

  i don't have the tech to locate the broadcast right now.

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  slimboyfat

  Changed when? In the 2013 Bible or what? That was a while ago. I don't follow this.
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  Instructions For Merging Congregations

  by wifibandit in

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  instructions for merging congregations s-67-e 9/17.

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  slimboyfat

  1. The elders shouldn't tell publishers about mergers being considered.

  2. And publishers in one congregation shouldn't tell publishers in another congregation until all announcements have been made.

  Heaven forbid that ordinary JWs should be involved or even aware of such discussions. And heaven forbid that a JW should tell their friends about the development before the elders get to make the announcement.

  JWs spend an incredible amount of time regulating who knows what and when. Even if it means delaying knowledge for just a few hours they need "direction" on who can say what to whom. Where did they learn to be such control freaks?
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  Instructions For Merging Congregations

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  instructions for merging congregations s-67-e 9/17.

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  slimboyfat

  Does anyone know if previous instructions on dissolutions of congregations have been distributed or is this the first one?
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  "exjws" and money making Ponzi schemes.

  by Thisismein1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok i want to pose a question to those who care to discuss this.. imagine a scenario.

  you hear of a exjw writing a book, however, before writing this book this exjw is requesting money to publish said book.

  you go along with it and help to get this book out to the public as you think that it will be beneficial.

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  slimboyfat

  Oh right, that's a bit of a cheek, asking others to work for free when he expects to be paid himself.