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  Scriptures that now have such a different meaning?!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it struck me that so many of the scriptures that the society uses to condemn others, can actually apply to them!.

  when we read them without the application that the society enforces, they can make you have that "ah-ha!

  " moment.... for instance, how about:.

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  carla

  Keep going Island Man!

  I used many of those on my jw years ago but to no avail. Today? who knows, I'm not going there anymore with mine.
  
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  Are JW's Getting More Comfortable Discussing Politics?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  just curious if anyone else has observed a more willingness by witnesses they know to openly discuss politics (out of the context of the "truth")?

  i have noticed it within my own microcosms of jws i know.. have you observed this?.

  i am sure with this last years political climate it's hard for anyone to resist chiming in.

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  carla

  My jw LOVES politics! until I remind him he is supposed to be neutral. Yeah, I know I should let him go but sometimes it is the only way to shut him about it.
  
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  Elders Correspondence Guidelines PDF

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b0d-uj0uvjrasknuagrmd0vixza/view.

  interesting reading.

  a few things i learned from reading this that i wasn't aware of when i was a jw:.

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  carla

  Is this up to date?
  
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  "You are my witnesses says Jehovah"

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "you are my witnesses says jehovah".. this is going to show you how poor my knowledge of the bible has been.. i thought there was a scripture that says the quoted phrase (at least in nwt).

  i could swear that i heard it for years quoted in talks.. i went to find it this morning and found nothing of the sort.

  am i an anomaly or do any of you remember this as well?.

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  carla

  NIV-
  

  Isaiah 43:10-12New International Version (NIV)

  10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
  “and my servant whom I have chosen,
  so that you may know and believe me
  and understand that I am he.
  Before me no god was formed,
  nor will there be one after me.
  11 I, even I, am the Lord,
  and apart from me there is no savior.
  12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
  I, and not some foreign god among you.
  You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

  
  

  
  

  King James-
  

  10Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

  12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God

  
  

  
  
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  Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  which magazine is now the most widely circulated in the world?.

  before responding, keep in mind that certain parameters (such as content and page count) ought to be met before any printed material intended for mass distribution can be categorized as a “magazine”.

  for example, the absolute minimum range for any publication to be considered a magazine is typically around 32 to 48 pages while the highest page counts are usually around 128 to 160, with some popular women’s fashion magazines coming in quite a bit higher than that.. so with that said, which is now the world’s most widely circulated magazine?.

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  I think we all know it is not an actual 'magazine' by any stretch of the imagination but the jw's think it is a magazine. You know how they like to redefine words to suit their needs. If you pointed it out to a jw that it is more of tract or pamphlet they would probably respond with something like, "you say tomatoe I say tomato".

  I like stuckinarut2's word, 'tractazine'.
  
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  Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  which magazine is now the most widely circulated in the world?.

  before responding, keep in mind that certain parameters (such as content and page count) ought to be met before any printed material intended for mass distribution can be categorized as a “magazine”.

  for example, the absolute minimum range for any publication to be considered a magazine is typically around 32 to 48 pages while the highest page counts are usually around 128 to 160, with some popular women’s fashion magazines coming in quite a bit higher than that.. so with that said, which is now the world’s most widely circulated magazine?.

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  The question should be, 'which is the most highly subscribed and sought after magazine'. Publishing a magazine and delivering it free and unwanted is not really a true test of circulation. How large would the circulation be of the wt rag if people actually had to take the time and subscribe to it of their own free will?
  
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  What not to say...

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys.

  i was recently talking to a old friend who is a very active elder.

  i was talking about ' the truth' and he suggested i sounded like an apostate because i used terms like ' the society' and ' watchtower '.. i am aware that ' dubspeak ' has changed over the years and i am pretty sure that someone posted about it here but i can't find the thread.

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  "He actually went so far as to say I wasn't speaking the ' pure language '."-- hmm, cult 101 or what?
  
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  JW.ORG Now requires personal address

  by AverageJoe1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  logging on to the user area access today, there appeared a message saying that they now require a postal and physical home address to attach to your profile, with a note saying that the branch may change the details as they see fit.

  this raises several questions in my mind:.

  why would they need to have your physical address on file?.

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  carla

  You mean just to look at the website requires a log in? Why the heck are they going door to door advertising their website then?
  
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  Do JWs Regard You As An APOSTATE?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i doubt people consider me an apostate but you never know.🤓.

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  carla

  You guys don't want that label but I do. Technically, never being a jw I don't get the label. For awhile, long ago, they wouldn't leave me alone so I asked my jw if I could join just so I could quit and get the label so they would stay away from me! lol, he wouldn't go for that.
  
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  My awkward elders hearing

  by Andamormonjustbelieves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was baptized when i was 14 years old.

  i hadn't had any real relationship with a girl up to that point.

  but when i started going to high school i learnt the joys of experimenting with girls, so i did not stay a faithful member of the congregation for long.

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  carla

  What a bunch of pervert elders!

  If one must confess to some human, why isn't it enough to say that inappropriate things occurred and leave it at that? I should think if one is old enough to be fooling around in any capacity they certainly know if it was inappropriate according the jw rules and intimate details are not necessary.

  I thought jw's like to think of themselves as "gentlemen"? Gentlemen do not kiss and tell all the details to anybody. If anybody questioned my child in this manner they would not be of this earth for long.