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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 7-30-06 WT Study (REMINDERS FOND)

by blondie in

or what should we do if humans put their laws above god's?.

we should appreciate god's reminders.

(b) which episodes from the scriptures will be considered in this article?.

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Excellent job Blondie. I especially liked your repartee for the Joseph-Potiphar's wife moral lesson with the account of Judah's solicitation. If Judah did not transgress due to the absence of a written moral code as the Watchtower claimed, then by the same logic, Joseph could have had sex with Potiphar's wife and not done anything morally wrong either. Following from that, if having sex with Potiphar's wife wouldn't have been morally wrong, then choosing not to do so would have had no significance whatsoever. It would have been no more righteous than if Joseph had chosen not to eat dates that day.

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Looking for 2006 Convention Program / Schedule

by alias in

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has one been posted for the us?

i'm interested in knowing the start times each day in the morning and after lunch/intermission.

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Blondie made a thread on this previously. Click here > 2006 District Convention Schedule (compact) It's great when you can pick and weed out the boring talks. And there's nothing like making a grand entrance at the Convention.

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Why Friday for a DC?

by Inquisitor in

i've been wondering why the gb chose to include a weekday for the district conventions.

is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work?

or are there other reasons?

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Great posts everybody!

And thanks for the insight on the Biblical festival period, Blondie.

That was a very persuasive conclusion about the need to cut a day each out of the other assemblies if Friday DC was scrapped. I wonder if it was really the intention of the GB to keep the assemblies days to a nice 3-2-1 formula. DC 3, Circuit 2 and SA 1.

Personally, I don't see why DC should necessarily run longer than the Circuit Assembly. I mean the difference is in the size of the gathering. Must that necessarily translate to a longer assembly period? Will JWs feel the DC is less special if it was of the same length as the CA? Perhaps, who knows?

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Witnesses View - Council of Nicea (serious thread)

by Confucious in

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ok.... just trying to find a better understanding here.... no stupid posts like, "...because it's the governing body.

" - please.. ok.... how do the witness justify the bible and at the same time condem catholicism et all.... i mean, the books in the bible were picked by the council of nicea - which according the the witnesses - were part of the great appostasy and sanctioned by the same group of religious leaders they condemn..

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I don't know if the JWs in your neck of the woods are as ignorant as the ones I know. But back when I was a good JW, I was unaware of the history of the Bible's canonization. And I wasn't alone. We were contented with the knowledge that Catholic church betrayed God and the Bible by suppressing it's translation, chaining Bibles, and burning reformers etc.

So in answer to your question, I think JWs would be stumped if you popped this question in their face. But when push comes to shove I reckon they would probably use the "Well Jehovah can use wicked people to accomplish his means..." line. And you already know that.

"Then why can't he still do that today and use Christendom..."

Hmmmm... I suppose a JW would say that God has forsaken them now because He has since gathered the desirable ones into His organization. Those ecumenical councils were called a long long time ago you know. Now God dwells in the house that Watchtower built.

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Witnesses View - Council of Nicea (serious thread)

by Confucious in

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ok.... just trying to find a better understanding here.... no stupid posts like, "...because it's the governing body.

" - please.. ok.... how do the witness justify the bible and at the same time condem catholicism et all.... i mean, the books in the bible were picked by the council of nicea - which according the the witnesses - were part of the great appostasy and sanctioned by the same group of religious leaders they condemn..

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the books in the Bible were picked by the Council of Nicea

I had the impression that the Bible's canon was the agenda of the Council of Trent and not so much in the Council of Nicea.

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Why Friday for a DC?

by Inquisitor in

i've been wondering why the gb chose to include a weekday for the district conventions.

is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work?

or are there other reasons?

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Do ya think they take in more $ in three days than two?

Fair point garybuss.

But if money was the main reason, shouldn't they have stuck with a 4-day assembly then?

I remember when they were 8 days long

You're pulling my leg right, foundfreedom?

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Why Friday for a DC?

by Inquisitor in

i've been wondering why the gb chose to include a weekday for the district conventions.

is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work?

or are there other reasons?

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Hey jayhawk

Yeah I've heard of those longer DC's. Never been to one though. I guess based on the fact that they've previously revised the number of days, mandating Friday as the first day of DC is no coincidence. But why? Why didn't the reason they drop Day 4 make them drop Day 3 as well? Why inconvenience so many JWs with an entire Friday for "spirituality"?

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Why Friday for a DC?

by Inquisitor in

i've been wondering why the gb chose to include a weekday for the district conventions.

is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work?

or are there other reasons?

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I think that + bethelites get 1 more day off from work. bastards.

Hi W-A-C,

Spare a thought for those poor bethelites, an extra day off that is wasted on a DC isn't exactly restful.

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Why Friday for a DC?

by Inquisitor in

i've been wondering why the gb chose to include a weekday for the district conventions.

is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work?

or are there other reasons?

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I've been wondering why the GB chose to include a weekday for the District Conventions. Is it to test how loyal the members will be if they have to choose between their religion and work? Or are there other reasons? Surely it's not because they have a lot of material to cover. Anyone who's been to DC's long enough should realize that some parts are just fluff.

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Arrogance? When will we humans learn we are not the center of everything?

by mavie in

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we humans are an arrogant, anthropocentric species.

ptolemy posited that the earth was the center of the universe.

once copernicus began to show that the sun, not earth, was at the center of our solar system, some still believed that the sun at least was the center of the universe.

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Can anyone else add any human centered views we as a species have held?

Homo sapiens = Latin homman + Latin sapiwise, rational

Unlike the astronomical fallacies, we've yet to prove that humans aren't "the only surviving hominids with sophisticated language and tool manipulation abilities". But yeah, it is a rather arrogant title.

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