stapler99
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WTS statistics question
by parakeet indoes anyone know how the wts tallies the number of jws worldwide?
i ask because so many on this board and elsewhere, including me, have gradually faded away from the jws, have become "inactive" in wt terms.
are inactive jws included when the wts publishes the total number of jws worldwide?
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congregations disbanded
by Fleshybirdfodder innot sure if it is the correct terminology, but i've heard of a few instances where the society had to step in and completely "delete" a congregation because of issues with incompetent elders and out of control publishers.
i've never heard specifics.
does this actually happen?
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June 2006 Kingdom Ministry
by Elsewhere in.
for those who can stomach it... http://www.reexamine.info/okm/june2006us.pdf.
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Young People Ask publication - Has anyone noticed the different youths...
by What-A-Coincidence in.
there seems to have been 2 or 3 different covers on the ypa book since the ones who have been replaced have been disfellowshipped for fornication and other sins.. can anyone post these different covers?
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John 5:28,29
by stapler99 inthe witnesses understanding of this scripture was one of the things that i could never grasp.
"28 do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.
they believe that the resurrection is the upcoming resurrection, but because death cleansed the resurrected ones of sin, it would be pointless to judge them on their past deeds, so "did good things" actually refers to what they did after their resurrection, and the judgement comes at the end of the 1000 years.
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Has the Society run dry?
by What-A-Coincidence inseems like the mags, the km's, the books are all recycled information from the 1980's.. seems like they thought the end would come in the late 80's based on all the armageddon articles (i seem to remember lots of those in those years).. once we hit the 90's, the some ol recycled information, it's like groundhog day.
seems like the wt writers are cuttin and pastin.
why doesn't jehovah bless his people with the greatest writers of all time for the biggest event of all time?
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Watchtower assaults its youth fear/guilt/baptism and career July 1, 2006
by truthseeker inif we imagined for one moment that the majority of youths get baptized, then the july 1, 2006 wt paints a very different picture.
there must be a serious problem in the organization for the society to write so strong an article.
july 1, 2006 wt youths, make it your choice to serve jehovah.
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responding to the Reasoning book on birthdays?
by BlackSwan of Memphis ini am helping someone out with a response to a jw about birthdays.
she wants to be able to have a comeback to his programmed response.
i am looking at the reasoning book section on birthdays.
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How can someone who doesn't know the language..translate a book?
by Judas I. ini see people all the time trying to interpert the scriptures for other people who don't understand it.
my question is:.
a simple word like "fire" or "burned" in the bible.
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Hello all; helping those in the org
by stapler99 ini've been lurking for a while so thought i'd introduce myself.
i'm in my late teens and left the jws just before i left home.
i used to know what absolute belief was, but never got baptised because i didn't feel any love for god.