Pallbearer
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Questions I have about the "Ministry School".
by Pallbearer ini remember that jehovah's witnesses used to have a 2-hour, 2-part mid-week meeting which included a 1-hour "ministry school" followed by a 1-hour "service meeting".
please correct me if i am wrong in any respect but to the best of my memory the ministry school was composed of 4 parts, as follows:.
part 1: an "instruction talk".
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"extremism" -- What *specifically* did Russia ban Jehovah's Witnesses for?
by Pallbearer inrussia's reason for banning jehovah's witnesses is said to be due to extremism.
but what exactly does that mean, or refer to?
specifically, what practice (or practices) of jehovah's witnesses does russia consider to be extreme?
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Would I be in trouble?
by Pallbearer inwould i be in trouble?let's suppose that i had never stopped going to the meetings at the kingdom hall, and that i was still actively engaged in the field service.
if you were to be invited into my home you couldn't help but notice that the entire top (probably 6 foot across) of my entertainment center (a piece of furniture that holds the tv and that has glassed-in shelves on each side) is crowded with religious figurines, most of which came from the local catholic store.. .
next to that is the nativity scene that has several pieces: the wise men, the "star", the babe jesus, and joseph and mary etc.
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I have a question that I need your help with.
by Pallbearer inhi folks,.
i have a real serious question that i hope you will be able to help me with.. in the 4-1-1986 watchtower, pages 30-31 it talks about "approved association".
what i'm seeking your opinion about is this: if a baptized jw is deemed to not be an 'approved associate' at some point (due to his having developed a divergent view regarding one or more of the watchtower's unique teachings) does his 'not being an approved associate' mean that the watchtower society no longer considers him to be a jw?
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Noting discrepancies in Watchtower publications.
by Pallbearer inhere is a link that shows two pages out of the may 1, 1999 watchtower, pages 17 and 18.. http://www.geocities.com/thewatchtowerstudy/wt050199p17-18.htm.
in looking at what is supposed to be the same wild beast, do you see a difference between the one shown on page 17 in comparison to the one shown on the following page?.
the difference i see is that the heads of the beast in the first image are all lion's heads, whereas the heads in the second image are all leopard's heads (notice the spots).. be reminded that these images are in the same magazine.. something like this might seem to be of little significance to many people.
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What did Charles Taze Russell and the Bible Students believe?
by Pallbearer ini know that present-day jehovah's witnesses believe that 144,000 are to go to heaven and rule alongside jesus, and that the survivors of armageddon along with those who will be resurrected are to live on earth with the prospect of living here forever.. questions:.
> what did pastor russell and the bible students originally believe about the earth?.
> did they believe that the earth would always exist and that it would become a paradise?.
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A few questions I need help with please.
by Pallbearer inhowdy folks!.
has that title changed?
if so, what is it now called?
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March and April issues of the Watchtower
by Pallbearer indoes anyone know if the march 15 and april 15, 2009 watchtowers (study editions) are online for downloading?.
thanks.
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Critiquing an article out of the June 2006 Awake!
by Pallbearer inurl for article:http://www.watchtower.org/e/200606b/article_01.htm.
the short article noted above appeared in the june 2006 issue of awake!
although i think the author did a good job in general i totally disagree with the following three things that were said:(a) by asserting their independence, adam and eve irreparably damaged their relationship with jehovah (b) and inflicted sinas imprint upon their organism, right to its genetic foundations.
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A 10-year-old thread is most-definitely worthy of being resurrected!
by Pallbearer ina few minutes ago i posted in a topic that is 10 years old, and i had hoped that the thread would be brought back to the top but it didn't happen.
the thing is that the subject matter is still as relevant today as it was a decade previous.. the title to the thread was/is: "is there (was there ever) an anglo american dual world power?".
for anyone who hasn't read the thread i highly recommend that you do.