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Convention
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just curious if any one on this board will be going to the metro arena in newcastle this weekend.i will be the one wearing my convention badge upside down.lol
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The end of circuit overseers ?
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just been on the "governingbodyletters.blogspot.com" site and the latest news there is that the circuit overseer arrangement is to be done away with.anyone know anything about this ?
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Hypocritical statement
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what do you think of this statement.it is taken from the june 15th wt from the study article

"things from which we must flee"

quoting from p9 para 10: "additional 'disgusting things'include acts of pedophilia and other forms of sexual immorality committed by clergymen and tolerated by the church authorities.is it any wonder that jehovah god will soon rid this earth of false religion ?
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BOE letter required
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does any one have any scans of letters to the boe for 1999.i need to check on something but my collection of scans doesnt include 1999.thanks
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Ps 45
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according to the revelation book on its comments regarding ps 45,the virgin companions of the bride represent the great crowd.yet as ps 45 v 15 clearly shows they enter into the palace of the king with the bride.to my way of thinking this would indicate that the great crowd enter heaven also.however the rev book says on page 276 par 14 "the prophetic account in psalm 45 describes the order of events.

first the enthroned king rides forth to the conquest of his enemies.

(verses 1-7) then the marriage is performed, the heavenly bride being attended on earth by her virgin companions, the great crowd.
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resurrection
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the wts denies the bodily resurrection of christ.

here is a verse i have found which , to my way of thinking, adds weight to the bodily resurrection.

read john 20:6,7.did you notice that the face cloth,napkin or shroud from jesus burial garments was folded up and was lying seperate from the rest of the bandages or linen strips.if ,as the wts teaches,god had simply evaporated jesus body in some way then surely all the bandages would be lying in the same place,the place where jesus body lay.i visualize the scripture this way.jesus body is restored to life.he sits up and undoes the bandages from around his head.he then lays these to one side,stands up and divests himself of the other linen cloths.i may be way off with this but it seems to fit with other scriptures relating to the bodily resurrection.
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Divine plan of the ages
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whilst reading the chapter entitled "our lords return" in russells book "divine plan of the ages" i came across these interesting quotes :

to this last view the majority of christians of all denominations assent (notwithstanding the creeds of some to the contrary), from a feeling that any other view would be irreconcilable with justice on god's part.

but do the scriptures support this last view?
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Three tribe division/banner
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in the nwt those "scholarly" translators have rendered the hebrew word-degel- as "three tribe division" when its literal meaning according to strong and vine is flag,standard or banner.why do this.did it have any connection with the flag salute issue in the usa?

i know the israelites camped in groups of four around the tabernacle, so yes,they would have been in a three tribe division but the nwt rendering seems to have been done for some other agenda.
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Romans 8
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i have just finished reading the book of romans and i have a question ?

a person cannot please god unless he is controlled by the spirit.

(rom 8:8,9) nor can he put to death the misdeeds of the body except by the spirit (rom 8:13) the next verse (v14) then tells us that all who are led by gods spirit are gods sons.in fact they are adopted as his children.however,according to the wts , these verses only apply to the annointed.so,my question is this.if only the annointed are led by gods spirit,whose spirit leads the "other sheep" ?
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How do you spot a doubter ?
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hi all,i would like to know how to spot any doubters in my cong.the problem,as you are all well aware,is that everyone is to damn scared to openly say anything critical about the wts.so how can i ferret out any "would be doubters".any hints?