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Fantasy Land?
by link ini recently posted a thread about my wifes congregation being told during the c.o.s talk that they must increase their contribution to society funds.
my wife then decided to explain to people about the donation arrangement for the magazines.. she has now been told by the p.o.
to cease and desist talking about the donation arrangement as it may appear that they are soliciting contributions, even though under the charity laws in the u.k. this could not be classed as an offence.. the reasons?we are too close to the time of the end so there is not the need for money.. this is far different to the actions of both the bible students and the witnesses in similar situations in the past.
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The latest from Baghdad
by link inthis just in from baghdad.... .
latest report from hans blix and the unmovic team states that further to.
investigations of abu's general ironmongery store in baghdad, a. considerable supply of warfarin and mousetraps has been uncovered.. .
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Watch Tower Finances
by link inwould anyone like to comment on the following observations?.
the very large majority of the jws that i come into contact with on a regular basis are not wealthy and many have very low incomes, yet they still make substantial contributions to the wbts every month.
because they are firmly lead to believe that it is an organisation that is struggling for its financial survival.. following a recent visit from the c.o.
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Is that a fact???
by link inis it just me or does anyone else get really screwed up when they read something here on the board which they know is not factual and is utterly and completely wrong?
im not giving examples because youve all seen it.. what really gets to me is that when someone posts stuff that is completely factually inaccurate it makes all the posters here look like dummies.
i get to thinking about what all the jw lurkers must feel about "the stupid apostates" when they read some of this stuff.. i just wish that some people would do a bit of research before posting statements which they claim to be accurate.
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Reinventing the WBTS
by link ini realise that i could well get shot down in flames here but it is my personal belief that the wbts will make a concerted effort to reinvent itself in the not too distant future.. i also believe that at this very moment they are working on ways to change the major doctrines that have become a millstone for them, without causing major problems and a mass exodus of the r&f.
as i see it they have to leave the vast majority of their teachings intact whilst removing or changing the problem ones.. by receiving some sort of new light on 607 b.c.e.
they would be able to change, or completely do away with, the significance of 1914. although this would need to be the ultimate aim i think it would be difficult to achieve without altering many of their current interpretations of scriptural prophesy.
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Shunning (again!)
by link inelswhere recently started a thread about shunning and i noted that at least ninety per cent of the posters to the thread were from the u.s.of a. and canada and they had had some bad experiences with the problem.. why should this be significant ?.
well it seems to me that the shunning problem in america is far worse than here in the u.k. i know of several persons who have been dissed but i am not aware that shunning is a serious issue for them.
can anyone tell me if shunning causes less of a problem here in the u.k. than it does other places in the world, and if so why?.
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Something quick and easy!
by link inmy wife was given a hard time out in field service today.. a householder told her that she belonged to a wacky american religion.
this upset her so she told them that the governing body of jehovahs witnesses were not all americans and that several nationalities were represented amongst them.. can anybody confirm that this is actually the case?
where in fact do they all come from?.
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Unified Thinking
by link indespite the fact that there has to be unified thinking in the kh, i have sometimes heard brothers arguing amongst themselves over the interpretation of scripture.. one such discussion concerned "the days of noah".. this elder was adamant that noah never did any preaching work after jehovah gave him the plans for building the ark.
his reasoning was that since jehovah already knew at that point exactly what size the ark must be, he must also know how many persons would be occupying it.
his point being that jehovah would not expect noah to continue preaching to people that he was aware would never listen.. this obviously has some connotations frrom a prophetic point of view and most of his listeners said he was talking rubbish.. what do you think?
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What am I missing???
by link inin paragraph 17 on page 15 of the watchtower for october 1 2002 it says:.
"like jeremiah, we too bear an unpopular message.
it is the same message for which jesus was despised.".
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A Religious Order ????
by link inthe watch tower bible and tract society have been a registered charity in england since 1999. one of their objects is :.
maintaining one or more religious orders or communities of special ministers of jehovah's witnesses.. can anyone explain what this means?.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/.