Number1Anarchist
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What is a JW to do with past issues of watchtowers and awakes?
by insearchoftruth inthough my wife has never been baptized, she has a shelf of wt publications as well as watchtowers and awakes.
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are these magazines to be kept by a jw forever??
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My wife's mind is controlled by the WitchTower !
by Number1Anarchist inok this is absolutley frustrating!.
my wife's logic is beyond comprehension!
all she does is repeat the society logic bullshit!
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Witless numbers are not in decline - nobody leaves the Truth.
by hamsterbait inas was pointed out at the circus a$$embly, people are leaving the churches in droves, yet only the constant increase in witless numbers was noted.. why is this?.
are we too dumb to realize that if somebody stops going to the kingdumb hell and starts living the way they choose, they are not really witlesses, and therefore no witlesses ever leave?.
or, as freddie f might have argued - bless his rotting dead heart - think of zeno:.
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What does one need to interpret the Bible?
by insearchoftruth ini have posted some thoughts on this on earlier threads, but the pesky jws have approached my wife about a bible study again, but my wife has let them know that this time she wants to learn how to read the bible and then after she is able to do that, she may consider some of the other books.
i have a couple of concerns about this, firstly, from what i know, the jws consider reading thier literature on a par with reading the bible, in fact i am pretty sure that they will try to lead her back to the bible teach book and let her know that she is in essence getting the same 'food' this way as she would another way.. secondly, if she decides to study the bible, the questions from readers that has recently come out all but prohibiting independent bible study will most likely come into play.
witnessgirl provided a good course on this, let my wife know that we are going to read the bible, not study, which could be a loophole (but i doubt if she asks a jw about that they would see a difference, but my stubborn wife may), but i think my wife would say she wants to study, not read....... a pesky jw provided her with her copy of the insight books and she also has the reasoning book, but i want her to actually feel she can read the bible and take from it what the literature presents in itself, not the slant that any organization or person wants her to take from it, even though if she reads the nwt version (or really any version for that matter) there is already a man provided slant.
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Anti-College/Pro-Pioneering Convention Interviews
by Rohag inhere's the text of interviews from the friday afternoon "young people - walk by holy spirit in the congregation" presentation at a 2008 jehovah's witness district convention.
this transcription approximately covers the second half of the presentation.
i've omitted names and locations to preserve individuals' privacy.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Publications (1879 to 1949)
by Number1Anarchist inhttp://www.mininova.org/tor/454174.
watchtower bible and tract society - jehovah's witnesses.
watchtower publications - 1879 to 1949.
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607bce or 586/587 bce ? which is it?
by Number1Anarchist inok this is very difficult for me because i just started studing this question.
what i would like to know is what have you decided from your studies and does anyone know the statistics on how many beleive in the 607 dat and how many beleive in the 586/587 date.. the watchtower likes to say they agree with the 607 because that number is based on the bible when the 586/587 is based on secular history.. from what ive read so far the mojority thinks it to be 586/587 because most searches ive done give me that date.. what have you come up with in your research?
i feel like you almost need to be a scholar to figure this out.
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Higer Education Value
by wunce_wuz ini know this subject has been discussed over and over again on here.
an article i came across, which i'm sure enough know based on prior comments.. lifetime earnings soar with educationlifetime earnings soar with education.
masters degree worth $2.5 million income over a lifetime .
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Watchtower/Awake publications + literature ?
by Number1Anarchist inremember when you could get them in the mail it was so convenient but for some reason they stopped.
so i can't remember the explanation or anything but i'm sure it was nolonger profitable for them.
i guess they found out if you flood the market with literature like any spammer you only get minor results and why spend your own money when you have some fool in his car drive over ther and deliver it!
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Finally putting the new light all together
by JimmyPage inokay maybe i'm a little slow but i'm finally beginning to understand how all the "new light" is tied together.
this has all been prompted for me by my reading of the 1914 chapter in "crisis of conscience".
see, the door to heaven which was previously closed in 1935 has been reopened.