InterestedOne
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Exclusive use of the name "Jehovah's witness"
by InterestedOne indoes the organization headquartered at 25 columbia heights in brooklyn have some kind of exclusive rights to the name "jehovah's witness?
" i noticed some of the recent letters from them posted here are signed "christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
" what if i wanted to start my own "christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses" that had no affiliation whatsoever with 25 columbia heights in brooklyn?
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Help w/ Bible Teach ch 9 section "Major Developments of the Last Days"
by InterestedOne ini'm in ch 9 in my study, and we will go over the section "major developments of the last days" (pars 6-9) next week.
although i don't see anything special in pars 7-9, i think par 6 allows the jw's to strike a chord with people, and i was wondering if anyone could help me with how to respond to it.
they are able to quote real figures in that paragraph such as "three times as many people fell victim to war in [the 20th] century as in all the wars from the first century ad to 1899.".
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Russell's reasoning for his business? Last article in 12/15/2010 WT Study
by InterestedOne inon page 23, par 14 of the 12/15/2010 wt study, it says of russell:.
so he had decided to devote himself to his business interests, reasoning that if he made some money, he would at least be able to address the physical needs of people even if he could not help them spiritually.. did he really "reason" that if he made some money, he could address people's physical needs?
was he planning some sort of charity?
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Women can't face the audience from platform? Is this in writing?
by InterestedOne ini just read the thread about women & men waking up etc.
and saw a post saying women can't face the audience from the platform.
i thought, hmm yeah, now that i think about it, they're always looking sideways, like toward the other woman in the role-playing, or if they're being interviewed, they look toward the guy at the podium.
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TMS Logistical Question: Does everyone have to do a skit at some point?
by InterestedOne inbeing a non-jw, i have a logistical question about the tms.
does everyone enrolled have to do one of those play-acting demo skits where someone plays the hh and the other plays the jw?
or, can some enrollees choose never to do them?
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S-3 forms kept on studies? Are they keeping a record on me?
by InterestedOne ini just read some of ex-specialpioneer's story and noticed they filed "s-3" forms on his dad with the cong secretary.
i am a worldly in the middle of doing a jw study.
could someone please enlighten me on these "s-3" forms?.
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Why would abandoning 1914 mean they are not chosen by God?
by InterestedOne ini've read here that if the wt admits 607 is wrong or if 1914 is wrong, the logical result is that god did not choose them as his org.
can someone explain to me how that logically follows?.
couldn't they just say, "we have received new light on that, have learned that we cannot give a specific date (like how they abandoned 1935), but look, we adhere to the bible more strictly than anyone else, we strive to 'keep the cong clean' more than any other group, etc., so therefore, we must be chosen by god as his only org.
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Is that podium thing unique to JW's? Do they build them?
by InterestedOne ini was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.
is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.
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Reading "Chronology" in Insight books - Do JW's believe in fate?
by InterestedOne ini'm at the beginning of the "chronology" section of the insight books.
in the second paragraph, it says:.
we are assured that his purposes for the future are certain of execution at the predetermined time, right down to the day and hour designated.. does that mean jw's believe in fate or predestination?.
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How were Rutherford's Cadillacs purchased?
by InterestedOne ini mentioned rutherford's cadillacs to my study conductor, and he said maybe rutherford was able to purchase them because he was independently wealthy.
were they purchased from his own personal wealth or with the wt funds?.