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  2016 Memorial Done & Dusted

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.

  another great big anticlimax.

  some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.

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  Attendance seemed low here (Midwest US). There were some empty seats here and there, which is not usual.
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  Circuit visit elders meeting

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first some context to this post.

  historically the elders meeting with the circuit overseer has had the following format : outline for meeting including ministerial servants then, after they have been dismissed, discussion of local issues.

  the last visit there was an additional outline for the elders only, the notorious "gender blurring" discussion.. you might wonder what is being discussed this time round, so here you are:.

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  Hmm somehow I missed the entire discussion. I guess I'm not outlandish enough to have heard about it
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  Circuit visit elders meeting

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first some context to this post.

  historically the elders meeting with the circuit overseer has had the following format : outline for meeting including ministerial servants then, after they have been dismissed, discussion of local issues.

  the last visit there was an additional outline for the elders only, the notorious "gender blurring" discussion.. you might wonder what is being discussed this time round, so here you are:.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  What is 'gender blurring' mentioned in the O p ?
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  The word “BROAD” and the Australian Royal Commission

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  perhaps i am making too much of this, but was anyone else struck with the number of times the word ‘broad’ and ‘broadly’ were used?

  sometimes i wondered if it was due to coaching, in particular when the questioning put a person in a tight spot.

  for instance, from the testimony of bowditch:.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  At first I thought this topic was about sexual discrimination. My bad
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  Is the WT’s Paradise Earth doctrine a delusion?

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wt’s teaching that humans will live forever on a paradise earth will necessitate that given that there will be no more death, then immortal humans will have to be relocated to other planets in order to prevent the earth from becoming overpopulated.. so how many habitable, earth-like planets are there?more and more habitable, earth-like planets would have to become available on a continuous, never-ending basis ad infinitum as mankind’s population grows given that there will be no more death.. the longevity/sustainability of life on these planets will be limited by the fact that the sun serving these planets will eventually die:https://shar.es/1cko6n.

  http://www.space.com/22437-main-sequence-stars.html#sthash.ejbt1xrz.dpuf.

  so immortal humans will have to keep moving from planet to planet.

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  They used to teach that at some point in the millennium there would be no more children born. Going further back to the Russell days, they taught that the humans on earth would be sexless.
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  Recherche documents en langue française French language materials research

  by Marcial in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  french language materials researchbonjour à tous,je cherche des volumes watchtower wayback en langue française wake up (awake français 1955 et 1956) des années 1955 et 1956 - peut-être les volumes numérisés en format pdf serait la bienvenue finalement, les publications françaises dans les années avant 1950 - consolation et golden age - même watchtower 1918 à 1.948 en français.

  merci beaucoup pour votre aide et votre participation à cette collection unique de documents pour les groupes francophones.marcialbonjour à tous,je recherche verser watchtower wayback les volumes en langue française de réveillez vous (awake français 1955 et 1956) des années 1955 et 1956 - les volumes eventuellement scannés en format pdf seraient les bienvenus eventuellement les publications en français des années avant 1950 - age consolation et d'or - idem tour de garde de 1918 à 1948 en français.

  merci beaucoup de votre aide et la participation de votre collection à this de documents uniques verser les groupes francophones.

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  Not getting much of a response. Maybe someone can provide a translation. Is there a French site equivalent to this one?
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  Proof of any Dragons

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anybody have any proof of the existence of dragons?.

  we read in revelation about satan being the dragon, but aren't dragons mythological creatures?.

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  I guess my question is this. Since the writer of Revelation is the only Bible writer who used the word dragon, what was he referring to? Assuming he was referring to a mythological creature even then, and he probably got the concept from some other writing of the time period, what was it? I think the stereo typical dragon we think of, breathing fire, etc, probably came out of the Middle Ages. So if the writer of Revelation actually drew a picture of his 'dragon', what would it be?

  I'm too lazy to go do the research myself, but I never thought of this topic until now.
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  How did you feel when they eliminated the Con. Book Study?

  by Freeandclear in

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  2. friends

  years ago when i was "in" i loved the book study.

  it was my favorite meeting by far.

  mainly because it was a small group.

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  Relief, and one question. Why stop there? The fewer meetings the better!
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  Proof of any Dragons

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anybody have any proof of the existence of dragons?.

  we read in revelation about satan being the dragon, but aren't dragons mythological creatures?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The Greek word is indeed 'drakon' and it appears about a dozen times in the NT, exclusively in Revelation.
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  Aliens exist and YHWH (Jehovah) was one of them.

  by Jehovah Was An Alien in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "the constellation of the seven stars forming the pleiades appears to be the crowning centre around which the known system of the planets revolve even as our suns planet obey the sun and travel in their respective orbits.

  it has been suggested, and with much weight, that one of the stars of that group is the dwelling place of jehovah and the place of the highest heavens; that is the place to which the inspired writer referred to when he said: "hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven" (2 chronicles6:21) ; and that it is the place to which job referred when under inspiration he wrote: "canst thou blind the sweet influences of pleiades, or loose the bands of orion" – job 38:31"

  the constellation of the pleiades is a small one compared with others which scientific instruments disclose to the wondering eyes of man.

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  There are indeed quite a few people who believe that the legends (and religions) about gods or sky people are really about alien visitors. I don't know who came up with the idea originally, but von Daniken in the '70s wrote a book which was really popular when I was growing up. Now there is a cable TV show about the subject about the beliefs. Basically they look for any old story or legend and find some way to apply it to fit their theory.