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questions about obtaining Higher Education for JWs
by AjaxMan ini have read a couple of threads the last couple of days that dealt with what you have to give up when becoming a jw.. most posts that i read said they have to give up getting a higher education.
my question is this: is that still a trend today?
that elders frown or discourage young jws from going to college or university by telling them to put kingdom's interest first?
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Are there any scholars in the society?
by sleepy ini was having quite an intense disscussion (ok, argument )with some of my family last weekend.. my brother said in answer to some points that i raised , that the society has scholars who do research and will have the answer to my questions.. i said i know of no sholars in the society, he said thats because the world does not recognise them as such.what i ment (but did not continue saying as the conversation changed direction , again) was that the people who do research and study for the society arent really scholars as they are not free to look for the real truth only to confirm what the society says.their skills are really knowledge of the societies beliefs.. well it is true that a scholar is just someone who has a great knowledge of a particular subject.so you could argue that the society does have scholars as they are people with great knowledge of the organistaions rules .but what must people would mean my scholars are people who put a great deal of time and effort into research and study of an issue as to whether it is true or false, real or make believe.. can the society have scholars in that sense?.
well a recent watchtower article stated that we could not even have private opinions on bibles matters.. in order to research whether a certain witness view point was valid or not you would have to entertain the idea that a certain viewpoint could be wrong.
but this would put you at odds with the society , as you cannot think differently even privately your own opinions on bible matters.
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A new Use fo the Wt and Awake....
by lydia inyes - i have found a new way to use them.. .
i let the kids tear them up, dump the peices into a blender - add water - and presto pulp - that we then screen and make scrap paper out of!!
- the dyes they use are great - and the colors you can get are fabulous - .
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JW Education Status
by Scully inthis was posted on alt.religion.jehovahs-witn, just thought i'd share it with you:.
the following figures from an article in newsweek represent the number of college graduates within each religious group in america.
can this be used to relate the intelligence of the membership of each religion?
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Your favorite and least liked society publication?
by Celtic indid you have a favourite publication?
what was your least liked publication?
creation book for the shady wt take on science.. unseen spirits, do they help us or do they harm us?
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TO BROTHERS ASSIGNED BY THE CONGREGATION TO GIVE P
by Kent inwhat do the watchtower tell "brothers assigned by the congregation to give public talks"?
here is a letter from the british branch office:.
http://watchtower.observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?nocache=1&dato=20011029&kategori=jwandsociety10&lopenr=110290003&ref=ar.
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JW gatherings good for economy
by sf in< http://detnews.com/2001/oakland/0106/08/d04-233294.htm.
jehovah's witness gathering spurs economy.
merchants forecast big sales as followers learn more on faith.
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New JW Song Titles- Post 'em here!
by TR inlisa gave me the idea for this topic.. so, what are your ideas for some catchy song titles?
any genre will do.
1. i got mauled at the kingdom hall.
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Jourles asked "New Light Guesses on the UN...
by Thirdson inhere is a glimpse of the future.
this is the 2009 edition of "revelation, the big finale real soon" published by the wtb&ts (a ngo and un dpi).
page 195. revelation 13:14,15.
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1999 Service year report of JWs worldwide
by Dan B ini have, in my hands, a copy of the service report from the 2000 wt bound volume.
it's very interesting to note that, although there was an average of a 2% increase worldwide, the majority of developed countries actually had a decrease.
the usa gained 432 publishers after devoting 174,594,349 hours to recruiting, i mean preaching.