Posts by jonahstourguide

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A question about shunning-your input appreciated
by crazycate in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been inactive for 5 years now.

lately i am being treated more and more as if i were disfellowshipped, which i am not.

do any of you know of anything, in writing, that is encouraging members to curtail any and all association with former members who are no longer active?.
jonahstourguide

I do know that if your'e inactive and express opinions that don't toe the "company" view you will be

treated as a DF person. I was recently warned about my associating with a couple of old friends

due to their 'poisonous thinking' although they're not DF. But I'm finding that it's not poisonous !!!!! the beers are cold and the conversations

are stimulating. However the "organised" book 2005 kind of hints that on page 155. After talking about rendering spiritual assistance

to inactive ones it states "However if the person who disassociates himself by repudiating the faith and deliberately

abandoning Jehovah's worship is viewed in the same way as one who is disfellowshipped. A brief announcement

is made to inform the congregation, stating: "(Name of person) is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses" "
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Look, Up in the Air...It's a Bird, it's a Plane...No, It's a JW!!
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for you ex-jehovahs witnesses...and even you current ones...have you ever contemplated your future existence in paradise earth, should you be fortunate enough to end up there?

during those raucous, fun moments at the kingdom hall when you were contemplating eternity and having the times of your lives...did you ever speculate about what life would be like?

for example, would you have to walk everywhere or would you be able to fly around like superman?
jonahstourguide

no its not birds planes or jw's... its the Fifth Dimension in their Beautiful Balloon
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Manfred Barthel
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jonahstourguide

oops

In the September 15 2013 Study issue on page 21 paragraph 18 there is a asterisk footnote reference to a

February 1 1994 Watchtower page 9 paragraph 7.

There it takes a quote from Manfred Barthel's book "The Jesuits - History & Legend of the Society of Jesus"

The Watchtower quotes thus ,, "The committee informed van der Steen that they were prepared to waive the height requirement, but only with the proviso that he would learn to recite the entire bible by heart. The story would hardly be worth telling if van der Steen had not complied with this rather presumptuous request"

I am trying to ascertain if this is in fact supported by any proof from Manfred Barthel or if in fact it is simply anecdotal.

The best i can find is that Manfred Barthel was a Scriptwriter, Film Producer, Journalist and Co-Producer of Von Daniken's "Chariots Of The Gods"

Can anyone here enlighten me. ( I have used Lord google and it referred to Wiki's article on van der Steen but no reference to his height or

Bible recitation from memory).
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Manfred Barthel
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jonahstourguide
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Sept 15 Study Watchtower page 19 par 10
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
conversation with elder.. m why do fds feel the need to quote a plymouth brethren elder, and add to his quote to support a teaching point?.

e what are you talking about.

m vine,,, you know vines dictionary quote paragraph 10 for this weeks consideration,,, i'll show you .
jonahstourguide

Thanks for your comments folks.

Thats why I'm here
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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .
jonahstourguide

nothing of significance,,, the subject matter has reached its conclusion.

i do however need to correct an error i made in an earlier post when i stated that

the lowest denomination note (with a yellow tinge) in ewe speaking countries is 500 francs.

that is incorrect it is in fact 1000 francs since 2004 (and im not sure what tinge it is)

didnt want to go down in history as a bull s..t artist

cheers
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Sept 15 Study Watchtower page 19 par 10
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
conversation with elder.. m why do fds feel the need to quote a plymouth brethren elder, and add to his quote to support a teaching point?.

e what are you talking about.

m vine,,, you know vines dictionary quote paragraph 10 for this weeks consideration,,, i'll show you .
jonahstourguide

Vine doesn't reference anyone else as far as i could see in his note. The issue is why quote "christendom"

btw a mate just rang asking about the reference in para 18 of the same article to wt feb 1 1994 page 9 para7

about a short jesuit who memorised the bible quoted from a book by Manfred Barthel, my friend claims he co produced chariots of the gods

so why would the wt quote him. some of you learned guys might know more. i'm gonna have a look when i get home
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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .
jonahstourguide

F W A

Now I understand.

Somehow I will teach my self to put up the link so all can see the real figure for average weekly wage in oz

not the government and employers dream of the poverty australians should be living in. as earlier stated

i was incorrect, my figures are in fact too low The full time average weekly wage according to the government

bureau of statistics is

$1422.70 as at march 2013. I was using a figure of $1000.00 so i was about 42.27% too low

although this is getting a little boring as the intent was to show the subliminal suggestion in the wt that others noted as well

and you succeeded in getting us both off the topic trying to prove each other wrong

i appreciate that the readers need correct references this forum and i will continue to present that
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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .
jonahstourguide

well jeffro i just checked the latest abs figures but havent figured out how to wack the link to the site.

you may be able to do it for us all its www.abs.gov.au/austats

your a bit of a wiz so i reckon you could do it easy

Seems we may both be wrong

did that do it ???
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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .
jonahstourguide

Im not making stuff up, my autism led me to make an error, in your opinion.

obviously we are using different sources to identify the recognised monthly wage in australia

which can be as high as $200 or low as $100 per day, depends how current your source is in an ever changing economy.

any how, does your not attacking my other figures suggest you might think i am correct ?

btw love the insults,,, i cant bother stooping to that ( now thats probably an insult...... must be the autism kicking in)