Posts by jonahstourguide

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Israel

by caroline77 in

what is the jw attitude to the jews?.

jonahstourguide

Oh, and for what it is worth I am currently in their midst. The jw"s that is

jtg

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Israel

by caroline77 in

what is the jw attitude to the jews?.

jonahstourguide

Caroline, the jw position is: one faith, one baptism, one lord as decreed by eight men in brooklyn.

In other words, there is no way to salvation outside of jw's. Don't matter what creed or faith you

have. In their view the jews were a bunch of mongrels. as are all who don't accept jw doctrine,

as I'm learning at an ever increasing pace.

jtg

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Plesae help - source of JW teachings on 'army of stars' teaching

by Qcmbr in

hi, continuing my discussions with my jw friend he mentioned that genesis 2:1 'host' of heaven was actually a reference to an army of stars.

he mentioned that the same phraseology is used in psalms and he quoted a psalm (i think!

) which had actual names of stars in it.

jonahstourguide

Thank you Blondie again.

I was trying to figure out the question to para 8 & 9 in the current wt study you commented on.

So I jwn googled neh 9 6 and came across this thread.

So after reading the paragraph I see that evidently the levites also understood there

were two heavenly armies. Sigh,,,,,,, sometimes I'm not sure why I'm bothering

but I am trying to prove or disprove for myself what truth is.

jtg

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on another thread, i read that a few adherents may be traveling (cough-cough) to other cities and wouldn't be able to make field service on christmas day.. what is the likelihood that going out on christmas will be encouraged at the weekend services at the khs?

...or do most halls stay neutral on this?

given what i've read on this forum, i have the impression that disrespecting a day of other's celebration wouldn't be discouraged which annoys the heck out of me..

jonahstourguide

Where I reside everyone is having "family days"

or getting ready for the boxing day test !!!!!

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-22-13 WT Study (Well-Prepared Prayers)

by blondie in

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friends

first day of the new month, tishri, they gathered together.

that the spiritual nation of israelites/anointed jws.

heads gathered together (in the jw congregation.

jonahstourguide

Great critical review Blondie,

I did hear a talk at a circuit assly where the speaker stated that

there was nothing wrong with writing out your prayer so you don't wander "off topic".

I got stuck on trying to comprehend the "most successful" description in

paragraph 4. What made it the most successful festival since Joshua? (attendance figure?)

I would have thought the inauguration of temples 1kings 8 and 9 (Solomon)

or the re-building of jerusalem might have been more "successful" than whacking up a wall!

We may not hear the comments but I'm sure they will be on the minds of attendees!

Thanks again jtg

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If Ever That Faithful Should Become An Evil Slave Becuase He Sees That The Master Is Delaying And Starts To Disfellowship All His Fellow Slaves That Don't Listen And Obey Him, Then The Master Will...

by frankiespeakin in

when you think of it the governing body matches up far more closely to the faithful slave that turned evil when the master didn't come when they said he would..

jonahstourguide

Well frankiespeakin, I reckon the gb new someone would say that!

That's why they put that neat box in the wt article that stated it was

a hypothetical situation !!!! ( your thoughts are shared by many )

jtg

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Have the Borganisation produced a CDROM this year?

by outinthemeadows in

has anyone got a download link for the watchtower cdrom for this year?

i check google every now and then but can't find one.

perhaps the borganisation can't afford to produce a cdrom with all these child abuse cases they are paying out for?

jonahstourguide

not available yet

neither is the 2013 yearbook

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General Motors to stop making cars in Australia

by fulltimestudent in

i alluded to this possibility in another thread:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/current/268179/1/china-australians-get-rich-selling-into-the-chinese-market#.uqjnevqw18e.

now the axe has fallen!

jonahstourguide

Sad but no secret in the motor sport community.

V8 Super cars saw this coming and introduced "other makes"

to support the business. We now have mercedes, nissan, volvo

with bmw and chrysler sniffing around as well as the Penske

organisation looking to secure racing entitlements contracts.

Welcome to Nascar Australia

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My notes from my WT study for/ Creation Reveals the Living God

by suavojr in

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friends

i leave you with the notes i wrote in the margins of my mag during today's wt study.

this was the only way i was able to survive this horrible article.

have fun reading and hopefully this will help lurkers.. .

jonahstourguide

I went chasing the "trillions of cd" claim in para 13 and found that Leonard Adleman a molecular biologist and computer scientist

made the calculation back in 1994-8. However, in 2012 I think if i remember correctly, Two Harvard University scientists

did the experiment and actually stored 700 Terabytes of info in a gram of DNA. That worked out to 1,024,000 CD'S.

Who Said modern technology isn't useful for da meetings? I learnt some interesting scientifically proven information there

on my trusty ipad. Then I enjoyed reading on about DNA Computing.

jtg

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Flips and Flops: Higher Education

by Iamallcool in

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friends

i would like to show my friend that the watchtower change their mind all the time about higher education over the years.

they usually discourage higher education as we all know that.

i would like to show him the wt quotes.

jonahstourguide

And another quote from paragraph 13.."By contrast Jehovah's servants choose education that helps them to

develop the necessary skills so that they can maintain a simple life of service to God"

jtg