Posts by carla
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2014 Watchtower Publisher Statistics
by jwfacts inthe 2014 grand totals page has been released onto facebook.. .
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i have started updating the statistics and graphs at jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php, and will release highlights as i work through it during the rest of the day..
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carla
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Is shunning effective?
by rebel8 indoes shunning accomplish its objectives:.
make the person repent?.
deter others from committing similar offenses in the future?.
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carla
Aside from the unloving nature of shunning, why would they want people back who clearly do not believe but are only there for family, friends and/or work?
I understand why the wt/gb would want them as money is still green be it from believers or not but for the real believers, the diehards, why would they want to associate with the riff-raff of unbelievers knowing how they feel about them?
Surely many of the r & f must know the halls are filled with those of questionable faith?
Hope springs eternal? they think if they just hear the right article regurgitated at a meeting the light will dawn and the previously shunned will see the light? That's all I can think of.
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Site issues: Jan 02 Update (Sign In)
by Simon ini've deployed a fix for people affected by sign-in issues caused by having multiple accounts associated with the same email address.
here's how to activate the fix:.
you must attempt to sign in using the email address associated with your account (not a username) and must have access to that mailbox.. if there are multiple accounts associated with the email address then you will be shown a warning message with the option to have an email sent to repair your account.. the email will contain a link to a page showing all the accounts associated with the same email address and allow you to select the one you want to be active (it will disassociate all the other accounts from the email address).. once you have completed the process then you should be able to sign in as normal.
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carla
Just letting you know I got on, thanks Simon!
now to figure the new place out and fix any email acct's associated with my profile.
thanks again,
carla
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UPDATE: JW jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls
by AndersonsInfo inupdate: jehovah's witness jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls.
barry furlong.
first published monday 22 december 2014 in news last updated 10:41 monday 22 december 2014 by will frampton.
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carla
Thanks for sharing the article.
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To all my congregation Elders :
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthank you for coming to my house so often because you were so concerned about me missing so many meetings.. ( actually, the only time you visited was when the circuit and district overseers were in town.
you really showed them how concerned you were about your sheep.
i now know that it is more of a duty than a concern.).
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carla
Not being a jw I am thankful they treated you like that (sorry for your own pain though) and I hope they treat all the flock like crap more often! Maybe then more jw's will open their eyes and find the truth about the truth! Or so I am hoping but perhaps some poor jw will just keep trying harder to please the overlords, sigh, I dunno......
That's why it's a cult, there is no easy way to leave and keep friendships and family for simply using your brain and heart to make your own decisions. For a group that supposedly uses a Bible they have no concept of freedom in Christ.
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It's imminent now.
by rebel8 inno, not armageddon, silly.
santa claus.. http://www.noradsanta.org/.
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carla
Merry Christmas Rebel! or happy holidays if you prefer.
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Christmas Eve Afternoon
by Joe Grundy inwell, it's christmas eve afternoon here now in the uk.. traditionally a time when all the panic shopping is over, what's done is done, what you've forgotten you've forgotten, time to raise a glass (or two) and relax.. so may i wish all members/readers/posters a very happy xmas, whether you celebrate it or not, and extra 'get up and go' for 2015.. best wishes to all.. .
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carla
Merry Christmas! enjoy the holiday
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Public Speaker Training stifled by wt, it's new 'school' programme.
by prologos inthe 2015 school setup, discussed this week eliminates the last "school talk" by brothers in favour of 'demonstartions" (a la sisters conversations) of family worship sessions and the like.. is this not a shift away from encouraging bright young ones to hone their (under-estimated) speaker skills ---to.
now using more of the die-hard, org-bound, --even elders in indoctrination demonstrations?.
do you see this trend?
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carla
3 minutes? out of a whole meeting? This is the mid week meeting? Are you kidding?! my jw is gone for about 2 1/2 hours or more and out of that time there is only going to be 3 minutes of actual bible scripture included? even if it is the perverted 'New New World Translation'. Will any jw notice this?
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No words
by mikeypants inso, i'm visiting family this week who are all jws.
yesterday, it started with one of them talking about a co giving her some points on time keeping for service.
she is now writing a letter before she drives to service, so she can count her drive time.
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carla
The counting of time keeps them all on the hamster wheel doesn't it? no time to think of what really matters, keeps your mind occupied with how to cheat the system so to speak.
Their whole system is devised to keep a jw from thinking at all. Even their so called 'bible studies' are a no thinking zone. Go through the book(s) and regurgitate back what is said, "now you got it!" no questioning allowed, no real research and definitely no deep thinking!
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Plymouth Herald: Mother reveals torment as JW is jailed for sexually abusing her daughter
by AndersonsInfo insee original thread here on jwn: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/288910/3/jehovahe28099s-witness-elder-jailed-for-12-years-for-multiple-sexual-offences-against-young-girl.
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/mother-reveals-torment-jehovah-s-witness-jailed/story-25741246-detail/story.html.
mother reveals torment as jehovah's witness is jailed for sexually abusing her daughter.
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carla
"Dennis blew a kiss to the victim and her mother in the public gallery as he admitted his crimes"- I see there was already a comment on this but I wonder what jw's would say to that? I suppose they would say he wasn't a 'real' jw? even though he was an elder?