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Lease cars for circuit overseers (worldwide arrangement)
by Gorbatchov inyesterday evening a letter of the dutch (netherlands) branch of the watchtower society was read to the congregation.
it stated that the governing body has made a new arrangement for circuit overseers worldwide: the society provides a lease car.
it was backed with some bible texts (...) and the conclusion was that it was financial cheaper for the congregations.
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Upcoming 2011 District Convention drama to feature Jar-Jar Binks?
by Nathan Natas inthere's a rumor going 'round that one of the dramas at this year's district conventions will feature jar-jar binks as the "faithful and discreet slave.".
some have denied this, stating that jar-jar was owned by lucasfilms.
asked for comment, the watchtower's legal department replied, "we cannot confirm or deny any rumors, but mr. binks may be available for the role, and when you are talking imaginary characters, one's as good as the other.".
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YouTube: Mormon Woman Follows Her Conscience
by leavingwt inthis is a brave lady.
i put this video on mormonsformarriage.com during the prop 8 debate.
at the time, speaking out via this video threatened my temple recommend and calling, and i chose to take it down to protect my standing in the church.
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Need reference for withholding the truth from "those who don't deserve it"
by Pistoff inhey all, i know that the references for 'theocratic warfare' are ancient and not considered useful.. i would like a reference to the wt saying that one does not have to give truth to those who are not worthy or something similar.. help!.
this information is for a court case.
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Witnesses Firearms and Murder
by Marvin Shilmer inwitnesses firearms and murder .
a bit of overlooked history is how under rutherford witnesses felt free to arm themselves with lethal force.
i have prepared a new short article detailing a bit of this history that, for many, is a bit surprising.
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US denomination survey: JWs among religions with biggest increase
by MrMonroe inthe blindness spreads.. as reported here:.
church membership for more than a third of the nation's largest churches took a hit last year while non-orthodox christian churches are on the rise, a new report on denominations finds.the southern baptist convention, the nation's second largest denomination, reported a .42 percent decline in membership to 16,160,088 members, according to national council of churches' 2011 yearbook of american & canadian churches, released monday.. still dominating the list of the nation's top 25 mainline churches is the catholic church, which posted a .57 growth at 68.5 million members.. but a few church bodies, regarded as cults by some christians, continue to increase in size.. ranked 20th in size, the jehovahs witnesses denomination reported a 4.37 percent gain in membership, with 1,162,686 members total.
seventh-day adventist church, which didn't make the top 25 list for at least the past two years, squeezed in the list this year in the 24th spot.
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I found the latest 'Armageddon Okie' encouraging.
by AK - Jeff ini honestly don't even usually read it all.
i am focused away from most things jw nowadays.
but this one caught my eye, and i thought there might be posters here who had not seen it.. posted with permission from freeminds/randy watters, from his issue dated february 14, 2011. freeminds' article and comments all in blue below:.
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Do more musicians become apostes?
by Sharpie ini was playing guitar today, trying to teach my friend nothing else maters by metallica.
now most of us can agree that no jw would ever ever ever admit to listen to metallica to brother or sister.
but behind the words and the swear words of any song or band.
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28 years young today (I was born Feb 16 1983) HBD to me.
by Joliette ineven if i dont really celebrate it like...i'm suppose to be going out for karokee tonight with a friend, then doing something with another friend on the 26th.
two more years and i'll be the big 3-0. man, how time passes.
just some years ago, i was just a breast fed child running wild!.
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last day at the kingdom hall
by ex-Special Pioneer inprologue.
get out shouted the audience you must be ashamed of yourself.
the crowd was in a hysterical state, every time that we tried to say something we were silenced by the clapping and screams which got louder and louder of the majority of the two hundred people in attendance.