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Missing Meetings is OK??
by aniron in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
talking with a friend, yesterday.. he said asked if the jws attitude had changed on attending meetings.. it seems that while browsing the internet on his phone.. he came across a website that said, "that missing meetings was not wrong , as jehovah knows whats in your heart.".

he couldn't remember the websites title, just that it had "watchtower" in the address.. has anyone else come across this?.

i find it odd that the watchtower would say such a thing, considering the way they are are the moment.. seemingly more strict on meeting attendance.. .
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How is it f'n possible JW's biggest religious increase 4.4%
by troubled mind in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just saw that on the evening news .

are they all having babies now or what ?

is there any stats on how many have left ?.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - Once Again the Fastest Growing Faith in the U.S.
by davidl7 in
1. jw
2. friends
according to the latest statistics published by the ncc in its yearbook of american and canadian churches, the jehovah's witnesess had the highest growth rate, in 2010 growing 4.37%.

this is, i believe, is the 4th year in a row, that the witnesses had the highest growth rate.

roman catholics grew by less than 1%, as did most of the other churches listed.
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In your hall, how many converted to a JW from door to door in the last 10 years?
by just n from bethel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in mine that would be a big fat zero.. there have been a handful of teenage baptisms of jw children.. one that really was a foreign language group transfer.. but in the last ten years - there has not been one single convert from the d2d ministry.. btw - my congregation has had over 10 pioneers (real ones that actually do d2d, including elders) for the last decade.. not one.

10 x 70 hours a month x 120 months = 84,000 hours ... results = 0.. also most of our pioneers are pretty good at the door - some half way decent teachers.

one is sub co and another often is called to teach ... wait for it ... pioneer school!!!.
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Flow Chart - How To Have A Rational Discussion
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems
by JW GoneBad in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.
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Why Is There NOTHING Written In The Bible About Jesus' Early Years?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
why doesn't the nt have anything about jesus on record prior to his baptism?

after all, he was a perfect boy.

you would think that little jesus would've been talked about by everyone in the town,.
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Mom, why is the atheist angry? UN General Assembly votes to allow gays to be executed without cause.
by bohm in
1. jw
2. friends
un general assembly votes to allow gays to be executed without causegay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people were once again subject to the whims of homophobia and religious and cultural extremism this week, thanks to a united nations vote that removed sexual orientation from a resolution that protects people from arbitrary executions.

in other words, the un general assembly this week voted to allow lgbt people to be executed without cause.. http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/un-general-assembly-votes-to-allow-gays-to-be-executed-without-cause/politics/2010/11/20/15449.

the world is apparently so full religious nutjobs who think arbitrary execution of gays and lesbians is such a valueable thing, that a resolution to ban it cant get passed in the un.
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Covered up child abuse - Now in Court in Bolton , UK (Frank Burke)
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
if this has been up before...then i missed it.

this creep walked free with a suspended sentence !.

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/8375439.abuse_shame_of_jehovah___s_witness/.
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Blackness. If the JW religion is a majority black religion, is this a majority black board?
by Quillsky in
1. jw
2. friends
before anyone asks whether it's important.... no it's not, it's just interesting..