A lot would depend on the question if China would open its doors to the Society in the near future. There's a huge potential membership to be found there.
richard
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Is The WTBS Really Crumbling?
by exjdub inthere have been posts and topics about the wtbs imploding and feuding factions in bethel etc.
some have said that the end is near for the wtbs.
is this just wishful thinking...or do you really think that this is a reality?
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Elder Explains NGO Issue...Now It Is Clear!
by exjdub inquite a while ago an older sister stopped by my door, and stupid me, i let her know my life story in a nutshell.
faded for 7 years, former ministerial servant, blah blah blah.
i think the reason i did it is that she reminded me of my mom and she caught me at a weak moment.
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richard
What did you expect the elder to say? Something like 'You're right, son. The org sucks' ?
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Governing Blunders - Part 1
by hillary_step ini thought i would start a weekly column of wts inanity, inanity serious enough to have affected peoples perceptions and negatively changed their lives.. .
one famous wts myth that i have heard uttered more times a minimus question is that ?women feel while men think?, did you ever wonder where the wts dug that thought up from?
apparently from an unamed woman psychologist and the famous department of ?many authorities?
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richard
Thats very funny, but a little sad. Got me to wondering how many young witness girls lives were ruined because of that one paragraph
How about non-witness young girls of that generation?
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A Review By Carl Jonsson Of Rolf Furuli'sBook On Chronology.
by hillary_step inthis may already have been posted, but if not i am sure that carl jonsson will forgive my linking his review of furuli's book from another site,.
http://user.tninet.se/~oof408u/fkf/english/furulirev.htm .
best regards - hs.
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richard
BA MA Studies in Religion
Scholar - what's the relevance of this addition?
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your experiences with the exjwmeetup
by Junction-Guy ini have signed up since january and every month it was cancelled due to not having 5 people, it can get discouraging.
i live in a county with nearly 1/2 million people and yet there dont seem to be at least 5 people that can meet for coffee.
anybody on here from nashville tn and do they have quite a few show up there?
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richard
I would imagine ex-JWs are tired of meetings - ANY meeting
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Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level
by Bryan innow we know what the problem is...
scroll down...
jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?
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Richard if you can get the funding, I'll get the 1,000 subjects, no problem
Pork chop, if you have 100 subjects (active JWs), that's more than satisfactory for comparative research. As for funding, I assume there are some US foundations on (mental) health care who might consider to provide a grant to a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist who is willing to do a PhD on this topic. So the first step is to find someone who is interested to do the job.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level
by Bryan innow we know what the problem is...
scroll down...
jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?
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richard
I wonder if we could get someone to fund it?
I think getting 1000 JW to voluntarily cooperate with this research project is a much bigger problem.
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License Plates
by richard indoing a search on jws and jurisdiction, i found this jewel:.
"new hampshire statutes require that noncommercial motor vehicles bear license plates embossed with the state motto, "live free or die," and make it a misdemeanor to obscure the motto.
appellees, maynard and his wife, who are followers of the jehovah's witnesses faith, view the motto as repugnant to their moral, religious, and political beliefs, and accordingly they covered up the motto on the license plates of their jointly owned family automobiles.
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The link may not work: click '430' in the left-hand column, then click 'Wooley v Maynard'.
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License Plates
by richard indoing a search on jws and jurisdiction, i found this jewel:.
"new hampshire statutes require that noncommercial motor vehicles bear license plates embossed with the state motto, "live free or die," and make it a misdemeanor to obscure the motto.
appellees, maynard and his wife, who are followers of the jehovah's witnesses faith, view the motto as repugnant to their moral, religious, and political beliefs, and accordingly they covered up the motto on the license plates of their jointly owned family automobiles.
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richard
Doing a search on JWs and jurisdiction, I found this jewel:
"New Hampshire statutes require that noncommercial motor vehicles bear license plates embossed with the state motto, "Live Free or Die," and make it a misdemeanor to obscure the motto. Appellees, Maynard and his wife, who are followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, view the motto as repugnant to their moral, religious, and political beliefs, and accordingly they covered up the motto on the license plates of their jointly owned family automobiles. Appellee Maynard was subsequently found guilty in state court of violating the misdemeanor statute on three separate charges and upon refusing to pay the fines imposed was sentenced to, and served, 15 days in jail".
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=430&invol=705
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Does anyone remember yearly statistics site Russia
by Faraon inhi ye all, .
i am in the process of writing a letter to the editor of moscow times in reference to a letter to the editor i found at his letter states the following at http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/04/08/009.html .
in response to "witnessing religious repression," a comment by lawrence uzzell on april 5.. .
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richard
Faraon - Happy Birthday!
Re page: o boy ... it says you need Microsoft Office Webcomponents to see it (actually, it's Dutch, not German - don't insult me!)
I'll look into it. The page represents the stats of the 2004 Yearbook. If you need specifics, I can pm these data if you wish.
Richard