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Survey - will Stand Firm Change his modus operandi this time around?
by steve2 infull credit to stand firm for re-emerging after disappearing.
he is to be commended for keeping the same moniker and not attempting to pass himself off as a newbie.
although, unlike some jw apologists here, he may not have realized he could assume a new moniker and pretend to be someone new.
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HEAR YE HEAR YE: DID STEVE UNTHANK'S LEGAL ACTION CAUSE MORE THAN A RIPPLE?
by steve2 inhear ye, hear ye, there's not much to report..... a few weeks ago, we were alerted on this forum to australian ex-jw mr steve unthank's pending legal proceedings against the watchtower society on the grounds that the society - alone among organized religious groups - had refused to comply with the state of victoria's 2007 legislation requiring all those who work with children to undergo police checks.
those of us who read more widely noticed the inflammatory religiosity of the edict mr unthank furnished for the court's pleasure.
in trumped up language befitting someone who seemed to think he was destined for an important role in the scheme of things, mr unthank demanded that the watchtower society apologize - and the wording suggested he expected the society would indeed be orderedvia the court to apologize to a worldwide audience.
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MEMORIAL AT THE KINGDOM HALL OVERFLOWING WITH NEWCOMERS?
by steve2 inthis is a question for those brave souls who, for whatever reason, attended this year's memorial: .
who else was there?
was there any evidence that the witnesses are still attracting a large crowd of "newly interested ones" (to use their awful phrase) or even complete strangers drawn in by the door-to-door work.. i hear lots of comments about how poorly attended some of the weekly meetings in the halls have now become, so i'm curious about what you guys may have seen when you attended in the past day or so.
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HI GAYLE: CAN YOU SCAN THE WORLWIDE SERVICE REPORT FROM THE 2011 YEARBOOK?
by steve2 inyou kindly did this for last year's report and since no one's yet done it for the current year,i wondered if you could?
thanks in anticipation.
steve2.
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REQUEST: SCAN OF 2010 WORLDWIDE JW SERVICE REPORT
by steve2 incan some kind person scan the 2010 worldwide jw service report that will be in the yearbook for 2011. i've heard a lot of interesting comments about the latest report and would love to look at the details for specific countries.
thank you..
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SCAN OF THE 2009 WORLDWIDE REPORT OF JWS REQUESTED
by steve2 incould someone with access to the jw yearbook provide a scan of the country-by-country figures for 2009?
i've seen the overview page scanned from the yearbook of the worldwide totals, but so far no scan of the figures for each country.
many thanks in advance for the scan!.
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HAS JW PRINCE PAID TRIBUTE TO EX-JW MICHAEL JACKSON?
by steve2 inaccording to current information, prince is an active jw whereas michael jackson cut his personal involvement with the religion in the mid 1980s.
tributes have flowed from so many celebrities since michaels'death, but there have been none from prince.
as far as i can tell, no media have even approached prince seeking his view - which is strange, given the eerie similarities between prince and michael.. if prince has in fact paid tribute, could a poster give me the link?.
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APATHY - NOT APOSTASY - IS WATCHTOWERS BIGGEST ENEMY
by steve2 infrom time to time, a thread appears that suggests the time is "right" for the imminent collapse of the watchtower society.
"evidence" is presented from a variety of electronic sources, especially the internet and the proliferation of sites twittering about significant developments in the watchtower society.
when posters with fervent religious beliefs enter the discussion they confidently state, among other things, that "apostasy is rampant in the organization" (research lady).
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Bible Student Sister Cora Sumdbom's Story from 1962 about early days of WT and Dawn split
by steve2 inwhat an affectionate account - her warmish memories about "brother russell" stand out.
she was totally wrapped up in the organization.
i note the routine manner in which she recounts christmas at bethel and buying a christmas present for russell (a comfortable chair).
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STOP QUOTING JW GROWTH FIGURES UNTIL THE REPORT IS OUT!!
by steve2 inyes, there has been a lot of buzz and speculation from posters about the increase of jws in various countries, as well as salivating over the zero and negative growth rates in other countries.
but still no one's produced the official figures for the 2007 year (which runs from september 2006 - august 2007).
so, until we're able to see a scanned copy of the 2007 service year report of jehovah's witnesses worldwide, spare us the frustration of the pointless speculation!