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  The more time I spend with "worldly people" the more I realize...

  by confusedandalone in

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  ... that they actually have more of a desire to get to knoww you then jehovah's witnesses.

  for years at the kingdom hall although i was an elder everyone "knew of me" but no one knew me.

  i realized that i never really had a friend who knew anything about me as a person or my background.

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  besty

  you are well on the way to becoming a flaneur :-)

  cigars..mmmm
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  There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world

  by cedars in

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  it would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.

  based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".

  portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .

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  besty

  where is bohm when you need him
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  Considered for Recommendation as Elder but Declined

  by ProfCNJ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks.

  one of the elders was sent to our house to talk to me the possibility of being recommended as elder.

  he did not know however that one of the elders who is a friend of mine had already divulged this future meeting.

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  besty

  good decision - interesting that you are posting on JWN already

  there are a lot of ex-elders here, a few current elders, but I would guess you might be the only member of the "I was going to be appointed but decided to post on JWN about declining" class :-)
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  I am amused by my new Job offer

  by recovering in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i have just been hired as the new clinical director for a large company.

  i think the following email from them is hilarious.

  they want me to basically define my duties by writing my own job description.

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  besty

  I would have suggested 3 months minimum notice period as well, with full pay for that period if they fire you or make you redundant or otherwise let you go for anything other than gross misconduct.
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  There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.

  based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".

  portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .

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  besty

  don't stop now guys - this is good stuff - we should be able to get to a mathematical proof on this point surely :-)

  SBF - please post your excel chart.
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  Role Reversal: Placing 1969 Awake with JW's Manning the New Portable Literature Displays

  by snapdragon4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in recent weeks the jw’s here in the uk have been setting up their new portable watchtower literature displays in my local town square on a saturday morning.

  as they hadn’t knocked on my door for at least five years, and consequently feeling somewhat neglected, i thought that i would pay them a visit instead.. .

  the first thing i needed to do was arrange my literature.

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  besty

  great job sd4 - very tactful and respectful.

  jwfacts - maybe make a scan of the entire article available with a discreet footer preprinted to the effect:

  "Article no longer available on wol.jw.org - source jwfacts.com"
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  Every so often I receive a very uncomplimentary email thru my website from a JW. Want to read it?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  their email address is: xxxxx.

  and their message is:.

  you probably would say, 'i didn't abandon him, i can still serve him on my own.

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  besty

  BTW, did you see my PM?

  Yes I did - although I wasn't able to reply due to the forum software giving me an error.

  XOXO to F&B from us lot :-)
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  Every so often I receive a very uncomplimentary email thru my website from a JW. Want to read it?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  their email address is: xxxxx.

  and their message is:.

  you probably would say, 'i didn't abandon him, i can still serve him on my own.

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  besty

  Barbara, please correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I know of you, you have NEVER publicly "smeared" the name of Jehovah. Have you? My understanding is that you HAVE publicized the hypocrisy, lies and damaging practices of the WTBTS , particularly in relation to their policies concerning pedophiles in the organization . Is that not correct?

  Same thing - JW's don't typically discern a meaningful difference between Jehovah and the Watchtower Corp.
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  57 Dead In Marketplace Bombing In Pakistan

  by Bangalore in

  1. social
  2. current

  death toll from marketplace bombs in pakistani town of parachinar reaches 57.. .

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/death-toll-from-marketplace-bombs-in-pakistani-town-of-parachinar-reaches-57-8734705.html.

  bangalore.

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  besty

  " One man, Said Hussain, who was in the area where the second blast struck, reported seeing a teenage boy shout: "God is great!" just moments before the explosion"

  Christopher Hitchens disagrees with the teenage boy.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great
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  Every so often I receive a very uncomplimentary email thru my website from a JW. Want to read it?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  their email address is: xxxxx.

  and their message is:.

  you probably would say, 'i didn't abandon him, i can still serve him on my own.

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  besty

  is the author male or female Barb?