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Humourous DA letter
by besty inright- we've been thinking about this.. .
it seems that most da letters are: doctrinal, personal, emotional or or major issues such un etc .
and completely understandably so..but.. .
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Ever wondered which country in the JW Annual Report is most likely to reflect overall decline/progress of the WTS?
by besty ina bit of spreadsheet fun - trying to ascertain which country is the bellwether for the wts.. my methodology was as follows:.
take the individual ar's from 2010 - 2016 and calculate an accurate (.00) ave pub increase/decrease for each country.
sort the countries into descending order by this value with the grand total row included in the mix.. assign the countries 5 places above and 5 places below the grand total 1 point.
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LOST - one Slim Boy Fat
by besty inlooks like this:.
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hasn't been seen for over a month.. if anybody sees this man please tell him to come back to jwn immediately and tell us wassup..
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Relative technical sophistication of religious websites
by besty ina quick summary of website trackers used by:.
jw.org - 0 trackers (not even google analytics - wow - they really are in broadcast mode) pagerank 5. mormon.org - 5 trackers - incl.
2 kinds of visitor analytics - they are spending $$ on this as a pro-active campaign with measurable results - pagerank 6. churchofgod.org - similar to jw.org - pagerank 4. adventist.org - google analytics only - pagerank 6. catholic.org - 26 trackers incl.
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AlanF Interview with Creation Book author Harry Peloyan 1997
by besty inthis has possibly been posted before (i hadn't seen it) - i found it a fascinating read - well done alanf for fronting it up..... it can also be found online at http://www.reexamine.org/wtobserver/apps/pbcs.dll/article86c8.html?aid=/20040309/history/204007.
interview with a watchtower society author on wednesday, 27 august 1997, i met with harry peloyan for about 1 1/2 hours in the lobby of the 25 columbia heights bethel office in brooklyn, new york.
my purpose was to discuss problems with the creation book with him, since he is its main author.
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How far behind the Watchtower is on child abuse reform compared to the Catholics
by besty inhttp://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/11/qedcplwxs0ljsg3jk6zyhp/story.html.
pope takes responsibility for child abuse scandaltalks of sanctions; victims groups call for actionby john l. allen jr. | globe staff april 11, 2014pope francis asked forgiveness for the child sexual abuse scandals in the catholic church on friday, the first time hes done so as pope, and also said the church must be very strong in responding to the ongoing legacy of that crisis, including imposing forceful sanctions.. in remarks during an address to a french child protection group, francis said he took personal responsibility for what he described as the evil of child sexual abuse in the catholic church.. i feel called to take upon myself all the evil that some priests many, many in number, though not in proportion to the totality to take it upon myself and to ask forgiveness for the harm theyve done, for the sexual abuse of children, the pope said.the church is aware of this harm, he said.
its a personal and moral harm, but by men of the church.
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Stephen Fry explains the purpose of life in 3 minutes (with pictures)
by besty inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dhvwhrqvbs#t=167.
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think London Bethel is worth a few pounds?
by besty inhttp://www.octagon.co.uk/homes/london/totteridge-common/48-totteridge-common/.
this new home is being marketed as the 'finest new home in london' - my guess $50m.. its about 1/4 mile from london bethel - worked out the move to a dump in essex yet?.
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