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  New and improved?

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  i have a family member who had been df'ed for 15 years or so...recently they reinstated as a jw.

  when i asked what motivated them to make that decision, the response was to be able to see family and old friends.

  they insisted that things were different now.

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  Is this the new "Witness to all of the Inhabited Earth"?

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  2. friends

  i just saw an email from a family member trumpeting how they met an individual and referred them to jw.org...they then followed up the next day with the individual, stressing to the "interested one" how they could read publications and have questions answered via jw.org.

  my family member then went on to write, "i just had my first rv with mr. "x".

  i guess this is the new reality of witnessing in the 21st century....

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  International Conventions

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  2. beliefs

  just saw a facebook post from an acquaintance who just went to the international convention in dallas, tx.

  according to his post, there were approximately 50,000 in attendance on sunday, with 468 baptized.

  there were an additional 9 conventions tied to this one, with an attendance of approximately 100,000 and 609 baptisms total, including dallas.

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  The new and improved Watchtower...

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  2. beliefs

  i just saw my first watchtower magazine in about 15 years...it was tucked under my doormat.

  all i can say is wow!

  i was shocked at how small and flimsy it was.

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  Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. beliefs

  this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

  anyone else watching this?.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.

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  Just finished Terry's book, "I Wept by the Rivers of Babylon"...

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. beliefs

  congratulations terry on a great read!.

  if you have not read terry's book, i would definitely recommend you give it a look.

  terry is a great writer, and he bravely explores a chapter of his life that many current and ex-jw's won't even relate to...facing the draft as a conscientious objector (co) jw.

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  Why does it matter?

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. friends

  i have been on this forum for a number of years now, and one thing that seems to be a persisting theme is the "battle" between atheists and believers.. what i have not understood is the extent to which the supporters of either side engage in showing their position to be the correct one...and in turn debunking and demeaning the opposing position, or in many cases, insulting the intelligence of the holder of opposing belief.

  i guess the simple question is, why?

  does it really matter, or cause harm to be a supporter of either side of the coin?

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  Can this be true?

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  1. social
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  i was listening to a news report yesterday that said that after two weeks of being available to the public, only 226 people here in colorado had signed up for health coverage under the aca offered through the colorado state exchange.

  that seems hard to grasp...the population here is over 5mm, so that works out to .0045% (if my math is correct) of the population signing up for health insurance.

  the report also mentioned that besides the 226 that actually signed up for insurance coverage, another 2800 created a log in account, but made no insurance purchase.. do other states seem to have the same underwhelming response to this program?...either the program is flawed, or there isn't the demand for health coverage that the government anticipated and sold as fact to the american public.. i do know that my wife's current coverage was cancelled (as not compliant with aca requirements, whatever that means!

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  Richard Dawkins Fail...

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. child-abuse

  wow...hard to believe anyone would openly make this kind of comment.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/richard-dawkins-pedophilia_n_3895514.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#slide=989667.

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  Had to resurrect this after seeing it today...LOL

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. friends

  courtesy of millions now living are dead from several years ago (thanks to randy for re-posting on free minds:.

  ode to the 192 page book.

  once i wondered what life was all about.

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