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  I'm giving up in 2017! (More steps in my fading)

  by Skepsis in

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  when i joined this site at the beginning of this year, i was serving as an uber-zealous regular pioneer and ms in a foreign congregation where the need is greater.

  i was giving public talks and having parts at regional conventions.

  had started to have doubts but i hadn't time to focus on them, i simply was overcharged with so many activities and things to do.. i started by quitting pioneering but couldn't think i would give further steps for a long time.

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  jookbeard

  keep up the fade! dont look back the rest of your life is ahead of you, dont waste any more time on them, they are not worth it.
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  I got a new visit by an elder and an ms .

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  the conversation soon got to spiritual subjects, this elder is company man all through and side kick well he's learning the ropes.

  bang mentioned snake antivenin, blood factions, then big geoffrey jackson saying presumptuous, then vin toole in the arc saying he had never heard of theocratic warfare.

  then told how god made exceptions to the rules on blood when soldiers ate unbled meat.

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  jookbeard

  I remember those heady days in the early 1990's when I mistakenly let them into my home
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  How do I delete my posts?

  by The Doc 58 in

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  it's been 9 years and it would be nice to get them off the internet.

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  jookbeard

  I wouldn't worry Doc your cover wont be compromised, perhaps a vivid imagination? nudge nudge wink wink, the eagle flies at dawn.
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  Went to a Different Kind of Convention This Year

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my old congregation's regional convention was the week before last, and for the first time in 20 years, i wasn't there.

  instead on the very same weekend, i went to a geeky fan convention called magic city con.

  i had loads of fun there, i cosplayed as a jedi and the doctor (which is my current profile pic).

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  jookbeard

  great news, how great attending a convention because you genuinely want to be there rather than going somewhere that is just a waste of time and your energy, like every single WT convention that has ever been held
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  Kingdom Ministry Detailed Service Reports vs Field Service Highlights.

  by ToesUp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why did the watchtower eliminate the detailed service report (last report dec. 2008) and replace it in jan. 2009 with the field service highlights?

  (sorry about the formatting).. *** km 12/08 p. 2 august service report *** (source wt library, kingdom ministry 2008 , 2009).

  august service report.

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  jookbeard

  well spotted
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  Comparing Total Numbers Baptized During the 1990s and the Last Ten Years:

  by steve2 in

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  2. beliefs

  sometimes, comparing raw numbers provides a more clear-cut numerical picture of growth or otherwise than percentages.

  below are the numbers for peak publishers (rounded off so that 4,1 represents more than 4,100,000) for each year throughout the 1990s and those for the last ten years.. year: peak* baptisms.

  * peak publishers abbreviated - simply to show annual baptisms in relation to peak publishers.. the main point: .

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  jookbeard

  they constantly contradict themselves rather stupidly with quotes like " the love of the greater number would cool off" and " the tiniest group becoming a mighty nation etc, plus the "the entire world would know about the kingdom of god that only they have been commissioned to dispense" which becomes more of a joke every day the world wide population grows even more, and the huge continued growth of Islam, its either one thing or another, one thing that cant be overlooked is their terrible growth rates in first world nations, no amount of creative accounting can deny this.
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  Jupiter protects the earth... another example of intellectual dishonesty and an argument against design

  by cognisonance in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm taking a university astronomy course, and i must say it's really fun to read about this field.

  anyway, i remember the jws used to use jupiter (and probably still do) as an example for how unique and special our solar system is (and thus designed) -- namely, that jupiter protects the earth from astroids, comets, and meteors.

  convincing if one doesn't know any better, especially circa 1994 when jupiter stepped in front of a comet for us... but this isn't the full story!

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  jookbeard

  thanks for sharing this, brilliant article
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  Cart work - picture speaks for itself

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  jookbeard

  not forgetting the endless hours spent fiddling around on their phones and the non stop gossiping
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  Crisis of Conscience Aposta-Kit For Sale

  by betterdaze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello j-w.com posters.

  i am offering an “aposta-kit” of three paperback books for sale:.

  crisis of conscience by raymond franz, fourth edition 2004 .

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  jookbeard

  good collection there, never read any of Camerons work though
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  Were You Surprised You Remained a JW As Long As You Did?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  we have been told there's no place else to go.

  and to some degree mentally speaking, that is true especially if you were raised in the religion.

  at 50 i was out of the organization's clutches.

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  jookbeard

  no! I lasted far less time than I thought I would , baptised in 1988 aged 22 (born in) and for I time I felt quite content and was in for the long haul, the marriage cracks first ( married in 1990) and my own doubts put me on a fade in which I was never going to recover from