Simon Morley
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What is the rationale given for not listing partakers?
by Simon Morley inif i was still in this would a huge deal for me.
before leaving i was bothered that the wt was saying the number of partakers was dwindling while the facts (worldwide reports) showed otherwise.
could not get an asnwer out of my fellow elders or co as it was coming up in conversations.
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Is the GB Representational?
by Simon Morley inif the gb represent all "tribes, peoples and tongues" how come they are top heavy with us members?
if you take the 2008 ww report, taking the countries with the largest publisher count, assuming the law of averages, "impartaility" and a gb of 12, the make up would be:.
2 likely from the usa; 1 likely from brazil; 1 likely from mexico; 1 likely from either italy/japan/germany; 1 likely from either phillipines/russia/congo/zambia; 1 likely from either ukraine/columbia/argentina/britain and 1 likely from somewhere in the rest of the world.
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WT Study Version Feb 2011 - Double Standard?
by Simon Morley indid anyone find the illustration on page 26 odd?
i surmised for a moment that perhaps the "brother" in the illustration was an elder and he prayed about an employment issue - we all know what he will do.
yet, would that same elder make the same pryerful decision when it came to selling a kingdom hall to say the same church and say no?
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Best JW Joke
by Simon Morley intime for some comic relief, what is the best jw joke you heard?
here is a start, not the best but a start:.
q: what is the difference between a hells angel and jw?.
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Help with Doubting BIL
by Simon Morley ini have a bil that has started to doubt.
he is hung up on the fact that he sees jw's as the only one fullfilling the preaching of the good news.
i am sure there are some excellent past posts on this topic and would be happy to get them.
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Response to DF Action - Letter in Response
by Simon Morley ina few months ago i saw a letter format in reponse to potential df'ing.
i read it and thought it was great but never saved it - it looks like i will need it - sometime soon.
could someobody post the body of that letter format so i can give it to my lawyer and also, has anybody had success with the letter staving off any action by the jc such as annoiuncements?
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"Keep Doing This..."
by Simon Morley inas this will be the 1st year of my not attending the memorial my wife (who feels the same) and i had a discussion this morning that i thought i would post to see (as i am relatively new to the group) what you all feel.
our discussion was about jesus' command to "keep doing this in rembrance of me".
what would jesus want us to do if we do not go?
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Putting some wick in Wikipedia
by Simon Morley ini just want to posit to all why many on jwn don't take advantage of the wikipedia to establish counter arguments?
today many researching the net will first gravitate to wikipedia because it simply provides a reasonable unbiased viewpoint and when it is in contention, moderators will simply encourage more evidence to be submitted to support arguments.
as i support and add to many wikipedia sites - as long as there is evidenced based quotations (which is encouraged by wikipedia moderators) there are no questions.
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Apostasy - Rhetorical Argument
by Simon Morley ini was musing on this for several weeks now and wanted to share it with you.. if a person who has no religious affiliation (apart from a love of god) converted to a jw they would be welcomed by their new jw community and likely rejected (albeit small) by some of their family.
if that person now a jw converted to islam and became a muslim, (but still loved god) they would be welcomed by their new islamic community and penalized (d/f) by their former jw community.
if now that same person (still loving god) stopped being a muslim and went back to being a jw they would be welcomed back by their jw community but penalized (possible death threats) by their former islamic community.
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Midweek Night
by Simon Morley ini notice how periodically the wt and/or awake!
portray inactive jw's as selfishly spending their time washing their ferarri's on a saturday morning or jetting off, excutive class, to cabo san lucas.... since leaving what have you done with your time?
it would be nice for new and/or lurkers see that we are not all involved in some bacchanalian activity.. i have volunteered for a couple of not-for-profit charity boards and joined a volunteer group that helps people with english and math.