" I was told that the answers to my questions involved mysteries that one day would be solved as the light became brighter "
Wow! Good thing the Witlesses don't teach that.......
Posts by Mary
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42FEBRUARY 1ST 2013 WT TRACTAZINE!!! LIGHT GETTING BRIGHTER!!!!
by DATA-DOG inat my last meeting i picked up the new feb 1, 2013 wt.
my first reaction was " is this a joke?
" i said so out loud to the literature servant.
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2012 Memorial Partakers--12,604!
by Atlantis in.
2012 memorial partakers total 12,604.....atlantis
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Mary
Flipper said: It used to be they FERVENTLY declared that no new anointed would be allowed after 1935 and that the 144,000 had been sealed to completion by that year.
Essentially true, but they still allowed for the occassional "replacement" without too much hassle. Depending on who you were. Ted Jackass Jaracz wasn't even baptized until 1941 and he didn't start partaking until 1971. Seeing as he was alreay pretty high on the ladder by then, I doubt anyone gave him a hard time. However, if an average R&F started doing the same thing, they'd be viewed as "haughty" or "forgetting their place" or "mentally diseased".
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What a Week! The Bees Got Married!
by BizzyBee inwhat a wonderful holiday season!
time with family, time for fun, and in the midst of it all - we got married!
after christmas we were in palm springs for the weather and golf, but took off for nevada on thursday and tied the knot in a sweet, simple ceremony.
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Mary
Aaawww.....congratulations BB!!
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Canadians have nobody to blame but themselves........Fergie Olver.
by Theocratic Sedition inwtf?
seriously?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3trbwkffjv4.
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Mary
I think Dazed-but-Not-Confused's post hit the nail on the head. I mean.....YIKES!!!!
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100 Years Ago: We Were Already Backpedaling
by breakfast of champions infrom the december 15, 1909 watchtower:.
"while our faith and hopes would be equally clear and logical whether this age ends in october, 1914, or a century later, nevertheless our expectation that "gentile times" will conclude october, 1914, undoubtedly has a stimulating effect upon our hearts and influences all of life's interests and helps to "wean" us from earthly joys and ambitions and to set our affections on things above!
" [italics mine].
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Mary
"While our faith and hopes would be equally clear and logical whether this age ends in October, 1914, or a century later..."
No, no, no......all this proves is how right they were and able to discern and/or gleen these wonderful truths that The End would not happen for another century! Evidently,
The End is coming in 2014. Time to sell those homes and businesses.......again! -
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LMAO! I think you should send one to each of the Governing Body members.....
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Are you on vacation this week?
by moshe ini always loved getting away on winter break.
we usually went to florida and now i live in florida, so i vacation at home!
where did you go for your winter break?
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Mary
Yep! Universities, colleges and public schools all close up for the Christmas break. I don't have to go back until January 2nd.
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Remarkable Statistic - Bible Studies compared to Baptisms
by jwfacts ini am surprised i have not noticed this before, particularly since this is one of the most important statistics, and so have just added the new graphs to watchtower publisher statistics.. the number of bible studies generally trends roughly with the number of publishers on a one to one basis.
however, the number of baptisms has not been rising.
this has resulted in a rapidly falling conversion rate.
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Mary
The percentage of Bible studies that get baptised have dropped dramatically, from a high of around 1 in 5 (22%) to now a mere 1 in 32 (3.1%).
Wow! I never realized the numbers were so low! Even a 22% ratio is pretty bad. That means that 78% of all bible studies go absolutely nowhere. I wish we could get some stats on how many of those bible studies are:
a) conducted with children who are born-ins
b) conducted in third world countries where those poor people would grasp at anything that promised them a better life.I'm guessing that bible studies with potential converts in developed lands are almost non-existant. And when you factor in the billions of hours that Witnesses spend in the coffee shops preaching each year, it really shows how inefficent the door-to-door preaching actually is.
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There was no "assault" rifle used in Newtown, CT!!!
by Yohan inhttp://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495.
the bushmaster was left in the car and it was 4 handguns that were used in the massacre!
the media are morons.. .
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Mary
so Mary would take hunters guns away from the hunters as well?
If it helped prevent massacres of innocent people? Absolutely I would. Wouldn't you?
Funny, I was just watching an episode of All In the Family where Archie Bunker was dead set against gun-control. (Coincidence that that particular episode happened to be on?) He said he could "end hyjacking tomorrow". How? Simple. Just arm all the passengers with guns before the flight and that'll end the problem. Funny how the NRA's solution to the massacres in the USA mirrors exactly what one of the biggest buffoons in TV history suggested.
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There was no "assault" rifle used in Newtown, CT!!!
by Yohan inhttp://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495.
the bushmaster was left in the car and it was 4 handguns that were used in the massacre!
the media are morons.. .
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Mary
The Bushmaster was left in the car and it was 4 handguns that were used in the massacre! The media are morons.
Wow. If you think that argument is going to help your 'you-can-pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hand' argument, it sort of backfired. If 4 handguns can murder that many people in so short of time, then maybe handguns need to banned too.
The End is coming in 2014. Time to sell those homes and businesses.......again!
