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Behind the Scenes of Newsweek's "Bible Thumpers" Cover
by Tahoe inhttp://www.newsweek.com/behind-scenes-newsweeks-international-june-1-cover-art-960456.
pretty neat story..
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the 2018 Annual Report
by no-zombie ini have a bad feeling that the annual report in the form that we can analytically use, will no longer be available.
according the post agm letter, it said "this information will be published in the 'about us' section of jw.org" however when you go to that page, there are already a country by country listing of statistics.
the problem is that, the numbers displayed at the moment are not the whole story we used to get.
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Any other ABENAKI tribe Native American descendants here on JWN?
by oppostate init's been my experience that many witnesses i've known are of native american background and eventually they phase out of the wt's grasp, but not without going through some hard times and deep depression.
several dear brothers i know are out, some faded, one inactive, all going through the same patterns.
and why does it seem more prevalent among those with a percentage of native american descent?.
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1970-2017 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses (New Zealand)
by The Poetry Of Reality inhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1pktibmzbzmap6dfo0dx1vr5h9zerejgj/.
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New WT Video being filmed at DC
by respectful_observer inthere was a full bethel video production crew at the dc held in amherst, ma this past weekend.
large set lighting was set up inside the main entrance and the video crew spent much of the day roaming the arena doing shots of the crowd, singing, talks, etc.
there were several staged scenesfriends associating outside together, a sister dropping a contribution in the box, and a few others.
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The Devil Made Me do it!
by criticalwitness injust my thoughts on the orgs consistent beating of the proverbial drum of satan the devil - first off i have never once met a person who has had such an encounter with devil or any of his demon cohorts and stories told me by word of mouth the person who said saw such things always had some mental issue.
if this devil where in fact real to reveal himself to anyone would prove there is a god for if there is evil there is good and whatever temp suffering this devil could conjure up would be worth enduring because one would know beyond a shadow of a doubt there is a god!
thats logical.
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Funny encounter at work
by respectful_observer ini just had a meeting with a client and we both paused to watch a group outside of the conference room present a cake to a group of colleagues.
i made the comment that it seemed to be a pretty frequent event in their offices.
his response: "yeah, it happens all the time here, but not in our group.
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"Saved by the Bell" JW - Lark Voohries "Troubling Interview-Bi-polar?"
by respectful_observer ini don't post links too often, so hope this is clickable:.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/03/saved-by-bell-star-lark-voorhiesh-gives-troubling-interview-mom-says-is-bipolar/?intcmp=features.
(as an aside, i looked at her profile on wiki just to make sure i was remembering correctly that she was a jw.
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Interesting WP read: Parishioners Question Need for Fidelity Oath
by respectful_observer inthe wts has the two baptism questions that must be answered aloud.
interesting to see how members of another faith react to something similar.
i pasted a few excerpts below (emphasis mine).. ................... http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/sunday-school-teachers-balk-at-oath-agreeing-to-all-church-teachings/2012/07/11/gjqacavgew_story.html.
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Washington Post 2/25/13: "Losing my Religion"
by respectful_observer insound familiar??.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/advice/forums#!/topic/1361811219-286-914/.
any way this can end well?from a reader: .