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  Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

  i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

  what did they call that?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Piano playing was usually kind of wooden, not much expression that I recall. There were exceptions. In the early eighties there was a phenomenal musician who played at the assemblies. He went on to play the cello in an orchestra. Left the WT, good for him!
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  Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

  i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

  what did they call that?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I was in some skits. Great fun! Shame they quit that sort of thing
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  Interesting statement regarding "this generation"

  by InChristAlone in

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  2. friends

  i keep up with allexperts.com, and i noticed an interesting question to "brother rando".

  his statement surprised me, and i am wondering if i missed some new light along the way.. question:.

  "hello bro rando.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The increasing number of partakers doesn't irritate me at all. I love it!
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  One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

  by Simon Templar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

  i have to keep peace in the family.

  there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Here (Midwest us) they add congregations to the ones assigned to a circuit so as to keep the attendance at the assembly the same. In politics they call it gerrymandering
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  One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

  by Simon Templar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

  i have to keep peace in the family.

  there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The ratio of baptized to attendees has been running about 0.4-0.6%, so only one out of 1000 is indeed low
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  WTBTS vs. Islam

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the articles and meeting parts have been missing something all along, as far as i can see.. jws are taught to demonize all 'worldly' ( not jws) organizations, individuals and religions as having no value only to be destroyed by god at 'harm-you-gettin'-( armageddon ).. why do they not mention islam?no scathing denouncements?.

  the only publication i really remember, was the "mankind's search for god" book that touched on the beliefs and practices of muslims.. why do you think this is the case?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  In Muslim countries it is illegal to proselytize to non Christians. The WT does not buck the trend. And in other places, the WT rhetoric doesn't appeal to the Muslim mindset.
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  While JWs in the 80s and 90s were attributing magic to demons...

  by Island Man in

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  2. entertainment

  ... pen and teller were showing people how it's really done.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucaido2x4i.

  but jws are not superstitious, no, no.

  lol..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I had a conversation once with a JW from Nigeria and he was really vocal about demonism. Definitely a believer
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  The Finished Mystery: 1917 Print

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone have a copy of this book?

  i'll pay hard cash :).. i don't know if this is appropriate to post so if not feel free to can the post.. pm if you have a copy and would part with it..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The original is definitely hard to find. I had a reprint at one time. Tried to read it; boring. It's awful.
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  registering for Selective Service at age 18?

  by halcyon in

  1. social
  2. current

  every year this news item was published in the km.

  but i've noticed that i've never heard of it anywhere else, ever.

  how do most young men in the world know that they're supposed to do this?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It was part of their strategy to get the young JWs a minister classification. Their chance of getting the classification was almost zero if they had not registered as the law required.

  aside, when you apply for financial aid at college you have to prove you have registered.
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  "It's the demons..."

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thing that really frustrates me inside is how quite a few jw's (especially my family) actually believe that demons like to inhabit second hand vases, or clothes etc.

  my sister and mother are so bad with this that they wont even talk about it - because even talking about it "brings demons into your home".

  so any attempt to show them that it's unscriptural is shut off with, sometimes them literally going "lalalalalalala im not listening".. i used to believe it myself (why wouldn't i?, i was told by my mother and father it was fact).. what i'd like to point out to anyone that would let me debunk it is this:.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I always keep my wind chimes up to scare away any demons hanging around. Solved that problem...