Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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Official List of Helpers to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

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friends

official current list as published by watchtower >>> here.

official list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.

list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.

dropoffyourkeylee

I'm a little curious why they would even publish the names like this. Presidents and other officers of the legal corporations have to be publicly stated, but not the others. In the old days the GB tried to keep a low profile, and I kind of admired that. Nowadays they seem eager to take the spotlight and the JWs treat them like rock stars or something.

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Divination in a congregation in the early 80's?

by purrpurr in

i was recently told by a jw relative about a congregation in the 80's i think in the uk but i'm not sure.

this cong got involved with divination big time, like the whole cong pretty much.

oujia boards the works and the branch had to go in there to clean up the cong, about half the cong were df'd and the whole elder body was taken down and replaced.. this is news to me, can anyone shed some light on this?.

dropoffyourkeylee

I met a Jw from Nigeria and he talked a lot about demonism. I could see that the different culture and background made the jw experience different. I could see a congregation of immigrants getting involved with something like that

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JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

by betterdaze in

jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

dropoffyourkeylee

I remember reading that Russell had a bust of Lincoln and also one of another president ( don't recall who) at 124.

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Bible Reading Assignment This Week is About THE LEVIATHAN

by xjwsrock in

a brother went on stage and read .

job 41:1-26. jehovah is straight up talking to job about a fire-breathing dragon in this passage.

it was surreal to hear this read without as much as a raised eyebrow in the audience.. here it is: (mind you this is almighty god talking one-on-one with job).

dropoffyourkeylee

Woodworth and Fisher wrote the Finished Mystery, rather than Russell. Their interpretation of the Leviathan was one of the most bizarre the WT has ever come up with.

I have read somewhere that the Leviathan passage was a reference to a previously existing myth about a Chaos monster conquered by God in the creation.

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JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

by betterdaze in

jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

dropoffyourkeylee

124 faces the water. All the rooms on that side have a full view of Manhattan

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JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

by betterdaze in

jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

dropoffyourkeylee

The 124 building I always thought had the better views of Manhattan and the river than 107. Maybe 107 is in better shape or is more valuable for some reason. But the 124, to me, was the 'centerpiece' of their presence there. Maybe that's just my perception.

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JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

by betterdaze in

jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

dropoffyourkeylee

Wow, the end of an era

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What was your first public bible reading? And when?

by Mandrake in

i perfectly remember that, rehearsing with mom, trying to read with enough emphasis and in a proper tone.

i was 5 years old, back then in 1996 i think, and the portion was james 5:1-13.... i found today that i still know the first verses by heart!!!

it's actually a cherished memory for me, i came to memorize those because mom had me starting the reading all over again until i got to read it properly... and in time!!!

dropoffyourkeylee

When I started, about '67 or '68, the 'beginner's talk', I think it was #2 then, was a regular talk, not a reading. My first one was about the 'Grapes of Wrath' in Revelation. Hilarious now, when you think of it, that a first grade kid would have to speak on such a subject for six minutes.

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How does Life expectancy by Country affect JW growth?

by dropoffyourkeylee in

here's something i haven't considered before.

below are the average life expectancies by country (male and female combined), which i found at:.

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/life-expectancy-country.html.

dropoffyourkeylee

Here's something I haven't considered before. Below are the average life expectancies by country (male and female combined), which I found at:

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/life-expectancy-country.html

How might the life expectancy in a country play into the WT growth and retention? For instance, Malawi shows a life expectancy of 60. All the adult age JWs who lived through the Malawi persecution in '72-'74 are over 60, so the majority are dead. The current JWs there don't remember it.

Many of the countries with higher growth rates are those with low life expectancies, particularly in Africa. This means that any growth there is short-lived.

I do know that looking around the assemblies (in the US) it is shocking to me how old the JWs are. They can't make the 'elderly and infirm' section large enough anymore.

Rank	Country	(years)
1	Monaco	90
2	Japan	85
3	Singapore	85
4	Macau	85
5	San Marino	83
6	Iceland	83
7	Hong Kong	83
8	Andorra	83
9	Switzerland	83
10	Guernsey	82
11	Israel	82
12	Luxembourg	82
13	Australia	82
14	Italy	82
15	Sweden	82
16	Liechtenstein	82
17	Jersey	82
18	Canada	82
19	France	82
20	Norway	82
21	Spain	82
22	Austria	81
23	Anguilla	81
24	Netherlands	81
25	Bermuda	81
26	Cayman Islands	81
27	Isle of Man	81
28	New Zealand	81
29	Belgium	81
30	Finland	81
31	Ireland	81
32	Germany	81
33	United Kingdom	81
34	Greece	80
35	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	80
36	Malta	80
37	Faroe Islands	80
38	European Union	80
39	Korea, South	80
40	Taiwan	80
41	Virgin Islands	80
42	Turks and Caicos Islands	80
43	United States	80
44	Wallis and Futuna	80
45	Saint Helena, Ascension,	79
45	and Tristan da Cunha	79
46	Gibraltar	79
47	Denmark	79
48	Puerto Rico	79
49	Portugal	79
50	Guam	79
51	Bahrain	79
52	Chile	79
53	Qatar	79
54	Cyprus	79
55	Czech Republic	78
56	Panama	78
57	British Virgin Islands	78
58	Costa Rica	78
59	Cuba	78
60	Albania	78
61	Slovenia	78
62	Curacao	78
63	Dominican Republic	78
64	Kuwait	78
65	Northern Mariana Islands	78
66	Argentina	78
67	Sint Maarten	78
68	Saint Lucia	78
69	New Caledonia	78
70	Lebanon	77
71	Poland	77
72	United Arab Emirates	77
73	Uruguay	77
74	Paraguay	77
75	French Polynesia	77
76	Brunei	77
77	Slovakia	77
78	Dominica	77
79	Morocco	77
80	Croatia	77
81	Algeria	77
82	Ecuador	77
83	Aruba	77
84	Sri Lanka	77
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77
86	Estonia	76
87	Antigua and Barbuda	76
88	Libya	76
89	Tonga	76
90	Macedonia	76
91	Georgia	76
92	West Bank	76
93	Tunisia	76
94	Hungary	76
95	Mexico	76
96	Cook Islands	76
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	76
98	Colombia	75
99	China	75
100	Mauritius	75
101	Maldives	75
102	Serbia	75
103	Oman	75
104	Barbados	75
105	American Samoa	75
106	Solomon Islands	75
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75
108	Saudi Arabia	75
109	Romania	75
110	Gaza Strip	75
111	Iraq	75
112	Malaysia	75
113	Lithuania	75
114	Syria	75
115	Turkey	75
116	Venezuela	75
117	Seychelles	74
118	Thailand	74
119	El Salvador	74
120	Bulgaria	74
121	Armenia	74
122	Jordan	74
123	Latvia	74
124	Montserrat	74
125	Grenada	74
126	Egypt	74
127	Jamaica	74
128	Uzbekistan	74
129	Brazil	74
130	Peru	73
131	Samoa	73
132	Vietnam	73
133	Vanuatu	73
134	Nicaragua	73
135	Palau	73
136	Marshall Islands	73
137	Micronesia, Federated States of	73
138	Trinidad and Tobago	73
139	Belarus	72
140	Indonesia	72
141	Fiji	72
142	Bahamas, The	72
143	Azerbaijan	72
144	Greenland	72
145	Guatemala	72
146	Suriname	72
147	Cabo Verde	72
148	Ukraine	72
149	Iran	71
150	Honduras	71
151	Bangladesh	71
152	Kazakhstan	71
153	Russia	70
154	Moldova	70
155	Kyrgyzstan	70
156	Korea, North	70
157	Turkmenistan	70
158	Bhutan	70
159	Mongolia	69
160	Philippines	69
161	Bolivia	69
162	Belize	69
163	India	68
164	Guyana	68
165	Timor-Leste	68
166	Nepal	68
167	Pakistan	67
168	Tajikistan	67
169	Papua New Guinea	67
170	Nauru	67
171	Burma	66
172	Ghana	66
173	Tuvalu	66
174	Kiribati	66
175	Madagascar	66
176	Yemen	65
177	Gambia, The	65
178	Sao Tome and Principe	65
179	Togo	65
180	Cambodia	64
181	Laos	64
182	Comoros	64
183	Equatorial Guinea	64
184	Eritrea	64
185	Kenya	64
186	Sudan	64
187	Haiti	64
188	Djibouti	63
189	Mauritania	63
190	Western Sahara	63
191	South Africa	62
192	Tanzania	62
193	Ethiopia	61
194	Benin	61
195	Senegal	61
196	Malawi	61
197	Burundi	60
198	Guinea	60
199	Rwanda	60
200	Congo, Republic of the	59
201	Liberia	59
202	Cote d'Ivoire	58
203	Cameroon	58
204	Sierra Leone	58
205	Zimbabwe	57
206	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	57
207	Angola	56
208	Mali	55
209	Niger	55
210	Burkina Faso	55
211	Uganda	55
212	Botswana	54
213	Nigeria	53
214	Mozambique	53
215	Lesotho	53
216	Zambia	52
217	Gabon	52
218	Somalia	52
219	Central African Republic	52
220	Namibia	52
221	Swaziland	51
222	Afghanistan	51
223	Guinea-Bissau	50
224	Chad	50

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No historical evidence for bronze age men living to 500yrs old?

by purrpurr in

the bible tells us that noah etc lived to 500yrs old as did many other characters who lived apparently to incredible years.. yet archaeological research tells us from looking at skeletons that have been dug up that the average lifespan was very short.

if a man got to the age of 50 they would have considered that quite an achievement.

when i was in i always wondered about this?

dropoffyourkeylee

There are some countries now where the expected lifespan is only 49-50 years old. I expect in Bronze age or before it wouldn't have been much different than that, maybe less.