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Letter to be read at meeting this week about the downsize
by dropoffyourkeylee ina family member who is a bethelite informed me today that there is a letter to be read soon ( this week or next) concerning the downsizing.
so probably someone who has their midweek meeting early in the week will be able to fill in the details.
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Seems odd that the Bible never mentions Pryamids?
by dropoffyourkeylee indoesn't it seem strange that the bible never mentions the pyramids?
how could someone go to egypt at that time and not even so much as mention the huge monuments?
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Residence fire damages building at Bethel in Congo (Africa)
by dropoffyourkeylee inword is there was a fire yesterday at a residence building at congo bethel in africa.
lots of damage, a hundred or so out of a place to stay.
no one injured.
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Pew Research Charts and Tables just for JWs
by dropoffyourkeylee inhttp://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/jehovahs-witness/.
ok this is worth its own thread.
the pew research folks have made available charts just for us.
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Jehovah's Witnesses video slammed for threatening kids with death for not paying attention in church
by dropoffyourkeylee inhere is the link to a recent news article.
maybe it was commented before, but today was the first i had seen it.. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jehovah-witnesses-video-slammed-threats-kids-article-1.2116873.
i guess caleb is getting around.
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Connections between blood transfusion and sexual repression in the Victorian Age.
by dropoffyourkeylee inhere is an interesting essay (seems to have been written by a college student) which explores the topics of sexual repression and its relationship to blood and blood transfusions featured in the 1897 book dracula:.
the importance of blood during the victorian era: blood as a sexual signifier in bram stokers dracula by by nilifer pektas.
http://sh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:16204/fulltext01.pdf.
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Chautauqua Salute makes a comeback at the Indianapolis Regional convention 7/13/14
by dropoffyourkeylee inas the regional convention ended in indianapolis, mark sanderson invited all the international delegates to come out onto the field for the final song.
as they walked out, they all held a white handkerchief aloft as they waved.
some in the audience waved a white cloth in return.
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It turns out the WT leadership isn't the batsh-t craziest, there is another even worse
by dropoffyourkeylee inthe belief that the governing body must be of the anointed (little flock) has led the wt to jump through some hoops in recent years to find their leadership candidates.
the problems inherent in their beliefs:.
the number 144,000 is literal.. the anointed received their consecration before 1935 (this has had to be relaxed in the last few years).. the years have passed and most of the original anointed are dead.
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2014 summer conventions to have live video and audio feeds
by dropoffyourkeylee ini have heard from reliable source that this summer's conventions will feature video of various gb members as they speak and announce releases.
the regional (as opposed to the international conventions) will have numerous video monitors all around.
anyone else heard about this?.
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Announcement: Schools for Couples and Single Brothers replaced by School for 'everyone'
by dropoffyourkeylee ini know this was noted earlier:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/the-big-announcement-this-week#.uoaoe_yo5dg.
but it was officially announced today that the school for couples and the school for single brothers were being combined with the new twist that single sisters would be allowed also.