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Number of Australian Witnesses continues decline
by ozziepost inaustralia's service report for january shows 59,111 reporting and just 42 baptized.. this compares with 59,908 and 98 last year.
the 1999 figures were 60,917 publishers and 56 baptized.. this represents a 3% drop in just two years.. ozzie (of the new world statisticians class)
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Witness as a Good Neighbour
by ozziepost inthe april issue of 'kingdom ministry' contains advice on what to do when you get new neighbours.. witnesses are told to identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.
suggestions on how to go about this are given.. 1. call on them in field service.. 2.
"when you...see them working in their yard.
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Excuses, excuses!
by ozziepost insome years ago, the jw leadership was forced to confront some resistance to its instructions.
a study article was printed in which many threats were made, such as those who think themselves of the remnant and who disregard the instructions of the lord are following a fatal course.. this same article reached a low point however, when it stated, in blasphemous terms:.
such self-willed ones do not have an understanding.
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How would you answer this?
by ozziepost inin my daily bible reading this morning, i read from luke chapter 8 about the man in the country of the gerasenes who was demon-possessed.
jesus cured this man by commanding the demons to come out of him and enter into pigs who jumped over a cliff into the sea.
then verses 38,39 read:.
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Who will be Number 1,000?
by ozziepost inhave you noticed that the number of registered posters is slowing but surely creeping up towards the 1,000 mark?.
no doubt the word is spreading that this is a nice home to be in.. simon, congrats on providing this place for calm (usually!
) thoughtful and insightful discussion.. are there any plans to highlight the 1,000 poster?.
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Sunday's Watchtower Study: Saved by Grace
by ozziepost inthis week's watchtower study article "are you living up to your dedication?
" includes this statement (para 11):.
"in any case, our salvation depends, not on anything we might do, but on jehovah's undeserved kindness [grace] through christ jesus, our lord.".
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Looking at Geography with WTS
by ozziepost indid you know that europe isn't all that important?.
well, you may be surprised then to learn that the wts is correcting the worldly view of the world in the its latest (2001) yearbook.. europe: "though europe has long been classified as a continent, in reality it juts to the west as a gigantic peninsular of eurasia."(p56).
islands of the earth: "though we have included the island continent of australia here, the largest island is greenland"(p61) {gotta put it somewhere, i suppose!].
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GB Letter: Media Hurting JWs
by ozziepost ina letter from the governing body inserted in the witnesses' 2001 yearbook acknowledges the damage that media attention is causing to the witness organisation.. they state that "in many places there are also influential people who would like to suppress the worship of jehovah.
as we deal with these situations........"(p5).
then on p20 they state: "opposers continue to stir up public opinion against jehovah's witnesses, sometimes using the media or other public avenues to further their aims.
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Thought for the Day
by ozziepost insomeone once said: "the christian church is the only religion that shoots its wounded.".
how could this apply to the witness organisation?.
just a thought.. ozzie [8>]
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Fat Men with Beards are Unclean
by ozziepost inhave you noticed how illustrations in the watchtower magazine reinforce witness stereotypes?.
the april 15 issue of the watchtower, on the back page, shows a man viewing pornographic material on his computer screen.
the appearance is not of a cleancut man with business shirt and tie in this case; no, this unclean man is portly and has a black beard.