SecretSlaveClass
I would love to see what the statistics are age-wise considering how many older people drop out vs the younger generations.
That's an excellent idea. But complying it would be a difficult task.
John Aquila
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Who is the Royal Commission?
by John Aquila inso we have the english convention this week.
a bunch of families whom i know but have not seen in a few years are attending.
they are not assigned but got a group together to visit the city and attend a day or two of the convention.
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Who is the Royal Commission?
by John Aquila inso we have the english convention this week.
a bunch of families whom i know but have not seen in a few years are attending.
they are not assigned but got a group together to visit the city and attend a day or two of the convention.
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John Aquila
So we have the English convention this week. A bunch of families whom I know but have not seen in a few years are attending. They are not assigned but got a group together to visit the city and attend a day or two of the convention. We had a get together last night. I shaved my beard to avoid any confrontation. I have to admit I miss a lot of the friends. I had a lot of fun with many of them when I was gun-ho in the organization. We did a lot of things together like camping, Disney world, Travel together.
But how times have changed.
Many of them have already lost their husbands or wives to death. Most of these JWs were elders and MS when I was just a kid coming in. The Single wives and husbands talked a lot about the paradise just around the corner and how happy they will be to see their mates and be with them forever and this time not be interrupted by death.
I was not about to try to wake anyone up and burst their bubble, but I did want to know if anyone knew about the Royal Commission, so I discreetly ask around. There was about 50-60 people there.
Not one of them knew what was going on with the Royal Commission. In fact many have never heard of any child abuse news. Many have never even seen the Dateline stories a few years ago. Many said they hardly watch the news and only get their information from the Magazines.
I don’t think there was anyone there under 50 years of age.
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The BEST day of your life-------and the WORST day of your life?
by eyeuse2badub inthis topic may have been an op previously but i didn't get an opportunity to comment so here goes;.
mine are pretty simple;.
it was the day i married my beautiful wife of 49 years.
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John Aquila
Wow STA, you got my respect. You just gave me the courage that I needed today. I've been feeling so down but the fact that you survived what you say you did gives me strength that I can overcome anything.
Thanks.
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Take the Kingdom back to Mexico!
by John Aquila inif donald trump wins the presidency, about 90% of the jws in my area will have to go back to mexico.
the watchtower will be having a fire sale on kingdom halls.
if trump became president and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the jws publisher numbers big time in the united states?
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umbertoecho
Surely this man would not do "good" in terms of his extreme views and his blatant bias.I know it sounds crazy that Trump could win, but the probability is there. Didn't Al Gore win the popular vote with the majority but lost the electoral college thereby losing the presidency to Bush?
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Take the Kingdom back to Mexico!
by John Aquila inif donald trump wins the presidency, about 90% of the jws in my area will have to go back to mexico.
the watchtower will be having a fire sale on kingdom halls.
if trump became president and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the jws publisher numbers big time in the united states?
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neverendingjourney
You do understand that a 90% Hispanic population is not the same thing as 90% illegal immigrant population, don't you?
I never said 90% of the population is illegal. I put the U.S. census to help you see that in my City about 90% of the Population is Hispanic compared to 38% in the State of Texas.
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Take the Kingdom back to Mexico!
by John Aquila inif donald trump wins the presidency, about 90% of the jws in my area will have to go back to mexico.
the watchtower will be having a fire sale on kingdom halls.
if trump became president and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the jws publisher numbers big time in the united states?
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John Aquila
I spent my entire life up to my mid 20s in Spanish congregations in Texas and the number of illegal immigrants was nowhere near 90%.
Actually right now I’m about 2 miles from the border of Juarez Mexico. The city I’m in has a population close to a million by now. The U. S. Census tells us that Texas has about 38% Hispanic or Latino. But where I’m at, the percentage of Hispanic or Latino in 2013 was over 81%. The local news said a few weeks ago that it pretty close to 90% now
During the drug wars in Juarez a few years back I was attending the Spanish Congregation and I saw literally hundreds and hundreds of Spanish brothers and sisters cross the river and start attending the congregations in El Paso. Last I heard about 2 years ago there is over 90 congregations in Spanish and only about 15 -20 English. Most of the jw brothers cannot be MS or Elders because they are illegal. These Spanish brothers stayed here after the drug wars. They started landscaping, construction, pool cleaning and repair business. The Women started house cleaning businesses. Many of them do well and make lots of money but they are illegally in the country.
The WT has had the Spanish conventions here for the past few years. Sometimes they have 3 summer conventions in the area because these Spanish JWs cannot travel because they will get caught in the inspections points crossing the State. But since they have money to contribute and there is about 90 congregations in the City, there is no way that WT will not exploit that.
So just counting the Spanish congregations in my area, we are talking 70k to 100k Spanish Publishers. If they were forced to go back to Juarez Mexico, it would affect the whole JW population and Kingdom Halls in my area.
The Spanish JWs here are very concerned that Donald Trump might become President. Many of them have business making over 100k a year. Compared to $150 a month if they go back That does not include the Non-jws that are here in this city illegally.
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Is Satan really a liar, and the father of the lie?
by Israel Ricky Gonzales in5 for god knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like god, knowing good and bad.. .
genesis 3:22. jehovah god then said: here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad..".
for god knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like god, knowing good and bad.?.
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John Aquila
ADDITIONALLY, COULD TWO HUMANS, WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE NAKED, POSSIBLY COMPREHEND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EATING THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND COMPREHEND THE CONCEPT OF DEATH?How could they not know they were naked? What man who was introduced to a Perfect, beautiful, naked woman, with no cable TV or internet, not figure out in a few minutes what to do with that woman?The story is made that way to make an excuse for all the suffering the children of Adam and Eve have had to experience. They "Inherited Sin"Can we really believe that months or years passed before Adam figured out what to do with Eve? Did it really take a bite of a fruit to realize where what went in where?
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Take the Kingdom back to Mexico!
by John Aquila inif donald trump wins the presidency, about 90% of the jws in my area will have to go back to mexico.
the watchtower will be having a fire sale on kingdom halls.
if trump became president and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the jws publisher numbers big time in the united states?
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sir82
Chances of Trump becoming POTUS are approximately the same as chances of Anthony Morris exhibiting humility.
I'm not sure about that, his numbers are up regardless of all the crazy things he has said, he is number one on the Republican side in all the polls and still climbing. There is no other candidate that seems to interest the people. And we are living in a country that elected Regan, Bush, and almost Sarah Palin. And over one million people in the U.S. believe the Governing Body of the Watchtower is God's Channel. So who's to say what can happen? Would it really surprise us?
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Take the Kingdom back to Mexico!
by John Aquila inif donald trump wins the presidency, about 90% of the jws in my area will have to go back to mexico.
the watchtower will be having a fire sale on kingdom halls.
if trump became president and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the jws publisher numbers big time in the united states?
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John Aquila
If Donald Trump wins the Presidency, about 90% of the JWs in my area will have to go back to Mexico. The Watchtower will be having a fire sale on Kingdom Halls.
If Trump became President and he followed through on his policy of sending back undocumented immigrants, would that affect the JWs publisher numbers big time in the United States?
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i feel more confused than ever
by BlackWolf inwell i know i've been posting a lot of topics like this lately and i'm sorry if i sound whiny or annoying.
my parents were asking me why i was so upset lately and i ended up just telling them the whole truth.
i told them i don't believe in god or the bible because i don't have any evidence of anything.
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John Aquila
I don't know what to do. I could live my whole life being a jw even though I hate it and possibly live forever or I could live my life doing what I love and possibly be killed at armeggedon. What should I do?? Should I believe what parents say or what the so called "apostates" think? All of my old fears are returning and I feel so doomed
Don't do anything, what's the hurry? And don't be confrontational with your parents, why add wood to the fire? Keep quite and under the radar while you do research and sort things out. It will take a while. Took me almost two years to sort everything out.