Tylinbrando
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There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world
by cedars init would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.
based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".
portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .
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Bible printing, a loss of money for the WTS
by oppostate inso i brought this up in another thread... but i think it needs its own discussion.. having had one of the new grey leatherette and silver edged bibles with the new appendixes in my hand.
i immediately thought of all the custom covered nwt bibles you see some publishers sporting at meetings.
also the fact that the co's and wives who'd been given one had to turn it back in seemed very off-putting.. .
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Can Anointed Members Be Disfellowshiped?
by Cold Steel insince the anointed class used to be the faithful and discreet slave, i wondered if and how they can be disciplined through being disfellowshiped?
aren't they given a little more latitude in how they interpret scriptures and in what they say?
do people in kingdom halls who have anointed members defer to them in any way?
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19 firefighters deaths ? How tragic
by smiddy inforgive me if i have missed any previous post about this .what a tragic loss of life of people who are trying to protect the property of others from fire.. the fact that 19 lives were lost in one incident is just horrific .i just wish i could express my greif to the family and freinds of these individuals , heroes one and all ,.....from australia.
smiddy.
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Mourning a child
by dissonance_resolved ini attended a funeral today for a small child, whose death was an unspeakable tragedy.
it was my first non-jw funeral and indeed the first time i'd ever been in a church.
i couldn't even comprehend what the parents must be going through.
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Found a good video on Youtube about WTBT$
by Newly Enlightened init's only about 8 minutes long.
but he brings up the child abuse policies and cover ups and was disfellowshipped for being an 'apostate & liar'.
it's pretty good:.
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Rumor: April 3, 2015 start of Great Tribulation?
by Londo111 inon another forum, somebody mentioned that there is a growing belief with those high up in watchtower hierarchy that the great tribulation will begin april 3, 2015. evidently, one has to check the skycharts for that date and compare with 33 ceand also compare with the history of jws for past 40, 80, 120 years.
dont ask me to verify the rumor...these things come and go.
im sure lots of people in hq believe all sorts of things.. .
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What exactly was going on after Jesus was put to death and no longer around?
by Terry inthe jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.
members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.
thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.
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How much water is on planet earth?
by ThomasCovenant inthe watchtower, as i recall, get over the noah's flood story as regards saying the waters covered the mountains by saying that the mountains weren't .
as high pre flood as after.
the water didn't have to be 30,000 feet deep.. but supposing the highest bit of land was just 100 meters tall.
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still hurts..
by spirituk inhello again..following my story, its been 6 months since i last heard of my sweet jw baptised girlfriend .. as most of you know she couldnt stand the guilts inside her for me ,a wordly person, so she decided to leave me .. i didnt want her to leave me but she left me anyway.. i still love her..i think about her everyday..this pain doesnt seem to leave.. she hurt me so much ,we havent talk for months,she told me very bad things(such as she dont feel anything about me now ) and i still think about her..i ve been with several other girls in the meanwhile and having sex but still i think about her every day .why is that?
all the loving she gave to me when we were together ,the hugs and kisses surround me when i go to sleep..its unbearable..please help me :( what to do?
i m sorry tha i still bother you with this topic but it hurts so much.. :(.