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Jehovah's Witnesses dismayed by new magazine format from Watchtower Society.
by Balaamsass inwow.
i was surprised this week by calls from active jws complaining about the new magazine format, and more begging for money from the platform.. frankly i was surprized by this reaction since this is old news to jwn members.
i guess actually shuffling to the bookroom and grabbing the new "awake tracts" minus the inside cover forward ...awakened many sleepy, catatonic, bored jws who never read the things or go on the internet anyway.. any feedback from other areas?.
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20 Questions
by Terry inlet's say there is a new law.. once each year the leader(s) of any religious group have to answer 20 questions in public on tv posed by their critics.. twenty questions are allowed for a one hour presentation.. of course, we would expect softball answers.
except for one thing: the questioner can press a "bullshit" button!.
that would mean the question is repeated and another answer was called for.
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Watchtower's greatest failure: the absence of IGNORANCE
by Terry inknowing is good.. not knowing is bad.. knowing that you don't know leads to inquiry, research and education.
that is good.. assuming you know the validity of your research material is bad.. sometimes you are stumped but you don't know that you are stumped.
you proceed anyway.. .
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Awake! 2013 - They finally dropped 'That' statement!
by Splash init's been widely reported on jwn and other places about the change to the caption in the inside front page of awake!.
from 1982 - 1995 it stated:.
"most importantly, this magazine builds confidence in the creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new order before the generation that saw the events of 1914 c.e.
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Are you sure you have not spoken to someone about Jehovah or the Bible for at least 15 minutes?
by Calebs Airplane inhow many here have had this conversation before (especially just before the week-long visit by the circuit overseer)?:.
brother irregular, i don't believe we've received your report for last month.
did you turn it in yet?.
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When You Were Sitting During The Meetings What Were You Really Thinkng About?
by minimus ini used to listen to all the stupid comments and wonder if i could sneak out of there and scram!
even after i resigned as an elder, i went for a while and eventually began missing more and more meetings.
but while i was there, i'd listen to comments, chuckle to myself how dumb it all was and then go home with the knowledge that my days were numbered there..
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The internet as a means of circulating "spiritual food"?
by cedars ini've just finished adding an article to my blog entitled "jehovah now uses the internet to dispense new spiritual food!".
here is the link.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jehovah-now-uses-the-internet-to-dispense-new-spiritual-food.
my article briefly explores some of the reasons why the "new light" on the faithful slave and the manner in which it was circulated marked a radical departure from how spiritual food is normally circulated to the rank and file.
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Armageddon is coming! New Dates Predicted (satire)
by 00DAD inkudos to jwn roving correspondent sd-7 for his insightful comments in a recent thread.
as a result of his inspired utterance, i received a flash of insight that has allowed me to predict with uncanny accuracy the exact date for armageddon's arrival.
what follows are sd-7's comments and my calculations.
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talked to wife about new light!
by unstopableravens ini showed my wife the new light, it did not go over good.
i started with all the publications and asked her three questions 1 who is the fds 2when did they start 3 when did they get appointed over "all the belongings"?
using the recent publications she said 1 the fds is 144000 2 they started in the 1st centry 3 they were over all belongings in 1919. then i showed her the annual meeting report on the jw.org and went over each point.
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The Stones are touring...........kinda
by dinah ini'm not paying more than our house payment for vince and i to see a show.
i will buy the video and watch it nekkid.. the last time i saw them was in 1994 at legion field with my best friend.
we still say after all these years it was one of the best nights of our lives.. .