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  The most thrilled topic but why dont people reply with facts/ figures

  by Ardian in

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  the watchtower and awake have been listed as the most popular magazines.the figures are astonishing.

  i am not sure whether it is based on reality or not.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.

  i have seen the link on many social media networks.

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  Someone gets confused with the most popular magazine with the most distributed magazine ,don`t fall for that one Ardian.

  Or for that matter the most printed magazine purchased by volunteer Jehovah`s witnesses , for the most part don`t even get distributed.

  The amount of magazines that get printed by the Watchtower publishing organization has nothing at all to do with the most popular magazine read by the public or even Jehovah`s Witnesses themselves .

  The most printed / distributed , and the most popular can mean three entirely different things.
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  Another CO leaves the Org.

  by HiddenPimo in

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  anyone hear of a derek gertzen?

  he was a co that was fresh out of bethel a few years ago and now is df'd...he was my co when i was still in and he was an awesome person.

  no idea if he woke up?.

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  Marvin Shilmer website : one of the best contra-Watchtower sites of all time

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  if you haven't been around for 16 years in the ex-jw community you've probably neverseen or heard of marvin shilmer or his wonderful website.just before he closed down i downloaded everything i could.i believe this link should still work.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b6a8sp5_psf-utdbaxy5zfhqnms/view?usp=sharing.

  give it a look-see!.

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  I have also just downloaded it , thanks Terry
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  But you told us about those dates.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  2. beliefs

  you couldn't make it up!

  saw this wt quote on a friend's page.

  it is from the awake magazine of 1993, march 22nd apparently.

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  As the I.B.S.A. they predicted that the period of 1914-1918 would see Armageddon and the rapture of the faithful to heaven ,or words to that effect.

  They said, 1925 the faithful men of old such as Abraham, Isaac ,and Jacob , would be resurrected and live in Beth Sarim .

  They claimed that 1975 was the end of 6000 years of human history and it would be appropriate for Jesus to start his 1000 year reign ,

  They had also claimed years before that the late 1800`s was the end of 6000 years of human history. 1975 was a correction.

  They also claimed that the year 2000 would likely see when the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ could begin.

  And they are not False Prophets ?

  Anybody remember the Books , "Your Will Be Done On Earth "

  "Babylon The Great Has Fallen Gods Kingdom Rules "

  "The Revelation" books ?

  If they weren`t false prophecy`s ,i`d like to know what is .
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  Funnies : Mr. Deity

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi this guy is a classic.

  if you have a few mins he's well worth checking out, highly recommended!.

  another guy i love on youtube is pinecreek....he has a wonderful, gentle manner as he gets into discussions with christians about god, atheism etc.

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  Well it`s probably closer to the truth than many people will admit.
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  Members or Individuals

  by Dazed_Confussed in

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  any truth to the thought that instead of being considered "members" of the jw organization, that they will shortly be considered only as "individuals" of the organization?.

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  I thought they changed members to volunteers .No longer being members or publishers just volunteers.?
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  What`s wrong With American Politics ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  what`s wrong with american politics ?.

  96% of american people who got off there arse to vote, chose hillary clinton to be president of the united states of america over donald trump.. and the electoral college overode the will of the majority of the people who bothered to vote , and gave the office of president to donald trump who was the 2nd choice, an also ran , of the will of the people.. it`s a furphy to say that some larger blue/red states can dictate to smaller red/blue states or vice versa to rig the elections ,simply because people can, and do change there preferences in any one state whether it be traditionally red or blue.. both democrats and republicans are both guilty and responsible for the gerrymander that is the electoral college.. there i`ve said it ,.

  nobody else seems to be able to say it how it is ,.

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  Ok ,I did quote what you said in your post about 96% of pollsters claiming that Hillary got that amount of votes Simon ,my bad .

  It is a discussion forum isn`t it ? At least I got four likes in my OP .Why do people get so personal in their attacks ?

  Thank you Sigfrid Mallozi for giving a balanced non inflammatory answer to my baited question without resorting to a personal attack on me.

  But I do thank you all for responding to my post.And as you will note I did expect a backlash from it.

  And got it .
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  Polls Vs. Crowds

  by minimus in

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  when i see polls suggesting trump has a 95% chance to lose the presidency, according to drudge report, which is now totally liberal, and i see the huge crowds of trump supporters as opposed to the 20 people showing up for biden rallies, i have to wonder what i should believe.

  do i believe my lying eyes or am i totally messed up?.

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  Ok ,I took what Simon said on his post about the pollsters claiming 96% voted for Hillary Clinton .And she did get the popular vote didn`t she ?
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  2020-10-Publications Approved For Discard! (as of 2020-10-29)

  by Atlantis in

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  2020-10--publications approved for discard.. .

  reply below and i'll meet you back at the pm breakroom for coffee and a link.. .

  petra!.

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  Me too please !
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  2 Watch Tower Magazines published at the same time

  by RolRod in

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  2. beliefs

  we all know that the name "watch tower" is not unique to the society.

  there were papers that used that title prior to the society.

  but did you know that the advent christian church (to which russell affiliated with) published a journal called the watch tower?.

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  I wonder whatever happened to either of them ? miss Hanna Stocks ? and miss Nellie E.Dow .? missionary`s of the Advent Christian Church circa 1914 ? in China .