Mosquitos all come from the ones produced by the Egyptian priests back in the days of Moses, since God would never have created anything living on blood.
TheOldHippie
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Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??
by minimus inyears ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.
a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.
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Was Brooke Foss Westcott who did the JW bible related to William Wynn Westcott (enochian magic founder)
by EndofMysteries inbrooke foss westcott (12 january 1825 27 july 1901) was a british bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as bishop of durham from 1890 until his death.
he is perhaps most known for his co-authoring of the new testament in the original greekin 1881.. .
william wynn westcott (17 december 1848 30 july 1925) was a coroner, ceremonial magician, and freemason born in leamington, warwickshire, england.
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TheOldHippie
"did the JW bible" ?
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JW. Org logon to email them
by sherrie11 init doesn't allow anyone to register.
are they to scared of the feedback from those who know ' the truth about the truth'.
it seems to me they should not even have a contact us function (especially if your main form of contact is email, which is the norm for 2013) who designed this thing................. are the elders and the privileged jw's sent their logon details... i would love to know the secret squirrel shite.
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TheOldHippie
"Access to what extras?"
KM, letters.
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2013 Report - difference in av. pubs compared to % of baptisms
by likeabird ini just took the first page of the 2013 report and added two new columns to look at alternative ways of calculating the 'increase'.
first column: 2013 av.
pubs minus 2012 av.
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TheOldHippie
You cannot use number of baptisms to calculate increase, because publishers are exactly that - publishers - before they are baptised. Baptism candidates come from the ranks of publishers, and added to that, some start as publishers and are baptised within the same service year, whereas others "cross the year border".
Additionally, nobody when doing these calculations seem to bother about the fact that around 1 % of a population die during a year. Hence, a 0 % growth "in reality" is a 1 % growth because the 1 % that have died have been substituted. a 3 % growth therefore "in reality" is a 4 % growth.
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Yearbook increases and deceases: Top lands
by Londo111 inlooking at the percentage of average publishers of 2013 over 2012 (not the peaks):.
brazil 1.46%.
nigeria 2.60%.
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TheOldHippie
And this - very interesting:
http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/SP.POP.GROW/compare?country=jp
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Yearbook increases and deceases: Top lands
by Londo111 inlooking at the percentage of average publishers of 2013 over 2012 (not the peaks):.
brazil 1.46%.
nigeria 2.60%.
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2013 Publisher Statistics now available from 2014 Yearbook.
by jwfacts inthe 2014 yearbook is out, and i have scanned the publisher figures into a more readable format at 2013 service year report.
i have updated some of the graphs at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php and will do the rest tonight.
there are no real surprises, with very similar results as during the last couple of years.
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TheOldHippie
"Thanks to the EU/EEA, anyone can legally migrate anywhere within the participating countries (only exception being Croatia these days), and I don't see Switzerland or Norway being that much more welcoming than Germany to immigrants these days. Sweden has been taking on many immigrants from outside of Europe (and continues to do so, e.g. from Syria), but publisher counts are still stagnating."
Welcoming to immigrants: depends on whether they come from outside Europe or not. Sweden with stagnating numbers - but the majority of immigrants come from Syria, Iraq, in short Moslem countries and not much increase can be expected from these nationals. Norway has a huge immigration from Poland and Lithuania, and has an increase partly due to these nationals. Close to one in eight publishers come from these countries. Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic etc experience a stagnation and even decrease in the population and therefore have a very ageing population, because the younger ones leave for the wealthier European countries.
One has to look at the population development of the countries in question before making quick comments. Japan has a very much ageing population and will decrease hugely during the years to come.
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Do You Own A Firearm? Would You??
by minimus in2013 was a record breaking year for firearm purchases.
2014 is supposed to be a record breaker for ammunition.. do you own a firearm?
but i support that right for others---if they are qualified..
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TheOldHippie
No. Never.
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Hey Bo Didley, another legendary pioneer of Rock passes
by designs inbo diddley's distinctive rhythm rock style of playing was copied by buddy holly (not fade away) the rolling stones, everly brothers and every kid who picked up a guitar.
he was 79. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yezhb3ozglq.
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TheOldHippie
Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American R&B vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (usually as Ellas McDaniel).
Yes, he was 79, and yes, he has passed on - but as stated, five and a half years ago ..........
New light? Old light?
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Leaving a church in Germany?
by Nika Bee ini have a technical/bureaucratical question for anyone in germany who has experience with this.. the background is, i got baptised as a jw as a teenager in germany, then moved to the us, where i daed.. from my research on the internet, i seem to understand, that when you get baptised in germany, they inform the appropriate authority depending on the state you live in, in bavaria this would be the "standesamt".
is that correct?
or does one have to do this by oneself?
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TheOldHippie
Just send a letter to Standesamt asking what your Kirchenzugehoerigkeit is, and that you want to change it according to what it says.
In my youth, the church tax was at 10 per cent, and so quite a few left the churches in order to get a somewhat better economy :-)