There are hugely conflicting stories about Mormon growth to be found on the internet. One point they seem to agree upon is that despite the addition of missionaries (lowered age to 18 and included women) the growth has not reflected the extra effort. The JWs could have told them that.
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Jehovah's witnesses are the fastest growing religion.
by hoser inthat is what the speaker said in his public talk this morning.
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Watching programme on ID channel about murder in Witness Family .
by jhine inright now ( sunday night , 10 pm ) i am watching a programme on id channel about a tragedy in a witness family .
it is not showing them in a good light , at all .
an new elder talks to a woman who was disfellowshipped for being raped .
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Mass Resignations In Mormon Cult
by cofty inthousands of mormons have simultaneously tendered their resignation from the cult following secret changes to the handbook that further discriminated against gay members and the children of gay couples.. "last week secret revisions to the handbook for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints was leaked to the public, sparking a furious backlash and ultimately resulting in the mass resignations.
" source....
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the girl next door
If sexual discrimination is enforced on all religions, it will be far more than JW and LDS affected. James White has predicted within 5 years religions that do not accommodate will lose their tax status. There will be a cover charge at the doors of churches and the masses will thin out drastically. Oddly, he looks forward to it. -
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Mass Resignations In Mormon Cult
by cofty inthousands of mormons have simultaneously tendered their resignation from the cult following secret changes to the handbook that further discriminated against gay members and the children of gay couples.. "last week secret revisions to the handbook for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints was leaked to the public, sparking a furious backlash and ultimately resulting in the mass resignations.
" source....
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the girl next door
Jehovah's Witnesses disfellowship 60,000 members per year. That's 1,150 per week. I imagine many of them are simply "walking away". Maybe if they coordinated their efforts they could get a media release too. -
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No Kingdom Halls would definitely work!
by John Aquila inlast night we were invited to a get-together with quite a few heavies attendingelders and regular pioneers.
there was beer and later some music.
everyone got relaxed and let down their guard and starting talking all kinds of non-theocratic stuff that you only discuss after a few beers.
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Why do most Christians churches have masonic and/or pagan symbols?
by kabwell inhas anyone looked at the local churches in their area and seen pagan and freemason symbols both inside and outside.
i am not a jw but at least they don't seem to follow this trend.
why do "christians" wear a symbol of torture and death ?
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the girl next door
"But I do see the jws as well as other cults closer to the teachings in the NT then most of the protestant and catholic sects"
Like what exactly?
607? Deity of Jesus? Jesus/ Michael? Closed heaven(144,000)? Jesus Mediatorship? Works based salvation? Bible translation?
You obviously are not a serious student of the Bible. Try reading them instead of collecting them.
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Over-protective parent?
by GrownMidget ini was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.
we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.
eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.
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the girl next door
Often, teenage couples engage in sexual conduct as part of an intimate relationship. (According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the year 2007, 35% of US high school students were currently sexually active and 47.8% of US high school students reported having had sexual intercourse.[1])This may occur before either participant has reached the age of consent, or after one has but the other has not. In the latter case, in most jurisdictions, the person who has reached the age of consent is guilty of statutory rape. In some jurisdictions (such as California), if two minors have sex with each other, they are both guilty of engaging in unlawful sex with the other person.[13][14] The act itself is prima facieevidence of guilt when one participant is incapable of legally consenting.
Some jurisdictions have passed so-called "Romeo and Juliet laws," which serve to reduce or eliminate the penalty of the crime in cases where the couple's age difference is minor and the sexual contact would not have been rape if both partners were legally able to give consent. Such laws vary, but can include:
- Rephrasing the definition of the offense itself to completely exclude situations where the difference in age is less than a specific time period.
- Providing an affirmative defense to statutory rape based on the small difference in the participants' ages, or on evidence of a pre-existing sexual relationship between the accused and the perceived victim that did not constitute statutory rape.
- Reducing the severity of the offense from a felony to a misdemeanor, which prevents loss of civil rights and reduces available penalties.
- Reducing the penalty in such cases to a fine, probation or community service
- Eliminating the requirement that the convicted participant register as a sex offender, or reducing the duration of such registration from life to one, five or ten years.
- Allowing a convicted party to petition for expungement after serving any adjudged sentence.
Such laws generally apply to a couple whose ages differ by less than a specified number of years. They are, however, generally unavailable in any case where the older participant has an authoritative position over the younger regardless of relative age, such as a teacher/student, coach/player or guardian/ward relationship, or if any physical force was used or serious physical injury resulted. This is normally accomplished by making acts involving these circumstances separate crimes to which the "Romeo and Juliet" defense does not apply.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_laws#Romeo_and_Juliet_laws
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Received a YouTube Hate Message
by cappytan injehovah's witnesses are such loving people with christian personalities, are they not?.
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(ps, yes, i have a youtube channel.
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the girl next door
JWFairyTales should be marketed and mass distributed. All this lovey dovey wake the JW up crap is like a wet blanket. They need to be shocked into their senses like Sam Kineson did for millions of die hard Christians. And everyone needs a cat named Jehovah. -
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Is the Borg winding down printing altogether?
by slimboyfat inthe thread about magazines stopping distribution in india reminded me of a recent conversation.
a local brother said he asked for a copy of the new organisation book for publishers.
the elder told the brother to print it out if he wanted a physical copy.
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If Watchtower gets their way, and they will, all publishers will be printing out what they need on their own dime. -
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No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real
by cognitivedizzy inguys .
a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.
i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.
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the girl next door
Shutting down the cash flow from Watchtower only affected JW India. What India has accomplished is not as far off from Russia as you might think.