Posts by shadow

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses a hierarchical religion? And does it matter?

by cedars in

this is the title of my latest article, which is available on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/are-jehovahs-witnesses-a-hierarchical-religion-and-does-it-matter.

inspired by the illustration in the april 15th watchtower (above), i thought it would be worthwhile to further explore this facet of the society for two reasons.... because the society has spent decades criticizing the catholic church for being hierarchical, andbecause the society has recently become more open about its hierarchical nature than ever before.below is a diagram i have prepared which shows the organizational similarities that watch tower society now shares with the catholic church.... .

until recently, the governing body could place the "faithful slave" above it at the top of the pyramid, but as of october 5th this fuzzy doctrine was scrapped - thus removing the final distinguishing factor between the governing body and popedom.. as always, i would be interested in your thoughts.... .

shadow

Cedars,

I know how you value my opinion so here it is, overall pretty good, however:

I think your chair obsession is a bit of a distraction from the point.

GB are recognizable because it probably was a picture of them so why wouldn't it look like them?

Jesus isn't in the picture because it is obviously the chariot in Ezekiel and Jesus wasn't in that vision.

Otherwise a valid argument and the similarities between JWs and Catholics are rather disturbing.

The scan of the court document is excellent.

Shadow - part of the JW loyal opposition

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So, No Evidence For Solomon... How About The Other OT Superstars?

by Room 215 in

so, as we've seen, there is no independent, epigraphical extra-biblical evidence from archeology for solomon; then what about joshua, samuel, joseph, samson, etc., etc.

?.

shadow

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/cline35709.shtml

I have no evidence that my great great great grandfather lived. I wonder if that means I don't exist?

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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability

by cedars in

jw
friends

hi everyone.

i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .

cedars.

shadow

well at least a few people understood the point I'm making

as for those who don't get it, maybe you should take advantage of further educational opportunities

I think I'll take a pass on making graphs that don't really prove anything

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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability

by cedars in

jw
friends

hi everyone.

i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .

cedars.

shadow

not an apologist, just looking for truth instead of crap from either side

"For What It's Worth"

There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking' their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly saying, "hooray for our side"

It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

We better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

We better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

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JW's Sandy Respond Show off

by pixel in

this just post on their website:.

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http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-hurricane-sandy-relief/.

shadow

mormons movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSkiEeLpTk

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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability

by cedars in

jw
friends

hi everyone.

i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .

cedars.

shadow

lies, damn lies and statistics!

maybe it's caused by per capita income, maybe using internet for porn, maybe education level

graph is for entertainment only but seems to me that more is implied

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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability

by cedars in

jw
friends

hi everyone.

i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .

cedars.