EverApostate

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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  EverApostate

  Number of Lands Reporting: 240

  What about the rest ?? Why is Jah afraid to get reports about his most important work in these lands , if at all the preaching work is done.
  

  
  
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  EverApostate

  Was Scared to death when somebody wished me Merry Christmas when I was a JW, because I may have to reciprocate by fumbling with some irrelevant words.

  Came to senses now and wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and New Year.
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  What if the crucifixion never took place..

  by Jayk in

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  2. bible

  i googled it and pretty much my understanding is the same as what i imagine.

  no one really knows, your guess is as good as the next.

  interesting thought to consider imo..

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  Well, Jesus would have been murdered by any other barbarous manner, which might have appeased Jehovah.
  
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  Life after jw

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  hi has anyone still kept searching for the truth after leaving wts?

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  EverApostate

  After leaving the JW cult, I did search for any truth I may be missing and found that:

  1. Bible is fake and so as all other religions.
  2. Evolution is right. Nature authenticates this.
  3. Science is right, even if it contradicts with whatsoever religious beliefs.
  4. Also my cult experience has trained my mind to be more critical now and not to believe extraordinary claims that lack even simple evidence. This attitude reveals the truth behind any dubious claims
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  Is this life all there is?

  by Fisherman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you sincerely think?

  do you nurture any hope?.

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  EverApostate

  I was raised up as a Protestant. Had muddled up thinking's about heaven and hell and eternal life.

  Became a JW and was in for 11 years. Things seemed to get clarified but I always had doubts about God, heaven, eternal life and so on....

  Quit JW. Researched a lot about Bible and other religions and found everything to be Bunk.

  Evolution is the only thing that makes sense to me now. Living things are born and they die.

  Closely watching nature would nail the fact that once a creature dies, that is the end of it, for it. Gone for eternity.
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  Millions Then Living Did Not Survive

  by Fred Franztone in

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  2. friends

  it's almost 2018, almost 100 years since 'judge' rutherford confidently prophesied that 'millions now living will never die!'..

  so how many of those millions are left?

  well, since it was 100 years ago, all we need to do is find out how many people of age 100 and above are currently living.

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  Rutherford was talking about the heavenly creatures. Wont be surprised if WT spins it like this.
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  Good Works by "worldly people".

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.

  these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.

  managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.

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  EverApostate

  When I was in, this was one sickening advise I received from elders and fellow JWs.

  "Instead of helping the poor and needy, give it to the WT which would provide a permanent solution for the problem"

  I couldn't swallow it even then.
  
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  Wow! How do J.W.'s survive in India ...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. current

  ...if carol singers are arrested under anti-conversion laws?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42363561.

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  EverApostate

  These are very isolated incidents that come up occasionally. I had been a Protestant and a JW in India and never came across any "Persecutions" like these.

  However there are some areas where we need to be careful while preaching. Kingdom halls are not as spacious and comfortable as in the developed world.

  JW FS is very tough in India. You need to talk a lot, unlike in USA.

  People hear what you say and most of them even invite you inside their homes as a sign of hospitality. Baptism is very hard though.
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  the life saving message

  by jookbeard in

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  the life saving message of death and gloom brought to a town centre near to you!.

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  EverApostate

  Cool FS. Seems getting eternal life is so easy now. Thinking of joining again with a re-baptism.
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  "We never solicit donations" - really?

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. beliefs

  inspired by this weeks clam article which again "reminds" the brothers pdf their obligation/privilege to donate "voluntarily" i have complied a list of articles or videos in the last 5 years where donations are indeed solicited or encouraged.

  the society may argue that these are not actual solicitations because no plate was passed around.

  but a donation box is just a more discrete and subtle version of the plate.

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  EverApostate

  During my Protestant Church membership, the sextant would come home to collect the membership fee for my family. We cannot avoid that. In addition there would be a passing of plate in every service, for money.

  In that manner the WT is far better.