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  Is this the start of a change of policy regarding individual JWs preparing internet pages.

  by joe134cd in

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  this is a quote of a quote taken from anthoney mathenia:.

  " for organizations like the watchtower, absolute control of their message is paramount.

  it will not even allow its own adherents to spread their good news online.

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  bemused

  Some nice chairs in the picture gallery.
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  Poll--How Many Believe In God, Do Not Believe or Are Not Sure Of His Existence?

  by minimus in

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  i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.

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  bemused

  Can't see any evidence whatsoever for a god, certainly not one who has any interest in humankind. I don't know why there was a big bang but we seem to have the following 13.7 billion years pretty well understood.
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  The Watchtower 11/15/2014

  by wifibandit in

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  http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

  select "premium download".

  (thanks breakfast of champions).

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  bemused

  Looks like the elder hasn't understood that the belt tightening happens only after you lose weight.
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  Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Sickening. I just hope reading that will discourage some people who might otherwise join the cult.
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  How to dance to Jimi Hendrix

  by designs in

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  enjoy!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8xdhhffbhi.

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  bemused

  Wow - anything goes in the KH these say.
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  DELIGHTFUL DROP IN MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES: 2011 VERSUS 2014!

  by steve2 in

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  the us kingdom ministry shows the collective total 2014 memorial attendances of the countries that now comprise the us territory in 2014: 2,610,810.. those countries are: the usa, bermuda, jamaica, turks and caicos and puerto rico.. the same collective total for those same countries three years ago - 2011 - was 2,666,592.. that's a decrease of 55,782 from 2011 to 2014. i am happified.. while there has been the occasional year in which memorial attendances from one year to the next have shown decrease, this is a first: decline evident over a three-year period.. comments please!.

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  anyone have the know how on how to provide the link for the kingdom ministry download?

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  bemused

  That's a 2% fall. in that period the US population (which presumably dominates these figures) grew by around 3% I think. Not very impressive for the WT.
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  JWs: not creationists but believe in creation...

  by TheStumbler in

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  2. beliefs

  i've been having a bit of an email exchange with elder dad and i need some advice.

  i thought i was getting through to him but i think my criticism and tone became a bit too strident in my last email and now he thinks that i am attacking him personally.

  i think he has dismissed everything i said because he perceived me as 'overally critical, and rude.. .

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  As far as I can make out, JWs are creationists in any normal sense of the word. However for your Dad, the word creationist means a 6-day creationist, which JWs are not, therefore, in his eyes, JWs are not creationists. I'd give up on this one if I were you.
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

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  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  As a never-in I can only comment on the songs at a couple of weddings I've been to. All I can say is that if those dirges are the choices for a joyous occasion, I'd hate to hear the sombre ones. They were truly awful (though admittedly not helped by a tinny sound system and a poor singing effort from the mainly JW congregation).
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  GOVERNING BODY PATTERNS OF DECEPTION

  by Terry in

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  pattern of excuses.

  " zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226.

  (compare isaiah 8:11-13.

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  Thanks Terry, this is really helpful. Unfortunately many Witnesses will play the 'new light' card (although how that can explain the UN thing I don't know). Mind you, if new light is ongoing, all current teachings might be wrong. I used that one once on a new lighter and got the old rabbit in the headlights look.
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  how is it that some fade out of the org and others seem to be pushed?

  by sowhatnow in

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  i cant figure out how some persons like my husband and son, simply got too 'busy' and gradually stopped going to meetings, and were totally left alone, and yet some persons.

  seem to indicate that people were constantly in persuit of them, for a way to disfellowship them.. the ones who fade never get 'disfellowshiped' unless they write a letter formally requesting thier name be of the membership.. just like the jw org tells people who get baptised to do to thier former church,.

  i havent been to a meeting in a few months however it is also under a 'remodel' im sure im not missed.

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  Why on earth would you write a letter? Catholics don't drop a line to the Pope when they decide they don't believe any more. It sounds like you're almost out and your family already are so just forget about the KH and enjoy your life.