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  What are the costs of literature cart witnessing?

  by oppostate in

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  in the article on the guardian ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/jehovahs-witnesses-evangelism-church-god-armageddon ) mentioned in another thread, there's this quote of mark omalley, who is assigned to the public information desk at the jehovahs witness uk centre in north london.

  we now have more than 165,000 [literature] carts on the streets in over 50 countries.

  it gives us visibility and availability.

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  Cost of lit carts = very little.

  Joke value = priceless.
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  this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. bible

  from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

  then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?

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  Census shmensus.

  JWs are the Kings of Census taking, with all the reporting of time, placements, bible studies, baptized, unbaptized publishers, pioneers, elders, ms' partakers, disfellowshipped, inactive............

  Is there anything they don't count??

  Oh yeah, number of children abused and pedophiles.
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  Disfellowshipped people are quickly reinstated / Japan

  by nakanozzi in

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  i hear a number of disfellowshiped are quickly reinstated in acertain circuit in japan.one disfellowshipped person who are obviously in worldly.

  clothings, attended a meeting.whole congregation thought that person was not yet sincerely repented,but, announcement was made that the person was reinstated.branch office and circuit overseers are eager to bringdisfellowshiped back to the organization.local elders are not very pleased about it..

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  The whole reinstatement process is due for an overhaul.

  When slow growth becomes negative growth we may see all manner of unthinkable "nu-lite."
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  Beware the will use legal means against lies

  by Listener in

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  2. beliefs

  i am posting a transcript a part of the talk given by anthony morris iii from jw broadcasting july 2015. i've posted much much more than necessary but i wanted to keep it in context.

  the governing body has approved of my speaking of something that jesus himself spoke of on a number of occasions.

  and i might say at the outset that this is by no means a pessimistic speech meant to discourage anyone.

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  Now that would be a funny a GB version of Drunk WT Hishtory.

  I'd watch those broadcasts.
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  Comparing JWs to Jews

  by CalebInFloroda in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some have asked how my views and convictions have changed over the past 15 years or so after leaving the watchtower behind to return to my familys roots and embrace judaism.

  the best way to explain things is to allow both the religion of the watchtower and my life as a jew today to stand side-by-side for comparison.

  while i cant guarantee this will help prove to others that the jehovahs witnesses are truly a crazy religious group, i am sure it will prove to most that jews probably are, and are quite aware of it.

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  Face palm followed by oi vey.
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  Winnie the Pooh hates Field service

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Whoever said Pooh was a "bear of very little brain" was wrong. Pooh's a f***ing genius.
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  GB Permits Texas Two-Step on Kingdom Hall Stage, etc.

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

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  2. beliefs

  the governing body not writing their own articles is on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/370640004/gb-providing-food-helpers-write-articles?size=10&page=1.

  but, something more sinister, more serious is taking place in the congregations.

  the governing body have allowed very disturbing activities to take place in the kingdom halls and during the conventions.

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  Chippendales or Magic Microphone guys XXL?

  (The sisters wish)
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  10 Years ago today...

  by done4good in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i mentally awoke.

  it took another 6 months or so to walk away for good, but this date marked the end of my belief in any conventional sense of the word.. d4g.

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  I hear you d, I know my rehabilitation will move along faster once I move away from here. My sanity has been kept in tact by planning that move and reading my ass off. I am so hungry for info right now I can't take it in fast enough.

  I am questioning everything I ever thought about myself and what I am capable of. Overall the waking up process has been a wild ride - one I wouldn't change.

  Ironic that it turns out that the most exciting thing you will ever do "in the truth" is to leave it.
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  Bethelite"s wife storms out of headquarters and leaves him...she was forced into Bethel. My story begins....

  by Witness 007 in

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  we were all in our 20's the 1990's pioneers who still hoped the 1914 generation was for real.

  jenny {names changed} loved peter who was younger then me and very handsome.

  he wanted to go to bethel since he was a kid.

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  But don't all good little witness girls dream of becoming a modern day "Jeptha 's daughter" being sacrificed to temple service.

  The fact that her fingers are honored to be any where near royal spiritual undies with their royal spiritual skid marks is a privilege any young sister can only dream of.

  Talk about unappreciative. (Snort of derision)
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  10 Years ago today...

  by done4good in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i mentally awoke.

  it took another 6 months or so to walk away for good, but this date marked the end of my belief in any conventional sense of the word.. d4g.

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  Thank you for personal insights dfg. I am still only a year or so out from my last meeting and a few months since unannounced drop-ins from the local cong slowed to a trickle then stopped altogether, so it still feels like a struggle to maintain optimism of the future. I live in a very small fishbowl of a town where the layers of JW connections run deep into the fabric of the town, you cannot just go about your business without running into someone who is, has been, is related to or studied with a JW. It could be likened to a tapestry where if you pulled on one thread the whole thing would move. This causes this constant feeling of surveillance which has made moving on emotionally while not impossible problematic. I know that most of the battle is being played out on an emotional level but I am ever mindful that these people (from the local council to the bank to the supermarket) could and would be happy to make my life very unpleasant if they suspected apostasy, so I keep a low profile.

  That being said I enjoy reading experiences of ones who are further along the exit road than me, so thanks.