notice how that lovely jgnat didn't jump in and make a comment on the OP, she's clever ;) - and anyway, no doubt, like me, she's probably been following the letters page in the Globe and Mail this week! LOL!
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious inlink to the newspaper front page on bbc:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.
reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious inlink to the newspaper front page on bbc:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.
reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
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@Da.Furious
the article is really just about ISIS, and how governments etc should step in to protect both the Christian and Yazidi faiths - so really article/s is urging that both world governments and the international community should step in and protect religious people - kinda the opposite to the old 'turning-on-religion'. No other religious conflicts appear to be referenced in the articles either. Interesting articles anyway.
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious inlink to the newspaper front page on bbc:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.
reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
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@blondie
new concept for you ;) you go and buy a newspaper :)
As Da.Furious said: "what majority of JWs will do. Very few purchase newspapers or spend money on online newspapers." oh!
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious inlink to the newspaper front page on bbc:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.
reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
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Just want to throw this in, bit of a novelty and all that, I know
But you know, have any of you actually well, kinda, actually read the article, you know, in full?
And maybe the editorial comment too (on page 28)
And you know, perhaps even the inside double page spread on pages 30-31?
Before well, you know, before commenting?
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Yes, before you ask, I have, in full.
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Poignant Statistics Summary for Comment at This Sunday WT Study! (Aug. 3, 2014)
by SAHS inthe watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.
7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?
they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.
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Of course the next question is why Messrs Herd et al. decided to highlight 'ten years' of baptisms - which we now know (finally!), when compared with the previous ten years shows a 14% decrease or effectively one congregation disappearing EACH DAY?
You see, Messrs Lett et al. could have choosen say last 'five years' of baptisms - that would have meant, when compared to the previous five years, there would have been an INCREASE - but they didn't!
No, they specifically decided to go with ten years with the underlying 14% decrease - why?
Well remember that Messrs Splane et al. said in that same paragraph that they should 'not boast in numbers'?
Why? Because the young Messrs Sanderson et al. are in this for the long haul - they are laying the foundation to prepare the people for a decrease over the next few years.
40 years on and 2014/15 is the new 1975/76?
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Draw close p111 illustration..
by disposable hero of hypocrisy inis it just me or have they modelled 'joseph in the prison hole' on cedars and added a homoerotic element to it?
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Depends if you're into BDSM I suppose, but it is an example of the printed book/PDF version being 'better' than the EPUB version on your tablet, even if you can zoom in on the tablet ;) LOL!
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10 min meeting with all servants after the Tuesday meeting with CO
by Absalom inis there anyone who is currently appointed who can tell me what this 10 min meeting with the co was about?
he made the announcement that he wants to meet with all appointed men right after the meeting..
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Well, only if they actually had the CO Visit last week..... otherwise..... hmmm.....
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Poignant Statistics Summary for Comment at This Sunday WT Study! (Aug. 3, 2014)
by SAHS inthe watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.
7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?
they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.
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Personally I blame all that highfalutin college education - I mean all you gotta to be able to do is read, write and do basic sums, what more do you want to do after all?
So let's apply the KISS theory - Keep It Simple, Stupid!
They are told by Messrs Jackson et al. to 'not boast in numbers'? Why, because the numbers are decreasing!
Total baptized 2003-12: 2,707,710
Total baptized 1993-02: 3,149,153
That's a pure 14% decrease.Nothing complicated or controversial just 441,443 less people being baptized decade-on-decade. No death-rates, birth-rates, what-you-like-rates.
Just a simple 44,144 less people being baptized each year.
So, over a twenty year period there is now a consistent 848 less people being baptized each week.
That's a 121 less people being baptized each day.
Heck, that effectively means there is one less 'congregation' each and every day - yeah you could even say one congregation is disappearing each day!
Of course, it doesn't actually mean it's true.... LOL!
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Poignant Statistics Summary for Comment at This Sunday WT Study! (Aug. 3, 2014)
by SAHS inthe watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.
7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?
they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.
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LOL!
6 days and all that maths! But still nobody has stated the obvious? I suppose that's what you call 'hiding in plain sight'!....
I'm going for a walk now... be back with more in an hour or so ;)
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DarK SpilveR
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10 min meeting with all servants after the Tuesday meeting with CO
by Absalom inis there anyone who is currently appointed who can tell me what this 10 min meeting with the co was about?
he made the announcement that he wants to meet with all appointed men right after the meeting..
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Yes, sd-7, only 'inactive' people, NOT disfellowshipped or disassociated people.
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DarK SpilveR