Posts by berrygerry

someone did some calculations on total jws that have left and came up with a number somewhere over 4 millions. I think they used the numbers provided by the year book going back to 1950. i agree that the ones that leave are the thinkers and the ones that stay are not or forced to stay.

drones - to the eastern front - schnell

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The "Preaching" Work As A Dead Parrot

by metatron in

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.

inspired by a car salesman.

as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.

berrygerry

http://aso.gov.au/titles/ads/toora-vale-ice-welcome/clip1/

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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

by purrpurr in

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?.

berrygerry

One post mentioned Splane.

If you have seen the Seinfeld episode with "The Maestro" and imagine Splane as the Maestro, you can begin to understand.

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Jesus 1000 years and Satan's 1000 years in the abyss

by berrygerry in

the thread about satan in the abyss for 1000 years prompts a question.. jesus will rule for 1000 years.. jesus began ruling in 1914, which means his 1000 year reign will end in 2914.. satan will be abyssed for 1000 years.. if the end comes in 2020, satan will be abyssed in 2020, and then released in 3020.. what happens between 2914 and 3020?.

honest question..

berrygerry

Okay, I found a 78 WT which says that the 1000 year reign did not begin in 1914, but begins at Armageddon.

What was taught regarding this pre-1914 (or should I bother asking)?

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Jesus 1000 years and Satan's 1000 years in the abyss

by berrygerry in

the thread about satan in the abyss for 1000 years prompts a question.. jesus will rule for 1000 years.. jesus began ruling in 1914, which means his 1000 year reign will end in 2914.. satan will be abyssed for 1000 years.. if the end comes in 2020, satan will be abyssed in 2020, and then released in 3020.. what happens between 2914 and 3020?.

honest question..

berrygerry

The official WT position is that even though Christ has been ruling for 100 years already, this is not part of the 1,000 year reign.

I have a book that says God's Kingdom Rules - and has been doing so for 100 years.

So, this a different Kingdom, then, from Jesus' Kingdom of 1,000 years?

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What happens to a women that is not a virgin on her wedding night..

by jam in

deuteronomy 22;20-22 stone to death.

a little extreme don't.

come on jehovah, what changed your mind??.

berrygerry

This is a stupid thread.

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Question for current and former elders: did you feel qualified to give counsel for depression?

by kneehighmiah in

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do you feel the counseling demands placed on elders are fair and scriptural?.

i live in an economically depressed industial city.

my dad is an elder in a lower income black congregation.

berrygerry

The CO told me that Jehovah was using my husband now and I could have him in the new system which was going to happen very soon. That was 25 years ago now.

Priceless!

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JW.ORG TRADEMARK DENIED

by NAVYTOWN in

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i saw on another forum that the trademark application for the 'jw.org' logo had been denied by the trademark office.

it is too similar to the logo of another company.

there is an appeals process that presumably gives the watchtower a chance to get the decision reversed.

berrygerry

Janitorsworld.com is up

Their contact is:

[email protected]

:)