Posts by berrygerry

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The Lion Awakes

by eric hendrickson in

my name is eric hendrickson.

i have been on a journey led by the holy spirit which has brought to this point that has allowed for me to open the seventh seal and understand god's master plan.

i am the lion from the lost tribe of judah who has come to the world and be the messiah king.

berrygerry

Your Eminence.

Thank you for choosing this forum to reveal yourself.

I notice that you are using the earthly body as a son of Hendrick.

Would that be as a descendant of Jimi, or a variation thereof?

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Years ago son raised a few years as a JW. Now struggles with depression

by Check_Your_Premises in

background:.

i spent some time here awhile back as an unbelieving mate of a jw wife.

i learned a lot, and was able to be supportive and understanding when she decided to leave the jw.. unfortunately, my son seems to have internalized many of the jw teachings.

berrygerry

Everyone that has been touched by a high-control group is impacted, most to a significant degree.

The average therapist has little or no concept of the degree of damage that has been done.

You, your child, and his therapist should all read Bonnie Zieman's book:

http://www.amazon.com/EXiting-JW-Cult-Handbook-Witnesses/dp/1508477132

http://www.exitingthejwcult.com/p/if-you-are-going-to-see-mental-health.html

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Can my friend be DFd for dating a non witness and wanting to get married to him

by cognitivedizzy in

jw
friends

dear all, need some advice .

in my country one can get dfd for pretty much anything the bullies want to df you for.

but is there any specific guidelines that state one can or cannot be dfd for marrying a non witness.

berrygerry

If the elders "advise" someone to stop dating, courting, etc. anyone, and there is not a stopping, yes, they can, for "brazen conduct."

(Brazen conduct is anything not covered by anything else.)

If a Dub up and marries someone without having been advised otherwise, then they should not be DF'd, but they will not earn "privileges" indefinitely.

(This is, of course, predicated on the Dub being "scripturally free" to marry.)

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2016 Yearbook service report stats - Excel spreadsheet download available

by Westenddave in

hello,.

i've posted the 2016 yearbook service report in excel format for public download.

here's the link: http://www.filedropper.com/2016yearbookofjwinexcelformat.

berrygerry

I've posted the 2016 yearbook service report in excel format for public download. Here's the link: http://www.filedropper.com/2016yearbookofjwinexcelformat

Could you be talked into converting: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 into excel?

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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by wifibandit in

the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.

pdf.

it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.

berrygerry

It was very kind of them to release this as a Christmas present.

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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by wifibandit in

the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.

pdf.

it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.

berrygerry

Peak publishers 2014 - 8,201,545

Peak publishers 2015 - 8,220,105

270k baptized, and peak increase by 18,560 - average by 119,321

BTW - Aug 15, 2011 QFR

Peak publishers and average publishers. “Publishers” includes baptized Witnesses of Jehovah as well as unbaptized ones who qualify to be Kingdom preachers. “Peak publishers” is the highest number reporting for any one month of the service year and may include late reports that were not added to the preceding month’s report. In this way some publishers may be counted twice. However, the peak figure does not include the number of publishers who actually shared in the ministry but forgot to report. This emphasizes the importance of each publisher reporting promptly each month. “Average publishers” is the typical number of different ones reporting time in the ministry each month.

Clear?

Herodium - Why downplayed on jw.org ?

by berrygerry in

watching pbs.. herodium - a mountain built by herod.. wt obliquely states that herod build his palace upon a "hill.".

what bs.. this guy created a mountain unequaled, even by the pyramids, and then built his palace upon it.. why the non-mention of this historic feat?.

berrygerry

Watching PBS.

Herodium - a MOUNTAIN built by Herod.

WT obliquely states that Herod build his palace upon a "hill."

What BS.

This guy created a mountain unequaled, even by the pyramids, and then built his palace upon it.

Why the non-mention of this historic feat?

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No One Ever Thanks Police ??

by berrygerry in

so, this week's sm has extracts from the yearbook.. the [police] chief turned to his assistant and said, in all my 32years of serving on the force, i have never heard anyonethank us for our work!.

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in our area, people thank the police daily, never mind in 32 years..