Lol the ultimate ex-jw insult:
"your acting like the GB!"
_Morpheus
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Poster country flags and privacy
by Simon inthe new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).
before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.
first, the reason i think it should be shown:.
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2014 Watchtower Publisher Statistics
by jwfacts inthe 2014 grand totals page has been released onto facebook.. .
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i have started updating the statistics and graphs at jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php, and will release highlights as i work through it during the rest of the day..
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@jwfacts- nice breakdowns and graphs. Im especially interested in the number that stopped publishing. That figure has a lot of room to be variable and im not sure how to account for some of if. For example, a person stops publishing (or becomes inactive in witness parlance) after six months of not reporting time. That dosent make them gone forever. If they report time once they become an active publisher again. However they also can easily fall into inactivity after another six months. The reason i bring this up is that there was a specific and intense effort during 2014 when the CO came round to get inactive ones to report time. The record cards were combed and inactive ones called on to push them to come to meeting and report time. This may actually mean that six months or so from now there will be a drop off as these "reactivated" ones fade into inactivity again. It may well be the news is worse than we can even dicern from the report itself. It may take next years report coupled with this years to see how that trend plays out -
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Feb Kingdom Ministry 2015: Irate Householders - why so angry?
by Trailer Park Pioneer infeb kingdom ministry 2015, irate householders, "we don't apologize for our work", "did they hear rumors about jws"?
why so angry?
blood or disfellowshipping?.
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_Morpheus
I like your synopsis terry. It describes very well the process and the reasons.
i find it noteworthy they choose those two particular examples of householder objecrions to our beliefs. I dont ever recall anybody using them on me at a door in my 25+ years as a wt salesmen. I heard plenty of others, but not those specifically, at least not that i recall or made an impression on me. It leads me to wonder if they are, as terry described, inocculating witnesses in advance from things they see are causing many to doubt and/or leave the org. I also like millie observation that those writing this clearly arnt at door offen, if ever.
edited to add: it also makes me sigh inside to see them move a step back towards militant witnessisium with the 'we don't apologize for our work crap'.
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Bizarre contrast of 'Gospel' Coprolite!
by DocHouse inchurches: jesus switched bodies for you and has risen!.
jw org: jesus has been ruling for 100 years!.
both equally ridiculous!~.
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_Morpheus
I will take it one further..... Dubbies believe both. They believe jesus switched bodies AND that yes been ruling for 100 years -
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What if WT will claim, that Jehovah has pulled a "Jonah and Nineveh" on them?
by prologos inwt seems to be helpless in really dealing with the failed prophecies, pending dates, overlapping groups--.. what if they declare victory, blame jehovah, in that he allowed the nations to come to their senses and not further escalate the use of weaponry, "destroying [life on] the earth"?
in a second fulfillment of .
the "repentant ninevites, disappointed jonah" bible story?
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As some have already noted, there is simply no need for the comparison. They have survived 120+ years simply saying "soon now. Veeeeeery soon!". All they need is the carrot, not the proof or the reason. Using jonah would remove the carrot, in effect send the message that the "end" of this system was hindreds of years away. No chance that happens. They will just keep saying "soon now. Veeeeeery soon!". And dubbies will keep believing because its exactly what they want to hear. -
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Poster country flags and privacy
by Simon inthe new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).
before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.
first, the reason i think it should be shown:.
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Im a cautious guy and dont want my identiy revealed but country...? Come on. Thats sooooooo generic as to be laughable. Strickly as one individual i am hard pressed to see a country flag as in anyway revealing. -
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On the retention ropic, its a fair question to ask, insidekh, but the answer is clear:
baptisum isnt the same as retention ;)
just as a small sample, 3 children in my family. All three were dunked. Only i am still considered active.
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LDC Semininar
by Sour Grapes inldc semininar @ patterson nov 15-18, 2014 .
entire ldc dept included remote workers/design/legal/real estate/purchasing.
oversight.
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@oub- i cannot say where he got his info but i can say for a certainty it is exactly what was said to the east coast ldc. As DB suggested its likely notes from the meeting. This information isnt something the wt would print. No need tok, its just to hype up the construction forced that are being shuffled around, many of whom seem to be disgruntled at the loss of local power -
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thoughts on this week's meeting
by prologos infirst thing i noticed, a would-be elder with a suitcase-sized 'service' bag.
pretender.
but i thought:.
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_Morpheus
No there was a letter to the BOE a few years ago advising the same provisions be made. In the washington DC area they rarely are. You get a few bucks on ocassion but not often enough....
as for it constituting a paid clergy...no, not in my view. 10 bucks and cheap lunch (which never happens) is in no way fair or just compensation for a part time job. Glad i quit ;)
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moses is funny
by user100 inso this week's book study talks about how god spoke to the israelites directly and they were all afraid for their lives and then begged god to just speak directly to moses only.
from then on, god only spoke to moses.
how nice for moses.
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_Morpheus
Lol there is a discussion on this very thing started by island man a little bit ago: