Seems to be the more developed countries with stats like that. I guess if you're dirt poor in a third world country with no other options the "truth" probably sounds a lot better than it does here.
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Japan Has Lost 639 Congregations
by metatron in1999 yearbook 3,802 congregations in japan.
newly reported figure 3,163 congregations.
france had 1685 congregations (1998 yearbook).
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Religion after the WBTS
by Mysterious in.
just curious who went on to associated themselves with another religion after leaving the watchtower and whether you still follow the bible or not.
i haven't really decided what i believe but i'll consider almost anything not witness related.
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Mysterious
Just curious who went on to associated themselves with another religion after leaving the Watchtower and whether you still follow the bible or not.
I haven't really decided what I believe but I'll consider almost anything not witness related.
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Medical Quotes from the Watchtower
by Beans incheck out some of these!.
http://www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/medical-miscellaneous.htmmedical: miscellaneous*** the golden age, nov. 12, 1929, p. 107 ***.
if the organs [of your body] are diseased, heal them by correcting your diet.
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Mysterious
I'd heard about some of those but never seen them for myself before. It certainly does make one question anything they put into print as the truth of the day. A good point to raise with people who seem to think that the very fact something is in the magazines advances it beyond modern science, thought, and reason.
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Do any of you start humming a Kingdon tune out of the blue?
by Singing Man indo any of you start humming a kingdon tune out of the blue?
i do from time to time, i love music you can take any key and there will be a kingdom song that starts with it.
that is how i learned how to play a harmonica was by remembering the tunes of jehovah's witness's.
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Mysterious
Arg yes! All the time. I'm cursed with a memory for lyrics. I used to always be proud that I could close my songbook and never miss a beat.
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Did You Ever Tell An Elder Off??? How Did It Feel???
by minimus insome comments here, suggest regret---that you were afraid of these simple men.
have you ever told an elder off?
what was the result?
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Mysterious
Sadly, most JW's are very intimidated by the elders. And the reason is because they think if they disrespect the elders, they are disrespecting Jehovah God....MIND CONTROL at its best.
Well I'm sure this bible passage brought out in the watchtower really didnt help matters:
And he proceeded to go up from there to Bethel. As he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" Finally he turned behind him and saw them and called down evil upon them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out from the woods and went tearing to pieces forty-two children of their number. 2 Ki. 2:23, 24.
That would scare anyone about bad mouthing elders, especially kids!
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Anyone interested in some old WT books / publications?
by YellowLab ini was cleaning my basement the other day and came across a box of old wt books and publications i stowed away after i did the "fade".
i wasn't sure if i should toss them, use them for fireplace kindling, sell them on ebay, or see if anyone here would be interested in them.
i haven't gotten through the entire box yet, so i don't have a fully comprehensive list, but here are some to name a few:.
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Mysterious
You ask if it's on the CDROM or not. *checks the 2001 CDROM*
New World Translation, "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth", "How Did Life Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?", "Revelation - It's Grand Climax at Hand!", The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, Various brochures - including Trinity brochure, Family Book (from 1970s - ugly puke green color), Questions Young People Ask - Answers That Work, Theocratic Ministry School Guidebook, Watchtower to 1950, Awake to 1970, Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, Reasoning from the Scriptures, Kingdom Ministries to 1970, Yearbooks back to 1970
What isn't:
Kingdom Melodies songbooks, Kingdom Melodies (on CD)
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Did You Ever Tell An Elder Off??? How Did It Feel???
by minimus insome comments here, suggest regret---that you were afraid of these simple men.
have you ever told an elder off?
what was the result?
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Mysterious
BTW, it is possible to tell an elder off respectfully, without swear words and raising your voice. Jesus told off the Pharisees using the scriptures. They said he was wrong, just wrong for pointing our their errors.
That's the best way to do it imo. If they treat you more disrespectfully in return it only proves your point all the more so. I've always thought running intellectual circles around someone was the best way to go about it.
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stickers
by fairy inhow about a sticker ....."i was a jw and survived"..............but then, do you really want others to know that you were a jw?
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Mysterious
but then, do you really want others to know that you were a JW?
Good point I'm sure there's some way they could still hold it against us, and who could blame them after we've seen what the WTBS can do!
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My story - still stuck 'in'
by Mysterious ini was raised as a loyal dub since birth, taught the religion by my mother who is a strong supporter of the wts.
my father had been inactive since before i was born, actually he's the one who found this site first.
*waves at poztate* i never questioned anything i was taught and i memorized by rote what to say to anyone who asked me any question.
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Mysterious
I had goosebumps the entire time I read your story, Mysterious. Flashback twenty-five years, and it's my story.
I've always found it amazing when I read stories that have commonality with mine. It's one of the things that was instrumental in helpingm e to figure everything out. I guess the experience is remarkably similar for a lot of people. The only problem I ever had with those stories is those people never had a JW background and could never really understand the whole shunning thing. It's nice to find people here who have the whole package.
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What Makes Living Worth It?
by shamus inwhat makes you alive in spirit?
what makes life worth living?
what is it that you do that makes life all worth it?.
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Mysterious
True friends, watching some things change for the better in the world, and the rare moments when my cat is actually affectionate.