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So Cricket Boring?

by Slidin Fast in

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if anyone watched or better attended the cricket world cup final and thinks that cricket is boring they should watch a re-run.

what a game, what a spectacle!

amazing!.

skin

This world cup final had it all. Well done to both teams, as a NZer I'm gutted that the result came down to the team that hit more boundaries.

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OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

by Listener in

there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

skin

now living in the last of the 'last days'

That saying was big back in the 1980's - 1990's. Haven't heard that over the last 20 years since it didn't come true back then. Oh, well, here we go again, lets use fear again by recycling this old phase to the new generation of followers who havn't heard it before. We are so close to the end this time.

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Question- do JWs use the term overlapping generations

by Xanthippe in

... or is that one of our memes?

thanks..

skin

Only as a talking point after it is bought up at the meetings.

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Subliminal Messaging

by truthlover123 in

for over 20 years subliminal pictures showed up in most books, wt, and awakes- eighties, nineties and into 2000's.... demons, gods, you name it-- .

question: is anyone seeing anything like this in todays publications?

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skin

days of future passed 12 hours ago

Skin - The resolution is too bad to try to do anything to this picture. Is the original on JW org?

I couldn't find it on JW.org, not to say its not there, can you access the CLAM from JW.org? Its a very small image that is in the June 2019 CLAM. This image was very clear when displayed on the KH big screen during the meeting last week.

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Subliminal Messaging

by truthlover123 in

for over 20 years subliminal pictures showed up in most books, wt, and awakes- eighties, nineties and into 2000's.... demons, gods, you name it-- .

question: is anyone seeing anything like this in todays publications?

.

skin

Finkelstein 2 days ago
Put a Link up Skin so we can evaluate it.

Here is the image that appears in this months (June 2019) CLAM, what looks to be some kind of skeleton hand with fingers over the left shoulder of the girl with the orange head band. Or am I missing the obvious?

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Subliminal Messaging

by truthlover123 in

for over 20 years subliminal pictures showed up in most books, wt, and awakes- eighties, nineties and into 2000's.... demons, gods, you name it-- .

question: is anyone seeing anything like this in todays publications?

.

skin

There was a clear image of a skeleton hand with 5 fingers over the shoulder of a girl in just this weeks midweek meeting video image, not sure if they used that same image in the paper edition of the CLAM.

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RC Lowell Mass (USA)

by loneranger in

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convention in lowell mass june 15-17 2018...about 4500 in attendance...11 baptized (0.24%)...believe about 6 of those were kids of current jw's..

skin

Anyone who has attended this year's RC notice the elimination of the phrase 'Spirit Directed Organization' in the second baptismal question?

Not at this convention, but at another assembly a few weeks ago that phrase was dropped. Fyi out of 650 in attendance, only 2 baptized.

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Putin to release jws!?

by jonahstourguide in

this seems to be making the rounds on jw phone and text messages.. latest newshomenewspoliticsentertainmentlifestylesportshome moscow reports russia president signs executive order to release all jailed jehovah’s witnesses; ban...russia president signs executive order to release all jailed jehovah’s witnesses; ban on religious group liftedby newsonline sharevladimir putinthe president of russia, vladimir putin, has signed an executive order, ordering the release of all imprisoned jehovah’s witnesses in the country, local media reports.the order cancels more than 100 criminal cases that were been opened against jehovah’s witnesses, and releases 24 people in prison who were awaiting or on trial, and a similar number under house arrest.

the group’s publications that were on a list of banned literature in russia have also had the ban lifted.putin said on a state television that upon sober reflection and broader consultation involving religious leaders in russia, human rights activists and members of the judiciary, he’s convinced that judges who sat on these trials erred and might have ruled based on their personal convictions against jehovah’s witnesses.he went ahead to assure russians that the religious activities of the group would continue to be monitored despite clearing them fit to go ahead with their activities a ban on jehovah’s witnesses came into full force in russia after a court dismissed an appeal against the group’s classification as an “extremist” organisation.the british and american governments were among those raising human rights concerns over the prohibition, which liquidated the group’s administrative centre near st petersburg and 395 local religious organisations.russia’s supreme court upheld the ruling, having previously decided in favour of the justice ministry’s characterisation of the jehovah’s witnesses as an “extremist organisation” whose members “pose a threat to the rights of the citizens, public order and public security”.judges ordered the closure of the group’s russian headquarters, local chapters and the seizure of its property by the state.putin’s executive power, allowed by the russian constitution, will see all the court rulings against the group reversed, including the release of liquidated assets.. i will try to post the link.

jtg is it bullshit??.

skin

My jw wife is all happy about it, not sure where she got the news from? But if it's fake, she will be upset.

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USA growth -not

by loneranger in

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"be bold" circuit assembly in conyers, ga (usa) today.. average attendance was 1220...5 baptized....mid aged or olders ones, no kids.

must be near the end...the "speeding up" is slowing down?

skin

It is clearly "speeding up", just not anywhere we are.

The attendance in the assembly's I go to are also declining and baptisms dropping. Only 2 out of 650 last month. One of the talks even talked about how fast the organization is growing and that there is a large demand for more kingdom halls. I'm guessing it must be in some isolated non english speaking country that no one as heard of because its certainly not in this country, and I'm not in USA.

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Absolutely mind blowing. Wow just wow!!!!!

by joe134cd in

https://www.facebook.com/rafael.riveraarias.3/videos/2271651422931947/.

skin

International Conventions, where rules change and those observing think its all so great and wonderful. We had an international Convention in our area about 6 years ago, and some of the performances that were put on from the local congregations made you go "WHAT THE.."? My JW wife was even shocked by one cultural performance that was put on has entertainment, they were doing some dances/performances, where she had written a letter to her work management, explaining that as a JW she could not be involved with that kind of stuff. Then to see it openly performed at a convention and it was announced on stage that it had approval of head office.