Posts by jwfacts

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Dr. Kent Bradly and Dr. Nancy Writebol's healings Prove to me there is a God!

by BucketShopBill in

i get tired of using the argument of "the mystery of evil" to attack god but where are we when we see heroic acts of godly courage from great humans like dr. kent bradly and dr. nancy writebols wonderful works of love?

did you listen to dr. kent bradley's concern and loving compassion for west africa?

he's not angry superstitious mobs destroyed several make-shift medical facilities to treat victims of ebola, no, dr. bradly implored the world to "help save west africa".

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http://www.smh.com.au/comment/science-not-god-saved-him-from-ebola-20140826-10874n.html

If Brantly is so certain it was the hand of god that saved him, does it not strike you as a little distrustful he didn't stay in West Africa and sweat blood in a tent in the jungle?

If God's on the job, why get air-lifted to one of America's best acute care hospitals, be treated with the experimental drug ZMAPP and soak up all that first class care from medical professionals who are experts in their field?

Show a little faith, man.

On a superficial level, there's also the arrogance of Brantly assuming God deemed him more worthy of saving than the 1400 people who have succumbed to the disease already.

I guess they didn't pray hard enough?

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/science-not-god-saved-him-from-ebola-20140826-10874n.html#ixzz3BVQ71kku

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Members of the writing department has resigned

by hardtobeme in

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this is what i found at anointedjw.org.

i don't know if it's true.

on august 25, 2014, we received the following comment and inquiry: .

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Writing dept staff are like drug dealers. For every one that moves on, there are 2 more waiting to fill their spot.

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AS JW.ORG TRAFFIC GOES UP, DOOR-TO-DOOR TRAFFIC WILL GO DOWN

by steve2 in

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here's a hypothesis that we can expect to see robustly tested over the next 2 (2016) to 5 years (2019):.

as jw.org traffic goes up, door-to-door work will go down.

it will be harder to maintain a focus on the motivation and effort required to go "out" into your local territory because the "shift" has started to occur.

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Less preaching allows more time to work, providing more money for the much needed donations. Book selling is being phased out.

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Herbalife and the Watchtower Comparison, Herba-life is under attack!

by BucketShopBill in

jws are, i think they are more like "herba-drones" it's been on the news as a massive war with a billionaire who is trying to expose it as a cult company.. http://www.benzinga.com/media/cnbc/14/08/4799559/scott-wapner-believes-that-bill-ackman-is-increasing-his-short-position-in-.

herbalife has it's people believe it's products can extend life (jws believe their teachings will bring "everlasting life") and tell you to hit everyone up you know to buy these life-saving products.

jws tell you to preach to your family and workmates, everyone is fair game to herba-drones and jw-drones, nobody is safe unless your a nutritionist (ex-jw with wisdom) who knows they sell a bogus emotion and worthless products.. .

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Every second JW I knew sold Amway, Herbalife, Juiceplus, Usana or some other Ponzi scheme. Obviously being a JW makes a person vulnerable to that type of manipulation, but you would still think that the Watchtower warnings about the greed of the world would make them more cautious to any but their own religious ponzi scheme.

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6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

by hoser in

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i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

6 countries subsidize the rest.

he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

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Steve, they shot themselves in the foot with all the talk about how evil the churches were asking for money. They didn't have to, only because they had endless amounts of literature to sell. Now that is no longer the case they must wish they had been like everyone else and and had tithing or collection plates. The incredible amount of effort expended over the last century, with billions of hours of preaching/book selling amounted to nothing when comparing the numbers of Mormons, JWs and SDAs.

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6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

by hoser in

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friends

i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

6 countries subsidize the rest.

he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

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Australia supports the Pacific Island Branches.

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They came swiftly and left like a speeding bullet, JW.ORG

by jam in

i was in the den when the old lady yell, "your friends are here".. at the door stood a jw.

hi sir (no good morning sir) we have a web site,.

jw.org in different languages.

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This foot-peddling expenditure of energy and effort exemplifies circularity as waste.

People come to your door telling you to look at the website, which asks if you would like to sign up for people to come to your door for a Bible study.

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6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

by hoser in

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friends

i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

6 countries subsidize the rest.

he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

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It is a real catch-22. They want to boast about growth, but can only realise it amongst the poorer less educated areas. Ideally they should only print Bibles, put everything else online and push for more donations, but that only works for the rich countries. Poorer ones need the cost and labour intensive methods from last century that cannot be afforded anymore.

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October 1914? Really?

by sylvlef in

km august 2014, page 3 paragraph 6(article for this week's service meeting):.

"the month of october 2014 will see the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the kingdom.

for this occasion a special edition of the watchtower will be on this theme.".

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Bats, good find. It seems Rutherford must have changed it to Aug after 1914 to align with the War. It would be interesting to know when it moved back to Oct.

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Dr. Kent Bradly and Dr. Nancy Writebol's healings Prove to me there is a God!

by BucketShopBill in

i get tired of using the argument of "the mystery of evil" to attack god but where are we when we see heroic acts of godly courage from great humans like dr. kent bradly and dr. nancy writebols wonderful works of love?

did you listen to dr. kent bradley's concern and loving compassion for west africa?

he's not angry superstitious mobs destroyed several make-shift medical facilities to treat victims of ebola, no, dr. bradly implored the world to "help save west africa".

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I agree. It always annoys me when someone thanks God for something that didn't happen to those around them. How is that supposed to make those less fortunate feel. Like when someone praises god for saving them in an accident the kills other people. How is it that people do not get the lack of logic in such statement, or recognize how insulting it is to the others.