Posts by ThomasCovenant

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Jehovah's Witness Convention Dramas

by God_Delusion in

howdy,.

the district convention here in cyprus is over for another year.

being english, we attend the english speaking section of the convention and are submitted to the incredible american accents that bellow over the tannoy.. anyway, here's my take on the dramas.

ThomasCovenant

We didn't want to watch real life, we wanted the beards!

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Jehovah's Witness Convention Dramas

by God_Delusion in

howdy,.

the district convention here in cyprus is over for another year.

being english, we attend the english speaking section of the convention and are submitted to the incredible american accents that bellow over the tannoy.. anyway, here's my take on the dramas.

Memorial attendance DECLINED by 2.4% in the US from 2011 to 2012!

by sir82 in

jw
friends

the september km is out, here is the thread pointing to it:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/228224/1/2012-september-kingdom-ministry.

of particular note is the "highlight" on page 4, announcing the attendance at the memorial in the usa.. the 2012 yearbook notes the memorial attendance in 2011 was 2.563,318, while in 2012, per the september 2012 km, it was 2,502,055 -- a decline of 2.4%.. .

ThomasCovenant

Why would they highlight these declines in the Kingdom Ministry?

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Memorial attendance DECLINED by 2.4% in the US from 2011 to 2012!

by sir82 in

jw
friends

the september km is out, here is the thread pointing to it:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/228224/1/2012-september-kingdom-ministry.

of particular note is the "highlight" on page 4, announcing the attendance at the memorial in the usa.. the 2012 yearbook notes the memorial attendance in 2011 was 2.563,318, while in 2012, per the september 2012 km, it was 2,502,055 -- a decline of 2.4%.. .

ThomasCovenant

Memorial Attendance for

Turks and Caicos

2011 = 1,441 2012 = 1,018 a decline of 42%

Bahamas

2011 = 4,609 2012 = 3,948 a decline of 14%

Bermuda

2011 = 1,121 2012 = 962 a decline of 17%

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A Wonderfully Designed Animal Kingdom...Don't you mean Re designed?

by ThomasCovenant in

i have some jehovah's witness relatives that, whenever the opportunity arises, point out the marvels of design 'evident' in the plant and animal kingdom.

the way they all interact amongst themselves.

marvellous.

ThomasCovenant

I have some Jehovah's Witness relatives that, whenever the opportunity arises, point out the marvels of design 'evident' in the plant and animal kingdom. The way they all interact amongst themselves. Marvellous. Bloody marvellous. (My emphasis is on the 'bloody' bit)

They probably think that that is the way God designed everything, way, way back when the days were 7,000 years long. Or as they seem to be now, even longer.

However, God didn't design it that way. Not 48,000 years ago. Not 'at least' thousands of years ago. Not millions of years ago.

He absolutely, back to the drawing board, let's clear the decks and start all over again, shit, what do I do now,

re-designed everything from the bottom up, 4,382 years ago.

What we see around us today, (best described as bloody carnage)

was re-designed in 2370 BC.

just about the time that Stonehenge was being built and a few hundred years after the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The way animals interact with each other today has no likeness with the way God originally designed things, i.e. everything then was vegetarian.

So remember, the next time a Jehovah's Witness extols the virtues of God's 'wonderful design' please correct them by saying

God's wonderful re-design.

Awake 1986 1/22nd January pp. 29-30

Watching the World ***What was the air like 4,600 years ago? That is what scientists are hoping to discover when they penetrate an underground chamber on the southwest side of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The 96-foot-long (29 m) chamber, covered by 4- to 6-foot-thick (1.2 to 1.8 m) limestone slabs, is thought to house a second ancient funerary boat for the "soul" of Pharaoh Cheops. The first-only 12 feet (3.7 m) away from the current site-was discovered in 1954. That wooden vessel, 130 feet (40 m) in length and excellently preserved, is on display in a museum built for it. The two pits, some 30 feet (9 m) deep and covered with 10 feet (3 m) of rubble, escaped the ravages of time and tomb robbers. It is expected that the second will be like the first-hermetically sealed by gypsum cement, thus trapping the ancient air. Space-age technology will be used to penetrate the chamber without introducing outside air. This will enable the scientists to measure particularly the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the interior air, compare them with present levels, and perhaps throw some light on the question of whether the earth is really warming up as is believed by some scientists.

Watchtower 1954 1st August p. 478 The Purpose of Your Witnessing ***Each creative day was 7,000 years in length. See "New Heavens and a New Earth", pages 40-43.

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My Online Conversation With a Jehovah's Witness About Blood

by cofty in

the following is from the comments section of the independent article about the 22 year old jw with sickle cell anaemia who died in england last week while refusing blood.

maria makes aguest sound laconic so i don't blame you if you can't be bothered reading it all but the jw cliches and lies are all too familiar.

i'm guessing she is at the thursday meeting about now so maybe she will respond again later.. .

ThomasCovenant

''Your religion's stance on blood is NOT based on medical reasons. If blood was 100% safe and there were no alternatives you would still refuse blood''

Well said.

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Why the Watchtower Can't Drop Its Appeal

by Diest in

i don't think the society can afford to drop this appeal.

1. if they loose their appeal it opens them up to huge amounts of liability.

they need the courts to come down on their side of the clergy-penitent confidentiality issue.

ThomasCovenant

*** w94 9/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***

''In summary, then, the Bible does not rule out the possibility that in an extreme situation, a Christian may avail himself of the protection offered by Caesar's bankruptcy laws. However, Christians should be exceptional as to honesty and reliability. Thus, they should be exemplary in their serious desire to meet their financial obligations''

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