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  Hi, Newbie Here

  by Iseenow in

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  well i have been lurking for the past couple of weeks and have finally decided to create an account.

  just wanted to introduce myself and relate my life story in the borg, specifically from the past few weeks- which i think has been a lot easier than many on the board.

  anyway, my mum began to study when i was 10 (2005) and since then has been babtized; she strongly believes it is the truth.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Welcome Iseenow. I'm also from UK.

  Thanks for joining and posting. My advice, for what it is worth, is please don't do what I did. Don't just drift along putting your doubts to the back of your mind. One day they will come back with a pent up vengeance.

  I, too, had many questions when I was your age which I was given non satisfactory answers to, by the elders. I just thought to myself, ''Ah well, my family and friends are all Witnesses, I'll just carry on''. I wanted to eventually get married and so had to go through the baptism.

  Get baptized, get married, have kids. All the time still attending meetings. But deep down not believing a single solitary word of it.

  Eventually I cracked and left.

  Luckily for me, my wife and children have left too. Imagine the heartache, though, of those whose partners and children do not leave.

  You can still ask questions now, of course, because you're not baptized. If you do get baptized you cannot question anything. Or at least you cannot question the answers you are given.
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  Undercover Brother Campaign- have you received your invite?

  by stuckinamovement in

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  without specifics being mentioned as to what it is......(to avoid tipping off certain lurkers).. how many people know about the upcoming summer long campaign?

  please use this thread to confirm receipt of your campaign invitation.

  take care.

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  Me curious too, please.
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  Neil Patrick Harris' 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  i enjoyed this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6s5cargpk4 .

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  ThomasCovenant

  I enjoyed this.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S5caRGpK4
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  How should I respond to a JW friend? (Australia)

  by summerinvincible in

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  sorry if this isn't the right place to post this - brand new member here.. i recently caught up with an old friend who is a jw.

  she's been witnessing to me, and i've accepted all her handouts because i don't want to hurt her feelings.

  but now she's asking me for my "thoughts" about what i've read so far.

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  She told me "If I'm wrong, no harm done"

  Unless, of course, she has to bleed to death.

  All because of what seven men, who she can't name, currently say in Brooklyn.

  Thanks for posting and your patience.
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  " ...but did you know that God has a name? A personal name?" Nine Billion of them.

  by Duncan in

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  this post - and i warn you now, its a longish essay - is going to be all about names.

  but to get started, a little quiz: - what do the following all have in common?.

  mount fuji, the river avon, the sahara desert, lake niassa.. .

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  ThomasCovenant

  Thank you very much.
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  Hemoglobin and red blood cells

  by TJ Curioso in

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  in a debate i'm having in a forum, i am discussing the subject of fractions of blood and the watchtower's position with respect to acceptance of some fractions while refusing others.. .

  in that debate i mentioned that hemoglobin accepted by the watchtower as a matter of conscience is in fact most of the red blood cell (think about 97%) and the other 3% is the membrane lining the red cell.. .

  am i correct in this view?

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  Wikipedia [let the reader use discernment] says,

  ''In mammals, the protein [haemoglobin] makes up about 97% of the red blood cells' dry content,

  and around 35% of the total content (including water).

  [citation needed]''
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  Where the need is great

  by noontide in

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  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].

  wow, havent been around here in a while and it's nice to see some familiar names as well as new ones.. .

  well, its that time of year again when some members of my family decide that they need to go preach where the need is great.

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  It isn't serving where the need is great.

  It is serving where their (own) need is great.

  It makes them feel better .

  It has nothing to do with reaching new people for other peoples sake.

  There are several younger ones from around here that have gone to serve in the Caribbean tropical paradise holiday island of Dominican Republic.

  Not many go to either Inner or Outer Mongolia. Funny that.
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  Numbers of USA Memorial Partakers 1970 -1993.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the kingdom ministry's, generally july/august issues, i got the following figures for the number of memorial partakers in the usa.

  it is usually in the service report but a few were in the branch letter.

  note the july '78 branch letter gives a figure for ''the incomplete attendance figures for the continental united states indicate that 1,258,837 were assembled, with 4,293 partaking''.. .

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  Approx 1,180,000 out of approx 7,500,000 is between 1 in 6, to 1 in 7.

  About 15% of Witnesses are American

  but about 40% of the remnant are American.
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  Numbers of USA Memorial Partakers 1970 -1993.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
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  from the kingdom ministry's, generally july/august issues, i got the following figures for the number of memorial partakers in the usa.

  it is usually in the service report but a few were in the branch letter.

  note the july '78 branch letter gives a figure for ''the incomplete attendance figures for the continental united states indicate that 1,258,837 were assembled, with 4,293 partaking''.. .

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  From the Kingdom Ministry's, generally July/August issues, I got the following figures for the number of memorial partakers in the USA. It is usually in the Service Report but a few were in the Branch Letter.

  Note the July '78 Branch letter gives a figure for ''The incomplete attendance figures for the continental United States indicate that 1,258,837 were assembled, with 4,293 partaking''.

  As you can see I couldn't find anything for 71, 89, 90 or 91.

  The percentage of American anointed is around 44%, dwindling to about 41% as we get further down. I assume it is an even smaller percentage of the latest 11,202 partakers.

  Nevertheless, Jehovah does seem a little partial towards those dwelling in the USA. You truly are blessed.

  Year ...........Worldwide........ USA as per KM

  1970............ 10500.......... 4609
  1971............ 10384..........
  1972............ 10350 ..........4559
  1973............ 10523 ..........4720
  1974............ 10723 ..........4707
  1975............ 10550.......... 4610
  1976............ 10187.......... 4388
  1977............ 10080.......... 4363
  1978............. 9762........... 4308*
  1979 .............9727........... 4246
  1980..............9564........... 4237
  1981..............9601........... 4204
  1982 .............9529........... 4206
  1983 .............9292........... 4058
  1984............. 9081........... 3953
  1985............. 9051........... 3899
  1986..............8927........... 3801
  1987..............8808 ...........3733
  1988 .............8685........... 3684
  1989............. 8734
  1990............. 8869
  1991............. 8850
  1992............. 8683........... 3602
  1993............. 8693........... 3602
  1994............. 8617........... 3535

  * 1978 Continental USA = 4293
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  Al Qaeda in partnership with USA / CIA ! Bin Laden is dead !

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  i, for one, don't believe that the us killed bin laden last week as per their official press releases.

  i want to see photographic evidence.

  having said that, when or if they produce a photo, i'll then say it has been doctored.

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  I, for one, don't believe that the US killed Bin Laden last week as per their official press releases. I want to see photographic evidence. Having said that, when or if they produce a photo, I'll then say it has been doctored.

  Imagine my shock then to read on

  http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/201156125729467729.html

  that Al Qaeda have agreed he's dead.

  They are in on the conspiracy too.

  Fancy that.

  PS. I also don't believe 12 men, on six separate missions, landed on the moon, or that the Earth is not flat.