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The "Stupid Jokes" Thread
by Warlock inhere is my stupid joke: why did cinnimon roll?
because he saw apple turnover.. thank you, jim of tx for giving me the idea.. warlock .
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Honeymoon Disfellowshippings
by dozy inone of the anomalies of the disfellowshipping process is the common situation when someone who is unscripturally divorced remarries.
in these occasions , the instruction is to always disfellowship the individual , regardless of repentance or attitude - what is referred to as a honeymoon df in elders jargon.
hence you have the (to me) bizarre situation of privately reproving a child molester , rapist or murderer one week and disfellowshipping a newly remarried middle aged sister who has been divorced for 20 years the next week.
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JW Publisher Growth Trends
by zarco ini would like direction to past research on the publisher growth trends in the modern day organization.
the questions i am attempting to answer are:.
1- how many publishers should jws have today given new publishers (or baptisms) and average mortality rates .
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km1/75p.1BranchLetter***Dear Kingdom Publishers:
We are again in the Watchtower campaign. Last year, according to the Yearbook, around the world we obtained 2,387,904 new subscriptions for TheWatchtower and Awake! People want the magazines. And with good reason—these are the best magazines in the world.
Our report for last year included about a half million more subscriptions than during the previous year, but it was not our best year. Back in 1971 the brothers world wide obtained 2,702,972 subscriptions. Now, for the next four months, January through April, we shall have a wonderful opportunity to offer to the people TheWatchtower and Awake!, particularly TheWatchtower because it is a Watchtower campaign. However, many persons will want subscriptions for both magazines. People who do not subscribe should be offered two magazines on a contribution of ten cents. The insight as to the significance of current events and the hope for the future contained in these magazines is not available in any other periodicals.
During these four months our distribution of magazines should increase. Last year, around the world, we had our greatest distribution of magazines by the Kingdom publishers. During the whole year our brothers and sisters distributed 273,238,018 copies. What a marvelous witness was thus given!
We are sure that all of you are watching the growth in printing of the Watchtower and Awake! magazines. The Watchtower printing per issue increased by over 700,000 last year; Awake!, by 900,000. With regular printings of over 8,700,000 for TheWatchtower and 8,600,000 for Awake! these are two of the most widely read magazines of any kind in the world. Would it not be wonderful if, before 1975 passes, it became necessary for the Society, through all its printing facilities world wide, to print 10 million copies of each issue?
We here at Bethel are delighted with the demands put on us for the printing of the magazines. The paper supply is now ample. Maybe the Watchtower campaign will start moving things even more rapidly.
May Jehovah’s rich blessing go with all of you as together we put forth an extraordinary effort to distribute these two fine magazines during 1975. Be assured of our warm love and good wishes.
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LetterDear Kingdom Publishers:
Have you heard the latest news about the end? Remember, back in July your congregation received a letter about the possibility of the Society’s buying much-needed property to house more members of the Bethel family. Well, the Society bought this property—the Towers Hotel building—on January 17. A picture of this large building appears on the first endsheet of the 1975Yearbook. Eventually it may house some 1,000 members of the Bethel family. This housing will take us into the new system.
In recent weeks the Bethel family has been delighted with letters from Brother Knorr about his zone visits while on an around-the-world trip with Brother F.W. Franz. In connection with these visits special meetings have been held. In Portugal, for example, the brothers had two large gatherings with a combined attendance of 46,870. Imagine the joy of the brothers there in being able to sing and pray publicly for the first time! Just three days before the first of those meetings, Jehovah’s Christian witnesses were granted legal recognition there.
From Brother Knorr’s reports we have learned that things are really moving ahead in many lands. In Germany, excavation has begun on a new Bethel home, and a recently purchased factory building is being cleaned and remodeled. Arrangements were made to enlarge the branches in Switzerland and Italy. And a new Bethel home, factory and office are being planned for Greece.
The brothers in Greece are very happy now that the government is allowing them to have public meetings. Brothers Franz and Knorr were overjoyed to be able to address a combined audience of 11,644 during five meetings held there.
Several other brothers from Brooklyn Bethel have been making zone visits in Africa and in South and Central America. It has been most encouraging to receive firsthand reports from these areas. During zone visits in January, the Chile branch dedicated a new printery, and the Ecuador branch dedicated a new two-story addition.
Indeed, marvelous things are happening. May all of us continue to be faithful in helping many more people to benefit fully from Jehovah’s mercy. May our God not smite you this year of the end "1975".
Your brothers,
BROOKLYN BRANCH OFFICE
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The WT Club says Jesus is NOT your mediator?
by LexWatson inwhat year did the wt start to teach it's "earthly hope" members that jesus was not their mediator?.
what scriptures did they say supported that belief?
do jw's know their religion teaches this?.
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They also say that the bible was not written for all the people on the planet earth. It was written only for the 144,000.
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
by LexWatson inmillions now living will never die!
hmmm...can the historians out there please tell me what year this was first publicised?
it seems like it's old enough that the man who wrote it is surely dead!
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They are not dead. They are on sleeper cars..
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LetterDear Kingdom Publishers:
The 1970’s have arrived! What will this decade mean to Jehovah’s witnesses? When we look back we see that 1959 closed with 803,482 publishers in the world, and 1969 closed with 1,256,784 publishers. In ten years Jehovah’s witnesses increased by 453,302 publishers. That is truly remarkable! But during just the past service year, 1969, the total average of publishers increased over the previous service year of 1968 by over 100,000! Will this rate of increase continue in the 1970’s? Without question the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is preparing for such increase with the purchase of new property in Brooklyn, buildings that are equal in total space to the four factory structures that it already had. So, evidently the Society expects things to expand rapidly, and to keep pace with the increase 100,000 publishers in a year’s time requires more buildings all over the world.
In addition to what we have purchased in Brooklyn, we are finishing a large printing plant in Thun, Switzerland. We recently enlarged the Bethel home in Wiesbaden, Germany, remodeling the top floor of the home there and putting in more bedrooms. Chile has just put the roof on their large new branch office and missionary home. And the reports coming in from all over the world show marked increases.
Truly, things are happening! Did you notice that here in the United States we again had new all-time peaks in the number of both congregation publishers and regular pioneers in November? All of us who have dedicated our lives to do Jehovah’s will want to keep active in the field, helping people to take their stand on Jehovah’s side. This includes showing them the importance of associating with us in our Kingdom Halls. It will not be long before these, too, will be deciding to dedicate their lives to Jehovah.
So what will 1970 bring? Will it mean another 100,000 regular publishers on the average? The 1970Yearbook has now been shipped out to all the congregations and to the branches in all parts of the world, and the brothers will be thrilled when they read the report, for they will see the marvelous witness that was given in but twelve months’ time. Readers of TheWatchtower will also enjoy a summary of this report in the January 1, 1970, issue. Many, we hope, will want to know why Jehovah’s witnesses are so energetic and active, and, if it be Jehovah’s will, they will associate with us in the 70’s, sharing in the house-to-house work, making back-calls on interested people, starting Bible studies with those who really want to know, aiding them to be disciples of Christ Jesus.
This is another year in which we will keep our eyes on the text for the year, and, together, all of us will try to follow out this admonition so positively stated by Christ Jesus, namely, "Go therefore and make disciples . . . baptizing them." (Matt. 28:19) May all of you have that pleasure before 1970 ends.
Your brothers,
BROOKLYN BRANCH OFFICE
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Judge's Decision on JWs Stir Up Jews
by Kenneson ina judge in israel has ruled that the haifa convention center must rent space to jehovah's witnesses because it offers its goods and service to the public.
it cannot discriminate because of religious beliefs.
the ruling has been ratified by the attorney general's office.
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Go Jews go. Stop the new age Jews from taking over.
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I got punched in my eye....
by Sparkplug inhey all.
so things have been really tense lately and stress have been just stacking up.
so i needed to get out and cut up a bit.
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Sparky, how is the eye doing?
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2008 Changes to the Watchtowers
by Inquisitor ini don't know if someone else has already posted about this.
i tried looking a page or two back in this section, but didn't find any thread on this news.
if someone has, pls add the link in this thread.. no, the watchtowers aren't gonna be monthly like the awake, but apparently the w mags will be designed in this way:.
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I don't read those magazines anymore. They are a direct lick into the demon realm.