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  JWs anti gay video reaches over 1,000,000 views on youtube

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the anti gay video that watchtower recently produced has now had over 1,000,000 views.

  of those who selected to like or dislike the video, over 92% disliked it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnk52bu92oe.

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  alanv

  The anti gay video that Watchtower recently produced has now had over 1,000,000 views. Of those who selected to like or dislike the video, over 92% disliked it.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnk52bU92oE
  
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  How baptism rate at conventions relates to yearbook growth rate (Discussion)

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  we had a number of posters report on the baptism rate at conventions which is usually less than 1% and rates lower than 0.5% is by no means uncommon.

  despite this there is still a positive growth rate in the us (0.71% according to the yearbook) and i wonder how these numbers relate.

  i wonder if anyone can help me out if these assumptions are true:.

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  alanv

  Baptisms, peak publishers and average publishers are all in the Yearbook. The ratio of attendees to baptism candidates at the regional assembly can only give us a rough idea what the years baptisms will be. And these days it is normally well below 1% at the regional assemblies.
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  To UK members that go to meetings - did Brexit cause a spike in meeting attendance last weekend?

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  i went to the mid week meeting and looked at the attendance figures on the noticeboard for the three congregations that share the local kingdom hall.

  i wrote down the three previous sundays attendances and this sunday (after the referendum) too.

  cong c. (95 pubs) 74/82/73/90.

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  Well done Freddo. Its always good to hear the reasons that people begin their exit from the org.

  I think there will be many like yourself who have been shocked by the ARC and the stupidity of the generation teaching.
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  A Family Divided....Again

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  good morning everyone.

  well, just as our family was finally all out of the org., getting back to being the family we once were, one of my family members recently went back in.

  i won't give many details that will give away my identity.

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  alanv

  According to the org some years back they said about one third return to them. Check out jwfacts.
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  BREXIT - Lets provoke some comments please

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is wunder-food for dubs [my dub family are already having apocalyptic orgasms about this ]" its 'bad" this is the "trigger" .... "you should come back now " .

  so in reality what will it bring for you and i - the regular pawns of society ?

  - end of western civilisation?

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  alanv

  No question JWs love things like this. They will be telling vulnerable people that this shows how man cannot get on together and rule themselves. They will be saying that the only answer is for God's heavenly kingdom, which will be taking over very soon.
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  JWR usernames list

  by StarryNight9 in

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  2. friends

  i created this thread so that jwr members can list their old jwr username with their username for whatever site they've moved to.

  i apologize if this has already been created somewhere else.. jwr = starrynight.

  jwd = starrynight9.

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  alanv

  JWR= alanv
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  Clarification about two witness rule please .

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to a witness the other day , she was explaining about false religion, and the subject of paedophiles came up .

  of course she was adamant that the watchtower deals swiftly and decisively with offenders .

  i was about to ask if she was aware of the two witness rule and how that is a let off for child molesters when l remembered reading on here that now they accept two different accusations from two different victims .

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  alanv

  Yes that is what they say now. They have had to change their view on this because they realized how stupid their original policy was. However the fact remains that if there is an accusation against a witness of sexual abuse and there are no witnesses, nothing is done They say leave it in Jehovah's hands.
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  Comment on Violin Video

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzgd8oa2re.

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  alanv

  Good to hear the thoughts of someone who is not an ex JW. There will be many JWs who learnt instruments who will not agree with this latest announcement.
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  JW voting in the EU referendum

  by pleaseresearch in

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  2. bible

  so i saw my mum today and saw her polling card that everyone in the uk gets if they are eligible to vote.

  i asked if she will or not and she thought that its still wrong.. it's been a while but what is the stance on voting.

  this isn't voting for a member of parliament or in the local council.

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  I think most JWs would just quote the ''no part of the world'' and not vote. If they did vote and other JWs got to hear about it, they would be given a very hard time and certainly thought of as an immature witness.
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  She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  is this something they've asked them to do?

  cart displays in front of their homes?

  my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.

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  Why not set up a chair next to hers, and if anyone shows any interest in the cart, just tell them to avoid it as JWs break up families or something similar. They will soon move I think.