Just had a look at the wbsite. It is really good. It is nice to have clear and concise videos about JWs main doctrines all together in one place. I would say the presenters voice is quite irratating, but otherwise the material is excellent and well put together.
Posts by alanv
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23A Unique Web Site: JWlove.org
by Londo111 inwell, all parodying of the january 2014 awake aside: no, not so unique.
unlike the claims of jw.org, it is not the one true website that will solve all your problems.
in fact, jwlove.org will not be for everyone and i admit that there are likely other places where the same information is presented in a better, more comprehensive manner.
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After Tony's Talk: how are GB members selected and by who?
by Gorbatchov inafter the shamefull tony morris iii talk in italy, i am thinking about how it is possible that a multi billion corporation is managed by 8 old crazy man?.
who's selecting new gb members?
is it enough to be a extreme manager-elder, then getting promotion to a manager-co / do, put the organization strictly first and on who's radar you have to be?.
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alanv
I think you will find all elders have to have those qualities that are recorded in the bible. For those who take on greater responsability I believe it would come down to their individual talents, like speaking well to others individually or an audience. A good manager and organiser, good with money. So mainly qualities that a large 'worldly' org would want of you
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Truth be told screening NY was a fantastic success
by truthseeker ini attended the nyc screening of truth be told.. despite the atrocious weather, there were about 80 in attendance.. .
the director is planning to show the movie in the uk..
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alanv
Look forward to seeing it if it comes to UK
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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember
by smiddy ini could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .
the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.
these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.
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alanv
Well smiddy how were they to do that with all the wicked people on the earth? I will check it out though and see what was actually written at the time
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The Societys Governing Body now can count
by MacHislopp inthe societys governing body ...now can count.
i couldnt resist:.
remember?
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alanv
I think most JWs know what a generation is when they are not speaking about Watchtower doctrine. Then something happens to their brain as soon as the generation teaching is brought up.
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Yearbook Chart Re-posted - Math explained. Top 7 countries account for 50% growth
by Westenddave insorted from high to low.
net increase in publishers2013 ave. pubs2012 ave. pubsincrease/ decrease in publishersincrease in pubs cumulative.
% increase cumulative columnabcde =a-b mexico (g-31)777,429749,58527,84427,84417.47%legend united states of america (e-32)1,167,7231,156,15011,57339,41724.73%red: latin/spanish landscongo, dem.
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alanv
I would like to thank Dave for doing this chart. It takes a lot of time to produce something like that. Not sure why there is a mention of baptised-disfellowshipped. The chart simply deals with increase or decrease in publishers., in other words the net result or if you like the bottom line.
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Yearbook Chart Re-posted - Math explained. Top 7 countries account for 50% growth
by Westenddave insorted from high to low.
net increase in publishers2013 ave. pubs2012 ave. pubsincrease/ decrease in publishersincrease in pubs cumulative.
% increase cumulative columnabcde =a-b mexico (g-31)777,429749,58527,84427,84417.47%legend united states of america (e-32)1,167,7231,156,15011,57339,41724.73%red: latin/spanish landscongo, dem.
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alanv
Besty I dont think Britain will be at all pleased with 0.5% increase. It shows they cant even keep their kids in the org. Millions of hours spent knocking on doors and that is the result. It is only slightly higher than the population increase.
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2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth
by Westenddave ini thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.
i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.
as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.
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alanv
Excellent chart. There is so much to see under the microscope when looking at the JW religion
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Ministry in God's paradise earth
by mistified inso i'm listening to a talk this week and the speaker was pretty delusional and shouted a lot!
the talk was the usual mumble jumble but then he said something that did not make any sense at all.
he said that after armageddon in the new paradise earth, the witnesses will still be warning people about the end of the new system of things.
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alanv
Although they have an outline to follow there are some elders who think they can make the talk more interesting by putting in their own bits. Obviously this guy did just that
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384 Priests Defrocked Over Abuse in 2 Years
by ShirleyW inthe above is title taken directly from the nytimes.com and below is just a snippet of the article.. i specifically recall when my mother used to do the dial-in when she was sick, i heard a brother mention in the wt study make a comment about the catholic church and all the child molestations going on (knowing damn well that the same thing was going on in the borg) all i have to say is at least they're making an effort to get rid of the problem by getting rid of the offenders, instead of telling them to "study more" or go out the in preaching service to rid themselves of the problem.
"the vatican defrocked 260 priests for the sexual abuse of children in 2011 and 124 more in 2012 after the scandal exploded in europe and beyond and bishops forwarded hundreds of cases to the vatican, according to statistics compiled by the associated press.. the numbers were confirmed by the vatican on friday, and were based on statistics published in its annual reference books.
two vatican officials had the statistics in hand but never cited them when they defended the churchs handling of sexual abuse cases before a united nations panel in geneva on thursday.
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alanv
As no one has replied to you Shirley, I will just say thanks for the imfo.