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  Your favorite and least liked society publication?

  by Celtic in

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  did you have a favourite publication?

  what was your least liked publication?

  creation book for the shady wt take on science.. unseen spirits, do they help us or do they harm us?

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  Dan B

  Favorite: Aid book (nobody expected you to read it)

  Least Favorite: Babylon the Great has Fallen (torture when you are 5 years old and you have to sit through that for an hour!)

  Dan
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  Who are the true worshippers of God?

  by AGuest in

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  may you all have peace!

  (yes, i know i am starting a new thread when one already exists, but most of you know me by now...).

  the 'true' worshippers of god are those that worship him... in spirit... and in truth.

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  Aguest,

  You sure like the word "peace" don't you? Were you a hippie in the 60's?
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  Worldwide Stats!

  by thankful in

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  sorry if this has been posted already!.

  i just received this from a loyal jw.. 2002 district convention theme: "zealous kingdom.

  proclaimers".

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  Let's see...

  66,111,852 Booklets, Magazines, etc.

  Average Printing Each Issue 23,042,000 x 2 per month x 12 months=

  553,008,000 per year of the WT only (we won't even factor in Awake)

  Bottom line: That's a lot of garbage going in the landfills. I hope JW's use their recycle bins.

  Dan
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  Assemby Halls for Profit?

  by Jim Dee in

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  i've just come back from the weekend snooze (know to others as the circuit assembly hall in bristol).. the local congregations paid a fortune for the assembly hall to be built.

  it was a major build with purchase of land and construction costing a fortune - and paid for by voluntary donations.

  however our po has informed me that the circuit was charged 4,300 for the weekend assembly!

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  "I can imagine there are taxes, insurance, electric, misc. hardparts to buy for repair."

  Aren't religious institutions exempt from taxes?
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  Dead Sea Scrolls published Jesus not There

  by Satanus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the prep and publishing of the dead sea scrolls is finally finishing.

  they date from 250 bc to 70 ce.

  out of a total of 52 volumes, jesus christ is not mentioned even once.. _________.

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  Correct me if I'm wrong, but...

  The writings of Josephus contain brief comments about Jesus, but scholars theorize that those comments were added later by Christians trying to "stack the deck" in their favor. If this is true, than Josephus fails to mention him too.

  Hmmm.......

  Dan
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  Greek Texts

  by realcourchesne in

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  do you know that hundreds of times in their bible, (the new world translation), the watch tower bible and tract society incorrectly translated the greek synonym for (lord) to the name jehovah and hundreds of other times (because it would have contradicted their teachings) they correctly translated the exact same greek synonym to the name lord.. see presentation att: http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/real/translat.html

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  Yes, we know.
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  Favorite Cher song determines IQ

  by joelbear in

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  it has been proven that your choice of favorite cher song is an indication of your iq level.. song related iq.

  believe 140+.

  if i could turn back time 120 - 140. dark lady 100 - 120. half breed 80 - 100. i got you babe 60 - 80

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  What if you don't have a favorite Cher song?
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  My last meeting as an elder

  by Lee Elder in

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  the thread on judicial committes reminded me of my last meeting.

  as a jw elder.

  a major rift had developed on the body of elders.

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  I was not an elder, just a MS. But when the CO wanted me out, he had the elders sign a blank report, then he filled it in later.

  Dan
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  Why the Dinosaur in the Green NWT Bible?

  by VM44 in

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  inside the front cover of the green new world translation.

  bibles is a map, and in the map is a drawing of a dinosaur.. does anyone know why the dinosaur is there?.

  this is something i have actually wondered about for years.. perhaps someone here might know the answer.. --vm44

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  "that's why they're extinct today"

  Isn't anybody paying attention? They are not extinct. They're on Venus. :p

  Dan
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  What about the money

  by miner in

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  i read not long ago that the wts rakes in some big bucks every year from sales of printed materials.

  can someone please help me understand who pays for their materials.

  in the country where i live, it seems they distribute their literature free of charge.

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  We had 4 boxes at our hall. One in every corner.

  Dan