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by Theredeemer in

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so, my mother in law who is still active went out in service with the group that had the co visit and came back with some very interesting news.

first off, she knows that we are fading and is ok with it and has some doubts herself.

anyhow, she said that the co went off track during the meeting before service and mentioned how we are now allowed to receive up to 33% of blood in a transfusion.

poor JWs,, this percent, that percent,,this color, that color,, it's overwhelming,, how can they define it all,,hopefully they just all get very "medicated" to get around it,,and adapt "don't ask, don't tell" and just leave me alone!!

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33 %

by Theredeemer in

jw
friends

so, my mother in law who is still active went out in service with the group that had the co visit and came back with some very interesting news.

first off, she knows that we are fading and is ok with it and has some doubts herself.

anyhow, she said that the co went off track during the meeting before service and mentioned how we are now allowed to receive up to 33% of blood in a transfusion.

Gayle

wow,,that was quite a statement from the CO. And the part You leave me alone and I'll leave you alone".

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Think the cold has highlighted problem with hip joints??

by Lozhasleft in

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friends

today we visited someone and their house was unheated.

we stayed over an hour.

it's cold here in the uk right now, snow in places, frost in our area.

Gayle

I am still trying to figure this out myself too. Closest I can come to is "Bursitis of hips." Couldn't sleep on either side much!! Fish oil is helping most.. doing Krill Omega-3 now,,seems to be working at this point.

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Trend of Fewer Baptisms Continues: Latest JW Conventions in New Zealand

by steve2 in

the round of "international" conventions that started in the middle of last year in the states "wrapped" up last weekend in new zealand.

there was some media converage (from which i derived the information that follows).

(someone who knows how to copy links may be able to provide the relevant media links?).

Gayle

Maybe in the time will come to go back to the 'horse trough baptisms.'

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Anyone see the Today Show segment on Scientology this mornign 1/17?

by dreamgolfer in

very good publicity to what a cult is... (ssshhhh i have a crush on savannah guthrie )she is soooo smart!.

Gayle

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50493483#50493483

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2+2=5 cited this fact about the shrinking amount of elders. Perhaps the coming implosion?

by wha happened? in

at the last elders school i heard from a few different attendees that the average age was easily 60+.

there will be a lot of elders gone within the next 10yrs.

there is nowhere near enough young brothers to replace these ageing elders.

Gayle

I wonder when the decision to close the Branch happened and when the decision to do the "international" convention was made. New Zealand decreased in pubs, and baptisms for 2012 Report. How much the international convention sparks things up again will remain to be seen.

Thanks for the report. Watching the WT where ever and all over will be interesting for 2013 and 2014 for certain.

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2+2=5 cited this fact about the shrinking amount of elders. Perhaps the coming implosion?

by wha happened? in

at the last elders school i heard from a few different attendees that the average age was easily 60+.

there will be a lot of elders gone within the next 10yrs.

there is nowhere near enough young brothers to replace these ageing elders.

Gayle

As far as the idea of it going back to pre-70s of having just a "congregation servant" won't last long anyway. Back then, they were burning out too. Part of the "1975" push was to spark people up, and it did for the short while. I thought then in the early '70s, the "new light" was just a needed measure so as to work as a 'group' instead of so much on just one.

Bottomline, the organization is just a religion to "burn out" people. It promises "short-term" in this world, but is not made to deal with 'long-term' realities for people.

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Another sad non jw falling for a baptised jw girl story

by spirituk in

ok ,so this is my story , this jw girl came on vacation in my country as a friend of my girl-cousin who is not a jw but were classmates at uni .

my cousin introduced her to me but she didnt tell me that she was a jw from the very first moment we flirt each other.we went on beach ,on bars ,cafes etc and she acted so wordly ,in fact i thought she could be a good one night stand with her behaviour .never saw anything weird about her that could lead me to question something, with the peak in the club where we danced together while hugging very passionatly .

i tried to kiss her that night but she kept her distance , i didnt notice any bad on that.anyway, next day we flirt again at the the beach and at night too .

Gayle

I think with her "split personality" between herself and jw self, it will be impossible,,all the more so with the long distance issue. You invested a trip for this 'play' on her part. Please don't invest anymore for this horrible journey.

By the way, it is not just the JW girls that play this; the JW guys are doing it too.

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2+2=5 cited this fact about the shrinking amount of elders. Perhaps the coming implosion?

by wha happened? in

at the last elders school i heard from a few different attendees that the average age was easily 60+.

there will be a lot of elders gone within the next 10yrs.

there is nowhere near enough young brothers to replace these ageing elders.

Gayle

A couple days ago a poster stated Britain has 12,675 elders and 9,646 M.S. Britain has 1,544 (according to WW Report) so that is 8 elders and 6 M.S. per avg. cong.

Curious if U.S. is about that also?

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