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  Hilarious Jehovah's Witness rap video

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  just incase there are those like me who hadn't seen this before.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qepcakqoljg.

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  Gayle

  http://www.cinemablend.com/television/12-Things-Troy-Wouldn-t-Do-Community-Actually-Jehovah-Witness-37613.html

  Wow, Donald Glover was raised JW. Obviously, he has gone on with his productive arts abilities, music, acting, etc.

  Background information
  Birth name	Donald McKinley Glover
  Also known as	Childish Gambino
  Born	( 1983-09-25 ) September 25, 1983 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  Origin	Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.
  Genres	Alternative hip hop
  Occupations	Actor, rapper, songwriter, writer, comedian, music producer
  Instruments	Bass, drums, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, sampler, vocals
  Years active	2002–present
  Labels	Glassnote Records
  Associated acts	Ludwig Göransson , Nipsey Hussle, Flux Pavillion, Kilo Kish, Heems
  Website	http://www.iamdonald.com/
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  4 grandsons and a nephew...about twenty years ago

  by Glander in

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  2. friends

  the nephew is on the far right, this is berengaria's son.

  great kid.

  the two musclemen to the left of him are now both fathers of 2 daughters each (our 4 great-grandaughters) the other two on the far left are still single and frisky.

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  Gayle

  So glad the WTS didn't get these adorable "muscle men."

  My two sisters and 2 brothers are in this picture (at left) here. We had 15 kids altogether. They, also, have had to listen at our many, many 'get-togethers and listen to our WT 'war' stories. Also fortunately, we've had many celebrations of life, birthdays, weddings, and holidays, now grandchildren and normal!!
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  Interesting news paper article about LDS church and the parallels with WTBTS

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought the below link would be interesting to see how the problems facing the wtbts can be paralled with the mormon church.. www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-mormonchurch-idustre80ticm20120131.

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  Gayle

  Interesting. I live a block from a LDS Church. Their parking lot 12 years ago was over-full always. Now there is a lot of unfilled parking.
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  JWStruggle post: Bethel Layoffs Reveal a Kingdom without Clothes

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jwstruggle.com/2013/07/bethel-layoffs-reveal-a-kingdom-without-clothes/.

  despite everything, i still have a lingering admiration toward those who serve or have served in bethel.

  it is not that i believe it is gods organization in any way, shape, or form.

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  Gayle

  I wonder:

  if the Bethel Layoffs were the reason for the Oct. 15, 2013 WT with the article about Malcolm Allen. He had been in circuit and district work and Bethel, but left "in mid-70s" to take care of aging parents then. He would have been about 53 yrs old then, not so young. He had to get secular work too but . . . . he still enjoyed all "Jehovah's blessing and favor."

  The article uses "Always lean on Jehovah and accept what he permits." Right under the title, "Life is unpredictable at times, uncertain, and even hard to deal with." (So, now Bethel, the organization, the new world 'soon' etc, are all "unpredictable and uncertain" too!!
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  DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks.

  i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.

  it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.

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  Gayle

  Eldenno, the stats noted above verify that all those countries only on average increase less than 1% a year. Really, not much to boast about as population increases, including immigrants, would be around that at least.

  The WTS does boast that they are increasing in their circulation because of their printing additional languages, when the mags are actually half the size now. That's like someone boasting that they are feeding more people than ever, but now everyone's plates are half the size.
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  2013 Baptisms @ U.S. District Conventions Reports?

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone getting/hearing how baptism numbers are this summer @ conventions?

  in previous years, reports showed less baptisms per attendance numbers.

  overall, annual 2012 service report showed for u.s. reduction in baptisms..

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  Gayle

  http://tbo.com/central-tampa/jehovahs-witnesses-meet-in-tampa-after-30-year-absence-20130713/

  Tampa with 24 baptized with attendance about 6,000 = .4%
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  This is my first time. Please be patient.

  by Miss.Fit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have never posted before.

  i have been lurking for a few days and have decided to give it a try.

  the subject of child abuse caught my eye.

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  Gayle

  Miss.Fit, welcome. So sorry for your circumstances when you were young. That would be a lot to come through. Take care.
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  DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks.

  i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.

  it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.

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  Gayle

  It seems reasonable to sell these properties in Brooklyn. Maintaining and updating old buildings is a big expense even with free labor. In real estate, costs are high in the city, as real estate is picking up again. It's expensive in the city. Going to the country areas and building according to the needs, makes sense, cost-wise. (This is of the very few things I can accept as agreeable of the WTS)

  It makes me wonder, though, how these devoted, highly experienced Bethelites will 'serve' congregations any more. In New York city areas, this was a big part of their responsibilities. At least it was a nice 'break-away" from Bethelites and getting with others and more reality at times.

  Just was thinking, (uh-oh), about donations of the Worldwide part, to the WTS. I would guess about half of publishers don't donate at all or so very little. So, if the other half, say as an average, donated $20/month, some more, some less - that would still be possibly $75M/month = almost a billion a year. What do you think? Does that sound plausible? Doesn't sound like that would be hurting them?
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  Candace Conti

  by zeb in

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  2. scandals

  what has become of this case please?.

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  Gayle

  On another site, I see Candace is engaged and finished this year of school.

  This is Candace and her fiance John Lee celebrating Candace finishing the school year with a 4.0 GPA. Congrats to her on taking the bull of life by the horns and branding her name on it!!!

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  I am happy for her and certainly wish her the best!
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  October 15th WT up already

  by St George of England in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.

  needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.

  can they not think of anything original?.

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  Gayle

  Interesting St George,,poor JW kids can't celebrate anything,, no birthdays, even graduation parties are criticized now too. No wonder most of their youth are leaving.