someone sent me these recent growth projections, haven't verified the source yet, but pretty interesting.
randy.
http://www.freeminds.org.
Don't forget about those of "no religion" in the US. We have grown from 8.2% (14.3 million) of the population to 14.1% (29.4 million) - a growth of 71.2% in the last eleven years.
American Religious Identification Survey
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/aris_index.htm
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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now as we know there are annointed ones,but what about those who didn`t have the chance to become annointed as the bible students were not around until a certain time?
so you can only be of the annointed after the jw`s were conceived?.
as we know jw`s are the only ones who will be saved in the magic kingdom but what about those who didn`t have the chance to be jw`s because they died before the inception of the religion?.
I can see it now...
"Huh? What the hell? What am I doing back on earth?!?! I was supposed to be changed in a twinkling of an eye and sent to heaven!!!"
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
<x ><
now as we know there are annointed ones,but what about those who didn`t have the chance to become annointed as the bible students were not around until a certain time?
so you can only be of the annointed after the jw`s were conceived?.
as we know jw`s are the only ones who will be saved in the magic kingdom but what about those who didn`t have the chance to be jw`s because they died before the inception of the religion?.
They offer the explanation that it is actually the 144,000 most faithful witnesses who become the anointed.
Whoever said that was not thinking... for this to be true EVERYONE of the "potential" anointed would have to be held in limbo until the last minute. Only then would the "most faithful" be pulled out of the pool.
I don't think this fits well with JW doctrine.
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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first expulsion: adam and eve.
first disfellowshipping: cain.
biblical practice, got any questions?
Hmmm let me see here...
Using a crusty old book written by an ancient desert nomad as basis to destroy countless families and lives, sometimes resulting in suicide, and calling it a "loving provision".
Yeah, I think I got it. "My yoke is kindly and my load is light."
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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since we have people from all over the world in here what was the opinion on sisters wearing trousers to the meetings and in field service, in the cong i used to go to it was frowned upon very heavily, although we could find no scriptual basis for it, was anyone allowed to wear them?
To dress up or not to dress up... THAT is the question!
If you don't get it right, you will be condemned to be destroyed at Armageddon!!!!! Muahahahahaha!
"My yoke is kindly and my load is light." Yeah right!
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
<x ><
i know this is off topic, but i couldn't help myself.... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_389070.html.
cow urine pushed as health cure in india.
hindu nationalists in india have launched a marketing exercise to promote cow's urine as a health cure.. they say the urine, being sold for 30p a bottle, can be used for ailments ranging from liver disease to obesity and even cancer.. .... as i see this as an opportunity for shameless self promotion... i would like to point out the bumper sticker on my car: "religion stops a thinking mind" (a spoof on the abortion bumper sticker).
BTW... I'm still not buying the hole "cow urine is good for you" theory.
This reminds me of a program I saw that featured some people who drank their own urine thinking that it was good for them. BLEACK!!!!
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
<x ><
i know this is off topic, but i couldn't help myself.... http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_389070.html.
cow urine pushed as health cure in india.
hindu nationalists in india have launched a marketing exercise to promote cow's urine as a health cure.. they say the urine, being sold for 30p a bottle, can be used for ailments ranging from liver disease to obesity and even cancer.. .... as i see this as an opportunity for shameless self promotion... i would like to point out the bumper sticker on my car: "religion stops a thinking mind" (a spoof on the abortion bumper sticker).
Leaches! Leaches! Get your fresh juicy leaches!
Yeah, doctors are using leaches again - only this time to promote blood flow in reattached limbs.
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
<x ><
wifey's dad: hi, it's dad, how are things going?.
wife: ok. wifey's dad: is (his son) on his way home yet?.
wife: yeah, he left about twenty minutes ago.. {indiscriminate small talk, about one minute worth}.
So far not a peep out of my family.
I guess they have learned the pattern... I don't mention "apostate" things unless they start talking about "spiritual" things.
If they mention anything "spiritual", then I consider the topic open and fair game.
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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anyone here into vinyl?.
no this is nothing pervy.. i'm in a musical mood today and one of my passions is buying records.. (not collecting records as i actually buy them to listen to).
i still buy records on vinyl rather than cd when i can, the packaging is much better and if you have a good record player so is the sound.. it getting hard to find much nowadays in a lot of record stores.. theres an excellent record shop near me though that stocks a ton of the stuff.now wheres all my wages gone?
[Squeak][Crunch]-[Squeak][Crunch]-[Squeak][Crunch]
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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i never knew cos were apostles.
they really have gone over board with these jw references.
during a talk a brother referred to the men at the gatse of the cities of refuge as 'elders' to 'judge.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Thou shalt not question the Organization.
Thou shalt accept anything the Organization saith.
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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