Hello WT, over 10k partakers in 2009, you have a problem.
When they come up with some confounded explaination we will have even more to giggle about.
tinker
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Worldwide Report out - memorial partakers increased 871. Worldwide publishers up 3.2%
by yadda yadda 2 inseems the 2010 yearbook is out now in audio.
it's reported there was an 8.7% increase in memorial partakers to 10,857 in 2009, up from 9,986 in 2008.. worldwide publishers for the 2008/09 service year increased 3.2%, to 7,619,270 publishers.. thanks to information posted by possible-san at the end of this thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/186746/2/the-increasing-number-of-the-anointed-comments-anyone.
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What Are You Reading?
by zoiks inok, here's my current list:.
i just finished the greatest show on earth by richard dawkins, and am almost finished crisis of conscience by...some guy.. currently in hand, i have:.
the power of myth, joseph campbell and bill moyers.
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Moshe, I will be reading same seed cataloges soon too. My 2010 resolution is to grow a Kick Ass Garden come spring.
Busy Bee, I enjoyed Pillars too. After touring some of the cathedrals of Europe, reading about how they were built was fascinating. A pretty good soupy story too. I started Worlds but somehow couldn't finish. Sits at my bedside still.
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as long as I can remember, 1955 forward, my mother has referred to herself as 'in the Truth'. I'm 'in the Truth' Is he 'in the Truth? How did you come 'into the Truth? For some reason it always bugged me, even when I was 'in the Truth' full throttle so I NEVER used it.
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JW therapist????
by maninthemiddle ini read on a facebook thread some talking about going to a jw therapist, i didnt't know there were any.
i remember a young girl that da and my mother blamed it on a "worldly" therapist.
knowing what i know of her family it had to be the best decision of her life.. .
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One of only two JW's that will still speak to us is a mental health therapist. He regularly calls just to catch up saying 'wattsup, lets kick it and have a beer' Very nonjudgemental and relaxed. He was a MS for a short time but stepped away after experiencing the hoops he was expected to jump through.
If anyone would like his personal info PM me.
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What Are You Reading?
by zoiks inok, here's my current list:.
i just finished the greatest show on earth by richard dawkins, and am almost finished crisis of conscience by...some guy.. currently in hand, i have:.
the power of myth, joseph campbell and bill moyers.
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Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Oprah's Book Club selection. Captivating writing but very very sad. Several stories of children in Africa. Violence, abuse, poverty all directed at children=I may not be able to finish this one. Just finished Spooner by Pete Dexter. Funny and heartbreaking at the same time. I want to know more about these characters, dogs and people. Wished it would never end. Our local library Big Read a few months back: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One of my all time favorite movies. Had never read the book, a great read. Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck. Yes I like to read cookbooks. And I recommend one of my favorite books: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The movie reviews are bad but read the book. Apocalyptic and horror but really just the story of a man and his son, very moving.
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Beatles on the History Channel
by tinker indid anyone catch the beatles on the record, last night on the history channel?
a really good program with lots of never before seen footage and interviews.
george martin narrates much of it and give lots of insight behind the making of the music.. the history channel repeats these programs fairly often but i could not find it scheduled on the website guide.
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Did anyone catch The Beatles On the Record, last night on the History Channel? A really good program with lots of never before seen footage and interviews. George Martin narrates much of it and give lots of insight behind the making of the music.
The History channel repeats these programs fairly often but I could not find it scheduled on the website guide. I will keep checking and when I find it again I will post here.
Just an FYI for Mr Flipper and all you Beatlemaniacs like me
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Do You Accept ALL Of The Bible As Being 100% Truth?
by minimus indo you believe the bible is unfallible, unerring and totally accurate?.
do you believe the bible is a "good book" with much good about it but not something that should be totally believed?.
do you not believe in the bible at all as being "god's word"?.
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yeah, especially the bit about the talking snake
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Feb 2010 WT nice little omission of facts
by Aussie Oz inlooking thru the feb 2010 watchtower i noticed that the society has done a little white wash of the past by not mentioning the book 'millions now living will never die' only mentioning the earlier talk using the word 'may'.. perhaps because rutherford stated " i want the statement millions now living will never die to be taken literally, as it is, in the light of fullfilled prophecy, a provable biblical proposition" they dont want the r&f to know of the book nor its grandiose pronouncment.. 8 .
the anointed followers of christ havebeen extending the invitation since as far.
back as 1918. in that year, the public talk.
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This was the talk that got my grandfather to join up. I heard the story all my life, even gave the 'Experience' several times at assemblies, so proud we all were..... My mom, 90, kind of forgetful and in denial, is still planning to 'sail on through' I don't even try to explain the 'new light'... AS IF
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Christmas tipping for the postman, yard guy, newspaper boy, etc?
by restrangled indo you tip these workers?
my yard guy has been great, and i have given him a few tips throughout the year.
today was his last lawn day before christmas.
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I have a cleaning business and some of my clients do tip me very nicely during the holiday season. The money is nice but the real gift is the expression of gratefullness of my hard work. I enjoy the work I do for them much more than the person I have worked for 25yrs+ and never, not once has he given me so much as a card and never even says Good Morning or Go to Hell. It's like I do not exist or beneath him to say thank you.
IMO, if you appreciate the service you recieve from your paper delivery, yard guy, cleaning person then you should express it to them often. A card with or with out a small tip goes a long way toward motivating them to do a good joy.
and maybe it's because my son had a paper route long ago and I found out what a hard job, 7 day wk, 365, rain or shine delivering newpaper is. I subscribe yearly and always add a 15% tip. And sometimes I leave a candy bar or can of pop out for the kid, just because.
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What was your favorite Beatles song that you remember ?
by thetrueone infor myself growing up in the 60's it was mostly the beatles that drew my attention as well as many others.. as for the entire body of work by them, there might never be another four piece musical group like them.. sad to think that the younger generation today only has thug rap/hip hop trash or britney spears to listen to.. the quality of music may have diminished itself when it started to become more of a visual expression of art rather than .
purely audio form of entertainment.. just one of my favorites out of many.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrk4ca0dlg&feature=related.
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sorry about he smushed up post. I did space it, why does it do that? And please excuse my bad grammer, scratch 'Wanna' to I Want to Hold Your Hand