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If you were the GB, what would you do to prevent to coming demise of JWs?
by jwfacts in
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2. beliefs
the current growth of jws no longer exceed the population growth, and in many educated countries it is now stagnant.

http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm in 50 years the whole 1914 thing will simply be an embarrasing irrelevance, so for the religion to even exist in 2057 will take some major doctrinal changes.. decrease is quite common for christian religions, except pentecostals, who are experiencing tremendous growth.

maybe they have jesus' blessing.
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I REALLY DON'T CARE...............................
by Warlock in
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2. beliefs
i believe in god, but i also realize he may not exist.. if you don't believe in god, i really don't care, i'm just curious.. i don't have this need to start threads like "why you must believe in god", or other such nonsense, but some of you still have this "control" issue that you thought you left in the org.

it seems like you must still try to control what others think.

"think like me, or you are an idiot.
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DO THE GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS BEILIEVE IN THE CULT RELIGION
by Lotus65 in
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2. beliefs
do the members of the governing body and the president of the organization believe in the religion or are they in it for power in money

i wonder are they a cult for their idiotic, dangerous and souls sucking practices or are the a cult because of their idotic, dangerous and soul sucking practices along with them being money groveling, power mongers
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Bethel Tour-long sorry
by samiam2b in
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2. beliefs
i'm new as a member but have watched the site for a while.

one of my kids, who lives in another part of the country, came for a summer visit from another state and asked to go on a bethel tour.

she lives with her jw mother and is surrounded by jws and they even baptized her recently.
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Prophetic Speculations - What a Sad List of Embarrasing Dissappointments
by Lady Liberty in
1. watchtower
2. bible
thank you alan feuerbacher!!http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-prophetic-speculations.html.

some prophetic speculationsalan feuerbacher.

1831: william miller begins preaching christ's return in the fall of 1843.. 1842: miller and followers begin publishing a journal, the midnight cry.. 1843, late: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return in the spring of 1844.. 1844, spring: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return on october 22, 1844.. 1844, late: miller and followers anticipate disappointment.. 1844, october 21: miller says: "i told some of my brethren christ would not come on the morrow" because the second coming would be "in an hour they think not".
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I Think I want to go to Heaven when I die..
by hilannj in
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2. beliefs
i have never really thought about it.. but i think i do want to go to heaven.. i want to have a personal relationship with jesus, feel comfortable praying to him and to god.

and even if it is a lie, i want to hope for it and believe it, and someday teach my children the same..

is that wrong?
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The simplest explanation of 607 BCE
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you are looking for the simplest picture that shows how the wts calculates that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, and if you want to understand basic problems with their method, this might be what you want.. http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/wts_false_reasoning_for_607_bce.pdf.

(make sure that your pdf reader displays the whole page.).

doug.
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Does Goofy Speculation of Prophecy by the WTBS reason to leave?
by Mad in
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2. beliefs
many leave because of it- yet isn't the truth and the wtbs seperate entities?.

the mad jw.
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A Non-JW account of CT Russell...
by Mad in
1. jw
2. friends
>subject: fw: presby.

minister's commentary on bro.

russell.
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The Question Non-Jws hate to hear! (Unless they're athiests)
by Mad in
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2. beliefs
did jesus have a god that he worshipped?