Posts by martinwellborne

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Bethell-monastery

by martinwellborne in

anybody believe these places are just modern day monasteries with all their inherent problems of cooping up a bunch of folks who aint supposed to think about sex

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anybody believe these places are just modern day monasteries with all their inherent problems of cooping up a bunch of folks who aint supposed to think about sex

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Where do I find the numbers of the mass JW exodus cause of 1975?

by middleman in

hey yall, i'm looking to see what book/books that show the rapid decline of jw membership, cause of the failed 75 prediction.

i've read from different internet sources it was around 800,000 from the mid 70's to 1980. is there a particular jw book i can find this in?

maybe i could compare the mid 70's yearbooks?

"This change shows how close the end we REALLY are..............."

by Warlock in

according to one of my relatives, the co said, on a recent visit, that the offer of "everlasting life" will be brief and to the point.. when street witnessing, if people refuse, do not chase them.

in the door to door work, if someone is not interested, do not persist, just leave.. according to my relative, these changes really show "how close to the end we really are".. why is it that every change is interpreted as "this change shows how close to the end we really are"?.

i have come to realize that the wts are masters at jerking people around, and i really hate it!.

martinwellborne

i'm very fond of them, i'm very fond of them but they go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on............................

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Religious Experience

by martinwellborne in

"most religions do not make men better, only warier!

" elias canetti.

"to die for a religion is easier than to live it absloutely" jorge luis borges.

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Neurotics build castles in the sky, psychotics live in them, psychiatrists collect the rent, psychopaths smash their windows and JDUBS knock on their doors!!

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Religious Experience

by martinwellborne in

"most religions do not make men better, only warier!

" elias canetti.

"to die for a religion is easier than to live it absloutely" jorge luis borges.

martinwellborne

"Most Religions do not make men better, only warier!" Elias Canetti

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absloutely" Jorge Luis Borges

"Clergy are like manure- spread thinly on the land they are very good. But put them in a heap.... POOH!! bishop hensley henson

"when the missionaries arrived the africans had the land and the missionaries had the bible. they taught us to pray with our eyes shut, when we opened them, they had the land and we had the bible" JOMO KENYATTA

There truly have been some intelligent people gone by

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The Witnesses want it both ways.

by isnrblog in

the bible says in matthew 7:13:

"go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.

but the watchtower 2/15/06, page 12 says: