looks great, will be a "must see" movie to go to, wonder if Jabba the Hut is back?
jookbeard
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Your thoughts on the new Star Wars?
by Coded Logic inso i've thought for a while now that jj has the lowest bar to clear in cinema history.
all he has to do is make a movie that's not as bad as the prequels.
but upon viewing the recent trailers, it looks like he's actually got the "feel" of the originals down.
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Assembly baptisms/attendance - keep 'em coming!
by freddo indon't forget to post your reported assembly and convention attendance and baptisms and whether they are higher or lower than customary (if you know).. here's some detail passed to me of the last circuit assembly held at surrey (uk) assembly hall.. attendance 922 baptisms 3 (half circuit).
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jookbeard
Freddo I was baptised at that Surrey Ass'embly Hall in 1987 , there was only a handful of us then as well -
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I've heard from a good source that he is a celibate gay, if there is such a thing? -
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What actually DID you learn?
by punkofnice inmy jw friends that still speak to me, tell me that they love the meetings because of the things they learn.. i wonder what they think they're learning?
it an avenue that always perplexes me because their replies are just so wishy washy or i get a blank stare when i ask.. what's you r experience?.
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jookbeard
I learned a fair bit about the Bible, its fictional characters and books, I was a zealous Dub eager to learn but it worked against them as my inquisitive nature made me research and find out how much of a fraud it all was. -
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Jehovah's witnesses are the fastest growing religion.
by hoser inthat is what the speaker said in his public talk this morning.
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jookbeard
they haemorrhage members Stan always have done , over 7.30 billion folks on this planet and they count a paltry few million , pretty pathetic in all honesty, billions on the planet have never heard their pathetic hate filled message fortunately and nor will ever likely to, thank god! -
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Jehovah's witnesses are the fastest growing religion.
by hoser inthat is what the speaker said in his public talk this morning.
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jookbeard
is counting inactive Mormons any less of a proper gauge of growth then the WTS society counting unbaptized publishers and 1 hour a month publishers? which is a very pointless stat which they seem obsessed with still counting.Its a very pointless stat pointing out that the WTS have more KH's where a vast majority of Mormon meeting temples are significantly bigger, the temple near me can probably house 500 plus, maybe far more, where as I wouldn't mind betting a great majority of congs in the UK will be lucky to be getting 50/70 in attendance, how many times do we hear of stories of our previous congs that used to be 200 plus now are lucky to get anywhere near 50/60? -
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Jehovah's witnesses are the fastest growing religion.
by hoser inthat is what the speaker said in his public talk this morning.
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jookbeard
I see more and more Mormons in street work and D2D in Central London and the suburbs than ever, they cover the territory in the suburb I live in very frequently, far more then the JW's ever do, just looking at that evidence must show they are growing especially in Northern Europe where the WTS is experiencing massive decline. Evangelical Christianity seems to be booming still in the areas of London where I reside, especially big in Inner London, I have also noticed a large number of industrial style buildings being converted into their places of worships, but see a fair few JW congs in London disbanded, sold off or merged, a couple of years back a smallish Mormon Temple/meeting place underwent a very large refurbishment/expansion just a couple of miles down the road from me, the main Temple in Epsom a few miles in the other direction continues to expand and causes traffic chaos in the area every time they meet, hardly evidence of a church in decline. -
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Hi First Post Here
by Distracted injust wanted to break the ice and write my first post here and also talk about some things that are bothering me.
i don't go to meetings anymore and i have become inactive for years now.
i don't believe the witnesses have the truth more than any other organized religion.
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jookbeard
welcome aboard, plenty of good advice here, you really have plenty of options, take your time. -
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The Shit Has Just Started Hitting The Fan For The WT Corporation, Nightmare Stage!
by Brokeback Watchtower inas with any course which is based on pure wishful thinking(which is the wt corporation based on) has different stages.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wishful_thinking.
some psychologists believe that positive thinking is able to positively influence behavior and so bring about better results.
this is called "pygmalion effect".
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jookbeard
at least a decade the shit has been steadily covering that fan with thicker consistency! child abuse lawsuits, Candace Conti,etc, Panorama BBC programme Silentlambs, ARC, dreadful yearly declines in their former stronghold nations, Northern Europe especially the UK, Germany and Poland, a virtual standstill in Japan, losses on their investments, huge amount of on-line resources, non stop leaks from HQ, whole sale closures of KH's and Bethel branches, bethel staff layoffs,DO's finished, CO's being reduced, special pioneers finished, hard to see them ever coming back from this. -
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Possible reason for cancellation of book study in homes.
by Amelia Ashton inthis was posted on fb.. so guys, i'm gonna share something with you all that i think you should know.
i've only told two people about this (one being john cedars) for fear of getting this guy into trouble, but it's very telling and will reaffirm your "ttatt faith!
a couple of weeks ago, i had to have an "ability to protect" assessment by a gentleman from a company that also investigates child protection policies etc.
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jookbeard
very feasible, if true could see the 2 remaining meetings held in KH's under threat , possible knock on effects as to why so many KH's are being sold, branches folding etc