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  World map showing net reduction in publisher numbers

  by cedars in

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  mp has asked which country has lost the most publishers, and i decided to investigate.

  one thing led to another, and i decided to produce another world map, this time showing the net reduction in publishers for each country.. this has been calculated by means of the following equation for each country:.

  2011 total no.

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  Quirky1

  Thanks Cedars!
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  Would mankind be better off without religion today ? A topical debate .

  by Finkelstein in

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  this is an interesting debate paneled by people representing both pro and con aspects of religion as a ideological concept in human sociality.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfix_e1qnbm.

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  The bible is a myth...
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  Movies that resonate with you as an ex-JW or awake JW

  by RayPublisher in

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  the matrix - "do you want the blue pill or the red pill?

  ", "all i offer you is the truth", "ignorance is bliss", "the matrix is all around us".

  shutter island - creepy, is it real or isn't it, it turns out the whole thing is a dream.

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  Mine was Matrix, however, there has been others but I cannot remember what they were..
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  JWs and medical marijuana

  by dogon in

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  2. beliefs

  where do jws stand on the new medical marijuana?

  i know they would df for use of it for recreation but if a dr in california gave it as a perscript, and it was legal to buy and use for medical use, has anyone ran into this yet?.

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  They wouldn't know a good joint it if came up and bit'em in tha ass... Pot is one of the safest drugs there is.. I personally don't know of anyone dying of smoking pot.. I'd rather someone smoke weed and drive a car than to drink and drive.. Alchohol is a killer..
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses any better/nicer/kinder/more loving/anything positive than members of any other religions or those not adhering to any religion?

  by bottleofwater in

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  I know some that are really very nice people... However, most have a limited ability to show it unless you are a JW too. Their teachings and beliefs tend to have a gravitational effect on their decision making process...
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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

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  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  Sorry to hear Truman...
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  Bill Maher makes JW joke

  by undercover in

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  i tired to find a youtube clip of this but couldn't.... but anyway, on real time a couple of weeks ago, during his opening monologue, bill maher was talking about the trayvon martin/zimmerman deal and he made mention of florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows an individual more leeway in using deadly force to defend against what they percieve as a threat to self or property.. going by memory, so i may not have the quote exactly correct but basically he joked, "good thing they don't have "stand your ground" here (california).

  my front lawn would be littered with jehovah's witnesses".

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  Funny shit..
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  The First Cult

  by Quirky1 in

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  the first cult was created by jesus and his desciples, this just opened the door for many to use christianity as a basis for more to follow.. just sayin'...

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  The first cult was created by Jesus and his desciples, this just opened the door for many to use Christianity as a basis for more to follow.. just sayin'..
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  Image of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by socstu in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm looking for an image to use of the jws, it needs to be quite easy to identify them so i was thinking two people on the ministry or something like that.

  i was looking in the yearbooks but nothing really caught my eye, can anyone think of a specific picture which may do the job?

  :).

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  Try a Yahoo or Google search of images...
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  For those of you who inactive, but not officially DFd/DAd, how do you manage?

  by undercover in

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  2. friends

  i read with interest the thread about how people who are mentally out yet still attend (some) meetings manage to do continue to do it and it got me wondering, how do those of us who are completely inactive, no longer practicing members of the faith, manage to pull off our new ex-jw life, yet never invite scrutiny or investigation from former friends, elders, etc.. take me, for example.

  i've been out several years now, but have never officially renounced my faith.

  i've never out and out called it a crock of shit to anyone who could make real trouble for me.

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  UC, you described my actions to a tee.... I did, however, attend the memorial for the first time this year since '07 for my other half's interest.. I have had no problems here...