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Gladring
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Reporting feild servie time via email
by Iwonder17 inour hallnow allows you to report your time via email, anyone else do this?.
i kinda takes the sheparding out of the whole thing, doesn't.. not that i am complaining, but aren't the service overseers supose to talk with you so they know how you're doing?.
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Unmissable Video by ex-cult Member
by Gladring injill mytton left a religious cult as a young adult, and now helps counsel people who are struggling with life after leaving cult environments.
she was interviewed for richard dawkins' series "root of all evil?".
this video is the full uncut footage of the original interview.. i know there are some out there with a negative view of dawkins, but please keep an open mind.
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Gladring
Thanks for the bump choosing life!
oh,
and bump.
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Oompa spotted lurking here
by kurtbethel inhttp://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=49166&forum=22.
scroll down a couple screens, he uses the alias "crumb" there, but that fools no one!.
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Gladring
I spotted oompa lurking on youtube!
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Unmissable Video by ex-cult Member
by Gladring injill mytton left a religious cult as a young adult, and now helps counsel people who are struggling with life after leaving cult environments.
she was interviewed for richard dawkins' series "root of all evil?".
this video is the full uncut footage of the original interview.. i know there are some out there with a negative view of dawkins, but please keep an open mind.
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Gladring
Jill Mytton left a religious cult as a young adult, and now helps counsel people who are struggling with life after leaving cult environments. She was interviewed for Richard Dawkins' series "Root of all Evil?". This video is the full uncut footage of the original interview.
I know there are some out there with a negative view of Dawkins, but please keep an open mind. This interview does not discuss belief in god, just the effect of strict religious upbringings.
Many of the things discussed are highly relevant for those of us who have experienced similar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXA7GA9yntc
Enjoy!
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50,000 disfellowshipped, 30,000 reinstated
by Gladring inas mentioned in the thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/171251/1/jws-on-bbc - on the bbc website under the beliefs section they state that "elders disfellowship 50,000 to 60,000 witnesses around the world every year.
each year, however, 30,000 to 40,000 are reinstated having "come back to their spiritual senses".".
does anyone know where they could have got those stats?.
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Gladring
As mentioned in the thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/171251/1/JWs-on-BBC - on the BBC website under the beliefs section they state that "Elders disfellowship 50,000 to 60,000 Witnesses around the world every year. Each year, however, 30,000 to 40,000 are reinstated having "come back to their spiritual senses"."
Does anyone know where they could have got those stats?
How do those stats affect our interpretation of the annual reports - growth % etc.
Are the reinstated ones included in the growth? If so what is the true number of new recruits?
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WT 15th April apostates / new light on miscarriages
by dozy instudy articles have strong counsel against apostates - modern day apostates display characteristics similar to those of the devil.
their mind may be poisoned by a critical attitude towards individuals in the congregations , christian elders or the governing body.
some apostates oppose the use of the divine name , jehovah.
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What about embryos in cold storage in fertility labs? This is getting seriously stupid. We're touching on Monty Python's "every sperm is sacred" territory now.
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Gladring
LOL at Nathan
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Gladring
Some good resources on that BBC website. Thanks for the link.
Under the beliefs section when they talk about disfellowshipping they make this statement:
Elders disfellowship 50,000 to 60,000 Witnesses around the world every year. Each year, however, 30,000 to 40,000 are reinstated having "come back to their spiritual senses".
I wonder what the source for those stats are, and how they would affect the analysis of the yearly reports? Are reinstated ones counted as growth? If 30-40,000 are reinstated does this mean that the number of genuine new recruits is smaller than we think?
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Need a quote from Watchtower
by elder-schmelder ini know that the watchtower says that we dont need to do the deep research on things.
that the brothers in bethel have and continue to look into all things.
does anyone know what watchtower or other publication that quote is in?.
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Gladring
Courtesy of WTlib 2007
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? Does"thefaithfulanddiscreetslave"endorseindependentgroupsofWitnesseswhomeettogethertoengageinScripturalresearchordebate?—Matt.24:45, 47.
No, it does not. And yet, in various parts of the world, a few associates of our organization have formed groups to do independent research on Bible-related subjects. Some have pursued an independent group study of Biblical Hebrew and Greek so as to analyze the accuracy of the NewWorldTranslation. Others explore scientific subjects related to the Bible. They have created Web sites and chat rooms for the purpose of exchanging and debating their views. They have also held conferences and produced publications to present their findings and to supplement what is provided at our Christian meetings and through our literature.
Throughout the earth, Jehovah’s people are receiving ample spiritual instruction and encouragement at congregation meetings, assemblies, and conventions, as well as through the publications of Jehovah’s organization. Under the guidance of his holy spirit and on the basis of his Word of truth, Jehovah provides what is needed so that all of God’s people may be "fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought" and remain "stabilized in the faith." (1 Cor. 1:10; Col. 2:6, 7) Surely we are grateful for Jehovah’s spiritual provisions in these last days. Thus, "the faithful and discreet slave" does not endorse any literature, meetings, or Web sites that are not produced or organized under its oversight.—Matt. 24:45-47.
It is commendable for individuals to want to use their thinking ability in support of the good news. However, no personal pursuit should detract from what Jesus Christ is accomplishing through his congregation on earth today. In the first century, the apostle Paul warned about getting involved in exhausting, time-consuming subjects, such as "genealogies, which end up in nothing, but which furnish questions for research rather than a dispensing of anything by God in connection with faith." (1 Tim. 1:3-7) All Christians should strive to "shun foolish questionings and genealogies and strife and fights over the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile."—Titus 3:9.
For those who wish to do extra Bible study and research, we recommend that they explore InsightontheScriptures,"AllScriptureIsInspiredofGodandBeneficial," and our other publications, such as those that discuss the prophecies found in the Bible books of Daniel, Isaiah, and Revelation. These provide abundant material for Bible study and meditation, whereby we can be "filled with the accurate knowledge of [God’s] will in all wisdom and spiritual comprehension, in order to walk worthily of Jehovah to the end of fully pleasing him as [we] go on bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the accurate knowledge of God."—Col. 1:9, 10.
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Need a quote from Watchtower
by elder-schmelder ini know that the watchtower says that we dont need to do the deep research on things.
that the brothers in bethel have and continue to look into all things.
does anyone know what watchtower or other publication that quote is in?.
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Gladring
More recently, try the "Question Box" from the Sept 07 kingdom ministry.
Don't research anything unless its on the WTlib cdrom or insight book and don't talk to each other about your ideas either.