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  You know you're an old fuddy duddy has-been when..............

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  2. friends

  justin bieber comes to town and you're scoping out all the mothers who're either dropping off their daughters or chaperoning.

  self-facepalm moment..

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  fedup

  When you're older than a member of the GB
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  The Truth Does Set One FREE!!!

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we all can find comfort in writings, books, commentaries, magazines, etc... that make us think and reason intelligently and sometimes, set us free from ridiculous traditions.

  what's funny is that the famous quote in the subject line is from the bible and applies to itself.. when many of us (jws) read coc from raymond franz, we learnt that we don't have to go too far to find the hypocrisy and the incredible lies that discredit the wt, he actually used the wt publications to tear apart the org and comfort and free many of us from the chains that we lived with in the jw world.. i just read the age of reason by thomas paine, this book does to the bible what coc did to the wt.

  what a great read!

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  fedup

  Blondie, I couldn't put it down, it's about 150 pages.

  Thanks for adding the link
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  The Truth Does Set One FREE!!!

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we all can find comfort in writings, books, commentaries, magazines, etc... that make us think and reason intelligently and sometimes, set us free from ridiculous traditions.

  what's funny is that the famous quote in the subject line is from the bible and applies to itself.. when many of us (jws) read coc from raymond franz, we learnt that we don't have to go too far to find the hypocrisy and the incredible lies that discredit the wt, he actually used the wt publications to tear apart the org and comfort and free many of us from the chains that we lived with in the jw world.. i just read the age of reason by thomas paine, this book does to the bible what coc did to the wt.

  what a great read!

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  fedup

  We all can find comfort in writings, books, commentaries, magazines, etc... that make us think and reason intelligently and sometimes, set us FREE from ridiculous traditions. What's funny is that the famous quote in the subject line is from the bible and applies to itself.

  When many of us (JWs) read COC from Raymond Franz, we learnt that we don't have to go too far to find the hypocrisy and the incredible lies that discredit the WT, he actually used the WT publications to tear apart the org and comfort and free many of us from the chains that we lived with in the JW world.

  I just read The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, this book does to the bible what COC did to the WT. What a great read! I wish I would have read this YEARS ago. This book was written over 200 years ago, what I can say is that the writer had BALLS. He questioned ALL authority, and with reason. I'm sure many of you read this, but I haven't really seen many references of this and I wish I would have. There are so many points in this book that are right on the money. He uses the bible to discredit itself.

  Here's one quote below that starts off part 2 of the book.

  "IT has often been said, that anything may be proved from the Bible, but before anything can be admitted as proved by the Bible, the Bible itself must be proved to be true; for if the Bible be not true, or the truth of it be doubtful, it ceases to have authority, and cannot be admitted as proof of anything. - Thomas Paine - The Age of Reason, 1795

  Do any of you have any comments on this book??
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  How many JW's would get FIRED if the WT would be paying them to preach?

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2011 preaching results:.

  hours preached: 1.7b.

  new baptized: 263k.

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  Does anyone have an article where the WT states that the door-to-door preaching work is the most efficient wat to spread the good news?
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  How many JW's would get FIRED if the WT would be paying them to preach?

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2011 preaching results:.

  hours preached: 1.7b.

  new baptized: 263k.

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  fedup

  The numbers would be more realistic if the field reports were anonymous. Everyone would be more honest. But since all the judging from the elders and CO's are based on those reports, majority panic and show up on Saturday or Sunday mornings, even if it would be the last thing they would want to do. Fear of man is what propels this group more than fear of God.
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  How many JW's would get FIRED if the WT would be paying them to preach?

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2011 preaching results:.

  hours preached: 1.7b.

  new baptized: 263k.

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  fedup

  2011 preaching results:

  Hours preached: 1.7B

  New Baptized: 263K

  If we do the math, it took about 6,464 hours of preaching to have 1 person baptized in 2011. An average publisher preaches about 10 hours per month, therefore, it takes 1 publisher almost 54 years of preaching to convert 1 person into a jw. This is without subtracting the jw's kids that may almost be half of the newly baptized.

  Does the WT still write that door to door preaching is the most efficient way to spread the good news?
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  Daily Show References WT Masturbation Video

  by MrFreeze in

  1. social
  2. current

  don't remember it being brought up here and something made me think of it so i thought i'd post it here.. here's the link from the segment.

  it shows up at around the 5:45 mark of the clip: .

  http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-31-2012/a-daily-show-tribute-to-institutional-competence.

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  fedup

  ok, sorry, it works and it's hilarious
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  Daily Show References WT Masturbation Video

  by MrFreeze in

  1. social
  2. current

  don't remember it being brought up here and something made me think of it so i thought i'd post it here.. here's the link from the segment.

  it shows up at around the 5:45 mark of the clip: .

  http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-31-2012/a-daily-show-tribute-to-institutional-competence.

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  Doesnt show in Canada, I'd love to see it. Can the video be posted on here
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  HELP! I've stepped in it now... mast head change - JW response!

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he's asking if i've read the first page of the new watchtower.. says page 8 admits and exposes the society's mistaken expectations.. says that both mags have been adjusted to reflect the understanding of generation.

  asking if it is my position that witnesses have made claims to be inspired prophets.... and saying if it is, maybe *we* can consider together some examples in the bible of others who have had wrong expectations and have gone ahead of god's timetable and see how god handled that..

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  fedup

  " When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told."

  George Carlin
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  Old time JW's did some very devout JW's refuse to eat pizza with pepperroni because they believed "blood" was in the pepperroni?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never heard this before until i read a life story of an ex-jws and how some jws in the past refused to eat pepperoni pizza because they thought blood was in pepperoni.

  i do know some elderly jw sisters would complain about eating steak if it bled while cooking.

  has anybody else heard of this pizza nonsense?.

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  fedup

  I remember the pepporoni and lecithin ban in the 80's, in Canada. I guess it never caught on anywhere else.

  It was a competition on who could come up with the craziest shit, so they can feel righteous.