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  JW Jokes

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. social
  2. humour

  they don't want you to donate blood because..... .....it might be within the erection of a homosexual act at any time.

  watchtower tried to become the internet service provider of their members...... ......but their virus software kept deleting all but 144,000 select files.

  what do you get when you cross a devil worshipper with a jehovah's witness?

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  bamse

  Two mosquitoes met after several years. It was a cordial reunion. But after som mutual greetings and hugs the one said: "Oh, you look so skinny and miserable. What's happened with you?" The other one said: "Oh, you see I have become a Jehovah's witness."
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  Cong accounts analysis?

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone on here an ex accounts servant?

  i’d be interested in a projection of what percentage of contributions come from elderly jw’s.

  i.e, money that will be diminishing over next 5 or 10 years as these ones pass on.. i estimate that in one of my previous congs 50% of the contribution totals of approximately £400 each month were being made by the over 70’s demographic.. within the other 50% were pioneers and low paid workers who put in regular but small amounts.. i guess when the accountants ring the alarm bells you start cutting the biggest costs; full time servants, buildings, printed literature.

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  bamse

  I am not so sure. The young ones get older and then they start contributing.

  There is also another phenomenon. I was an accountant and noticed the strange thing that when a «heavy» contributor moved out (like myself) or died, it didn’t affect the total contributions. Like someone else picked up the baton. Maybe it was a coincident for my old cong.
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  Could You See A Kingdom Hall Getting Shot Up?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would never want to see that happen but i’m surprised it has not occurred at this point.

  there are many disgruntled people who have had bad experiences with the witnesses..

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  bamse

  Security is expensive by money and man hours. It’s an excellent excuse for the Society to merge more congregations and sell surplus halls.
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  So my husband got a letter

  by Lost his mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, he received a letter that i am wondering if it is one of those open letters that are out there to denote time given.

  it starts out with the name of the person sending it, then goes into the spiel...do you know our god's name?

  when i was shown what it is, i kind of got upset.

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  bamse

  Sorry, when I read EndOfMysteries' contrubution, I unintenionaly pushed the dislike button. I then tried to push again to remove the first, but it only got another "dislike". Then I tried to neutralize it with a push on Like, but then it just got several likes Anyway, I liked it very much I thought it was a automatic that didn't allow several clicks
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  My first memoir of a life as a born in.

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with no guarantees as to performance, i'm going to attempt to regularly address in memoir form some of the issues that i think about as a born in that has faded.

  i will try to do so on a (semi) regular basis.

  like proust and his madelienes, i've noticed that certain experiences trigger memories about the cult that just won't go away.

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  bamse

  And what is a "RN"?
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  Arrangements for Electronic Donations to Local Congregations

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  april 17, 2016 to selected bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.

  (attachment 1) 2016 04-18-e scong--arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.

  (attachment 2) credit card donation arrangement instructions.

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  bamse

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  I COLLECT QUOTES. . . Here are some of my favorites

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please post your favorites too.

  my favorite quotations:.

  you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.. don’t think of cost.

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  bamse

  There is more happiness in giving than getting. Particularly kittens.
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  Watchtower's version of Science

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  air baths are good for preventing colds.

  what you do is strip naked mornings and evenings and then bob up and down for a while.

  golden-age feb 1926 pg 310. color and physiognomy.....a man whose nose upturns can no more be expected to administer justice than a pug dog can be expected to act as a shepherd.. golden age jan 19 1921 pg.

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  Thank you both.
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  Watchtower's version of Science

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  air baths are good for preventing colds.

  what you do is strip naked mornings and evenings and then bob up and down for a while.

  golden-age feb 1926 pg 310. color and physiognomy.....a man whose nose upturns can no more be expected to administer justice than a pug dog can be expected to act as a shepherd.. golden age jan 19 1921 pg.

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  Thank you. But what is "TWTP"?
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  EXPERTS ONLY! A Pop Quiz on (current) Watchtower teaching

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pop quiz on jw (current) teaching.

  1. was jesus 2nd coming in 1914?.

  2. is jesus 2nd (parousia) presence the same thing as his coming?.

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  bamse

  The text is amputated on the right side.