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  Poignant Statistics Summary for Comment at This Sunday WT Study! (Aug. 3, 2014)

  by SAHS in

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  2. friends

  the watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.

  7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?

  they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.

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  jgnat

  Well, I know some of those shrinking and closed Kingdom halls here in rural Alberta...
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  Freaking out a Jehovah's Witness

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as you know, my husband has physically left the witnesses.

  he nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while i trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his.

  recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles.

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  As they sit there so sweet in their fifties attire, fed, clean, well-groomed, in a heated (air-conditioned) building with electricity, microphones and now....ipads. Yes, the world certainly is getting worse by the minute.
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  Not on JW.ORG: Drug dealing Jehovah's Witnesses on trial for Murder. Spiritual Paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  prosecutors seek death penalty against twin brothers in altamonte shootingchristopher and manuel "manny" rodriguez jr. turn 20 on thursdayaugust 5, 2014|by rene stutzman, orlando sentinel.

  sanford christopher and manuel rodriguez jr. are twin brothers, born three minutes apart nearly 20 years ago.

  they grew up together in altamonte springs and are practicing jehovah's witnesses.. if prosecutors have their way, both will wind up on death row in a few months after a daring, spur-of-the-moment shooting in broad daylight jan. 20 on one of the busiest stretches of road in central florida: state road 436 less than a half-mile west of interstate 4.. .

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  Yes, the boys should have stayed in school.

  http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_analyzes_crack_economics
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  Freaking out a Jehovah's Witness

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as you know, my husband has physically left the witnesses.

  he nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while i trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his.

  recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles.

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  Oh, and don't expect any gratefulness from your Witness audience. They will likely respond with, "Yes, but, do we have world peace?" This is simply the cognitive dissonance kicking in. I suggest a mild reponse along the lines of, "But it makes our lives a good deal easier, doesn't it?"
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  Freaking out a Jehovah's Witness

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as you know, my husband has physically left the witnesses.

  he nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while i trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his.

  recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles.

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  As you know, my husband has physically left the Witnesses. He nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while I trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his. Recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles. That talk sent him over the edge, and he talked about the implications for days.

  It took me a while to figure out why this talk was so disturbing to him.

  It messes with the Witness view of a rapidly declining imperfect world, soon to be replaced by a (perfect) divine one. It is pretty disturbing if humanity appears to be getting there without the help of magazines.

  So I propose a novel method of getting through to our (Witness) loved-ones. Feed them snippets of news from trusted futurists of how different it will be in a few short years. We get the added satisfaction of seeing many of these predictions bear fruit in front of their eyes, unlike the ones, you know, peddled by the WTS. It's like planting little time bombs to be set off when they least expect it.

  Here's a list of trusted futurists I've followed over the years. Their claim to fame is many of their predictions have actually come through!

  John Nesbitt - accurately predicting how the Baby Boomers shape our culture

  Seth Godin - marketing guru. Why television mass marketing is dead

  Hans Rosling - how raising the standard of living slows population growth!

  Thomas Frey - work will be very different. Our future is the paradise Witnesses crave.

  Tony Seba - clean disruption (transporation) guru
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  The Watchtowers obsession with positions

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
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  auxillary pioneers get mini praise.. .

  regular pioneers are an exampe to follow.. .

  half useless men are recommended as ministerials servants.. .

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  I had a power couple come up and tell me they were involved in both the Hospital Liaison Committee and the Building Committee.
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  Why are there NO articles about JW near death experiences and death bed visions?

  by freeatlast36 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad died recently and was a long time jw.

  we have had some interesting experiences with his passing and have been researching for other jw stories and there are none.

  anyone know why?

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  jgnat

  http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence#t-80631
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  Not on JW.ORG: Drug dealing Jehovah's Witnesses on trial for Murder. Spiritual Paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  prosecutors seek death penalty against twin brothers in altamonte shootingchristopher and manuel "manny" rodriguez jr. turn 20 on thursdayaugust 5, 2014|by rene stutzman, orlando sentinel.

  sanford christopher and manuel rodriguez jr. are twin brothers, born three minutes apart nearly 20 years ago.

  they grew up together in altamonte springs and are practicing jehovah's witnesses.. if prosecutors have their way, both will wind up on death row in a few months after a daring, spur-of-the-moment shooting in broad daylight jan. 20 on one of the busiest stretches of road in central florida: state road 436 less than a half-mile west of interstate 4.. .

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  jgnat

  Those brothers certainly seem to have lost their way. I don't think the older brother is helping at all.
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  the GOOD NEWS thread..

  by disposable hero of hypocrisy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the spin we get from the wt and from the platform is very one sided, always banging on about how terrible the world is and how it's never been worse and mankind is going to hades in a handcart, how's about a good news thread?

  i don't know about you guys but i try to share the good stuff as much as possible, because i feel it un-demonises 'worldly' people, helps witnesses see its not cut and dry, black and white, us and them.

  there are millions of decent hardworking charitable people out there trying to make a difference for the community at large.

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  I love that commuter story.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Loves_Iran
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  JW internal warfare threatens the Tract campaign

  by Quarterback in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i overheard this argument re the new tract campaign.

  one elder told a publisher, to hide the tract in the mailbox if the home owner wasn't home.

  the publisher was used to folding the tip of the tract, and just left a tip showing.

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  Isn't interference with the mail a federal offence in the US? Then a call to the FBI would be in order.....