Posts by dgp
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13This is for all who remember what a typewriter was!! enjoy
by finallysomepride inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=g4nx0xrn-wo&sns=em.
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The results so far - three months remaining for the 2012 survey...
by cedars ini mentioned recently about the 2012 jw survey, and how we are falling behind with the number of votes in comparison with last year.. you may remember that, in response to this situation, i uploaded the following video to youtube in an attempt to garner more votes.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpcgclxqda.
you'll be pleased to know that, in the four days following the launch of this video, the survey received 76 new votes - boosting the total number from 936 to 1,012.. it's great to see that the video has had such a good response.
at the current rate (19 votes per day) we would surpass 2,700 votes by the end of the year - not a mind-blowing number but a great sample nonetheless.. after chatting with juan viejo2, we both decided it would be good to post an article on the website letting people know the results of the survey so far.. here is the link.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-time-left-is-reduced-your-2012-survey-needs-you-2.
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"please sign in" was all mom said to me and my boys at her sisters funeral yesterday at the kindom hall
by oompa inmy dad never once looked at me...i went even though they did not come to the door when i went to tell her i was sorry about her sister...that i had heard through the grapvine her sister had died...they did not even ccall me...and they did not answer the phone when i left the message asking for the time and place of the funeral unless they did not want us to attend...and they did not call....but we all decided to go anyway and im glad we did....but it was surreal...i will share more later.
and i have a close friend nearby dfd about four years ago whose dad is dying and wont hardly ever talk to her... he does a bit but not her mom....neither does robert7s mom talk at all to him and yes it causes pain...but i think i am finally close to healing that last part of mine......oompa.
funny but just realized that the above two cases both people are recognizd as a son or daughter important enough to shun like me...but we dont get shunned like dfd and apostate sons at the funeral...just another attendee...wow.
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose inour friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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RIP, Eric (I finally knew his name).
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to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH
by oompa inand i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.
but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .
how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?
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Slimboyfat: That's precisely my point. In this sense, is growth in Brazil (or the Third World) only a good thing?
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dgp
My question would be how the Watchtower would change from being a white American, English-speaking organization to a colored, non-American organization, multilingual organization. It does not seem to me they are ready for such a change. Can anyone really envision a moment when brothers Joao from Brazil and Luis from Mexico will lead the Governing Body?
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I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!
by minimus inmy italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
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Oh, and Santería is not Catholic. Catholics and Santeros would tell you just that. Santería was the way for the old African religion to survive, giving Christian names to African deities.
In other regions there was also a mix of beliefs. None is more succesful than the Virgin of Guadalupe, known to many as "Tonantzin", the old Aztec goddess.
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I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!
by minimus inmy italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
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MP:
Its funny how Catholics talk about Jesus and Christianity but they dont realise the RC is not christian and it existed before Jesus. At no stage does the RC church ever use Christian in any of their official publications or institutions.
The first sentence is an opinion and I am sure a billion people would disagree with you. One of the few things I learned about the Watchtower before coming to this site was that "Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT Christian". That was said by a man who pointed out that JW's don't believe Jesus is God. He said that you had to believe in Jesus as God to properly call yourself a Christian. It seems to me he had a point. But I am saying this only to underline that this first statement of yours is open to debate.
The second sentence is simply not true. Let us just say that Catholics use the word "Christian" a hell of a lot less than others. From the Catholic perspective, protestants are "also" Christians.
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I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!
by minimus inmy italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
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dgp
I'm thinking you meant to type birth rate.
I meant fertility rate, and anyone can check that in the CIA Factbook.
These are the birth rates:
US: 13.68 per 1,000
Puerto Rico: 11.26 per 1,000By the way, here's another comparison. Brazil and Mexico are the countries with the largest Catholic populations in the world. These are their fertility rates compared to that of the United States:
Brazil: 2.16
Mexico: 2.27
US: 2.06Let's compare age distribution and median ages: Both Mexico and Brazil have younger populations, yet they have similar fertility rates. I say this is because contraceptive use is just as frequent as in the United States, if not more.
Mexico:
0-14 years: 28.2% (male 16,395,974/female 15,714,182)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 35,842,495/female 38,309,528)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 3,348,495/female 4,113,552) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 27.4 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 28.5 years (2012 est.)
Brazil:
0-14 years: 26.2% (male 27,219,651/female 26,180,040)
15-64 years: 67% (male 67,524,642/female 68,809,357)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 5,796,433/female 7,899,650) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 29.6 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 30.5 years (2012 est.)
US:
0-14 years: 20.1% (male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823)
15-64 years: 66.8% (male 104,411,352/female 104,808,064)
65 years and over: 13.1% (male 17,745,363/female 23,377,542) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 37.1 years
male: 35.8 years
female: 38.5 years (2012 est.)