Posts by Mad Sweeney

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Will the WT stats take a dive in 2014?

by Aussie Oz in

while looking through stas charts on jwfacts i notice two charts of publishers through the years.. on them, it is very clear that growth fell off the chart after 1975 and dropped dramaticaly again at 2000.. we know why for 75 and remember that many understood the big a to come by 2000.. will 2014 mark a subconscious and hopefully conscious psychological reaction from jws and 'interested' ones i wonder?.

oz.

Mad Sweeney

If "most JWs" don't care about 2014, that means SOME JWs DO.

Their growth barely surpasses the birth rate in the developed world NOW. It will only get worse by 2014.

When the "generation overlap" was floated at the 2009 Borg Annual Meeting people said the same sorts of things. JWs don't care about that stuff. Most JWs will let that slide without a second glance.

But this forum has several members that left the Borg BECAUSE OF the overlap doctrine.

If you think 2014 doesn't mean anything to ANY JWs then you're wrong. Some will leave over it. I think the numbers will be at least as significant as 2000.

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Ex-JW Women website!

by Chemical Emotions in

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friends

i just created a website for jw and ex-jw women.

please visit it and tell me what you think (and maybe sign up hehe)!

it's a work in progress.

Mad Sweeney

I thought someone created a website where guys could find ex-JW women. This isn't that at all.

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SOUTHPARK - Scientology episode removed from DVD boxset!!! Why??

by Witness 007 in

just heard on the radio the episode they did on scientology was not on the new season dvd boxset.

an ex- member released documents from the church on the net showing a campaign of harrassment against the shows creators.

one example even their garbage was investigated for anything they could use.

Mad Sweeney

Good article here called "The Apostate" and is about Paul Haggis, ex-Scientologist:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright

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STEVE HASSAN coming to Cult Free Radio on November 19

by Mad Sweeney in

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friends

you read that right.

just finished talking to steve a half hour ago.. november 19 at 10pm est, steve hassan's interview will air on cult free radio on ustream.

i will also have a co-host that evening to discuss bite mind control and steve's interview.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.

Mad Sweeney

You read that right. Just finished talking to Steve a half hour ago.

November 19 at 10pm EST, Steve Hassan's interview will air on Cult Free Radio on UStream. I will also have a co-host that evening to discuss BITE mind control and Steve's interview.

https://www.facebook.com/CultFreeRadio

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio

mp3 audio will be available sometime soon thereafter at: http://ex-jw.com/web-directory/cult-free-radio-archives-1-6

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Should Joe Paterno resign over the Penn State child sex abuse scandal?

by james_woods in

first, i don't know if we have had a thread on this yet - so if this is a repost, ignore appropriately.. but i am thoroughly disgusted by this developing scandal - an assistant coach at pen state is accused of multiple, repeated, child sexual offenses.

a member of the football staff exewitnesses and incident reported it to paterno (years ago, it is reported) - and paterno reported it to the athletic director.

nothing was done, nothing was reported to the authorities.. finally, the scandal broke over the weekend.. i am deeply dissapointed with paterno - this guy was one of my football heros.

Mad Sweeney

PSU, Pedophile State University.

It will take decades to live this coverup down.

Wish the Borg scandals got this kind of publicity.

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How did plants survive the Flood?

by dgp in

noah is not said to have carried plants in his ark.

supposedly the flood was severe enough to cover "even the tallest mountains", which would mean that mount everest was covered.

and this for forty days.

Mad Sweeney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln64DYflGT4

BTW, I put more stock in a Ricky Gervais stand up routine than in ANYTHING from creation.com

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New KH and lies to the council!

by punkofnice in

just before i stepped off being an elder the local congo were buying a piece of land with a building on it to convert (no pun intended), into a kh.. .

one of the things as i understand it was that they were going to have a flat for the co in situ but report to the local authorities that it ws just a janitors flat.

apparently if the council knew it was for the co it would be unacceptable for some reason.

Mad Sweeney

My guess, james-woods, is that there are special ordinances for a manse or rectory or whatever else you call a minister's home on church property. If the CO lives in the apartment, then the property probably needs to fall under those sets of rules. If it is a janitor or caretaker of some sort, there are probably a completely different set of rules. One would need to know the local ordinances to know exactly how they are viewed differently.

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Both the October 1 & November 1 Watchtowers avoid discussing the 2,520 years!!!

by Alfred in

did anyone else notice this?.

the "when was jerusalem destroyed?

" articles in the october 2011 and november 2011 public edition watchtowers were supposed to explain why it was so important to know when jerusalem was destroyed... but none of the two articles makes any mention about how the wt arrived at the 2,520 year calculation (to get to 1914)... did they think no one would notice???

Mad Sweeney

Most JWs don't bother reading the "public" edition of the magazine. They don't even read the extra articles in the kool-aid edition.

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Will only "incorrigibly wicked" people be destroyed at Armageddon?

by poor places in

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in a recent talk that i heard, a brother tried to comfort those whose family members have left jehovah's witnesses.

he did so by saying that only "incorrigibly wicked" people will be destroyed at armageddon.

i found his line of reasoning refreshing, especially in comparison with the usual fear-mongering in wt publications.

Mad Sweeney

Another win for jwfacts.com

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What really ended the book study in private homes?

by Alfred in

it's been over 3 years since the book study in private homes was discontinued and some jws are still scratching their heads over it.

although a letter was read to all congregations explaining that "book study night" would now be "family worship night", there was still much speculation among jws as to the real reason behind this decision (the great tribulation was about to start, jehovah was simplifying the lives of jws, to lessen the burden of poor jws who had no money for gas, etc.)...

but as we all know, decisions like these from the gb invariably have some ulterior motive behind it... and discussion boards such as this one usually finds a way to dig up the truth for all to see... but after reading several threads on this subject, i'm really not sure we've uncovered all the facts yet.... so i have to ask... what do you believe really ended the book study in private homes?

Mad Sweeney

I only read page one so if this has been mentioned, sorry.

Could it have been because several of the multimillion dollar pedo settlements were cases where the perv took advantage of the book study arrangement in private homes to get at kids?