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Posts by JeffT
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3I'm changing direction with my blog
by JeffT ini've discovered that i can't bring myself to listen to more of the convention program for the simple reason that its about as interesting as drying paint.
the same holds true with reading watchtower publications, there isn't any content to analyze.. at the same time i'm trying to work out some back story problems with my fiction regarding religion.
twice i tried to write up that back story for nanowrimo, without success.
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I'm changing direction with my blog
by JeffT ini've discovered that i can't bring myself to listen to more of the convention program for the simple reason that its about as interesting as drying paint.
the same holds true with reading watchtower publications, there isn't any content to analyze.. at the same time i'm trying to work out some back story problems with my fiction regarding religion.
twice i tried to write up that back story for nanowrimo, without success.
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JeffT
I've discovered that I can't bring myself to listen to more of the convention program for the simple reason that its about as interesting as drying paint. The same holds true with reading Watchtower publications, there isn't any content to analyze.
At the same time I'm trying to work out some back story problems with my fiction regarding religion. Twice I tried to write up that back story for NaNoWriMo, without success. Among other things I need some feedback about what I'm writing. I'm also trying to impose some discipline on my writing, as it seems to be my career these days.
Accordingly, every Sunday I will post a chapter of "Armageddon's Prisoners" on my blog (so I can quit bugging you folks with these announcements). Comments are welcome, I need to hear from my readers. Chapter one is going up now.
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I need help from someone who knows Watchtower History!
by ILoveTTATT ini need help... i need to know certain things regarding watchtower history.
for example, i know via jwfacts.com that the wts has printed various treatises on revelation.
in order, "the finished mistery," "light"... etc... until the "revelation" book now.. i need to know the order of publication of the following:.
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JeffT
I just took a look at a couple of sets of numbers I have available. The 2013 yearbook shows 269,777 baptized and 7,782,346 publishers, meaning baptisms equaled 3% of publishers.
The 1975 yearbook is one of the few publications I kept, which shows 2,021,432 publishers and 297,872 baptisms. Baptisms equaled 14% of publishers.
The really fun number is hours. In 1974 it took 1245 publisher hours to make a convert, last year it took 6506! So they are still sucking in a few people, although I think they are baptizing a lot more of their own kids at younger ages than they did back in the day. However, they are vastly less efficient at doing so.
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Justitia passes bar!!!
by crmsicl inyay...my awesome friend justitia just found out last night she passed the bar exam.
regardless of how you may feel about her you gotta admit that is an accomplishment..
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JeffT
Congratulations, Justitia.
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Colorado Flooding Near My House
by dazed but not confused inhere are some picture in my neighborhood.. our house was not affected.
there is possibly more flash flooding expected tonight.. in the picture below our house sits at the bottom right corner about 2 blocks out of frame.
yesterday and tonight we are staying in another town with family.. .
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JeffT
Our daughter lives in Boulder. She's OK, last we heard, but she and her S.O. moved everything valuable to the second floor.
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What Do You Read?
by minimus inas a jw, i read all the publications and tried to understand all "theocratic" watchtower policy.. i read 3 newspapers a day and rarely read a book or magazine, other than wt.
stuff.. i read the bible a number of times and still find it a good read.. i love to read the internet news as well as the cherished drudge report.. what's your favorite read??.
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History mostly, some things to improve my writing, lots of news and politics on the net.
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Kickstarter: Help Start WW3
by metatron inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-sdo6pwvhq.
c'mon, it's for a good cause!.
metatron.
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JeffT
Considering the source (Second City TV) I would imagine that most of the people behind this are liberals of some sort, many of whom are upset with the Prsident's position on action in Syria.
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Boulder, CO
by JeffT inwe've been getting texts from our daughter all morning.
flash flooding is making a real mess of the front range, we're watching the weather channel and the streets in boulder look like rivers.
daughter is standing by for evacuation orders, not sure where they're going to take her or how - probably ng vehicles.. i'll post more if i hear anything dramatic..
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We've been getting texts from our daughter all morning. Flash flooding is making a real mess of the Front Range, we're watching the weather channel and the streets in Boulder look like rivers. Daughter is standing by for evacuation orders, not sure where they're going to take her or how - probably NG vehicles.
I'll post more if I hear anything dramatic.
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12 STEP PROGRAM and HIGHER POWER
by LV101 ini know there's been topics previously but how in the world do athiests do the program when they don't use as their support the higher power heard they can use the group, the ocean, etc., but seriously!
my friend told me they recommend god as the higher power for the program to work in some literature.
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JeffT
JeffT: Where can I get me some of that stuff?
Go back to the Kingdom Hall, that will kill a bunch of brain cells. Although the log might make better conversation.