Thanks for the update. Living in the Netherlands and having family still in the organization, this is of special interest to me.
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Reorganization Branches Belgium and The Netherlands
by Gorbatchov inthe belgium branche of jw in kraainem will be closed.. the netherlands branche of jw in emmen will be reorganized into an ict devolpment office.. all the oldtimers jw staff in emmen is told they have to leave, they are dismissed.. of course it will be explained that the organization is on the move, a blessing from jehovah.. gorby.
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The JW cart/booth nonsense
by Gypsy Sam inhttp://www.christianpost.com/news/battle-of-beliefs-baptist-evangelist-nation-of-islam-muslim-and-jehovah-witnesses-vie-for-souls-at-new-yorks-subway-stations-112512/.
will this wake any jw's up to how they have more in common with other sects than they believe?.
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The phote shows 3 JWs standing passively by the booth writing easy hours.
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Inaccurate hours recorded
by snare&racket inignoring the fact that all but the super jw's had a random stab at hours done in the ministry, with all the different activities the society said counted as ministry hours, just how accurate is there annual report?.
what activities do you know of that were allowed to be counted as ministry time?
here are some i knew of.... .
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Since when can visiting the sick & elderly be counted as FS time?
I have heard pioneers complain the do not have time for this as they had to get their hours in.
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That 2007 KM was one of the first eye-openers leading to my departure.
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Do You Consider Yourself An "Apostate"?
by minimus ini don't.. i consider myself a truth teller.. the watchtower society appears to be more "apostate" than even "christendom"..
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Proud to be an Apostate (would make a great T-shirt or Bumper-Sticker)
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wt stage bloopers this weekend yours & mine---
by prologos inmay be 90 000 wt speakers mounted the kh, ca, dc stages this weekend, all believing in the "talking snake--" and many will firmly plant their foot in the mouth, without realizing it.. here is our gem:.
talk on true friends: illustration on friends "not- to- have" :.
2 friends go hunting.
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Nice to see an illustration re-used over and over again. I think I heard it in a talk 30 years ago.
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This photo woke me up
by krejames in.
i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).
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Six examples of less fluffy Creation proving a less loving creator!
1. The Cuckoo
Female cuckoos don’t bother making nests and incubating their eggs . They simply find an existing nest with a clutch of eggs already inside it and then, when she sees an opening, she surreptitiously deposits an egg. When the nest owner returns, she is unaware that she is now sitting on someone else’s egg. Soon, the baby cuckoo hatches and proceeds to shove the original eggs out of the nest. Mom is left with an adopted child she never asked for and none of her own.
2. Japanese Giant Hornet
This lovely creature looks for food by searching out beehives, then calling in reinforcements. The couple dozen Giant Hornets spend the next couple of hours ripping the heads off of the tens of thousands of bees courageously guarding their nests. When finally all the bees lie asunder and dying, the hornets enter the nest and steal the children. They then carry them off to their own children, who will eat them. Kind of like when Israel ransacked Jericho.
3. Human bot fly
God created this awe-inspiring animal in such a way that it lays eggs right on top of a mosquito. The violated mosquito then lands on a human, where the eggs rub off. The nice, warm body heat of the human gives the eggs the signal they need to hatch. The little hatchlings then burrow into the skin and live under there.
4. The Blue-ringed Octopus
Unlike other animals, which often kill to eat, the octopus just bites whenever it feels scared. God shows his mercy and kindness in this bite, which immediately numbs the mouth and tongue, blurs the vision and creates paralysis. There is no known antivenom, but if you can round up some of your friends, they can perform CPR on you for several hours until the venom wears off.
5. Ichneumon Wasps
This example of Godly benevolence lays its eggs right inside a living host. God even gave the females freakishly long ovipositors so that they can jab, syringe-style, right into a caterpillar’s body and push out their eggs . Upon hatching, the larval begin feeding on the STILL LIVING host. Since even baby wasps like fresh meat, they take precaution not to kill their host. Right away. At first, they chomp on non-essential organs, waiting until they are ready to leave the ‘nest’ before consuming the brain.
6. Leucochloridium paradoxum
The complexity of the lifecycle of Leucochloridium paradoxum has to count for something. I mean - complexity = designer right? In this case the parasite requires two hosts at different stages. The birds get the easy bit. The parasite just wants to live in the gut for a while and get pooped out. The nasty part is when the snail eats the bird dropping and starts it's role as host. The parasites multiply in the snails tentacles and seem to drive it to suicide. It will go out in the open waiting for a bird to end its misery. And the cycle continues. Oh the beauty of creation! -
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WT's Crazed Obsession!
by JW GoneBad ini have recently read for the umpteenth time the 4 gospel accounts.
what caught my attention this time around was how many times jesus makes mention of the endeared expression father (with f in caps) when referring to his god as recorded by matthew, mark, luke and john.. what was also interesting by comparison is how little jesus actually makes reference to his father on a first name basis (jehovah) in these four books.. note my findings with the help of the comprehensive concordance:.
jehovah: matthew 11 times mark 8 times luke 26 times john 4 times (total 49 times).. father: mathew 43 times mark 4 times luke 21 times john 119 times (total 187 times).. .
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You are aware that "Jehovah" does not appear in original text of the New Testament at all. All 237 times have been added by the WTBTS.
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'Jehovah will provide' / some fish(y) stories! - WT April 15, 2014
by bats in the belfry ineduardo & family with kids will pioneer and survive on 10% of his regular income.. .. .
page 24. .
sort of reminded me of this guy: father of four quits job after attending annual meeting.
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‘PROVIDING FOR ONE’S OWN’
9 The apostle Paul directed that when older Christians cannot make ends meet, their children and grandchildren should “repay their parents and grandparents what is due them.”
On the page before Eduard's experience this was stated. It shows me that many elderly are now struggling financially now Armageddon has been so delayed. Yet, the GB continues to encourage living on next to nothing and pioneering. In a few decades Eduard's kids can support him financially, while the GB declines any responsibility. CULT!
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Today's daily text: a contradiction
by pixel inso they publish this:.
friday, january 10. you do not want to go also, do you?john 6:67.. peter responded to jesus question with these words: lord, whom shall we go away to?
you have sayings of everlasting life; and we have believed and come to know that you are the holy one of god.
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While the witnesses point to the Catholic Church where the pope claims to be the earthy representative of Jesus...meanwhile their Governing Body voices the exact same claim. They are no different!
