Posts by Yan Bibiyan

put simply, the governing body purports to be a small group of anointed men (currently numbering 7) who represent a much larger group (numbering the thousands) of anointed individuals living on earth today.

in nearly every reference to their position of oversight over the worldwide brotherhood, the governing body refer to themselves as being representatives.... .

Yan Bibiyan

...right and count them as studies and converts to help the stats

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New songbook, 2 years later

by WTWizard in

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now that it has been almost 2 years since they released that flop sing to jehovah, i wonder how much the singing has improved.

i remember hearing a lot about how the singing was horrible when the book was first released.

however, i wonder how many have figured out how to sing those songs.

Yan Bibiyan

yup for the last year of being a JW I was the sound GIRL

What? Priviligiz without a penis?

Very liberal.....What's next? Drag Queens leading the field service meeting.

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The great unanswered question - WHO chose the Governing Body to serve as representatives?

by cedars in

who is the governing body?.

put simply, the governing body purports to be a small group of anointed men (currently numbering 7) who represent a much larger group (numbering the thousands) of anointed individuals living on earth today.

in nearly every reference to their position of oversight over the worldwide brotherhood, the governing body refer to themselves as being representatives.... .

Yan Bibiyan

Cedars,

Don't you know what "represent" means in hip-hop lingo (#2 and #3 are particularly relevant)?

The Brothers are representin'...

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Who designed cancer?

by snare&racket in

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one thing i regret, is not listening to the questions in my head whilst a jw.

one i didn't ask until years after leaving was....who designed disease?

of course the first thing to realise is the complexity of disease, the histology, pathology and aetiology.

Yan Bibiyan

If all explanation fails, go default - Satan.

Afterall, demonz and cheif demon Satan can create living reproductive bodies (remember them horny bastards turning up like men to take the daughters of men).

I can see a creationist failing for the argument...

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2012 Yearbook

by Mickey mouse in

by this point in the year the yearbook has usually been seen by someone and the partakers figure is known.

has anyone set eyes on it yet?.

Yan Bibiyan

Another very important (and encouraging) set of numbers is the total hours preached, total number baptized and the derivative hrs. preaching per convert.

It ain't looking rosey. Respectively, the numbers are:

2010 - 1,604,764,248 (hrs preaching); 294,368 (baptized); 5,452 (hrs of preaching to baptize one)

2011 - 1,707,094,710 (hrs preaching); 263,131 (baptized); 6,487 (hrs of preaching to baptize one)

So, not only there are ~11% less baptized, but the JWs had to work ~6% harder to get it done for a combined 18% decrease in efficiency!

If the sales numbers are off by 18%, you better believe that any business would immediately recognize there is trouble. The WTBTS, being one, has undoubtedly already seen that.....

Let me throw few more numbers:

Branches have decreased from 116 to 98, with the same 236 lands reporting. Hmmm, what happened to the 18 "missing" branches, their assets, buildings, accounts, etc..we all know.

And the over 100 million hours increase in total hours spent in the field..oh, my what a COLLOSAL waste of time... Can you imagine what 100 mil hours of REAL community service would do?

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The KINGDOM HALL topic.

by nicolaou in

i'm an atheist but i've recently been curious enough to sit quietly on the hard wooden pews of a local and very simple english village church - it was sweet, humble and surprisingly calming.. now, how exactly is this monstrosity supposed to motivate anyone?!.

what does it tell us about the mentality of the religions leaders?

does this look like a place of worship?