Posts by justhuman

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2004 Service Report - Analysis and trends for 2005

by truthseeker in

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friends

by now, most of you will have seen the scanned images of the watchtower's service report for 2004. i do not have the feb 1st magazines, so i cannot speculate further on the reason for not issuing the report in the january 1st 2005 wt.

looking at the figures, there are some trends that should be considered very disturbing to the wt leadership.

although baptisms increased marginally by 3,571, the difference between the average number of publishers and the number of baptisms is eye-popping indeed.

justhuman

wait another 10 years and see what report they will have

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What happens when the faithful and discreet slave die off?

by JustTickledPink in

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friends

i am a bit fuzzy, but i always remembered that the "faithful and discreet slave" were the annointed members of the governing body and that they were led by jehovah god.... of course according to the wts.. now, as they get older and other wts corporations have been formed and the president of the wts himself isn't of the "annointed" then what happens when the "annointed" governing body members who represent the "faithful and discreet slave" die off?.

where is the intermediatary between the regular jw's and jehovah?

what will happen to the light that kept getting brighter?

justhuman

END OF THE WT

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Who here still finds it hard to celebrate Christmas?

by dh in

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friends

i was raised a jw and as i've probably said before, i left when i was around 18... i'll be 27 in a few days, and as i get older realise how i do not really know how to celebrate anything.

being raised a jw we never had xmas or birthdays (or any celebration), and since none of the friends i had when i left the jw's were christian either, i have to this day never celebrated it... i am not christian and will openly admit that i couldn't care less about the religious side of christmas, but what i see around me, everywhere in the world are people who aren't really christian either, celebrating christmas, either for kids or friends or whatever, but i've never done that or had anyone around me to do that with... people look forward to this time of year so much, they buzz and rush around like it's a real event, and to this day i've never been able to feel that way.

most of my christmas/birthdays since leaving jw's have been spent by myself, completely devoid of celebration, i want to get into that feel good spirit, but i don't know how, and if i try to fake it, i know it is fake.

justhuman

I do

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Would you continue to be a JW if?

by XQsThaiPoes in

you knew what things the jws are wrong about, and did not praticipate in them, or propagate them (there would be no reprisal from the boe or other jws if you did this).

your family and friends would treat you the same if you were a jw or not.

i am wondering who would be compelled by some inner flame to leave jws even if you could stay and believe or behave how you wanted.

justhuman

Nice question!!!

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ever get that immortal feeling?

by what_Truth? in

i was watching an old highlander rerun a while.

if you recall the show, the main character ducan mcleod was an immortal.

as such he would always feel a strong yet undescribable presence everytime another immortal was around him.

justhuman

I always have it

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Need your help! Wedding music ideas!

by maybesbabies in

ok all, my lovey and i are planning for the first song of our wedding to come after our vows are spoken, the ceremony ends, and he and i are going back down the aisle and into the house.

we want everyone to follow us in order from the first row back, and we'll go in and cut the cake.

thing is, we want a song to start as we head back down the aisle.

justhuman

Endless love by Lioner Ritchie

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I'm afraid there are only 2 ways of being a true believin' Christian

by Zep in

the first way is to be completely ignorant.to ignore the fact that the bible is a hopelessly flawed man made document, and all other reasoned argument and evidence that points to the non existence of the christian god.

this strategy basically involves living inside mental cocoon and closing your eyes to any alternative views.

the best way to employ this tactic is to perform a whole lot repetitive and ritualistic action; a whole lot of head bowing and praying etc... etc....you know the drill!.