Wait till you see the scrolls where each publisher reports their hours monthly to the body of elders that is leading their local congregation. And you also haven't seen the do-not-call-scrolls. Yes the early christians must have been crazy rich to be able to pay for scribes and scrolls. They probably also taught the householders of that time how to read, since most couldn't. Here is a picture of Jesus plucking goose feathers to make pencils.
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Going Door to Door with Scrolls
by VM44 indoes anyone know where this anachronistic and propagandistic picture came from?.
did a watchtower artist draw it?.
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Convention invitation distribution campaign - Apr KM
by dozy inhad a quick look at the april km - they are having (yet) another invitation campaign to the convention.
slight twist though , in that any invitations not used are to be taken to the convention & used in informal witnessing.. traditional "convention reminders" insert - usual stuff about "jehovah arranging the program" , get early to the stadium , tip restaurant staff , don't make a scene at hotel reception desks if they have messed up your booking , no peeing in the hotel pool etc.
(i made the last one up , but you get the gist.
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It's so great to know I won't be handing out those ridiculous flyers and I won't be going!
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Need tunes to play when my JW window cleaner is next here...
by highdose inas you may remember, i have a jw window cleaner, one who likes to whistle kingdoom melodies while he works.
drives me crazy!
so i put music on while hes here and it stops him.
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the-illuminator81
Jamie Cullum - It Ain't Necessarily So
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Witnesses at my door today
by Lily Pie inso, i've been waiting for them to do the *rounds* here for a while.
and they finally turned up.. i lead the discussion towards holy spirt and personal relationship with god.
(personal relationship with god is really about interacting with the father, jesus & the spirit, not just the spirit - but i think emphasising spirit is a simple way to get across my point) i was curious about whether or not they had one.
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the-illuminator81
If you used the term "great crowd" then you won't get a return visit. Their apostate radar will be going off.
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Top 10 Memorial Excuses
by rebel8 ingood excuses.
pinkeye.
(highly contagious, and you aren't supposed to touch other people's dishes and glasses.)tuberculosis.
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I already went to mass this morning.
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Who knows how a spark plug gets its spark?
by frigginconfused inthe battery sends power to the coil.
this makes a magnetic feild.
there is another coil in this coil with smaller wires and many more windings of wire.
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The charged particles of a solar flare do not even penetrate far through the atmosphere, only affecting the upper layers. So to answer your question, no. The particals merely slightly heat up some of the air there and gives off a spectacular fireworks show called aurora borealis.
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A serious Bible contradiction for me
by sabastious inmark 9:.
38 teacher, said john, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.. 39 do not stop him, jesus said.
for no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,40for whoever is not against us is for us.41 truly i tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the messiah will certainly not lose their reward.. .
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On the topic of bible contradictions I can recommend this fantastic youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3g6mXLEKk
It shows a bible quiz where both contestants are always right, but not in agreement with eachother. Only possible with faith!
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Have you made MAJOR CHANGES since you started posting here?
by nicolaou ini ask because i've been posting at jwd/jwn for 10 years now.
i was a rapidly fading jw when i started but still considered myself a christian for a good few years more.
now i've embraced reason and rejected faith i'm a very happy atheist and enjoy learning more about the fact of evolution.. what about you?.
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the-illuminator81
My journey:
JW with doubts -> Conscious Class -> Fake active -> Full on inactive atheist
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What will you do to celebrate Oct 2 2014?
by jwfacts inlike most people reading this, i was convinced that by 2014 the new system would 'definitely' have been operating for at least a decade.
now that i know this is not going to be the case i am going to have to think of some way to recognise 100 years of wts let downs and failed predictions.
there is no point fretting over the past so i think it will be a good time to celebrate.
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the-illuminator81
I would be awesome to walk around with a sandwich board saying "Religion is a snare and a racket" and "Millions once living now dead" in front of the HQ.
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Lease cars for circuit overseers (worldwide arrangement)
by Gorbatchov inyesterday evening a letter of the dutch (netherlands) branch of the watchtower society was read to the congregation.
it stated that the governing body has made a new arrangement for circuit overseers worldwide: the society provides a lease car.
it was backed with some bible texts (...) and the conclusion was that it was financial cheaper for the congregations.
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the-illuminator81
When the money well starts drying up, you lower the bucket further.. just a few more years until the WTS will hit rock bottom.