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  I was a publisher of falsehoods

  by scotoma in

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  the biggest regret i have about association with jw's is that they used me to publish their lies.. yeah.

  a publisher.

  think about the responsibility of a "publisher".. a publisher takes pride in bringing "truth" to the public.

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  I was too. I told people lies for some 30 years. Yet we thought we were being honest and truthful.
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  It's True: You Never Really Know What A Person Is Going Through

  by minimus in

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  people like robin williams can make you laugh.

  we might think that they have it all but we really know nothing about their demons, their problems, their issues.

  someone might be funny on the outside but be totally depressed from within..

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  We can never know what others are going through inside.
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  Did the organization admit declining growth and stagnation in today's watchtower?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  did anyone catch this quote?

  "over seven and a half million witnesses of jehovah really have found him and they truly love him.".

  why are they no longer touting "nearly 8 million" witnesses?

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  Growth coming from poorer nations works against them since there are no donations coming from those witnesses. The society has to keep subsidizing the cost to send them literature and build khs for them.

  Meanwhile less growth in affluent nations means fewer donations coming in.
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  Did the organization admit declining growth and stagnation in today's watchtower?

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
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  did anyone catch this quote?

  "over seven and a half million witnesses of jehovah really have found him and they truly love him.".

  why are they no longer touting "nearly 8 million" witnesses?

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  blondie-

  I remember how discouraged I was when those decreases took place in 1977 and 78. In the US it dropped by 3% both years.

  They don't fudge the numbers, if they did they would not report decreases.

  But the writers always get the size of the Wallkill printery wrong in the km and w.
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

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  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  compound complex,-

  you got to work in the bindery back then? I was always fascinated watching the books get made when I got to visit Bethel. I have not been to Brooklyn since 03 and Wallkill since 97 and it looks like I won't get the chance to go again.

  I'd like to see the new automated book bindery at Wallkill, but, no way to get there.

  You did a good job putting those songbooks together compound complex!
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. bible

  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  compound complex-

  that is very interesting that you wrote some of the songs in the pink songbook. There were good songs back then.
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
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  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  We were using the pink songbook when I began attending meetings in 1976 and I liked it. When the new one came out in 1984 it was a big thing. I liked that one a lot too. I loved the KM cassettes.

  I have not been to any meetings since they began using the new songbook but my brother sent me a cd of songs from it and except for one or two, those songs are horrible! They ruined the melodies of songs I used to love.

  This new gb is running the jw religion to the ground.

  Blondie- I remember we had a piano player at the hall when I began attending too.
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  I really liked the old kingdom melodies too. This new gb has to ruin everything and change everything because now THEY are in charge.
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  Why Are People Anti-Semitic?

  by minimus in

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  i seriously don't get it.. some people truly hate`jews.. and it's not just jews.... gays, christians, blacks, mexicans, etc.

  are on the list.. intolerance is a terrible thing..

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  kaik-

  Sorry to hear your great , great Grandmother had gotten killed. Same thing happened to my great great grandmother, she was killed by arabs in Israel.

  What that sister said at that Jewish cemetary was disgusting and shameful, I don't blame you for wanting to beat her up.

  Mikado-

  I also feel that James Brown's comments are extremely insulting.
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  2014 New Release stuff you might want!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  atlantis just rolled this stuff off the scanner and is eating right now, so i wanted to see if anybody wanted this junk.. 2014, what is the kingdom of god?

  (tract).

  https://www.sendspace.com/file/m3y1tg .

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  Thanks Atlantis and Petra!