Je.suis.oisif

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  666 Jehovah Witnesses in Iceland

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  just came across this news article and thought you all might like to see it.

  quite funny.. figures on registration in icelands religious institutions have yielded some interesting results.. visir recently compiled data that they requested from the national registry on the numbers of people registered with different religious institutions in iceland.

  unsurprisingly, the largest number of registrants belonged to the national church; some 240,395 icelanders out of the total population of 331,244 belong to the church, either by voluntary registration or from being autoregistered at birth.. where other religious institutions are concerned, one of the more interesting data points is that there are exactly 666 registered members of the jehovahs witnesses in iceland..

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  Cosmic.
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  New member checking in

  by Old Major in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.

  i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.

  i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.

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  Je.suis.oisif

  Welcome too from UK
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  Updates

  by Cthulhu in

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  greetings!.

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  Je.suis.oisif

  Hello?
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  The Witnesses Are Really Trying Hard To Get Me Back In

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at my mom's bed side all i see is either jw family or friends making a concerted effort to have me return to their fold.

  evidentlyy, my mom has encouraged this and i'm a trapped prisoner, as they do their best to have me come back.

  it's bad enough that i have to endure my mom's dying, now i have to be bombarded with this bs..

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  Je.suis.oisif

  Good idea using delaying tactics. Then when it's all over ( sorry). RUN FOR THE HILLS.
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  November 2015 Awake

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok. when i first looked at the cover of this issue of awake i was instantly struck on how creepy it looked.

  my first impressions were the picture looked almost masonic in nature.

  well, further investigation has led me to another picture that shows a grand masonic hall.

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  Je.suis.oisif

  What am I meant to be looking at? First picture circular object looks like a clock. Zooming in confirms it. Circular object is masonic symbolism in picture 2.
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  A call from family - Armageddon this month!

  by kaik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i very seldom receive a call from my jw siblings, i mean seldom.

  i can count them on my hand in past 10 years.

  while we talk about mom a lot and i am in touch with her, i was very surprised when i received this call.

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  I've just had a text from an elder's wife. Telling me "all have been instructed to attend sunday meeting because there's going to be an extremely important announcement that could mean my life". Ooooh err missus. She's a lovely lady, but totally uberdub.
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Je.suis.oisif

  ((((((hugs))))))
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  So sick of the abuse...

  by iwasblind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am still serving as an elder but just hanging in there.

  i think their quandry is that they don't see me out in the field, but when they need encouragement and decent prayer they come to me.. i just got off the phone to this poor sister who i have only met twice.

  she is not even in my congregation (her sister is).

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  Je.suis.oisif

  Still Totally ADD. Sorry for flagging you. Yes, it was me. Not intended. Having problems technically. Some posts to threads have vanished. Or maybe its my sausage fingers ATM.

  iwasblind, take care of yourself.
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  The Org's Chariot Rolls On - Over the Top of People!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  information just received from a reliable source.. here is an example of how the org's "expansion" is being carried out in 3 continents: .

  japan - special pioneers under age 50 are being told they will now only be regular pioneers.barcelona spain - the regional translation (catalan) office is being closed.mexico - special pioneers being told they will only be regular pioneers - no age specified on this one.. the scene of the org's world is changing - rapidly!.

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  Je.suis.oisif

  I tried to edit mistakes, but it wouldn't let me edit and move on. Apologies in advance for obvious mistakes.
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  The Org's Chariot Rolls On - Over the Top of People!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  information just received from a reliable source.. here is an example of how the org's "expansion" is being carried out in 3 continents: .

  japan - special pioneers under age 50 are being told they will now only be regular pioneers.barcelona spain - the regional translation (catalan) office is being closed.mexico - special pioneers being told they will only be regular pioneers - no age specified on this one.. the scene of the org's world is changing - rapidly!.

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  I'm glad this is happening. It's always riled me that C/O's got cars and now accomadation. Paul never depended on the congregation. This is long overdue, even if it is for the wrong reasons. I agree that those at the top should set the example. Theyve all sponged of the r&f for far too long.

  I remember 2 yrs ago in Liverpool at the summer convention. There was a young family of 5. They weren't particularly well dressed, but were clean and presentable. Their food at lunchtime was what I would class as sub-nutritious. I guess that was all they could afford. As the 3 days rolled on. I noticed that each day they wore the same clothes. Ate the same food. The point I am trying to make here is:- the bethel speaker was on the platform spouting the amount of travel he gets as part of the printing dept. He threw his hands up and said something along the lines of " See brothers & sisters, you even get free holidaus when you work hard for Jehovah!" WTF! You're tell7ng us that. Braggong in effect, and this poor humble family infront of me has gone without to obediently attend this convention at drastic costs to them as a family. That really really angered me.

  Phew, and breath.