bats in the belfry

Joined

• started 66 topics
• posted 861 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by bats in the belfry

• 
  16

  Time Magazine Quote Of The Day

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time magazine quote of the day.. http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1964660,00.html.

  .

  bangalore.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  None of the elders of her former congregation showed up to celebrate the anniversary with her.
• 
  16

  Time Magazine Quote Of The Day

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time magazine quote of the day.. http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1964660,00.html.

  .

  bangalore.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  The original Spanish language version you will find here.

  
• 
  16

  Time Magazine Quote Of The Day

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time magazine quote of the day.. http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1964660,00.html.

  .

  bangalore.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  From the article: Faith complicates a young mother's life-or-death decision on lung transplant

  "Perez no longer talks to Jehovah's Witnesses, nor they to her. It is hard, she said. They are like her family. But the religion "disfellowships," or excommunicates, members who disobey its teachings. Contacted by a reporter and asked about Perez, a member of her congregation said, "She is not a Jehovah's Witness," and hung up."

  Gawd . . . they show no mercy.
• 
  11

  30 pieces of silver

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  zechariah 11:12,13 is viewed as a prophecy pertaining to judas, and fufilled at matt 26:14-16 and matt 27:9. judas, as we know, sold out jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

  i noticed something when reading the verses in zechariah, though.

  judas sold out and betrayed jesus, however zechariah is a prophecy being spoken by jehovah and pertaining to himself.. vs 12: "then i said to them:" who is the "i"?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  

  

  Dictionary of the Bible comprising its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History,

  Volume II (Kab-Red) - (1863), edited by William Smith, page 871

  

  Quoting Smith’s work,the M'Clintock & Strong Cyclopaedia of Biblical and theological literature,

  Vol. 8 (1879), says it close to identical on page 189.
• 
  42

  FEBRUARY 1ST 2013 WT TRACTAZINE!!! LIGHT GETTING BRIGHTER!!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at my last meeting i picked up the new feb 1, 2013 wt.

  my first reaction was " is this a joke?

  " i said so out loud to the literature servant.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  Cross-referencing: I dug deeper into the teachings of my Mormon faith . . and became JW
• 
  47

  2012 report analysis - countries with reduced publisher figures

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just started munching through the figures for 2012 in the new 2013 yearbook, now available on jw.org.. i thought you might be interested to see which countries saw "negative growth" over 2012.. these are as follows.... .

  *sudan is so dramatically reduced because south sudan is now independent and the society has adjusted the publisher figures accordingly.. .

  countries added.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  One tribe of Israel filled: 12,604 Memorial Partakers

  Over the past seven years, from 1974 to 1980 inclusive, Jehovah’s Witnesses have made steady progress. Their growth is healthy. Only as to Memorial partakers has there been a gradual decline, which is in accord with Scriptural expectations. Thus there is no doubt that Jehovah has been guiding his people unfailingly through Christ Jesus their leader. Observe the following graphic picture of the worldwide progress of Jehovah’s work on earth in these last days.

  1981 Yearbook, pages 31,32

  . . . for then they shall know the scripures don't tell the truth.
• 
  17

  If you could comment on JW.Org, what would you say?

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  apart from, "it's a cult, ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  Thanks for the food at the proper time. J-I-T not to commence.
• 
  31

  What shape is the WTBTS in????

  by lonestar63 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been many years since i've been inside a hideous kh.

  i posted my story on here a few years ago, and thought i would drop back in and say hi.

  i'm just curious, are people leaving in droves???

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  Carl Sagan on Jehovah's Witnesses in: Broca's Brain (1983), pages 332,333

  
• 
  8

  Mayan Callender: End of the 13th Baktun. 1 Baktun = 144,000 Days

  by BroMac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ooh what could it mean!

  .

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  
• 
  25

  Who cares about 2014

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i keep seeing posts expressing a view that 2014 is going to trigger a significant increase in unrest amongst witnesses as it's 100 years since 1914. there has also been some suggestions that the society will have to publish something to head this off at the pass.

  i can understand why this might seem a reasonable view but i am not hearing any discontent about the date amongst anyone i know.. my impression is that the significance of a 100 year anniversary of 1914 is of more import to those that have left the organisation and those already questioning things than it is to the average dub.. i also suspect that the society will not do anything that may raise the profile of 100 years passing.

  much more likely is more subtle messages such as the one in the jan magazine about "false alarms".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  bats in the belfry

  

  Carl Sagan: Broca's Brain (1983), pages 332,333