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  There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  it would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.

  based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".

  portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .

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  “ Every generation has had its share of “false prophets.” So their mere existence today does not prove that we are living in the time of the end of this system of things. But the rapid increase in their number and in the number of persons they are misleading, along with the fulfillment of all the other things Jesus foretold for our day, does! Never before have so many religious leaders, political rulers and counselors striven to give people guidance. And never before have so many people been misled. ”

  1981 Awake!, December 8, page 15
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  Who really is to blame for the marriage breakdowns?

  by Quarterback in

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  2. friends

  another young couple has bit the dust, in our congregation.

  that's close to 20.. we'll probably hear a special needs talk, and of course the couple will be counselled to get back together, and they are not scripturally free to marry.. comments will be made that it's is the fault of the younger ones, today.

  apparently younger ones are selfish, but, are they?.

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  snare&racket >>>

  In 2013 marriage is a legal right and a means to publicly announce our commitment along with legal benefits, but that aside its about two people living together.

  Isn't that also exactly what Adam and Eve supposedly did before God came along and gave them a marriage certificate?
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  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

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  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

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  Revising the baptismal questions so many times made talking about the very subject superfluous.
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  EVERYTHING you always wanted to know about shunning, excommunication and disfellowship practice

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the policy set by pastor russell concerning disfellowship procedure wasn't changed until 1944?.

  what was disfellowship policy?.

  russell had recommended in a 1904 publication that each separate congregation (remember there was no organization back then!

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  Shunning - The Article that started so much pain and heartbreak (WT 1944, May 15)
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  2014 CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY PROGRAMME

  by St George of England in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/.

  something to look forward to i'm sure.. no doubt the symposium "beware of strange teachings" will be more apostate/evolution/education bashing.. george.

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  Gee, shouldn't they have conceived a centennial program that's more in tune with

  the bipolar ('young' and 'old' generation) of 1914?
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  A new DVD for 2013: The Return of the Prodigal Son

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in another thread, what's new for 2013 - lo nuevo de 2013, jwn member, oppostate, posted news of dc releases at this year's district conventions.

  among the releases was this: .

  a new dvd for 2013: the return of the prodigal son.

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  There used to be time when they applied the "prodigal son" class to the "other sheep" class.

  Some of the anointed were not happy to suddenly work together with the lowly esteemed foot soldier.

  So the President of the WTBTS let it be known that he was not happy about that and labeled the anointed the “elder son” class, as were slow to get rid of old and incorrect ideas.

  

  The Watchtower 1943, November 15, page 346
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  Why the "New Light" in the July 15 Watchtower?

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it seems to me that in the past large flashes of "new light" have come when the governing body was backed into a corner.

  for example the multiple re-defining of what a generation is until it ended up the ridiculous "overlapping" meaning.. what is the reason this time?

  are they worried because the number of partakers has been going up?

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  Why the "New Light" in the July 15 Watchtower?

  The old light was down to a faint glow - the new light let's them look into the future for anouther 20 to 30 years.
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  Posting smutty comments

  by Simon in

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  2. announcements

  it seems hardly a day can go by now without someone making a smutty comment and i really don't get it.. there is no need to interject talk of masturbation, sluts, gay sex or toys into every topic.

  what are we, teenagers?.

  please think twice before posting such comments.

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  bats in the belfry

  By all means, make comments more readable for the research dept. at Bethel.
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  "People often wonder if deaf people can drive, get married, or raise a family."

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've personally never wondered that, but apparently some people do.... (see 00:40 in the video below).

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-asl-bible-helps-deaf-family/.

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  Shouldn't the clip have made it into the "Children" section of JW.org for toddlers?
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  "People often wonder if deaf people can drive, get married, or raise a family."

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've personally never wondered that, but apparently some people do.... (see 00:40 in the video below).

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-asl-bible-helps-deaf-family/.

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  I've personally wondered how they sing (see 03:10 in the video).