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  Christchurch, New Zealand Convention 2018 (August 31-Sept 2)

  by The Poetry Of Reality in

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  anyone have the attendance numbers/baptism numbers for this?.

  i would also be interested to find out the convention attendance stats for new zealand for any year available - so that they can be added to this.. thanks!.

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  belogical

  attendance average 3200 Baptized 13 that is .04 of 1%

  congregations merged 2 now in Dunedin (1 Merged ) 1 now in Invercargil was 2 and 1 merged in Christchurch
  
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  Fun with Google Trends

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in case you don't know, google trends is a fantastic tool - it lets you look at search terms over time and view trends.

  it can, for instance, tell you if interest in something is growing or diminishing based on how many people are searching for it.. of course it can't tell if the searches are for negative or positive information .... here's some results for jw related terms:.

  https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2fm%2f0dtdq,jw.org,watchtower.

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  belogical

  Bumtit
  
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  wizard of Oz JW style

  by Kevin McFree in

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  2. beliefs

  a one year special episode for watchtower to enjoy watching this week ;).

  https://youtu.be/1fx3vrkvaci.

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  belogical

  Just so true. Well done and if was not so serious i would a

  say it is very funny. in fact it is funny
  
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  Growing Up Strange (even for a JW)

  by GizmoSnicket in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been meaning to join an online ex-jw community for quite some time, and finally have made the effort to do so.

  i was raised in a small/mid size city in the northeast united states.

  i am currently 27 years old, just about five years fully out of the organization (after about two years of "fading" away).

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  belogical

  welcome from the Hotel California remember you can check out but you can never leave.
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  Proof that naughty watchtower does watch apostate videos

  by joe134cd in

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  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/f_wvcvooxlo.

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  belogical

  watching Kim and Mikey is a bit like watching Kath and Kim (ozzie comedy) I really think his ranting and screaming is a real turnoff. I just skip on till the scene changes and the ranting stops.
  
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  Nowadays How Does One Become An Elder?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was appointed jan 1 1980 and back then it was a big deal to“qualify”.

  i was the youngest elder appointed in the district!

  i actually studied everything from the societies publications and listened to anything i was told to do.

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  belogical

  having a father elder and grandfather elder and pioneer the month the CO visits and yr in the club. no need to pioneer after appointment.

  and a sweet short skirted hip wife will be fine.
  
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  Montana court case

  by belogical in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/55482-ever-lose-patience-with-recalcitrant-contrarians/.

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  https://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/55482-ever-lose-patience-with-recalcitrant-contrarians/
  
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  Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.

  by Lostandfound in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?

  ) of bethelites, over age cos etc, .

  out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.

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  belogical

  Australia Bethel is in a major downsizing exercise almost all staff being set up as Pioneers and doing Bethel work when called on.

  No doubt prepping for a sale of the Bethel. No Bethel No money to payout for abuse cases
  
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  Only Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think of this rant?.

  “jehovah's witnesses are the only true religion.

  this is demonstrated by a slew of true teachings that only jehovah could have revealed to his servants on earth.

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  belogical

  I thought that FAKE NEWS originated with Donald Trump

  I was wrong another infamous American invented it

  Charles T Russell

  Enough said
  
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  Why remove John 8:1-11 in the NWT if these verses speak highly of Jesus

  by I_love_Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i understand these verses were removed in the nwt as well as some other bibles because they were added later & considered uninspired.

  jesus protected an adultress so why remove it?

  it fits in nicely with his teachings, does it not?

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  Jerome on John 8:1-11 (386 A.D.)

  Jerome makes a very good rationale why verses 1 to 11 should be included.. He argues against Pelaguis and his teaching on the need for penance and paying for release of sin and in the end the Roman catholic church won and of course they would not want to have the free gift of forgiveness of sin, so out with John 8 1-8.and the manuscripts that contained it. Jerome had a huge collection of scrolls and religious writing. There is a very interesting read here. enjoy

  http://textualcriticism.scienceontheweb.net/FATHERS/Jerome2.html