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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

by Drearyweather in

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2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

ttdtt

7,200 hrs for every new person baptized.
That is = to 900 full (8hr) working days.
Or 180 full work weeks.
Or about 3 1/2 full years of a full-time job.

Man doG has a horrible offering.
You would think his deal would be easy to accept.

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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

by Drearyweather in

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friends

2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

Do You Feels That Your Life Was Ruined Because of Ypur JW Experience?

by minimus in

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i know that some are upset because of the time lost because of ever having been a witness.

have you moved on as an ex jw or are you stil devastated because of your past jw lige?.

ttdtt

punkofnice - hard not to have that same attitude.

50 years stolen is what it comes down to.

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Do You Feels That Your Life Was Ruined Because of Ypur JW Experience?

by minimus in

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friends

i know that some are upset because of the time lost because of ever having been a witness.

have you moved on as an ex jw or are you stil devastated because of your past jw lige?.

ttdtt

I would say parts of my life were.
Now I have 2 amazing daughters which was a major reason we left instead of just perpetually being a PIMO.

Being in for about 5 decades meant losing out on the life I should have had.
Has meant losing just about all my friends I thought I had.

I am messed up in many ways because of the cult.
I think the hardest is having really believed in Everlasting life, and now knowing I will die really die in a few decades.

Because of the 2 kids I have that are my world, I would not redo my life if I could though.

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Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

by stuckinarut2 in

hypocrites!

i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

ttdtt

jp1692

Yes, stuck is right, I mean any outside quote. Like the recent on used to show how the WT doesn't use propaganda.

ANY outside quote is suspect, and if you ever see (...) in a quote, you know the have misquoted the person.

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Should private citizens be allowed to video record law enforcement?

by Fisherman in

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i saw an article in the news yesterday that laws are going to be passed subjecting the police to being recorded by anyone while performing their duty or enforcing the law and encourages citizens to sue if they interfere.

some law enforcement agents become angry and confiscate recording devices from people recording them while making an arrest, etc.. it does seem that the work that the police and other government agents do is public and not private or confidential so there should be nothing to hide from the cameras.

on the other hand, how can one distinguish being shot by a camera or by a weapon until one is hit?.

ttdtt

Are you joking??? YES!!!!

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Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

by stuckinarut2 in

hypocrites!

i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

ttdtt

I had a conversation about it with a VERY IN family member.

Just pointed out that it's not a religious or opinion based thing.

All you have to do is Google the quotes to find them in their original document, and see for your self, but that the GB knows that JWs won't do it.

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How do I handle this?

by Phoebe in

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a little advice please.. it's now 7 months since i stopped going to meetings.

we still get regular calls by elders - at least every 2 weeks.

i can handle them.

ttdtt

Ignore it - dont engage.

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"We never solicit donations" - really?

by doubtfull1799 in

inspired by this weeks clam article which again "reminds" the brothers pdf their obligation/privilege to donate "voluntarily" i have complied a list of articles or videos in the last 5 years where donations are indeed solicited or encouraged.

the society may argue that these are not actual solicitations because no plate was passed around.

but a donation box is just a more discrete and subtle version of the plate.