Posts by ttdtt

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

ttdtt

Religion = BS no matter how you slice it.

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

ttdtt

The funniest part was that - Jesus the miracle worker - who ALL the jews were waiting for, could NOT scrounge up 144K followers in the 1st century.

Like god - a very bad salesman.

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If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!

by nowwhat? in

i have to make a token appearance at the k.h.

once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.

and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.

ttdtt

Yet with all the issue the WT faces, they still get a quarter of a million converts a year.

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A non-Witnes who accepts 607 BC?

by careful in

an eyebrow raiser to be sure.

i can understand the clergyman being so baptist that he'd still use the name jehovah since it was popular in english and german churches for a long time during and after the reformation, but 607?.

see ¶ 6 under the heading "the historicity of the book of daniel".

So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

by Simon in

it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

ttdtt

The GOP has shown just what kind of party they really are.
The elected someone JUST LIKE THEM.

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Good Advice in the August 2018 Study Edition WT

by neat blue dog in

i've heard numerous people here say something like, 'the best revenge is living a good life'.

well, apparently the wt agrees, in the august study edition:.

at times, people maysay unfair or critical things about us.

ttdtt

Good way to deal with LIES, true.

But how would you find out if they are really lies?

The "Truth" should never be afraid of scrutiny.

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Public Talk invitations ....Next to .Zero Attendees

by smiddy3 in

from my conversion at the end of 1959 to my leaving the j.w`s about early 1993 i remember especially in the first 20 -30 years or so giving out invitations to public talks that were to be given at our local k.h.

every time i went out in the service witnessing from door to door week in week out i would leave these tracts at not at homes or whoever would accept them .. and in my personal experience i cannot recall more than five worldly / non j.w.

people , if that , who came to a public talk as a result of the invitations given at the doors in our witnessing work in the 33 years of my being an active jehovah`s witness .. and none of them ever became a jehovah`s witness .. was it just me ?

ttdtt

Pulling teeth has always been easier.

I think the real LAUGH was handing invites to District Conventions.

Yea I cant get a bible study to come to a meeting in the same town, so Strangers are gonna drive 60 miles to go to a JW assembly.

Just Busy work to keep the R&F occupied.

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"World conditions have never been as bad as they are now"

by Sour Grapes in

i went to a funeral yesterday and ran into a jdub.

of course, he approached me and it didn't take more than a minute into the conversation for him to get into the jdub gloom and doom mode.

he said that world conditions have never been as bad as they are now.. i looked straight into his eyes and said, "i think that world conditions were a lot worse during world war two.".

ttdtt

Wait wait wait. Just one second. I heard that the Dark Ages were awesome! Really good times.

Today sucks with all that "medicine" and "technology" and you know, refrigerators and stuff.

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So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

by stuckinarut2 in

i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

how would we live?

what would the realities be like?

ttdtt

Simon you are right. I remember sisters talking about how great it would be to have to get around on a horse.

Of course, none of them had ever been on a horse.

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CO asked for everyone 20 years old & younger for a group photo

by LevelThePlayingField in

there was a co visit in ohio a couple weeks ago.

when he was finishing up his sunday talk he said that he would like if "all the children that are from this congregation, not if you're just visiting, but from this congregation to come on up on the stage right after the meeting because i want to get a picture of you.".

i thought to myself, why?

ttdtt

Yes - that has happened in my congregation in the past - I see nothing nefarious about it.

Other than trying to encourage young ones to stay in the cult :)