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  Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2

  by jonahstourguide in

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  in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

  au$50.

  page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The accounts report in the local congregation was read for the month of October (midwest rural US).

  130 pubs, about 100 attend most meetings, let's say 90 or so of those 100 attendees have a new bible.

  They usually donate to the world wide word about 400-500 a month, but in October they donated 1300, so one can infer that they put in about 900 to cover the new Bible.

  900/90 = $10, which is an estimate of how much each one in this congregation put in for the new NWT.

  Of course there are other places and ways to make donations, but it gives an idea of the paltry amount most are putting in.
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  Game: Caption this pic

  by rebel8 in

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Watch out for that manna from heaven!
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  Announcement: Schools for Couples and Single Brothers replaced by School for 'everyone'

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  2. beliefs

  i know this was noted earlier:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/the-big-announcement-this-week#.uoaoe_yo5dg.

  but it was officially announced today that the school for couples and the school for single brothers were being combined with the new twist that single sisters would be allowed also.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I know this was noted earlier:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/The-Big-Announcement-this-week#.UoAOe_Yo5dg

  but it was officially announced today that the School for Couples and the School for Single Brothers were being combined with the new twist that Single sisters would be allowed also. In addition, the age limits for all was increased to 65, with the stipulation that anyone between 50-65 were required to have their income and medical needs taken care of. All of any age would be required to be willing to go wherever the WT assigns them.

  This is no longer a rumor, but is official.

  I don't know whether this is good news or bad, in either case the WT society is changing tactics.
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  Game: Caption this pic

  by rebel8 in

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Watch out, it's those Witnesses again. Don't answer the door!
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  Game: Caption this pic

  by rebel8 in

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Which way is the deaf JW video? I can't see it!
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  2013 JW-Wimp Mobile!

  by Atlantis in

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  the jw-wimp-mobile!

  this is how they are doing it in mexico..........atlantis

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  One observation:

  The JWmobile does not appear to have sound. One of the main reasons the old sound cars were discontinued was that the Society lost a case in the US supreme court about them. The Court ruled that a city could pass an ordinance limiting the volume of amplification, and it was not an infringement of free speech. The effectively put the Sound Cars out of business.

  About this van though, it looks like something they might take to a county fair or something like that.
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  Great musical talent is probably DEMONISM? Old publications say so!

  by Terry in

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  april 13, 1932 the golden age p.429.

  demonism in its latest aspects.

  probably within the same category are to be included some of the musical prodigies.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Wow, I just watched that video. Wonderful.
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  Unconfirmed 2014 Year Book Numbers - Peak Pubs, Baptized, Hrs, Reg Pio & Studies

  by OwnAccord in

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  i bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.

  we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).

  you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  So this is what kata oikos really means. From 'side door to back door'
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  Unconfirmed 2014 Year Book Numbers - Peak Pubs, Baptized, Hrs, Reg Pio & Studies

  by OwnAccord in

  1. jw
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  i bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.

  we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).

  you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Seems like each year they report an increase of 2-3 percent in publishers and baptisms. But where the new people are is a mystery. Most assemblies I have been to have baptisms in the low single digits, sometimes just one or two. And I don't recall the last time I saw a new Witness who wasn't already family-associated in some way. It's like if the government reported inflation of 3 percent but everything you purchase had the same price as before or even lower. It just doesn't add up.
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  The Russelites explanation and documentation of what happened when Rutherford took over the WT by force after Russel died.....

  by EndofMysteries in

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I am glad to see this archival material readily available at the site referenced in the OP. My first steps out were a deep reading of much of this same information. I purchased a number of books which at the time were republished by a Bible Student group in Chicago.

  I am a bit curious though about this site www.pastor-russell.com . It seems odd they state they were the first to make this material available online in 1997. Well, maybe online, but I had copies of the same things on my shelf back in the '80's. Then they caution against downloading the material anywhere else, as they are the only official source. But much of the material was not copyrighted or the copyright has expired, so there is no official source. They have watermarked all their downloads, the purpose of which is unclear. They even have the audacity to put up scans of the 1975 yearbook and the 1993 JW history book, which <are> under copyright by the WT society, and they put their own watermark on that too.

  I appreciated what they have done, but something about it doesn't smell right.