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  284000 baptized in 2017

  by jw-verite in

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  seen in the 03/2018 watchtower study :.

  "during the 2017 service year, more than 284,000 “rightly disposed” individuals symbolized their dedication to jehovah by water baptism.".

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-march-2018/baptism-requirement-for-christians/.

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  Drearyweather

  I think this is the highest since 2010 when the figure was around 290,000
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  Less magaiznes per year

  by punkofnice in

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  only 6 very thin magazines per year and then recycling the propaganda within.. how are your local congregations spinning this?.

  i heard a local congo-abongo-i is launching a campaign™ to place as amny magazines as possible in the month (this or next...not sure..sources sketchy).

  which i find a bit strange.

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  Drearyweather

  Dreawyeather, so the R&F are using these vids to replace the rags?

  At least in India. Here, we don't get printed public edition magazines since 2016. Only study magazines. So only tracts, brochures and videos.

  I've never been shown a vid, well I've not been called on in over 20 years, not that I would look at any of their vids

  Maybe you are on a do not call list

  how many people have the time to stand there and watch a vid via a iPad being shoved in their faces?

  I don't know But people would likely prefer a 1 min video rather than a 32/16 page magazine

  we all knew how little the rags were ever read.

  Yes, even WT knows this, thus they are not printing it.
  
  
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  Less magaiznes per year

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  only 6 very thin magazines per year and then recycling the propaganda within.. how are your local congregations spinning this?.

  i heard a local congo-abongo-i is launching a campaign™ to place as amny magazines as possible in the month (this or next...not sure..sources sketchy).

  which i find a bit strange.

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  Drearyweather

  How are your local congregations spinning this?

  No ones cares pretty much. All are like why to print magazines if website can be used and videos can be shown.

  JW Broadcasting videos have replaced the magazines and most JW's are fine with that.
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  Stop harassing jws

  by pomo6780 in

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  we want people to learn ttatt.

  we have numerous resources online to draw jws in so that they will wake up.

  however, i've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop.

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  Drearyweather

  However, I've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop

  Most of these radical methods are just to vent their anger on the JW's and not an attempt to reason with them.

  Shouting at JW near carts, Protesting near KH's and Bethels, etc. may make an ex-JW feel good and may give him a way to vent his anger. But he needs to remember that instead of waking up a JW, he will have pushed ten more doubting JW's back deeper into the cult.
  
  
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  Bible is good if we look for implied truth

  by venus in

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  thumbs-up gesture doesn’t covey much if we see only four fingers closed and thumb standing upward.

  but if we look for the implied meaning, then it is a positive, informal signal indicating a job well done, and saying ‘keep it up.’.

  similarly, biblical accounts don’t convey much if we see them as mere accounts.

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  Drearyweather

  Yeah, but none of them are as effective or parsimonious as a simple Fuck Off is.

  True. They are as effective as the JW cart witnessing.
  
  
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  Bible is good if we look for implied truth

  by venus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thumbs-up gesture doesn’t covey much if we see only four fingers closed and thumb standing upward.

  but if we look for the implied meaning, then it is a positive, informal signal indicating a job well done, and saying ‘keep it up.’.

  similarly, biblical accounts don’t convey much if we see them as mere accounts.

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  Drearyweather

  Thanks Cofty, that was a rare compliment from you.
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  Bible is good if we look for implied truth

  by venus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thumbs-up gesture doesn’t covey much if we see only four fingers closed and thumb standing upward.

  but if we look for the implied meaning, then it is a positive, informal signal indicating a job well done, and saying ‘keep it up.’.

  similarly, biblical accounts don’t convey much if we see them as mere accounts.

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  Drearyweather

  Cofty who is treating you equally to everyone else who spouts new-age nonsense.

  Really? by using profanities like "fuck off"?

  Dropping the F bomb in the middle of a conversation just shows how socially ignorant and rash a person can be. Using cuss words does no help to the topic being discussed other than hurting other person's sensitivities. There are a million words in the English vocabulary which a person can use to express himself rather than taking the lazy short cut of using profanities.

  If you are angry that someone doesn't want to believe or doesn't agree with what you say, just leave the discussion. No one is under obligation to win an argument.
  
  
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  If mathematics teacher made a mistake, would it mean mathematics itself is wrong!

  by venus in

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  many people point to the irrationality in the depiction of god by the religions and their scriptures, hence jump into the bottomless pit of atheism.

  in either camp, god is not a factor because religion is only a means that misrepresents god, hence religionists themselves are atheists (literally, those who live without god).

  it is like saying there exists no earth because you found out your friend who taught earth is flat is wrong; or it is like saying mathematics itself is wrong because you found out your mathematics teacher made a mistake.

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  Drearyweather

  The entire discussion is like a group of people from the 9th Century discussing whether humans can travel from one continent to another in less than a day. Science of that day had not progressed and still had 10 more centuries to go before airplanes were invented that made this a reality.

  Gravity, the planets and galaxies have always existed from billions of years, however, were proved and explained much recently by Science.

  So the question that I have is, Does God not exist because we have no proof of his existence? or, is it that science has not progressed yet to explain his existence? Can we tell that God may exist, but science cannot prove his existence? as in science was not in a position to accurately explain gravity in the 5th century BC, but that didn't mean that Gravity did not exist then.
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  Today's Text: Draw Close To God And He Will Draw Close To You???

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
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  wednesday, november 22 .

  draw close to god, and he will draw close to you.—jas.

  by continuing to ponder over spiritual things, we will maintain our enthusiasm for the truth.

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  Drearyweather

  punkofnice, True, we can come up with that point.

  However, I was trying to know exactly what do we mean when we say that God should communicate with us. (assuming for the sake of discussing that God exists)

  What do you had in mind when you said "had god communicated properly"? What would have constituted a proper comunication?

  If you were God,, how would you have done it? ie.e Giving freedom of choice to people and ensuring that people don;t harm each other with the choice

  In the above scenario, What would you have done in the beginning (billions of years ago) that would have ensured that this scenario that I gave above would not have come...

  I know I am being silly...
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  Today's Text: Draw Close To God And He Will Draw Close To You???

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wednesday, november 22 .

  draw close to god, and he will draw close to you.—jas.

  by continuing to ponder over spiritual things, we will maintain our enthusiasm for the truth.

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  Drearyweather

  , IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE for a "loving" God to NOT convince people beyond all doubt that he exists then proceed to destroy them for not believing in him!

  Just for the sake of discussion. If you were Jehovah, how would you have communicated with humans whom you created? For e.g. lets take a situation:

  A man habituated to drugs and alcohol regularly beats his wife and children. He has also committed a murder. The wife of the man prays to you to help her in improving her husband so that she will get to live a happy married life with the one whom she loved years back. While, The wife of the murdered victim prays to you that justice be served and a life sentence be given to the man. How will you answer both the prayers in a way that convinces both of them and which serves as a tangible proof to others that you have answered their prayers.