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  284000 baptized in 2017

  by jw-verite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  "the-door-is-closing-baptize-now-or-die" effect
  
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  March 2018 Study Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the first study article is about getting bible studies and children baptized.

  there is much more emphasis placed on parents to get their own children baptized rather than focusing on bible students.

  they try to impress on others the need for urgency.

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  Even God's son must waited till he was 30 to get baptized! He first finished his school, finished the training for job, made some business as carpenter, optionaly travel the world (to India and back), optionaly made some kids on the way, and THEN decided to get baptized. What a wonderfull example to follow!
  
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  Pale.Emperor Meets The Mormons

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a jw i was fascinated with the mormon religion.

  i never believed a word of it of course, but i was interested in their religion like most boys were interested in star wars.

  i’ve read the book of mormon, doctrine & covenants, pearl of great price, book of abraham, watched their videos, read critical books by ex mormons etc etc… (strange at the time that i never did this with my own religion!

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  Ten years ago two of them came to my door and left The Book of Mormon and some pamphlets. I read a first hundred pages till their next visit, and i noticed some chapters from The Book of Isaiah. Pamphlet said that J. Smith translated that text 1827 AD from original golden plates buried in 421 BCE. Wow, i said, that should be the oldest and the most accurate bible text. A little googling shows me just a KJV copy/paste, with all mistranslations and errors acceptable for early 17. century, but not for angel's guided, urim and thumim supported translation. And how ffs plates buried in 5th century BCE and dug out in 19th century AD can contain a text compiled in the mean time, in the 17th century AD, anyway? When i pointed to that, those two guys just standed up and they went away and never came back. And i lost my chance to improve my english for free...
  
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  Is There a TV Show or Movie That You Just NeverGet Sick Of?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love the rifleman!

  i’ve seen it a million times and still will watch it !

  and goodfellas, the movie as well as the sopranos.

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  btlc

  British:

  Fawlty Towers

  Allo, Allo

  Only Fools and Horses

  Blackadder
  

  You Rang M'Lord

  Benny Hill Show

  American:

  Married With Children

  Seinfeld

  - all of above i have captured on VCR or original DVD's, day is not over until we watch at least one episode from that list (substitute for reading Daily Scriptures together)
  
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  Help with a punchline please

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a joke in my comedy routine about never wrapping a gift in my life.

  it goes like this..... yesterday my girlfriend said "honey, when you go out shopping can you buy me sellotape?".

  sellotape.

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  "I thought you already have one"
  
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  Science may answer the question: Is there a God?

  by Old Navy in

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  2. bible

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qkdv6yg3s.

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  No, science (at least natural one) cannot answer is there a God or not, simply because God is beyond the reach of the science methods by definition. Further, entities and phenomena which cannot be captured by science tools are completely irrelevant to the science.
  
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  Russian Supreme Court - Parental rights to be denied those who involve their children in sects, extremist or terrorist organizations

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the children of russian jehovah's witnesses face removal from their family if their parents continue to indoctrinate the children and engage them in religious activity.*.

  *not yet in force but soon to be.

  https://rg.ru/2017/10/17/verhovnyj-sud-rasskazal-za-chto-mozhno-lishat-roditelskih-prav.html.

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  Another chapter in long history of russian governments represure.
  
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  JWs + Chronic Illness

  by Cimarrona in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i once asked my dad why, with all the power the wt insists on having so much control over its adherents' lives, they don't provide information about healthy eating habits or, like the adventists, wilderness training.

  i mean, the gb encourage people to remain poor, and poverty is known to correlate with health outcomes, particularly those that are diet related.

  i'd say most witnesses i knew over the age of 40 were overweight, had high blood pressure, heart problems, gastrointestinal issues, one kind of cancer or another (no doubt a result of eating their feelings if you ask me).

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  JWs i know are mostly lazy people, both mentally and physically - reading only the washtowels publication, with "service" as only outdoor activity. The newest "reducing the amount of material that our brothers must read" doesn't help either, making r&f dumb and dumber. Plus what has already been mentioned, hidden alchoholism and pills swallowing are not rare among the JWs.
  
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  Captain Obvious: A Success Story

  by Captain Obvious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  january 2012, at the age of 24 i “woke up” to the truth about the truth.

  march 2012, i joined this esteemed message board and was welcomed.

  this forum was such a help.

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  The Ever-Changing Song Book

  by Cimarrona in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the songs in the old brown song book were way better than these new ones.

  had they not changed the songs, i may never have left (halfway joking).

  they gave no feeling, no soul (but of course there's no such thing as soul or whatever)!

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  Oldies but goodies :)
  

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