having spent at least 20 million years acquiring the machinery to survive on dry land and hundreds of millions more diversifying and exploiting every conceivable niche, a number of landlubbers made their way back to the sea.. among these were pond snails, water spiders, water beetles, crocodiles, otters, sea snakes, water shrews, galapagos flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, penguins and turtles.
of course the most impressive example of all are the whales and their little cousins the dolphins.
these have gone all the way back to an aquatic existence as have dugongs and their close cousins the manatees jointly known as the sirenians, they don’t even come ashore to breed.
The more evidence of evolution being a fact that comes to light, I predict that JW's are eventually going to broaden their current definition of "kind" like they have with the word "generation."
A whale and a hippo are overlapping "kinds." You still haven't shown one kind changing to another. Show me a stingray turning into a monkey. You can't? CHECKMATE!
simon,.
i'm not sure if you ever share analytics data.. but i've been noticing a trend.
it seems that every time a new jw broadcast, we get a seeming increase in new members the week after.. does the data show that?.
I haven't noticed this....but it would be interesting to know if the broadcasts are waking people up.
If you know the broadcasts woke you up why not tell us on this thread.
In my imagined scenario, I'm not sure if it's broadcasts waking people up. I think it could be that some are awake, but stuck in, afraid...but they're lurking. Then they see a ridiculous broadcast like this week's, and they say, "Fk it, I'm joining up."
DISCLAIMER: (Keep in mind this is pure speculation on my part. I have no evidence to base this on whatsoever other than my perception.)
simon,.
i'm not sure if you ever share analytics data.. but i've been noticing a trend.
it seems that every time a new jw broadcast, we get a seeming increase in new members the week after.. does the data show that?.
Simon,
I'm not sure if you ever share analytics data.
But I've been noticing a trend. It seems that every time a new JW broadcast, we get a seeming increase in new members the week after.
Does the data show that?
If you don't wish to share or don't have the time, I understand. Just interested to know if this trend I've seemingly perceived is backed up by data.
Thanks! Keep up the good work!
jehovah's witnesses' brooklyn tax exemptions totaled $368 million.
downtown brooklyn partnership ups its pressure on the tax-exempt organization to donate $50 million.
the jehovah’s witnesses have been exempted from paying at least $368 million in taxes on their brooklyn real estate holdings over the last 12 years, according to an analysis by the downtown brooklyn partnership and consulting firm bjh advisers.
There's no way to take them to court over this.
Though we all feel it's unjustified, they were and still are a recognized tax exempt non-profit.
However, what can be done is what is BEING done by this partnership...put pressure on them, generate negative press for the org and make them look like a greedy, ungrateful corporation.
so... bro flodin puts poison onto the first loaf of bread and says that this pictures someone "sinning against the holy spirit".
he then puts the bread into the trash can stating that jehovah completely discards anyone "sinning against the holy spirit"... meaning they cannot ever be forgiven...he says that the pharisees "sinned against the holy spirit" because they denied indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit displayed by jesus... therefore jehovah would completely discard them... no way back for them.. fast forward a little... we have the bible character stephen...acts 6:8 says: now stephen, full of divine favor and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.so stephen was showing indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit.now we come to the bible character paul (saul)... he was a pharisee.paul would have seen stephen in action... witnessing the indisputable evidence of the operation of jehovah's holy spirit first hand!yet paul not only waged war against all christians but he personally approved the killing (stoning) of stephen.according to the bread illustration paul should have been discarded by jehovah at this point for "sinning against the holy spirit"... he would have been put in the trash can... no way back at all...but what happened according to the bible?
jesus appeared to him on the road to damascus... he became one of the most zealous apostles in bible history with jehovah's full support!so what on earth is the bread illustration all about?
Here's how they would probably explain it:
"The ones that are discarded are the ones that die before they turn around from their course. The Apostle Paul turned around from his wicked course, and thus was forgiven."
warning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
Patkim & Sanchy...
You all give me hope for others...especially friends I still care deeply about.
Thank you for sharing your stories.
warning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
In my experience, doctrinal stuff will likely not wake up your wife.
I tried waking my wife up with the 607 doctrine, the fact that there's proof a flood never happened, etc. She was willing to overlook all of that.
What woke her up was the pedophilia issue.
I sent her a news clip with a brief statement along the lines of, "JW's made the news this week." She watched it, and that was the turning point.
We are now both out, and our children won't have to be raised in this organization.
found thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbxfk9ygvu.
november 15th 2015 wt study article: "do you 'love your neighbour as yourself'" said in paragraph 16.... "the remarkable growth that we see today is the result of our faith in god and full acceptance of the bible—jehovah’s miraculously inspired word.".
just a short time later this assertion was betrayed, for in the examining the scriptures daily of february 2nd 2016 we are advised to.... " meditate on the future of unrepentant sinners.".
the bible which they claim to fully accept advises..... "finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well-spoken-of, whatever things are virtuous, and whatever things are praiseworthy, continue considering these things.
hi everyone, i have been lurking for some time now and decided to open the box (hence pandora).
about a year ago i became aware of child abuse within the org, out of curiosity (just like pandora) i opened the box and the evils have been pouring out ever since regarding the org.
anyway, this came to a head last summer with the arc.
