Conan The Barbarian

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  iBooks Author: Publish Your Story

  by Conan The Barbarian in

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  ibooks author is an app available for download.

  it helps people write books and publish from an ipad through ibooks.

  your book can be free for download or have a price attached to it.

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  Conan The Barbarian

  Not spam or an Advert. I just saw this app and stated what I thought. I think I will refrain from posting and go back to lurking.
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  New Rumor: Downsizing Circuits/Assemblies

  by metatron in

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  heard a new rumor that:.

  the borg is going to phase out big district assemblies - so they can fit 'em in assembly halls.. they will reduce the size of circuits.

  they will synchronize c.o.

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  Conan The Barbarian

  This has already happened. In NYC they have been using the Queens Assembly Hall (a building developed for Circuit Assemblies) for District Conventions and have been doing so for the past several years.
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  Please! I need a plausible excuse for getting out of going to the memorial!

  by Inisc in

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  i have been thinking about this for weeks!.

  nothing short of death will be acceptable to my mother!.

  i thought of saying i will go to another cong but my parents know people there so that won't work.. help!.

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  Conan The Barbarian

  Develop chest pains and go to the emergency room. By the time they will see you, the meeting will be over. You can miraculously get better and go home.
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  iBooks Author: Publish Your Story

  by Conan The Barbarian in

  1. jw
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  ibooks author is an app available for download.

  it helps people write books and publish from an ipad through ibooks.

  your book can be free for download or have a price attached to it.

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  Conan The Barbarian

  iBooks Author is an app available for download. It helps people write books and publish from an iPad through iBooks. Your book can be free for download or have a price attached to it. Check it out. Now everyone can write their story and publish on iBooks.
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  Biting off more than they can chew - why I think the Society's internet approach is good for us, bad for them...

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been giving some thought to the society's latest decision to reduce the size of the awake, and relaunch jw.org as a revamped site - intended for bringing in yet more converts.

  for those who missed it, here is the relevant part of the leaked letter to elders discussing these changes.... the internet is a technology that jehovahs organization is using to good advantage to spread the good news to all corners of the earth.

  consider the impact our web sites are having.

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  Conan The Barbarian

  I think that the reason for this move by the WTS is to reduce and ultimately eliminate their printing operation. They will make more and more literature available for free download. This will save them the printing and shipping costs. With the great emergence and use of tablet computers in the western world, a witness can put almost all of the material studied/used every week on a tablet. No more carrying books to the meeting. They can web-base the Watchtower Library and ultimately dispense with the production of the CDROM version while they are at it. They can metatag the site to death so it comes up first in Google results, or with all the hits they are getting daily, sell some adspace and make some money (just joking). The contributions to the worldwide work will cover things nicely with diminishing printing and shipping costs. It's all about the money, honey.

  I agree that the battle to keep the R&F off the internet has been lost. The WTS has accepted this and wants a strong internet presence now. This also allows the WTS to distribute literature in parts of the world where the work is under ban. No more smuggling. The strong web presence could also be a preperation for "persecution" taking place. No more need for central meetings. You can get the literature that you want from the internet.

  In many Congregations, a person can call in to a telephone conferencing center and listen to the Meetings if they so desire. The WTS Website allows access to digital versions (print and audio) of much of the literature. If you are not that concrened with "associating" before/after the Meetings, all a publisher has to do is show-up for FS. They can either drop a check in the Contribution Box while there for service, or mail one in. You are good to go.

  Was life just made a little bit simpler?
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  Why Elders leave the Organization and why their Wives stay.

  by stuckinamovement in

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  i have talked to quite a few brothers who have served as elders and servants and left the organization.

  in most cases their wives have remained in despite the husbands best efforts to persuade his wife that the organization is wrong.

  even though the wife can see problems within they continue to press on in service to the society.

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  In my discussions with any appointed man, MS or Elder on why they either "stepped down" or left varies on the person. With many it was not only the work and gradual realization that much of what they were taught was incorrect, but being shaken down twice a year by the Circuit Overseer. In addition, dealing with the Body of Elders is tiresome to say the least. Many Elders in these bodies are blatently incompetent and make the work at hand harder than it needs to be. Disputes and disagreements are common place. I agree that the women will hang in there longer than a man will. The socialization factor is certainly central. The second is that women will generally endure problems with their belief system longer than a man will. I know many, many older sisters who are in good standing who all think and will openly articulate the position that "I don't want to grow old in this sytem", are really affraid that Armageddon is actually many years off, and they will have to plan to die "in this system of things", while being taught the exact opposite. Its a problem brewing for the WTS.
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  Armageddon is coming ... for the WTS

  by mP in

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  is it just me or are we seeing the armageddon or the end of the wts ?

  they seem to be reducing the size and publising of the a!

  mags something that must shock many believers.

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  Their big problems are:

  1. The year 2014 is a few months away. Once this date comes and the world is continuing on with little interruption, I predict many of the "old timers" will fade away. They have waited too long and will be grossly disappointed. Just watch the Watchtower articles that come out before and after the event for damage control. Remember, the excuse of "poor health" is accepted by the WTS and is something that no proof is required. The Elders and the rank and file can't question it. "I am not at the meetings too much, or out in service a lot because I have poor health". Watch. This will be coming more and more from existing members.

  2. The world is changing. People in general are more educated, and as a result, more sophisticated. The conversions that were experienced years ago were an anomoly and won't be repeated. There will be less and less conversions made. The membership will dwindle. The population that is being preached to is smarter than it used to be (in the developed world). If a person lives in a mud hut, has limited or non-existant reading abilities, has to chase a chicken through a mud puddle to catch dinner and carry a water jug 5 miles to have some water for the day, this may not be the case.

  3. Look at baptisms that take place. At a Circuit Assembly or District Conventions (in the developed world) there are less and less people being baptized. The baptismal candidates are mainly the children of believers and the decreasing amount of converts. The converts are generally people that have social problems (personality disorders, mental or physical issues that impact human interaction) are socially disenfranchised for some reason or another. Serious, normal people don't come into the religion any more in my experience.

  4. The amount of Memorial partakers remains high. It lingered at 8,000+/- for a decade or so and now the number is higher. The whole doctrine of 144,000 is suspect by the evidence and the spin of "replacements" is intellectually insulting.

  I think that the above issues will result in diminished membership over time, and in the developed world the religion will really shrink unless there are major changes in modernizing and rationalizing the belief system, doctrine and treatment of the members.
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  What is the protocol when the memorial falls on the same night as the TMS/BS meeting

  by insearchoftruth in

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  will the tms/bs get rescheduled?

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  This happens once every seven years for the Sunday Meeting and once every seven years for the weekly meeting, so there is a history. The Memorial trumps all other Meetings. It will be held on the evening of Nisan 14 (in Jerusalem) no matter what else happens. There can be no deviation. If a conflict with another meeting occurs in a given year, the Branch sends instructions to the Body of Elders and tells them how to handle. The quantity of Congregations that use the Hall on a regular basis impacts the protocol. This year, if a Congregation has a Thursday night meeting, it is to be rescheduled to another evening and the Memorial is observed on Thursday evening.
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  An interesting twist on shunning - would they ever do this?

  by therevealer in

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  the watchtower ?

  february 1, 2012 11. making the needed changes in our lifestyle.

  was not easy.

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  All of our relatives will have nothing to do with us because of religion. This is no big loss by the way.
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  Be Honest---Describe your most prevalent feeling as a witness in ONE WORD!

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  lets's go!!.

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  suffocating.

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