Interesting and well written article.
likeabird
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Yet another JW mention in the news Re: failed prophecy
by leaving_quietly inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20712815.
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A populations numbers game: After the flood
by PSacramento inon another forum:.
with the flood at about 4,500 years ago, it needs less than 0.5% per year growth.
i think today's rate is about 1.7%.
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likeabird
Take the Duggars. They have 19 children. Let's suppose that each child has 3 children, which is pretty conservative. That will be 57 grandchildren. Then suppose that this trend continues. Some children may have no offspring and some more, but let's say they average only 3.
57x3=171
171x3=513
513X3=1,539That's counting three children per person, but seems to have overlooked that it takes two people to make three children and should count 1.5 children per person.
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First time back to the king dumb hall in a year!
by BreathoftheIndianNose inhey everyone,.
so it's been over a year and this saturday i'm going to the hall.
can you help to prep me for what sort of emotions and feelings might come rushing in?
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likeabird
Take note of how they talk down and belittle women during the wedding talk - at least they did at the last one I heard.
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Confidential Materials!
by Atlantis inall documents of important nature such as, our kingdom ministry, boe letters, forms, or other materials will now be sent only by email or private message communications.
they will not be posted out here on the board.
if someone else wants to post them, be my guest.. .. we have no other choice in this matter, and sending out confidential documents is better when it is done privately.
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likeabird
Please add me too.
I have just PM'd you.
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News Follow-up on 2002 Beheading and Kidnap of Jehovah's Witnesses.
by Balaamsass inwitnesses fail to identify abu sayyaf suspectsphilippine daily inquirer.
4:41 am | tuesday, december 4th, 2012 <span class="postauthor">posted by <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/author/besguerra" title="posts by besguerra" rel="author">besguerra</a></span>0665start share this /metas suspected abu sayyaf terrorists wrongly arrested for the 2002 abduction of several jehovahs witnesses in patikul, sulu, may be released before the end of the month.. twenty-one accused claiming innocence were presented at a hearing on the reinvestigation of the kidnap-for-ransom case conducted by the department of justice on monday, but eight of them were pointed to by two witnessesone of them a former hostageas being members of the terror group.. it was the third reinvestigation of the aug. 20, 2002, abduction of four women and two men who were members of the religious group in patikul.. the two men were beheaded by the abu sayyaf while the women were rescued by police and the military.. at the start of the hearing, senior assistant state prosecutor peter ong said it was the prosecutors themselves who pushed for the reinvestigation.. we noticed, for instance, two persons being arrested under one name and we noticed an injustice there, said ong, adding that the pasig rtc ordered them to conduct the reinvestigation in 60 days.. all 21 abu sayyaf members who were handcuffed were made to line up for identification in batches to face two of the three witnesses who were brought in, their faces concealed.. of the 21, the eight who were pointed to by two witnesses denied the accusation.. one of the eight, julhassan a. jaani ybanez, was identified by the female witness as the one who beheaded her husband.. but ybanez denied this, saying he was an imam (muslim leader) and an assistant of col. akho san juan, the military chaplain of the western mindanao command.
he said he was arrested in 2006. christine o. avendano.
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likeabird
They seem to have missed that experience in WTLibrary and the 2003 yearbook dealing with the Philippines...
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TIME TO VENT - What Is Your Least Favorite Thought Terminating Cliche' ?
by Perry indefinition: a thought-terminating cliche is a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as folk wisdom, used to quell cognitive dissonance.. here's mine: we don't believe that way ..... we are christians in this home..
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likeabird
The organization is imperfect
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WT Elders school: The WTS has progressed from just plain stupid to dangerously stupid
by sir82 infresh off the recent 1-day elders school.
to keep things readable i'll post "highlights" over the next several days in different topics.
point 1: they have progressed from "just plain" stupid to dangerously stupid.. .
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likeabird
"So you see, even Job had these irrational thoughts. Yet he was determined to be an integrity keeper, and you can do the same."
Coming back to the original OP, when you're depressed and suicidal, is this really what you want to hear : do more, preach more, stay faithful? More guilt trips!
What they're really saying, is keep beating the R&F, but do it with a soft, honey coated voice. After all, this is the WT speciality.
Sorry guys, I don't think so. I've seen firsthand elders use this line with someone in that situation, and no amount of sweet voice talk will cut it.
And by the way, unless I misread the OP, the sister ran to the back of the hall, got followed by the elders who "sweet-talked" her, and suddenly at the end she produces some wonderful home-made cookies. Since when does a KH have an oven, or a sister just happen to have home-made cookies on hand at a meeting? Just wondering.
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Old time JW's did some very devout JW's refuse to eat pizza with pepperroni because they believed "blood" was in the pepperroni?
by booker-t ini have never heard this before until i read a life story of an ex-jws and how some jws in the past refused to eat pepperoni pizza because they thought blood was in pepperoni.
i do know some elderly jw sisters would complain about eating steak if it bled while cooking.
has anybody else heard of this pizza nonsense?.
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likeabird
Yes, red and pink candy was definitely off limits if you bought into the "beetle blood" idea.
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Old time JW's did some very devout JW's refuse to eat pizza with pepperroni because they believed "blood" was in the pepperroni?
by booker-t ini have never heard this before until i read a life story of an ex-jws and how some jws in the past refused to eat pepperoni pizza because they thought blood was in pepperoni.
i do know some elderly jw sisters would complain about eating steak if it bled while cooking.
has anybody else heard of this pizza nonsense?.
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likeabird
Yes, there was also the blood in chocolate fiasco sending panic in the camps. I don't know how many letters the chocolate companies received on the subject from enquiring minds. Fortunately, it didn't last for long. (The chocolate bars in question did have 'plasma' listed in the ingredients.)
And yes to the red specks in eggs being off limits, religiously checking all the ingredients on processed foods, and avoiding anything containing the famous red beetle blood - actually falling for the idea that beetles have blood - how gullible can you get!
Oh, and did anyone do this : go out to fancy(ish) restaurants and ask the waiter to go check if the duck had been bled so you would know if you could order it or not ?
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Old time JW's did some very devout JW's refuse to eat pizza with pepperroni because they believed "blood" was in the pepperroni?
by booker-t ini have never heard this before until i read a life story of an ex-jws and how some jws in the past refused to eat pepperoni pizza because they thought blood was in pepperoni.
i do know some elderly jw sisters would complain about eating steak if it bled while cooking.
has anybody else heard of this pizza nonsense?.
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likeabird
Yes, that blood in the wine episode left many dubs scratching their heads and worried over which one to choose for the annual M.
They just couldn't have THE wine polluted with...dare I say...blood