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Looooooooooong Prayers...
by likeabird in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
let's have a bit of a laugh.. .

who of you rolled your eyes when brother never ending prayers was called up to give the closing prayer?.

who of you then proceeded to tap your feet, fidget loudly or start doing balancing acts off the back of the chair in front of you while waiting for it to end?.
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Time for a quiz! Guess when this happened!
by likeabird in
1. jw
2. friends
let's enjoy yet another meeting-free tuesday night with a quick quiz.. .

here's your clue:.

in the space of ten years, this religious organization produced and distributed over 23 million publications.. .
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Check this out!!!
by likeabird in
1. watchtower
2. bible
we all know how the wt likes to go on about how the church would prevent the common person from reading the bible, wanting to keep everyone in the dark, well, they seem to have conveniently missed out a good part of history in the process.. .

notice how what this book on the history of literacy campaigns says on church involvement in encouraging people to read the bible seems to have been completely overlooked in wt publications:.

in the case of sweden, a church law of 1686 required children, farm hands, and maid servants to learn to read and see with their own eyes what god bids and commands in his word.
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Are you more ecological, more economical or more wasteful? Did your habits change at all when you left the borg?
by likeabird in
1. jw
2. friends
i know from living on a borg budget, you don't have much choice but to live economically.

recycling, while ecological, can also be a form of economy.. did the verse "god will bring to ruin those ruining the earth" play a guilt factor in your ecological habits?

i know it used to hum along in the back of my mind.. did any of your habits change when you left the borg?
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Pope calls for action on child abuse - could you imagine the GB ever doing that?
by likeabird in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
saw this on the news.

do you think we'd ever see the same from the gb?.

in any case, i'm not betting any money on it!.
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Time for a laugh - Two great comedy routines on Noah
by likeabird in
1. social
2. humour
this would make a great audio drama :.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfu92tdr8rg.

my apologies if someone posted this one recently :.
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Lot's Wife Dot-to-Dot for Kids IS child abuse. Active parents - please read.
by likeabird in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i'm posting this in the public section as i would like any active witness with children to think about this carefully.. .

for those of you who haven't seen it yet, this is the picture in question :.

(source : http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013170/ijw13fr_id-502013170_e/502013170_e_cnt_1.pdf ).
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Is there a link between peaks in newbies and new light flashes?
by likeabird in
1. jw
2. friends
i hope you are all well and enjoying your saturday!.

it's really great seeing so many newbies, congratulations to each and everyone of you.

and welcome.. in any case, my question is the one i put in the title :.
A quick Saturday Morning Survey - The Results
by likeabird in
1. jw
2. friends
a few weeks ago i posted a survey on the following thread :.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/241790/1/a-quick-saturday-morning-survey-to-believe-or-not-to-believe.

we got over 80 replies, so a big thank you to all who contributed.. i've been going through the results,and breaking them down to make different comparisons.
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A quick Saturday Morning Survey - To believe or not to believe
by likeabird in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know about you, but i love saturday mornings...now that crawling out of bed on a cold november morning to go and knock on doors is no longer on the agenda.

does that sense of being free ever grow old?

i hope not any time soon at least.. this week we've had quite a few atheist vs believer threads along with speculation on what the actual numbers are on jwn :.