When my family was new in the bOrg my father got a vanity plate that read "YHWH." Another brother had "JHVH."
cobaltcupcake
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El Dorado, AR vehicle tag "XJW" -- this your BMW?
by FatFreek 2005 inmy wife and i were slowly leaving walmart's parking lot in el dorado (that's arkansas) last night and i did a double-take.
my wife said, "what are you doing"?
as i swung around to circle back to the row we had just left.
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Amway
by enigma1863 ini was curious, how many jws end up getting caught up in pyramid scemes like amway.
i was caught up in there online program quixstar for a little while several years ago.
i noticed there are several similarities between amway and a cult..
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cobaltcupcake
A pyramid scheme works like this:
You recruit people to sell the product and you receive part of their profit.
Your recruits recruit more people to sell the product, and they get a part of the profit, part of which goes to you.
Keeps on going as each recruit convinces more people join the network. You get a slice of everyone's profit.
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Remarkable Statistic - Bible Studies compared to Baptisms
by jwfacts ini am surprised i have not noticed this before, particularly since this is one of the most important statistics, and so have just added the new graphs to watchtower publisher statistics.. the number of bible studies generally trends roughly with the number of publishers on a one to one basis.
however, the number of baptisms has not been rising.
this has resulted in a rapidly falling conversion rate.
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cobaltcupcake
When my brother and I got baptized in January of 1974 at a circuit assembly with 2000 people in attendance, there were 119 people baptized, most of whom were teenagers with frantic parents (like mine).
When we all marched out of the auditorium it took so long that they had to have the audience sing 2 songs. I wonder how often that scenario was repeated that year.
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Amway
by enigma1863 ini was curious, how many jws end up getting caught up in pyramid scemes like amway.
i was caught up in there online program quixstar for a little while several years ago.
i noticed there are several similarities between amway and a cult..
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cobaltcupcake
My ex-in-laws were always pushing some pyramid scheme on my ex and me.
We started to get into Amway. Then we went to one of their sales rallies, and it was like a tent revival meeting. We were totally creeped out.
Too bad I couldn't see the similarities between Amway and the bOrg.
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El Dorado, AR vehicle tag "XJW" -- this your BMW?
by FatFreek 2005 inmy wife and i were slowly leaving walmart's parking lot in el dorado (that's arkansas) last night and i did a double-take.
my wife said, "what are you doing"?
as i swung around to circle back to the row we had just left.
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cobaltcupcake
I love the fact that it's on a BMW. The best revenge is living well.
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Some funny/curious quotes from the 2013 Yearbook (part 1)
by cedars ini just thought i'd amuse myself by seeing what madness awaits in the new 2013 yearbook.. you might like to read some of the gems i've uncovered.... .
"true christians are soon to cross into the promised new world, so they need to be courageous and strong.
how soon are we talking about?
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cobaltcupcake
Thank you, Cedars! I can't read that drivel anymore, but you brought out some great points!
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Where are the GB seen?
by punkofnice inok. i admit i live in the uk so not anywhere near the paedophile praising governing body godhead construct.. i'm interested to know where do the gb hang out?.
are they seen in the street?.
are they cosseted in their paedophile ring hq?.
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cobaltcupcake
I've bumped into a few of them when visiting Brooklyn, Walkill, and Patterson. I shook Leo Greenlees' hand when he visited our circuit for a special talk. I think I'll go wash that hand again...
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Poll---How Many Are Facebook Users & On Average How Often Are You On That Site?
by minimus ini have facebook.
i probably get on it 4 or 5 days a week, typically to see what's going on with family and those i know.
plus pictures!.
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cobaltcupcake
I check it probably 5-6 times a day but rarely post.
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2012 report analysis - countries with reduced publisher figures
by cedars ini've just started munching through the figures for 2012 in the new 2013 yearbook, now available on jw.org.. i thought you might be interested to see which countries saw "negative growth" over 2012.. these are as follows.... .
*sudan is so dramatically reduced because south sudan is now independent and the society has adjusted the publisher figures accordingly.. .
countries added.
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cobaltcupcake
I love these charts!
I wonder how many hours of preaching it took to convert 1 person back in, say, 1973 or 1974?
When my family joined in 1972 my folks had studied for about a year, but some studies lasted a few hours. All the same, it took less than 100 hours of bible study to convert 4 people in my family. The brother who studied with us was fairly new and was a regular publisher, not a pioneer.
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2012 Memorial Partakers--12,604!
by Atlantis in.
2012 memorial partakers total 12,604.....atlantis
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cobaltcupcake
I left in 2004 when the number of partakers was still below 10,000, so this info absolutely cracks me up. How can they explain a nearly 30% growth in the number of partakers? They can't all be psychotic.
