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  Can the Earth's Ecology Withstand A "New World" as Conceived By JWs?

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a recent national geographic article pointed out the ominous implications of any continued explosive global growth population even as it approaches 7 billion... what about the planet's capacity to house anything like the numbers jws expect to see resurrected onto their "new earth?

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  A recent National Geographic article pointed out the ominous implications of any continued explosive global growth population even as it approaches 7 billion... what about the planet's capacity to house anything like the numbers JWs expect to see resurrected onto their "New Earth?"
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  April WT is out. Blood, FDS, moses & crazy stuff...

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the april wt is out, get it while you can.

  what caught my attention was the first article.

  some quotes:.

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  It never seems to occur to them that the whole Hebrew "Theocratic" governance experiment -- from Moses through to the patriachs, then on to the judges, and finishing out with the kings -- ended in dismal failure..
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  2011 district convention

  by obarac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  somebody know the theme of this years district convention or is still top secret?.

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  who cares?
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  Writing Style of WTBTS

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  witness literature has never had a nice flow to it.

  a family member was a maoist and had these perfect english pamphlets prepared by a foreign government.

  the grammar was perfect.

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  Blondie and others have called them out for one of their major abuses -- unattributed quotes -- which, along with out-of-context quotations are their greatest journalistic abuses. I'd love to see what a REAL editor, i.e. like someone from the New York Times, would do to their copy.
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  "True Grit" remake. Review

  by Gregor in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i really love a good western.

  the remake of true grit by the coen brothers (fargo, o' brother where art thou?, etc.

  ) was a pleasant surprise.

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  "The Unforgiven" and the "Lonesome Dove" series are among my favorites. The highly-rated "Deadwood" series to me had a lot of gratuitous profanity, and a strange stilted form of English used by several characters that I found strange and unlikely to be an accurate reflection of the language of the time.
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  WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

  in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

  the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.

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  "wow,,with those numbers, elders average about 7 per cong. M.S, average 5 per cong ...." what's so dire about that situation? In a cgregation of 100/120 dubbies, how many goons do they need to keep people in line?
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  Christmas visit from the elders

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yes the elders made another stop to continue to try to get me back to the meetings.

  my main argument with them has been the incorrect dates.

  607, 1914. they said i need to stop focusing on dates.

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  Looks like these elders wanted to set a good example by showing up for field service on Christmas morning and then chickened out by going to your place instead of knocking on strangers' doors..... The elders who were coerced into going to elders' school on holiday weekends are really getting what they deserve.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-26-10 WT Study (MEETINGS)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  3. how important are christian meetings?.

  when more give comments,.

  in making christian meetings upbuilding.*.

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  Your comments about the verbosity of those who conduct these Q and A sessions are very apt. Most of them around here just love the sound of their own voices.
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  District Convention speaker recommendations 2011

  by billyboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  every year the wtbts asks a few select top elders / cos to "rate" the brothers in their circuit to see if they qualify to give talks on district conventions.

  it would seem that the society are concerned that some brothers are being a bit faddy in shaving their heads.

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  Re: hair: What is too long and what is too short? Idiots.
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  Another Bad Witness - Elder School on Christmas Day?

  by LostGeneration in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had a brief conversation with by jw father a few days ago, unfortunately still an uber witness and as a cboe he has nothing else in his life.. he brought out that he was getting ready for the elders school.

  not sure if he was bragging or wanted sympathy for having to go.

  lol.. i didn't press him on the details, though i wanted to ask if they would be covering all 7 chapters in the new manual on how to df people.

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  Yet one more reason for an elder to opt out and resign, to reclaim any semblance of a normal life.