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  Does anyone have the 2014 stats from the 2015 Yearbook yet?

  by berrygerry in

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  2. bible

  does anyone have the 2014 stats from the 2015 yearbook yet?.

  (isn't it usually out by now - or are they waiting to celebrate new year's day?

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  Hi Steve2, these figures are from an unofficial source, not the released yearbook or jw org. I'm pretty sure they're correct but please treat as unconfirmed for now.

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  1914 to 2014: The funniest JW moments of this century.

  by African GB Member Jr in

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  2. humour

  i just thought we could share some of the funniest moments since its the holiday season and we are taking things easy.

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  Well there was that information about mediums that Jesus gave to the Judge one year after choosing the F&DS:

  From 1920 WT publication "Talking with the Dead":

  p. 116 Materializations
  "These materializations occur by a power which the demons posess of being able to draw out of the mediums body connected streams of the cells of which her body is composed, and then changing the form of these living cells into any desired appearance. They thus transform the medium into a hideous octopus-like creature, and this is the reason seances occur in a dimly lit room, with the medium in a cabinet, so that the circle of investigators cannot witness the horrible scene as it really is."

  https://archive.org/stream/talkingwithdead00ruth#page/116/mode/2up

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  small coloured icons

  by stan livedeath in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  what are those very small coloured icons to the right of the length of time since the thread was started ?

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  Kate is saying that it is the avatars of the last few people who posted on that topic.

  You used to see who was the last poster on a thread on the old site, now you can see the last few posters.

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  how to edit my post??

  by sowhatnow in

  1. social
  2. current

  i made a mistake on the title of a magazine i was inquiring about, i dont know how to edit my post, .

  its not mother earth its mother jones, is there a way to edit or delete posts?

  i cant find one.. thanks.

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  There is an edit button underneath the post, but when I've edited my recent posts it took about 5 minutes and 10 attempts to Save the edit.

  I don't know if that's the site or my tablet.

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  Does anyone have the 2014 stats from the 2015 Yearbook yet?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone have the 2014 stats from the 2015 yearbook yet?.

  (isn't it usually out by now - or are they waiting to celebrate new year's day?

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  2014 Grand Totals                                                               2013 figures

   

  Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 90                                               91

  Number of Lands Reporting: 239                                                     239

  Total Congregations: 115,416                                                   113,823

  Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 19,950,019                  19,241,252

  Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 14,121                                    13,204

  Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 8,201,545           7,965,954

  Average Pubs Preaching Each Month: 7,867,958              7,698,377

  Percentage of Increase Over 2013: 2.2                               over 2012:  2.1

  Total Number Baptized: 275,581                                            277,344

  Average Aux Pioneer Pubs Each Month: 635,298               496,089          

  Average Pioneer Pubs Each Month: 1,089,446                 1,025,677

  Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,945,487,604                  1,841,180,235

  Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 9,499,933      9,254,963

  
  

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  New Understanding of Slave Class

  by mrquik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good morning all (good evening to those on the wrong side of the world);.

  could someone explain the new arrangement with the "anointed"?

  is anyone other than the gb in this class anymore?

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  DOC is correct, the FDS now appeared in 1919 after CT Russell had died.

  The FDS is now the same as the GB, so only 8 FDS today, and the whole 'class' thing has been dropped - they are the FDS, and not the FDS Class.

  Linked to this new teaching is the revised start and end dates for This Generation. Simply put, TG starts around the time of the American civil war (1860's) and stretches into our future.

  This is exactly what Jesus meant when he said "This generation will by no means pass away". Well, until it's changed again of course.

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  If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

  have a publisher demonstrate how he.

  prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

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  fastjehu 3 hits for "latest gadget"

  Thanks for those references fastjehu, and the other ones you found JW GoneBad.

  Seems the doublespeak applies to this as well then. Counsel not to get the latest gadgets, but then pressure to have them to keep up with the KM presentations and jw tv. Quite frankly, if you don't have a tablet at the KHall these days, you're the underclass.

  My 70 year old mother in law can't use her tablet but told me she's going to use it in the ministry this week. When she fails miserably, that will be another reason for her to feel like a failure and become more depressed.
  I also hope she doesn't get mugged for it.

  The internet has gone from being a frightening tool of Satan, to the GB's secret weapon. Maybe they are the same thing.

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  The Watchtower explains the sheep and the goats

  by runForever in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the march 2015 study watchtower finally solves the mystery of the sheep and the goats:.

  " first, note that jesus is teaching bymeans of an illustration.

  obviously, he isnot talking about separating literal sheepfrom literal goats.".

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  Thanks Bobcat - I like your references to explanations like these.

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  If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

  have a publisher demonstrate how he.

  prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

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  Can anyone search the WT CD for "latest gadget" please?

  I'm not at a PC right now but seem to recall counsel not to buy into all these things.

  Thanks, Splash.
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  CONFESS or COVERUP

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the disconnect from the family of humanity......the snap of that fellow feeling......the cold indifferent shrug as each person dries up and hardens into a mere thing in a kingdom hall.....is a withering away of all that is noble, pure and innocent.. and when that icy moment sets in the rest of the world vanishes into an invisible nothing in the heart of that strutting and proud lump of human flesh called jehovah's witness.. it is the first of many deaths they will endure.... where does it begin and where does it end?.

  perhaps by defending huge lies?.

  if you are complicit in a crime against humanity you have two basic ethical choices:.

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  That news clipping is new to me, so thanks Terry.

  1975 is the pinnacle of cog dis. Everyone was expecting Armageddon, but now those same people say they weren't. It's a groupthink exercise of enormous proportions, a communal lie and indefensible falsehood that every JW is required to perpetuate.

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