Posts by Splash

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

by berrygerry in

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?

).

Splash

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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19

New Understanding of Slave Class

by mrquik in

jw
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?

Splash

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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37

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

by LostGeneration in

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.

Splash

11

The Watchtower explains the sheep and the goats

by runForever in

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.".

Splash

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

Splash

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

by LostGeneration in

from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

have a publisher demonstrate how he.

prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

Splash

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.

11

CONFESS or COVERUP

by Terry in

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:.

Splash

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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34

Glaring discrepency in Blood Doctrine

by kjg132 in

i found an article on the dr. sears website about the benefits of breasfeeding.

according to the article it says: "a drop of breastmilk contains about one million white blood cells.

" it also says "colostrum also contains higher amounts of white blood cells..........than mature milk.

Splash

Whether the white cells die once consumed is immaterial, the 'eating of white cells' has been done by that time. This is an instant df'ing offence in any other context.

The benefit of mothers milk is specifically because of the colostrum - the part of milk which is rich in white cells and gives baby early protection.

It makes the blood policy indefensible.

Splash

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So romantic - Guys, if you really liked a girl, for how long would you chase her?

by fulltimestudent in

a segment from (in english) if you are the one?

one of china's most popular tv shows, it can have up to 50 million viewers.. its chrissie time, so we can be sentimental (smile).. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teic1sk8epy.

.

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fulltimestudent if you really liked a girl, for how long would you chase her?

Until she ran out of breath, then SHE'S MINE!!!!!

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40

Here we go again. The next hate letter from our 2nd Son.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

yes it happen again with our youngest son.

this last monday we got a letter from him telling us how unloving we are because we are no longer jw.

cult and not had kids.

Splash

I wonder if they wrote to you because they are struggling with the situation.
They are obviously angry and you are the logicial target.

I would write back and say "Even if I'm 100% provably correct, you will refuse to believe me because you have been trained to only believe the WT, even if they make no sense and can proven to be incorrect", then list the reasons why you have left.

For me it was the flip-flops. There is nothing solid to base your faith on because it can change at any time and you have to accept it.
100 year old teachings, preached as 'truth' from door to door, dismissed in a single paragraph. The WT today is not what I got baptised into - it's teachings are completely different.

But don't be angry back.
Don't list 1000 things, just some that you know will have an impact. You can say "there are a hundred more reasons, which if presented in a court of law would be conclusive evidence of their lieing", or something.

You know how best to respond - be smart about it, you might not get another chance.

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Quickfire Questions to ask JW's at your door?

by ThomasCovenant in

jw
friends

occassionally (very) i have met jw's that don't know me and i would like to ask them something to make them think.. any suggestions for quick, simple, thought provoking questions to ask jw's that you may meet?.

i seem to remember 'v' did a youtube question along the lines of,.

''how can you belong to a religion that allows blood fractions to be transfused?''.

Splash

Ask them if they have the truth. Then ask them how many times their doctrines (truths) have changed. Ask them again if they now have the truth.

If they say they do have the truth, ask them what they will do when the next change is made.

Point out that they will therefore believe anything they are told, which is no different to any other religion, and you're not that mindless or gullible to base your life's beliefs on ever shifting sands, thank you.

Splash.