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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  No sweat alanv, I didn't read your comment as criticism, just someone wanting to point out something.

  Yay, that's what we're all here for!
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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  Hi Alanv, this list of countries came from a Google search of countries in Europe, nothing more sophisticated than that, hence my opening comment "countries which roughly constitute Europe".

  The 2017 figures came from the list darkspilver helpfully compiled (thanks darkspilver!) and the 2016 figures are from the yearbook.

  I had no agenda or preconception prior to compiling the list, so did not pick and choose countries in order to affirm a bias. I was simply looking for whether Europe seems to be stagnant, increasing or decreasing.
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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  Splash

  So these countries roughly constitute Europe.

  Here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:

  
  
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  Who Do JWs Fear The Most? Top Five

  by Fred Franztone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's a fear-based religion, at its core.

  jws fear many things, but what or who do they fear the most?

  let's find out.... 5) satan.

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  What do they fear?

  5. Beards

  4. The internet

  3. Education

  2. Independent thinking

  1. Facts and the truth
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  QFR - Posting JW publications on a personal website/social media

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the following is a qfr from the april, 2018 watchtower.

  just a couple of articles back the organization was explaining how jws need to be encouraging and even when admonishing congregations jesus would start out with encouraging words.

  we see none of this in the qfr, rather, it is heavy handed and legally incorrect.. why is it not permissible to post publications of jehovah’s witnesses on a personal website or on social media?.

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  WT April 2018 QFR By directing interested people to our official websites, we are connecting them with the one true source of spiritual food, “the faithful and discreet slave.”

  How does this tie up with

  Watchtower (Study Edition), February 2017, pg. 26:

  Jesus did not tell us that his faithful slave would produce perfect spiritual food.
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  I know this shouldn’t bother me...but

  by MTSman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i woke up this morning with nothing planned for the day.

  i rolled out of bed around 9am and went to local mcky ds to get some breakfast, and lord and behold there was a group of jdubs sitting around eating and sipping on coffee, probable counting time.

  anyway, i glanced over and recognized all of them and they glanced back at me.

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  They have become McWitnesses.
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  Files you might want!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here are a couple of boes you might want.. .

  https://we.tl/kf2lzhkzzu.

  https://we.tl/isqx2qf9kg.

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  Splash

  St. George I'm sure those in Scotland and Northern Ireland will be delighted to have the opportunity to drive to Chelmsford, buy their hat and boots in order to work for the day before returning home satisfied

  Just like the ministry then. Start on a nearby call, drive about for a few hours and end on a call back in town. Everyone self deceives by proudly giving Jehovah their time, but achieving precisely nothing.
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  Dinosaurs in Paradise

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm so thankful for sites such as this.

  i realise it's our imperfection but god's organization is not always open to 'outside the box' thinkers such as ourselves.

  i've been researching dinosaurs and god's reason for not preserving these beasts beyond the flood of noah's day.

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  TREG I've been researching dinosaurs and God's reason for not preserving these beasts beyond the flood of Noah's day.

  So the Bible lies then. Noah was not instructed to preserve two of every kind at all. He was told to exclude certain animals to ensure their extinction.

  Why does the Bible lie about this? What else has it lied about?

  Maybe you don't "think outside the box" quite as much as you imagine you do.
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  AAAAAAAArrgh!

  by zeb in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  sir simon,.

  how many dozen bloody times do i have to do the capcha thing before i get in.

  one round of street signs or cars and that was it.

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  Do the poles constitute part of the roadsigns?

  I had to log in just to ask this.
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  Pull the Plug Already...

  by megaboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  after reading and seeing so many detailings of the dealings with people in this religion, i have to wonder how to get people who are just extremely asleep.

  reasoning doesn't seem like it works, there needs to be some kind of plug pull event, like the leaders doing something so uterly stupid that it causes the immediate downfall of the entire religion.

  but because i am naturally curious i want to know from people who have more experience with jw structure why they seem to have a resistance to an event like this?

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  When you are emotionally invested in something, facts and logic count for very little.

  Waking up is less about finding the truth about the WT, but more about dropping the emotional barriers in order to accept the truth about the WT.