I wonder if you have to wear your badge on your swimming suit.
LOL, it wouldn't surprise me if they "encouraged" that.
Theocratic Sedition
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Quick question for recent convention attendees, did your hotel offer box lunches?
by Theocratic Sedition inour hotel did, and on the surface that's no big deal.
matter fact i think it's a good business move on the hotel's part and pretty darn good customer service.
after the song was finished and the chairman did his announcements initiating the noon break, i got to wondering if the wt had anything to do with these box lunches offered by the hotel.
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Here's the flipside to the Mormon statistics, that being JW statistics according to the PEW Forum which we often refer to when talking about JW's dismal retention rate of young people.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm
According to the world report, there are over 1, 200,572 JWs in the U.S..
http://religions.pewforum.org/portraits
According to the above link, that 1, 200, 572 is spread out accordingly.........
16% reside in the NorthEast
19% in the MidWest
36% in the South
29% in the West
Now granted, we're talking over 2 million JWs vs 6 million Mormons, however 3/4 of the latter reside exclusively in the West equating roughly 4.5 million Mormons situated in Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, California, Arizona, and of course Utah.
On the other hand, 4% of the Mormon population resides in the NorthEast, so we're talking roughly 240,000. JWs on the other hand have 16% of their population in the NorthEast, roughly 192,091. So I guess ratio wise considering JWs are 3 times less the size of Mormons here in the States, going by ratio they are more evenly spread out.
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I'm not much of a numbers man, but this little going back and forth is interesting and it's raised some good questions. Gotta love the internet!!!
According to the link above, Mormons represent 2% of the US population totalling 6 million, with 76% of of that population residing exclusively in a handful of Western States including Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and of course........Utah. 4% of the Mormon population resides in the North East, 7% in the midwest, and 12% in the South.
Simply reading that leads me to believe SBF's statement about JWs being more evenly spread is quite frankly, truth.
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Quick question for recent convention attendees, did your hotel offer box lunches?
by Theocratic Sedition inour hotel did, and on the surface that's no big deal.
matter fact i think it's a good business move on the hotel's part and pretty darn good customer service.
after the song was finished and the chairman did his announcements initiating the noon break, i got to wondering if the wt had anything to do with these box lunches offered by the hotel.
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Our hotel did, and on the surface that's no big deal. Matter fact I think it's a good business move on the hotel's part and pretty darn good customer service. After the song was finished and the chairman did his announcements initiating the noon break, I got to wondering if the WT had anything to do with these box lunches offered by the hotel. The reason I ask is that for the past few years there's been pretty strong encouragement if you want to call it encouragement, those attending the convention to were asked to remain in the facility during the noon break. The original reason given a few years back to our circuit prior to travelling to the location was that the local vendors were putting pressure upon the city, facilities management, and the brothers organizing the convention, to be allowed to set up shop and be open for business during convention. The brothers didn't want to go for that, and I can understand that, so I didn't have a problem staying inside.
The rest of the friends didn't mind either and for the most part remained inside. We switched venues the following year and although the same reasoning wasn't given, the announcements during the noon break included a request for us to remain on site. I was doing a parking assignment that had me stationed a pretty fair distance away from the facility. The city had free trolley services set up for us and so I got to rapping with the driver and he proceeded to tell me about all the places we could go for lunch during our break. He asked me to spread the word to those at the convention probably so he could collect the over-time pay he would recieve for transporting people back and forth. Out of respect I gave him a heads up that he probably won't get much action during the noon break which he may not have taken seriously until noon came and he parked across the facility and went absolutely nowhere during our break for three days straight.
This year's convention was at an entirely different venue from the previous two years. Again the announcement was made, but for the life of me I don't know why as this town has no vendors. It's barely a town and reminds me of daylight scenes in The Walking Dead. For the most part people stayed inside, but there was definately a more noticeable amount of folks who did venture from the convention site. I ventured several blocks every day as did others but putting one and one togethers, that being the lunch boxes offered by the hotel and the announcement from the chairman to remain on site during the break has me playing with my chin hairs.
Did any of your hotels offer the boxed lunch? Did the chairman still announce at your convention to remain inside or on the grounds? By the way, since this whole initiative of keeping the friends boxed in at the conventions, it's spread to the circuit assemblies too, at least in our neck of the woods. I'm just wondering if the Watchtower or the Branch had anything to do with the box lunches as a sort of incentive if you will to keep us inside the facility. If so, why? Are they really that concerned about association? Is it a liability issue with so many people roaming the streets? I just don't get it man.
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I feel kinda bad for this guy, broke into the wrong house.
by Theocratic Sedition incould have been worse if the owner was a shooter.
in this case guns were involved, the physical kind that is.
using the wt writing department's favorite word..........evidently, this man broke into ll cool j's home and found himself on the tail end of beating.. http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2012/08/22/13411781-ll-cool-j-subdues-suspected-burglar-in-his-la-home?lite.
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Could have been worse if the owner was a shooter. In this case guns were involved, the physical kind that is. Using the WT Writing Department's favorite word..........evidently, this man broke into LL Cool J's home and found himself on the tail end of beating.
Burglars beware: LL Cool J said knock you out. Well, kind of.
The "NCIS: Los Angeles" actor and rapper cornered a suspected thief in his home early Wednesday morning, NBC News has confirmed.
Police were called to the artist's Studio City, Calif. home and arrived around 1 a.m.
LL, whose birth name is James Todd Smith, was holding on to the suspect when the police arrived.
The suspect had "a lot of contusions to his face area," will be charged with burglary, according to officials.
A detective says the suspect may have entered through an unlocked door.
Me personally, I'm not exactly a pushover, but I'd think twice before running up on this.
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The policy of forbidding marriage to anyone but an approved JW members is inhumane and insane, a feature of apostasy. Using Hebrew texts to support the marriage restrictions is incorrect because we are not natural Jews. Even in ancient Jewry, Jehovah was not as rigid as the WT suposes Him to be, i.e., Solomon had God's favor even though he was married to a non-Israelite, Esther married an immoral and savage Persian, Moses married a Middianite, Israelite soldiers could marry their beautiful war slaves, etc. And how did Ruth come to love Naomi so much, if Naomi's attitude toward her had been cruel and unloving and she had pushed Ruth away? There is no justification for losing privileges or the harsh judgment upon a person who marries a non-believer. The "marry only in the Lord" rule is clearly a text that applies to those who expect to rule in the Kingdom, the way their archetypes (Jewish priests) were restricted to Levite wives.
Good points!
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May the 4th be With You, RIP Adam Yauch
by leavingwt inadam yauch, beastie boys rapper mca, has died at age 47, after a long battle with cancer.
today is also star wars day.. .
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb3khl_beastie-boys-sabotage-empire-strike_shortfilms.
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bump this thread, was going through another thread on obscure Hip Hop photos and came across this photo, recalling this thread to mind.
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shepherd the flock gem
by outsmartthesystem injust reading through the manual that only elders have access to ..........and.
page 58 - "elders should act promptly when they receive a report of serious wrongdoing so as to safeguard the congregation and provide assistance to the wrongdoer.
neglecting to care for such matters can hinder the flow of jehovah's holy spirit to the congregation.
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There really is a Scriptural precedent to back up that way of thinking. One example that comes to mind readily is, Achan. Another example would be when Israelite men got sexually involved with Moabite women and idolatry. The WT at times is like a hybrid of The Law and Psuedo Christianity as IssacAustin called it.
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In Your Estimation What Percentage Of Witnesses Actually Believe They Have The "Truth"?
by minimus ini think 60% think or hope it's all what it's cracked up to be and the others are just there for different reasons.. what do you think?.
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Something that got me wondering after reading through the Fabrication Thread that has turned into a discussion on pioneering. I'm thinking that if most JWs really believed that they had the truth, wouldn't the national average be significantly higher than roughly 10 hours a month? I mean if you really believed this is the truth and this system as we know it is gonna be a wrap really really soon, wouldn't you spend more than 10 hours a month telling people? 7 million JWs, and most spending only two and a half hours weekly at the most preaching, not to mention how many aren't being entirely honest with what they report? I know a couple pioneers that were looing for assistance with evening witnessing, and they got no support. Every time our congregation tries pushing for evening witnessing support and Sunday witnessing, it starts off kinda ok the first week or so and then fizzles out. Actions speak louder than words, right? That same inaction has to say something for what the average JW believes, right?
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In Your Estimation What Percentage Of Witnesses Actually Believe They Have The "Truth"?
by minimus ini think 60% think or hope it's all what it's cracked up to be and the others are just there for different reasons.. what do you think?.
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I wonder if it's more complicated than assuming 90% believe they have the truth? I was thinking more along the lines of.........
60-70% believe they're part of a religion that has a monopoly on truth.
30-40% are largely on autopilot and too intellectually lazy to explore questions about their faith in which the answers could in turn damage their belief system.
15-20% recognize flaws in the organization and maybe even went so far as to research and confirm some of those very flaws, but out of fear of ostracism or fear that the WT just might be right, they only flirt with crossing that line
10% are absolutely certain that this religion is a scam but stick with it to maintain familial ties, employment, even shelter.
5% have serious psychological problems and JWs provide a social outlet for them.
I'm just guessing. Is there really a legitimate way to ascertain just how mentally loyal the flock is?
