1,400 in attendance and 5 dunked. What the hell? I remember when you could generally count on it being 1.5% of the total attendees being baptized. Can nobody else see the slowdown? "Jehovah is speeding up the work?" Jesus Christ!
charonsdog
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5/6/18 cleveland ohio circuit assembly notes
by nowwhat? inwilloughby assembly hall.
1400+ attendance 5 baptised a robust 0.38 growth!.
$11k expenses however 1st.
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Brilliant Medical Advice from the Slave
by Vanderhoven7 innot sure where i picked this up:.
self explanatory science and medical advice from the faithful and brilliant servant class in brooklyn________________________________________thomas edison, the inventor and electrician, of phonograph and telephone fame, has been experimenting with the new light "x-rays.
" and has succeeded in taking a photograph through oak eight inches thick.
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charonsdog
Great to see how the Holy Spirit was giving food at the proper time. Most of this crap was during Rutherford's tenure. What a fucking nutjob.
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What is the strangest book or craziest book the JWs have ever printed?
by blownaway inwhat do you think the crazies or strangest book they ever printed is?.
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charonsdog
"Is There A God? Who Cares?" Okay, the first question mark I added. But that's always how I thought of that booklet.
As far as the "Family Happiness" book and other books/publications/articles about family life go, I always felt that the WBTS was very misogynistic. And I was a young boy at the time. LMAO @ "The whiners and the naggers" in FH. Women wearing headcoverings. Deferring to a 12-year-old boy because he got dunked. The "privilege" they have of doing a sit-down demo with another sister on the TMS. I guess they didn't need to learn to read aloud in public.
I always questioned the inner workings of the mind of the 'Apostle" Paul. Narcissistic, misogynistic, angry, insecure, and anything but Christ-like. I firmly believe that Jesus would have told him to calm the fuck down.
To be honest, the entire frikkin' Bible is the craziest book they've published. To be sure, it wasn't their creation, at least not the majority of it. But it's supposedly the basis for all of their other publications. Twisted scriptures, cherry-picked verses taken completely out of context to support their teachings, and the exalting of assholes like King David and the former Saul of Tarsus...makes for a shitty belief system.
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Even LEGO must obey jesus command to keep doing this
by Kevin McFree inhttps://youtu.be/vdtwrqvgcv0.
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charonsdog
LMAO. Black Sabbath, Smurfs, and guzzling the emblems after it's over.
(Just a minor continuity issue...smurf walks out, but is still there for the end)
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O neg universal doner
by bikerchic inso i donate blood because i can.
i donate every 4 months when the bloodmobile comes to my place of work.
i know it helps.. what about you, do you donate blood?
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charonsdog
Good on you, Bikerchic. Sadly, I have no clue what my blood type even is. All those years of indoctrination made me think that it was irrelevant to know. Next time I get a physical and blood work done, I'll be sure to ask.
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Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.
by Wasanelder Once inroll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.
in one sentence tell why you left the org.
not 2 sentences.
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charonsdog
I finally saw through the smoke-screen hiding the fact that it was simply about control, and all of my previously suppressed doubts suddenly made complete sense.
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Make the Truth Your Own
by neat blue dog inthis is something that hit me just relatively recently.. the phrase "make the truth your own" is a very famous catch phrase in jw culture.
it was a pet philosophy of daniel sydlik and has been used and is used in talks, literature and song.
every witness knows this trope.
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charonsdog
13 hours ago13 hours agoit's telling how a phrase can be repeated so often they start believing it's straight from the Bible.
Also, how many of us were led to believe that Karen Keeping was a dear sister in need....?
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You Know You're in the Wrong Religion When....
by Vanderhoven7 injust thought a review the following material many have contributed to might be helpful .
you know you are in the wrong religion:1. when the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....
"do you believe in the "faithful and discreet slave" appointed in 1919?"2.
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charonsdog
....when you plan your wedding reception and are told by the elders that serving alcohol would be very unwise, as the groom would be responsible if anyone drank more than they should (field sobriety determined by the local BOE), but it's nobody's business if the same elders have five slices of cake after the dinner.
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How long is a generation?
by LevelThePlayingField inwhat splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.
and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.
but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.
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charonsdog
Can we label this generation? I was thinking "Generation X-panded"
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Organization Updates for POMOs?
by charonsdog ini've been physically out since early 2014. before that, i was mentally out for a long period of time.
now, having zero contact with family or former friends, plus living in a southeast asian country where it is possible to not ever see a jw.
since i have discovered this site, i'm learning lots of things about the organization that i wasn't aware of before.
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charonsdog
I've been physically out since early 2014. Before that, I was mentally out for a long period of time. Now, having zero contact with family or former friends, plus living in a southeast Asian country where it is possible to not ever see a JW. Since I have discovered this site, I'm learning lots of things about the organization that I wasn't aware of before. It's pretty eye-opening. I also see from time to time brief mentions of changes that have been made recently. Like the TMS being replaced with something called the CLAM (hilarious, btw). Someone mentioned no District Overseers? I know that the cart sitting is getting big, but has that changed the door knocking policy?
I don't have any real need to know what's going on. Just curiosity. Kind of like when you leave a job after several years and are catching up with former coworkers about the silly things that are happening in the shop or what stupid thing "Wally" said last week.
My question is: what has changed since say... 2013?