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  ExJw And Abortions

  by tyydyy in

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  we all know the jw view of abortion before leaving but what about now?

  how have your views changed?

  i used to secretly cheer when i heard that women had gained more rights concerning abortions.

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  Intentional abortion is the willful taking of human life. This is a scientific fact and has nothing to do with any religion.

  -> http://www.all.org/issues/abort.htm
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  Nine photos of Charles T. Russell headstone

  by sf in

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  I wonder if there's a nice diner nearby where I can sit for a couple of hours drinking coffee.

  Also, does anyone know how much the civil fine is for getting caught pissing on a headstone?
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  Questions on WTBTS abortion teachings

  by Skimmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  granted that the wtbts is, in general, anti-abortion.

  interestingly, i can't find a reference to it in the _pay attention_ elders' manual, although tobacco and breast caressing are worthy of mention as being offensive.. i have encountered reports that the official wtbts abortion teaching includes the idea that an unborn child who dies as a result of abortion or miscarriage is considered not to be eligible for a resurrection in paradise earth, let alone a residence in heaven.. isn't this more than a little inconsistent with the wtbts "body equals soul" teaching?

  if an unborn child is not considered human and is so denied a future, then why is a jw female punished (by being disfellowshipped, i assume) if she has an abortion?.

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  Hello dungbeetle:

  Thank you very much for the extracts.
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  Worldwide Stats!

  by thankful in

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  sorry if this has been posted already!.

  i just received this from a loyal jw.. 2002 district convention theme: "zealous kingdom.

  proclaimers".

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  I might point out that the percentage increase in the average publisher count is the lowest in at least fourteen years.

  It must be the demons infesting the Internet.
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  My last meeting as an elder

  by Lee Elder in

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  the thread on judicial committes reminded me of my last meeting.

  as a jw elder.

  a major rift had developed on the body of elders.

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  This brings up a question: how are persons at the CO and higher levels disciplined? Are COs, DOs, branch overseers (BOs?), and zone overseers (ZOs?) ever subject to a judicial hearing? If so, who conducts it?
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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  by Skimmer in

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  2. friends

  what to these 28 "lands" have in common?.

  american samoa.

  anguilla.

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  Those of us who were conned into the cult as teenagers or adults know of the "love-bombing" technique employed by the congregation. It is astounding that an entire year of an entire congregation's love-bombing couldn't convince a single person to join.

  Maybe they just can't get any of the public to even attend the meetings and so the love-bombing can't take effect.

  The global average of the baptism to congregation ratio is about 2.8 converts per year. That's an average of more than four months between converts. This is comparable to the typical length of a "successful" bible study, so on the average only one bible study at a time per congregation is having a "positive" effect.
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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  by Skimmer in

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  what to these 28 "lands" have in common?.

  american samoa.

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  The answer:

  For each of the 28 "lands" listed, there was less than one baptism per congregation.

  That's right, there are apparently many congregations that for entire 2000 disService Year couldn't produce a single new convert including offspring of JWs.
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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  by Skimmer in

  1. jw
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  what to these 28 "lands" have in common?.

  american samoa.

  anguilla.

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  Hint: These "lands" likely won't be seeing a big increase in the congregation count column in the 2001 disService Year report.
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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  by Skimmer in

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  what to these 28 "lands" have in common?.

  american samoa.

  anguilla.

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  Hint: It has something to do with the WTBTS 2000 disService Year Report.
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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  by Skimmer in

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  what to these 28 "lands" have in common?.

  american samoa.

  anguilla.

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  What to these 28 "lands" have in common?

  American Samoa
  Anguilla
  Azerbaijan
  Bahamas
  Chuuk
  Denmark
  Faeroe Islands
  Falkland Islands
  Greenland
  Iceland
  Ireland
  Liechtenstein
  Luxembourg
  Mayotte
  Montserrat
  Nauru
  Nevis
  Niue
  Norfolk Island
  Rodrigues
  Rota
  St. Eustatius
  St. Helena
  St. Pierre & Miquelon
  St. Vincent
  Tinian
  Tokelau
  Tuvalu

  Can you guess?