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  Memorial attendance in the USA a DROP of 59,404 from two years ago

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. bible

  according to the september 2013 kingdom ministry, the memorial attendance in the usa this year was 2,504,114. this is a drop of 59,404 from two years ago!

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  TheOldHippie

  Easter, my friends. The number always fluctuates according to what day in Easter it is held. If on one of the public holidays, then there are "cousins" (as apposed to "brothers and sisters"), studies etc. who are off on holiday, whereas if it is held in the beginning of the week for example, people are "in town" and hence the attendance is higher.
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  Annual Meeting open to anyone in Australia?

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just saw this quote on a forum for uber jwdubbs:.

  "in australia branch territory everyone can come, public included, however not going publicly advising it, plus no tickets are going to be used".

  i wonder if that's really the case?

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  TheOldHippie

  This was stated last year:

  “What about next year?” asked Brother Morris in his concluding comments. “Next year’s annual meeting, which is scheduled to be held on October 5, 2013, will be tied in to selected Assembly Halls in the United States and other English-speaking countries.”

  This program will be broadcast in English only. It will not be interpreted into other languages.

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  So in case Australia is still an English-speaking country, the answer is yes.
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  Oklahoma-executes Jehovahs Witness for rape & murder

  by Stealth in

  1. social
  2. current

  at least he now has the resurection hope.

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417902/anthony-rozelle-banks-oklahoma-executes-jehovahs-witness-rape-murder.html.

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  TheOldHippie

  Posting a close up of a doughnut in the newspaper seems rather strange to me. Perhaps they should have posted a picture of a bottle of water as well?

  Strange judicial system that lets a guy stay 34 years in death row .................
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  Let the July 15, 2013 WT games BEGIN!! And may the odds be ever in your favor!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... this saturday, around the world, jw's will study the infamous july 15, 2013 wt.

  please comment on all the bs and how the jw's take it, if you are a fader or a lurker.. let the games begin!

  !.

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  TheOldHippie

  This weekend? Very strange, considering that last year they stated that "Next year’s annual meeting, which is scheduled to be held on October 5, 2013, ....."
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  TheOldHippie

  "I love the way all these quotes were created before the book was even published!"

  Have you ever thought about the possibility that they were handled a copy BEFORE the publishing day? Or have you ever heard about journalists having a pre-show of a movie?
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  Mystery priest appears and vanishes from accident scene

  by designs in

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  a two mile corridor was set up around the scene of the accident.

  firefighters were having trouble removing the young person trapped inside their vehicle, equipment kept failing.

  suddenly out of nowhere a person looking like a catholic priest showed up, blessed and anointed the injured and told the firefighters their equipment would now begin to work.

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  TheOldHippie

  With all those pictures taken - how come not one single one of them shows the mystery priest?
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  Mystery priest appears and vanishes from accident scene

  by designs in

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  a two mile corridor was set up around the scene of the accident.

  firefighters were having trouble removing the young person trapped inside their vehicle, equipment kept failing.

  suddenly out of nowhere a person looking like a catholic priest showed up, blessed and anointed the injured and told the firefighters their equipment would now begin to work.

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  TheOldHippie

  I remember the Jesus on highways - things. It seemed that everyone knew of someone who had had Jesus or an angel suddenly appearing in the back seat, saying "the end is nigh" and then disappearing. For the last 30 years, he or they must have had other things to attend to, since I have heard of no car visitors since then.

  But perhaps they have changed into priests blessing equipment.

  Urban legends and mass hysteria.
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  David Splane does not bow head when giving a prayer!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is a report in spanish conerning david splane giving a prayer at a convention.. perhaps someone can translate it better, but google translate gave the following:.

  during prayer, should no longer be necessary to bow his head in a mass meeting, as was splane throughout the prayer, head up, down, left and right looking at all tiers, not hiding in the least.. so splane is looking all around at the sudience while giving a prayer?!!!.

  can someone confirm that is what the spanish text says?.

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  TheOldHippie

  Really, there ARE greater problems than this out there in the great wide world than this, are there not?
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  FREDDY FRANZ and the effect of dropping out of Higher Education

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  let's pause a moment and consider the actual history of the watchtower society.. until his death, pastor c.t.russell was the driving force behind the publication of the watchtower.

  russell controlled it and made provisions in his will for what would happen to the watchtower in the event of his death.

  russell's writings, theology, teachings, predictions and intentions were attractive to those who joined his bible students movement.. fred franz signed on as a baptised adherent of russellism in 1913 because he was strongly attracted and persuaded by russell's message.. franz knew russell for three years until the pastor's death in 1916.. franz was ambitious to become a presbyterian minister.

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  TheOldHippie

  Someone on this forum had contacted Oxford University and was assurred there was never an application from Franz.

  i don't think so. I think the only reply was that he had not received it, but that there was no list of appliers.
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  The Orwells are so naughty! Filthy little apostates we are.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband has started playing violent samurai video games again!

  he's grown a beard!

  he watched lord of the rings!.

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  TheOldHippie

  "She was thrilled that I've left JWs"

  Wow. Countries are different. A doctor saying something like that over here, would end up on the front pages of the newspapers the next day and have his/her career cut VERY short.