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  No more 3-day DCs starting in 2013?

  by respectful_observer in

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  2. beliefs

  apologies if there is another recent thread on this, but i have heard from 4 different people in 3 different geographic areas (including someone who does advance work for the dcs), that beginning in 2013 the three day dc program will be replaced by a second two-day circuit assembly.

  some people were passing the info along like a secret, others seemed to think that everyone already knew.. if everyone in j-dub land is already talking about this, how is it not all over this forum??.

  anyway, can anyone confirm or deny?.

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  Smaller conventions in 2013 because plans are made for HUGE anniversary conventions in 2014?
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  Watchtower on Kingdom Centennial Birthday?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  watchtower on kingdom centennial birthday?.

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog addressing the gigantic birthday party the watchtower organization held for itself in 1984, and it wonders whether it will show the same courtesy to the birth of gods heavenly kingdom in 1914?

  my article is titled watchtower on kingdom centennial birthday?

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  100,000 present? Where does that figure come from?
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  Failed Old Testament Prophecies

  by Canary11 in

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  the tyre prophecy in ezekiel 29 is one failed prophecy.

  nebuchadnezzar never destroyed and plundered tyre like he was predicted to..

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  He took the mainland city, did he not? And the the island part of the city managed to survive until Alexander finished it off. But it is not a failed prophecy, as he conquered the mainland city.
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  Current GB members?

  by Pistoff in

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  who are the current governing body members?.

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  Jesus Christ
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  NoBlood:1 - Blood:0

  by TheOldHippie in

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  2. medical

  http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1211993.

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  http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1211993
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  JW won over France regarding taxation.

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/france-must-return-46-mn-euros-to-jehovah-s-witnesses_236715.html.

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  "it's not entirely fair to collect retroactive taxes when you didn't make any effort to collect at first."

  No, definitely not ENTIRELY fair. And what also is definitely not ENTIRELY fair is to single out ONE religious group and try to tax that one ALONE, as the French government tried to in this case.
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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses the biggest set of miserable bastards known to man?

  by jambon1 in

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  No. Atheists are.
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  Not Breaking News: Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony, Are Jehovah's Witnesses Next?

  by Scott77 in

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  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-utah-mormonsbre86000n-20120630,0,5340553.story.

  mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremonyshare112chelsea bair reads a declaration of independence from mormonism during a mass resignation of mormons from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in salt lake cit (jeffrey d. allred, reuters / june 30, 2012).

  relatedalex willardson shows his letter during a mass resignation of mormons from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in salt lake city.

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  Couldn't help njoticing these sentences,

  "Participants from Utah, Arizona, Idaho and elsewhere gathered in a public park to sign a "Declaration of Independence from Mormonism."
  
  "This feels awesome," said Alison Lucas, from West Jordan, Utah, who took part in the rally amid soaring temperatures. "I don't know if I would have had the courage except in a group."

  Independence - but only as long as you're part of a group............ "I need to be in a group to be independent" .............
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  Sparlock video given major coverage in regional newspaper covering convention

  by InquiryMan in

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  2. beliefs

  the major convention in norway has just been concluded and the regional newspaper covering the area published an article, incl.

  a link to the video, lesson 2, of the sparlock video.. this is a rough translation through google transalte:.

  http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=utf-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3a%2f%2fh-a.no%2fnyheter%2fnyheter%2ftabid%2f72%2farticleview%2ftrue%2fmoduleid%2f168356%2fdefault.aspx.

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  So you are happy now, InquiryMan?
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  Sounds like a "trouble-shooter" circuit overseer?

  by Gayle in

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  http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/19123926/article-on-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-circuit?.

  he states they were sent in just for a year as previous c.o.

  was reassigned before the normal 3yr time.

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  Not Gilead - but the new school for couples; Gilead is being phased out and the new couples' school is introduced. Nothin' strange in breaking the 3-year schedule, it is either because of syncing or because of COs being used as teachers in the schools.