while the wts is very proud to trot out its stats now, it is like mining for diamonds to find the stats before 1935. here is what i found.. 1914 18,243 attendance.
1917 21,274 attendance.
1935 63,146 attendance (52,456 pubs; 56,153 partakers).
Blondie,
Where did you find the numbers for 1928 on? You must have really dug through the CD-ROM. I am guessing that they were not all in the same article.
I have not installed the 2001 Library yet. I hear it is quite different. Guess I will have to check it out.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/47815/1.ashx.
re first picture;.
imho the extinguished looking gentleman on the left hand side, wearing the cream suit [and standing out more prominently than anyone else] is our dearly beloved brother theodore jaracz.
I thought it was Barr, myself.
i caught an interesting story last night on the nbc station in the twin cities.
there is a group here trying to extend the statute of limitations on prosecuting child molesters.
featured in the report were heidi meyer and amber?
I caught an interesting story last night on the NBC station in the Twin Cities. There is a group here trying to extend the statute of limitations on prosecuting child molesters. Featured in the report were Heidi Meyer and Amber? Long? the two ex-JWs who are suing the Watchtower Society. The only unfortunate part was they did not mention the Watchtower or Jehovah's Witnesses by name.
Still, it was very interesting. Does anyone know how I can contact this group? I am all in favor of extending or removing the statute of limitations for these types of crimes.
i regret that because i don't have my copy of crisis of conscience here i can't complete this post, but someone with a copy please assist me...ray quoted an apology from the worldwide church of god after the passing of their "leader" herbert armstrong.
it really struck me as courageous, responsible, and ever so appropriate given that herb's teachings often were the same in nature as the wts's.
if memory serves it's on page 271 or 272, if not you'll find only one reference to the worldwide church of god in the index.
This comment caught my eye:
We were judgmental and self-righteous—condemning other Christians, calling them "so-called Christians" and labeling them "deceived" and "instruments of Satan."
Sounds very familiar. But I think it will be a cold day in Brooklyn Bethel before we ever see a statement similar to this coming out of the WT.
they are seriously backpeddling, these freakin jackasses!
they have changed their mind about the issue of blood transfusions and have made it a non-disfellowshipping act!
while i never agreed with it to begin with i think this is crazy.
Crinkle, where did you find this little piece? It is true that blood transfusions are now a DA offense. I am just curious where this quote is from.
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the article takes up the whole back page,i don't know if someone already scanned it for us or already commented on it on another thread,so i won't print it out here,unless i get permission from randy or simon.with the new format i don't know if it is ok to share the free minds journal articles on this board for those who don't have a subscription to it.does anyone know if we are allowed to post information like this or not.the posting guidelines # 4 is my concern on copyright materials.. if it's ok i will share some of the points from this article that i think is one of the best written on "the 1914 dilemma".. blueblades.
Blue, how did you search? I would like to read the original posts, but I can't find the one you are talking about.
you take the name of your favourite pet as the first part of your porn-star name, then you take your mothers maiden name for your porn-star surname.. which makes me...george bennet, hmm fairly ordinary i suppose... but her ladyship becomes...poppy male...ah, it works sometimes then!.
this could be good.
englishman.
Buck Naked.
(shamelessly stolen from George "T-Bone" Costanza)
a friend of mine lived in spain for half a year.
he was a witness at that time and he and his wife had a colombian couple over, witnesses too, they lived in the netherlands.
and one night when he was alone, the colombian girl visited him and they slept together.
Sorry, but I just can't muster up too much sympathy for this guy. He cheated on his wife, he's busted. End of story.
make their own decision based on an informed conscience.
a personal decision
) civilian servitude as a substitute for military service would be just as objectionable to the christian.
Thank you sir, for your efforts in putting this material together. This is definitely a keeper. It is plain to see that Witnesses are not guided by their Bible-trained conscience, but by what they are told to do by the organization. The 1998 article is particularly heartless, as you pointed out, in blaming the individual witness, who was merely following Watchtower orders. Yet somehow they are to blame, not the organization
Wedding anniversaries were waffledhandled the same way. For many years celebrating an anniversary was forbidden, then it was made a conscience matter. Do you know of any witness couple whose conscience still will not permit them to celebrate their anniversary? I don't.
hey guys,.
with all the talk lately about micheal jackson, i wanted talk about prince.. a few months ago, hung out with prince.
i was also planning on going to a public talk meeting with him, but i got into town too late.
I did a double take at our circuit assembly a couple years ago as I walked past Prince. He is in our circuit I guess, and there he was. He is hard to miss.
Larry Graham was interviewed at the District Convention last year. I really thought it was incredible how he was used as an example of someone who was able to simplify his life and pioneer. I guess even though I am not a multi-millionaire musician, I should somehow be able to arrange my life to devote more time to the ministry.
