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  Local Kingdom Hall Speakers To Be Replaced By Governing Body Video Feeds.

  by donuthole in

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  so we've seen as the current gb is getting more facetime in an effort to reach the hearts and minds of the rank and file.

  this took a leap with video feeds at an open annual meeting.

  the international conventions are taking this a step farther.. do you think that local speakers at kingdom halls could ever be replaced by headquarter approved video feeds?.

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  If the economics of it were viable, I could see it happening at some point.

  Most Kingdom Halls already have a telephone/internet link anyway so people can listen from home - decades ago that was probably thought of as unlikely too.
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  The INTJ Personality Type, (and those close to it)

  by done4good in

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  i am compelled to write a bit about this at this late hour here in the us, because it is keeping me up.. the recent four year old thread on the briggs myers personality type test that was dug up, produced an interesting finding.

  many here, (at least tested informally for), the intj personality type.

  intjs also do not understand irrational behavior particularly well at all.. why does this matter?

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  Not trying to de-rail anything here, but could it be that INTJ's are more likely the type of people that join a public internet forum to discuss their feelings and experiences etc.? Perhaps this is the preferred method of dealing with their feelings, for INTJ's? Do other personality types just let it go and move on perhaps?
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  What's your personality type? Myers-Briggs test

  by frankiespeakin in

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  take this 72 yes/no question test to find out.. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp.

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  INTJ

  Introvert(44%) Intuitive(25%) Thinking(1%) Judging(33%)

  • Moderate preference of Introversion over Extraversion (44%)
  • Moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (25%)
  • Marginal or no preference of Thinking over Feeling (1%)
  • Moderate preference of Judging over Perceiving (33%)
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  Malawi Party Card vs US Passport HYPOCRISY of Gibbering Buddy

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as we all know jws were persecuted in malawi, beaten tortured and murdered, because they would not purchase (for about 70 cents) a card saying they support the political rule at that time.

  if they did they wd be df .. what must a us citizen do in order to get a passport - and how in god's name do the wt leaders get one without a compromise nobody else wd be allowed to make?.

  is this another case like the change on vaccinations in 53,because nathan homo knorrr knew he cd die of tropical diseases touring the third world.

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  I think some of those are also reproduced in Crisis of Conscience if you have a copy.
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  Malawi Party Card vs US Passport HYPOCRISY of Gibbering Buddy

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as we all know jws were persecuted in malawi, beaten tortured and murdered, because they would not purchase (for about 70 cents) a card saying they support the political rule at that time.

  if they did they wd be df .. what must a us citizen do in order to get a passport - and how in god's name do the wt leaders get one without a compromise nobody else wd be allowed to make?.

  is this another case like the change on vaccinations in 53,because nathan homo knorrr knew he cd die of tropical diseases touring the third world.

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  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.es/2010/05/oath-of-allegiance_11.html
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  My quest for knowledge "Can birds Fart"?

  by jam in

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  i think i'm going over the edge with my quest for knowledge.

  lol.

  but there was a research on this subject and finally science answers.

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  I haven't googled yet, but I seem to remember this factoid from somwhere else - birds don't have the sphincter to keep gasses in or something.

  I don't know. It was definitely something due to the sphincter.
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  Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In All UK Public Schools

  by cantleave in

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  2. beliefs

  great news.

  http://richarddawkins.net/2014/06/teaching-creationism-as-science-now-banned-in-all-uk-public-schools/.

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  Will this apply to home schooling as well?

  I know the school inspectors were not pleased that they found some schools using the "A.C.E. textbooks" - many home schoolers will still use them though.
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  Germany loses 22 congregations and 41 KHs in 3 years (2011-2014)

  by Viva la Vida in

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  i just compared the latest data provided by the german wt and data i found searching for the same page in archive.org.

  congregations 2011: 2232. congregations 2014: 2210. kh 2011: 1075. kh 2014: 1034. source: http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/statistik.18.0.html - this is a oficial site for germany.

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  See the wonderous exp... oh never mind.

  

  

  
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  Iraq Descends Into Religious Civil War

  by cofty in

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  half a million refugees are on the move ahead of sunni jihadists in northern iraq.. the speed of the advance is startling.

  the iraqi army seems to be impotent.

  the government's attempt to declare a state of emergency had to be abandoned when insufficient mps turned up to vote.. the insurgents are just 60 miles from baghdad this evening.

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  Who is funding and arming ISIS ?

  Saudi Arabia yes, but it seems they are capturing newly-delivered arms from the USA to the Iraqi's too:

  http://www.prisonplanet.com/how-the-us-is-arming-both-sides-of-the-iraqi-conflict.html

  So the answer to who is arming Isis is that it's also partly the US, indirectly.

  It's also worth mentioning that Isis are a particularly nasty bunch - even Al Qaeda denounced them:

  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/03/al-qaeda-denounces-syrian-jihadist-group-isis.html
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  For those who feel that their life has been stolen

  by stillin in

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  you maintained a level of personal decency and integrity that you almost certainly would not have had if you had chosen another direction.. sure, you would have had some very "colorful" friends and experiences if you had gone another way, but you still chose the more "edgy" people in the congregation as your friends and you still enjoyed yourself, even if there were a lot of phony constraints.. you looked for ways to be of value to others.

  don't stop doing that!.

  you kept the darker side of your personality in check.

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  I do regret not starting my fade sooner and not investigating my doubts.

  I must say I really admire these 14/15 year olds who are waking up sooner than ever - I wish I had their courage.