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  Anyone have an s-77 form?

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've searched this site and and all of the links (posted 7-8 years ago) are dead.. i also tried googling it, but to no avail.. there was one pretty poorly scanned copy on here.. .

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  boc.

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  Don't forget the blue envelope!
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  "I am Happy to be Controlled" - Edinburgh Elder on Cult Cart

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so my wife and i were up in edinburgh for the weekend for the international festival - we had a great weekend including going to see the military tattoo at the castle.. we were walking up the royal mile watching the street performers among hundreds of thousands of others from all over the world when i spotted the cult cart in it's usual spot being universally ignored.

  feeling confident after my confrontation a couple of weeks ago we decided to go and have a chat with the two men.

  i asked them if they were keeping up with the events in australia and proceeded to share lots of information with them.

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  88JM

  No problem - glad you had a good time.
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  "I am Happy to be Controlled" - Edinburgh Elder on Cult Cart

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so my wife and i were up in edinburgh for the weekend for the international festival - we had a great weekend including going to see the military tattoo at the castle.. we were walking up the royal mile watching the street performers among hundreds of thousands of others from all over the world when i spotted the cult cart in it's usual spot being universally ignored.

  feeling confident after my confrontation a couple of weeks ago we decided to go and have a chat with the two men.

  i asked them if they were keeping up with the events in australia and proceeded to share lots of information with them.

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  Oh hey cofty! I just moved to Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago - if you fancy a pint while you're here, let me know.
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  Are beards allowed yet for MS and Elders??

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember a little over 15 years ago, one of my first jobs at a grocery store, the manager was happy that they passed a new policy allowing them to grow a beard.

  previously they were not allowed.

  among the usa, i guess beards were considered not very professional still.

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  I did notice there seemed to be quite a few bearded attendants at the convention here in Scotland last week.
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  Geoffrey Jackson: "That would be presumptuous of us"...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  within the first few minutes, mr. stewart asked geoffrey jackson if the members of the governing body consider themselves to be god's spokesperson on earth.. his response: "that would be presumptuous of us" (implying that they don't consider themselves to be god's sole channel of communication).. to me, that was the worst lie of about 26 lies he's told during this hearing.

  however, mr. stewart missed an opportunity to call out mr. jackson on this bold-faced lie.

  he should have asked him to explain why the watchtower magazine teaches otherwise.

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  "That would be presumptuous of us" (But disagree with it and you'll be out so fast your feet won't touch the ground.)
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  Need the hardest evidence possible that humans have lived for more than 6000 years

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since coming out of the witnesses, i have gone through a transformation in thought and in mind.

  i started with the usual: i thought that jesus was god.

  then i investigated more about the bible and thought that the bible was not true, given the many contradictions, failed prophecies, etc.. then i investigated evolution and read lots and now i accept evolution and natural selection as things that are true.. now, i need to make my dad rethink everything.

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  http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~dmthieme/Geomorph/Walker_2005_QuaternaryDatingMethods.pdf

  That's a great find, ILoveTTATT2
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  Need the hardest evidence possible that humans have lived for more than 6000 years

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since coming out of the witnesses, i have gone through a transformation in thought and in mind.

  i started with the usual: i thought that jesus was god.

  then i investigated more about the bible and thought that the bible was not true, given the many contradictions, failed prophecies, etc.. then i investigated evolution and read lots and now i accept evolution and natural selection as things that are true.. now, i need to make my dad rethink everything.

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  An answer to creationist's attacks on c-14 dating:
  http://ncse.com/cej/3/2/answers-to-creationist-attacks-carbon-14-dating

  Yes you can try to shoot down their pathetic excuses for ignoring C-14 dating, but they always tend to retreat to the excuse of: "Satan altered it to test us" or "God-magic changed everything".

  Really you have to point out that there are many many reliable corroborating methods of archaeological dating. If someone is willing to dismiss so many multiple lines of evidence under the excuse of "God-magic", then they are beyond reasoning and it means God is playing a total game with us.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_methodologies_in_archaeology
  
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  Western Decline is a Reality - 2015 Memorial Attendance

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as has been observed in western congos, the decline is real.. usa is 12.475 % less -2015 vs 2014.

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  This review demonstrates the value in seeing the number of attendances over several successive years.

  Yes - I think it's pretty well established that the day of the week makes a big difference to the numbers. Memorials on or around the weekend will usually get a bigger attendance.
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  Regional Convention in Scotland

  by The Searcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  walking towards my seat after lunch, i made eye-contact with a j.w.

  male walking towards me.

  as we were passing, he smiled and said 'hello', so i replied with, 'hello'.. well, if a member of the g.b.

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  OneFingerSalute:

  Did you also notice that sister giving her exprience who was a part-time radiologist at the hospital? Apparently all her "worldly" co-workers are shagging each other. WTF?
  You've got to be kidding! That was the EXACT SAME experience given at the con-vention I was at in the central United States!

  That's very interesting, though not really surprising.
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  Regional Convention in Scotland

  by The Searcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  walking towards my seat after lunch, i made eye-contact with a j.w.

  male walking towards me.

  as we were passing, he smiled and said 'hello', so i replied with, 'hello'.. well, if a member of the g.b.

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  88JM

  Whoa whoa - did anyone else here this Sunday afternoon notice that they totally didn't have the financial statement read out? Has anyone noticed that at their convention?

  8,500+ in attendance with 39 baptised by the way.