Posts by 88JM

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Best Christmas Song?

by snugglebunny in

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a catchy little number this one!

curiously, this little known christmas song by perry como was actually the theme tune to the odessa file movie back in the 70's.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1uddoh-yu.

so what have you got?.

88JM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI

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ex-jw-uk

by bigmac in

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i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..

88JM

Edinburgh here. Welcome to new members!

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UPDATE APRIL 2015 New Documents Re: Charity Commission Investigation into Watchtower Britain

by jwleaks in

an updated list of documents relating to the charity commission investigation into watchtower of britain and jehovah's witnesses are available on jw leaks.. jw leaks.

original charity commission press release.

press release.

88JM

Yeah I noticed that too SBF - seems the Goddard inquiry really isn't going far enough.

Perhaps the Charity Commission will have more teeth.

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Could the Independent Inquiry in England and Wales expose jw.org's child abuse failures? And how can we help?

by defender of truth in

with all the talk about the org's policies and failures regarding child sexual abuse being publically exposed in australia, i thought that it may be a good time to highlight this... i apologise if this has already been discussed, but on the 9th of july the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales was opened.

here is some information regarding it's aims.. "about the inquiry.

the inquiry offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine the extent to which institutions and organisations in england and wales have taken seriously their responsibility to protect children.. the inquiry will investigate a wide range of institutions including:.

88JM

Sadly not seeing anything that could involve the JW's on the list that came out today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34940723

It seems the inquiry really doesn't go far enough at all.

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Decrease of numbers in Jehovah's Witnesses via Deaths, DFings, or Turning Inactive

by flipper in

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so i'm sure a good number of us saw the chart that i believe the poster splash put on another thread of figures since 1990 regarding how many baptized and % of increase each year .

i started analyzing it ( and i know some referred to it briefly on the other thread ) and guessing of reasons the % of increase didn't match the number of newly baptized.

and of course common sense tells us that either jw's leave the cult each year through death, fading into inactivity, or getting dfed.

88JM

The global numbers give some insight, but only up to a point. The country-by-country numbers will be even more fascinating - there could well be substantial decreases in already weakening countries that is being offset by bigger increases in developing territories,

The best result would actually be big swings on both sides - a huge decrease in already weakening countries, even with gaining increase in developing territories.

Even if the developing territories are increasing further, they don't bring in the cashflow that the WTBTS needs. Meanwhile a few percent decrease here and there in the top 10 countries should ring alarm bells for the leaders and perhaps even the awakening rank-and-file.

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Comment during the WT

by OneFingerSalute in

so ofs got to comment again this morning and thought the comment might bring a smile to someone.the second half question on par.

15 was, "we cannot actually see jesus, sohow can we look intently at him?".

ofs commented, "of course, we cannot literally see jesus as peter did.

88JM

nicolaou said:

I've heard of this but never actually seen it. Does anyone have a link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erWV8YnTFto&feature=youtu.be&t=17m54s

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The Man With a Secretary's Inkhorn - who he, and does he wear flip-flops?

by rory-ks in

at the agm this year geoffrey jackson identified the "man with a secretary's inkhorn," of ezekiel chapter 9 as being jesus christ.

this was declared an "adjustment" from the previous understanding that the organisation used to believe that this "man" was "the annointed.".

has the society always taught that the "man with the secretary's inkhorn" was someone other than jesus - or is this a situation where back in the mists of time the bible students understood him to be jesus, and then rutherford (or someone) identified him as "the annointed," and now they have reverted back to their initial belief?.

88JM

I seem to recall it was Russell himself at one point, but was later the anointed. I'm sure someone with better research skills would be able to verify.

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