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  Anyone read William Barclay's works?

  by eyeslice in

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  i wandered into a "christian" book store the other day, i was out of town on business, not sure that i would do it in my own town, where i might get spotted and ratted on to the elders.. i bought a copy of one of william barclay's book, a study of john's gospel.. as i read it, i keep thinking how good it is compared with the watchtower!

  the society bangs on about the abundance of spiritual food but i find the watchtower and most other society literature shallow and unchallenging.

  i can speed read a watchtower in about 5 minutes and still keep abreast with "new light".. this guy, barclay, however really knew his stuff and was not afraid to go into detail.

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  Granted, Barclay's books are very readable, but I think that his skepticism towards the veracity of the Bible cannon negates much of the apparent value of his work. He believed in the source theory concerning the books of Moses and did not believe that 2 Peter was written by the apostle.

  To those of you who point out that his writing is of better quality than those of the faithful steward, I would say that I consider it more important that a writer believes unreservedly that the Bible is inspired of God than any ability he has in displaying good stylistic qualities.
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  Any pictures of smoking dead fred?

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  it was only the 70s that smoking was banned wasn't it?

  so i was wondering of anyone has any pictures of and of the watchtower leaders smoking before that.

  was russell or rutherford a puffer?

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  It was only the 70s that smoking was banned wasn't it? So I was wondering of anyone has any pictures of and of the Watchtower leaders smoking before that. Was Russell or Rutherford a puffer? What about all the govening body memebers, surely one or two of them smoked before the rule was introduced. Has anyone got any information on this?
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  the is what i love about water

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  http://ionengine .blogspot.com/edwin_morgan.html.

  courtesy of spazz

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  http://ionengine.blogspot.com/edwin_morgan.html

  courtesy of SPAZZ
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  2002 annual report

  by izobcenec in

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  silentlambs has provided the folowing numbers:.

  increase of average publishers:

  usa 3% (last year 1%)

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  107 742 divided by 107 281 does not equal 1.00489.

  Try again.
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

  what do you think about them?.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  can't argue with that, ballistic. but if we are comparing with recent years, then it is an improvement (normative view of course). i suspect that the rate of growth in world population is not much above 2.8% (the increase in JWs) though. have you got any idea about that figure, i would be interested to know.

  As I have said before, those who try to "blame" the increase on 9/11 are ingnoring inconvenient fact that JWs did better almost everywhere last year, not just in America or in the so-called coalition against terror countires. For instance, Russia increased 6% this year, compared with only 4% last year. I am also not convinced that the people in Italy, Spain, France, Norway, and Portugal were so affected by the terrible events in New York so that the persistent decreases in JWs would sudenly turn into increases.

  It cannot simply be inactive ones returning either, because baptisms are up, and bible studies are up almost 8%.

  Let's just accept the fact, JWs, once again, are on the increase.
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

  what do you think about them?.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  Wrong, baptisms are up.

  Last year: 263 431

  This year: 265 469

  True, a modest increase of 0.8%, but it does show that the growth cannot simply be attributed to the so-called 15 minute rule. Pioneers, hours, and memorial attendance are all up.

  What is the real indicator that Jehovah's Witnesses are again on the increase is the big jump in the number of Bible studies, which are up 7.9% worldwide.

  Those who claim that the increase is largely due to 9/11 are left with the problem that the increase includes countires that have very little to do with it, or the "war on terror". France, for instance, which has been decreasing seriously for tears (last year -2%), is up 1% this year.

  Canada was up 1% too.

  Apostates will be loath to admit it, but Jehovah's Witnesses are once again on the increase, and the big jump in Bible Studies and more pioneers out there, the increase looks bound to last a few years at least.
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  Ideology Poll

  by cellomould in

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  your opinion here:.

  is the 'war on terrorism' ideologically driven?.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  No.

  The "war on terror" is not ideology driven, it is OIL driven. Only ordinary Americans seem to be unaware of this.

  This war cannot be explained as a reponse to what happened 11/9/02, why? Because Bush was talking about it well before that.

  So gullable.

  Americans - where would the world be without them? I just love 'em.
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  Runningman:

  8 760
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  I can only give a short summary.

  3% increase in ave. pub. in USA

  1% increase in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Italy and many more european countires too.

  2% increase in France

  6% in Russia

  Japan 0%

  Worldwide an increase of 2.8% (up on 1.7% last year).

  If there is any specific figure you want to know, then ask me.

  As for introducing myself, can I please do that later. For now I will just say that I have been watching you all here for a while ;-) and say that all you really need to know about me is what i love about water.
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

  what do you think about them?.

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  whatiloveaboutwater

  Has anyone seen the new figures in the Jan 1st Watchtower - I have. What do you think about them?