Joker10

Joined

• started 65 topics
• posted 691 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Joker10

• 
  22

  I'm lonely

  by fader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm lonely.

  not much to do here in togo.

  can't even think of anything to say to start some sort of interesting conversation so that i could post replies and 'talk' to people.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  Please tell us if your job is worth it. I mean do you really enjoy living in Togo?
• 
  20

  Do other religions use the name Jehovah?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when people hear the name jehovah, they automatically think jehovah witnesses.

  i know that in old catholic bibles, the word jehovah might be found or jahweh.

  is it the jw's who came out with that name first or did other religions use it before the jw's?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  I've read the name Jehovah in Catholic bibles myself. If you tune to a Relgion TV station you will hear the name Jehovah once in a while. At least this is the case in L.A.
• 
  55

  The Watchtower Attendance Crisis

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if the average congregation has about 83 publishers in the us, then the organization may be sinking into a crisis.. take that 83 and consider that half the congregations may have less.. take away '15 minute publishers' who don't attend.

  take away completely fake publishers who rarely attend.

  take away increasingly tired publishers who 'feel sick', are depressed, or just want to stay at home and watch tv.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  There's always more people attending that the number of publishers.
• 
  26

  Please help! Where can I go for support in my area. Igrew up in Jehovah W

  by RiRi in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm so scared!

  i need help and support.

  where can i go for support in my are.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  I don't believe the religion scrared you. I believe it was your parents.
• 
  15

  How many are in the average hall now?

  by pc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always thought around 125 or so.

  i just asked my brother how many are in his hall and he said about 80. i thought that sounded very low.

  anyone have any info?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  Old congregation was of 180 on Sundays. And the new cong. is of some 125.
• 
  19

  Serena Williams

  by Kenneson in

  1. social
  2. physical

  see "serena's next game.

  sidelined by knee surgery, the tennis champ talks about life off the court--including her acting career.".

  and check out sister venus as she models serena's designs!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  Maybe Venus carried the flag because she represented the U.S.?
• 
  24

  Anointed in JW's midst?

  by Noumenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in your time with jw's did you meet any of the 'anointed' ?.

  i have met a number over the years, and they all seemed very normal, intelligent, balanced, loving people.

  i've met a few obviously 'bogus' ones too.. my question is (atheists, agnostics, and god/bible basher please ignore and move on to another thread): what if there are genuinely anointed christians in jw's midst?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  Knew of 2 of them. A 60-something elder who came from to Florida to California in time for the Memorial. Also a very well known sister who died last year. She was in her 80s. She went trough a lot of persecution in Cuba and married a man who supposedly helped the preaching work in Cuba during the early years. When she came to the U.S., she and her family helped to form congregations in SE L.A. She used to help care for me at the hall when I was a baby.
• 
  91

  Coke or Pepsi ???

  by dh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i prefer pepsi, but i like coke after greasy food.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  Pepsi
• 
  11

  Educational achievement of JW's - statistics?

  by somebodylovesme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering if anyone has seen any kind of data related to the highest educational levels attained by jws... don't they ask for religion and education on the census?

  i seem to remember my mom mentioning something about a study awhile back that listed the percentage of each religion's followers that had college degrees - only at the time, we were looking for info on a different religion, so i didn't take note of the jw level.

  anyone have any ideas?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  The average Witness with only a high school education is probably better educated than others with similar amounts of schooling, because Witness children are very shaped-up, and are expected to study and get good grades. This is supported by performances on the 10-word vocabulary test included in the General Social Surveys. Active Witnesses score as well on this test as do members of the general population who have attended college and almost as well as those who have graduated?inactive Witnesses do not perform nearly as well. In addition to being better students when they are in school, this may also reflect the emphasis the Witnesses place on speaking and writing. Observers believe that Witnesses in Africa and Latin America are substantially bettereducated, and more apt to have technical training than the average citizen

  (Penton, 1985: 273).
• 
  31

  what do you believe???

  by walker22 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been df for a nummber of years now and have recently been doing research via the web for the past few weeks.

  mostly because my new husband has been also doing his own research because i have been saying for years i want to go back, but never have and he had questions about the religion that he didnt understand.

  the only time i ever go to the hall is for the memorial.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Joker10

  I don't know how, when you were a Witness, you didnt know Russell stated JWs. If you think you'll get a blalance viewpoint about JWs here, you are wrong. Many here hate JWs.