Thank you Cedars for your research!
Happy new year to you!
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2012 report analysis - growth of JWs according to local internet availability
by cedars inhi everyone.
i did a similar chart to the one below last year, but this year i thought i'd make it slightly more meaningful by giving the statistics across three years rather than just one.. hopefully it's fairly self explanatory.. i'm making the data i've used available in a separate pdf download for those who are interested.. .
cedars.
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Storing up treasures in heaven - when do we get to see them?
by truthseeker ini often heard the phrase "store up treasures in heaven" but never really knew what it meant.. if we're all going to be living on paradise earth, what good is it storing up treasures in heaven if we never get to see them?.
or am i missing something here?.
it would make better sense if we were going to heaven after we finish our life here..
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I often heard the phrase "store up treasures in heaven" but never really knew what it meant.
If we're all going to be living on Paradise Earth, what good is it storing up treasures in heaven if we never get to see them?
Or am I missing something here?
It would make better sense if we were going to heaven after we finish our life here.
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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!
by megaflower in"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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It's a conscience matter
congregation get together
Jehovah's smile of approval
"I have a study at [insert time]"
streetwork
cargroup
can you auxiliary pioneer during the months of...
the Memorial Season
the Special Talk
young ones
brothers, are you reaching out?
be humble
the approved hotel list
stumbling block
evening witnessing
are you giving a thorough witness?
Persecution
The happiest people on earth
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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!
by megaflower in"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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My favorite:
"Build anticipation"
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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!
by megaflower in"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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We don't know what Jehovah has in store for us
We'd like to ask the friends to take their seats
Jehovah's loving reminders
Professed Christians (mostly used in WTs)
The after-the-meeting cleaning is the privilege of the [insert group]
We've missed you
Spiritually mature ones
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Are We Living At The End Of An Age?
by metatron ini hardly know what else to call it.
i have felt many emotions in my life and anxiety, many times but this is different.. it's a sense of the impending, a build up of pressure like a wall of water behind a cracking dam.
when does it break?.
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I completely agree with Metatron.
Perhaps it's because human society has reached such a level of connectedness that we are at that "Tower of Babel" moment where there is one voice and nothing in mind that humans cannot accomplish.
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose inour friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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RIP Oompa,
You will be missed
Truthseeker
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ABOUT TERRY
by Quentin interry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.
his face and neck are very swollen.
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Terry,
I am so sorry to hear about your illness and I wish you a speedy recovery.
Truthseeker
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Do You Still Have Dreams with JW Scenarios ? My recent Dream- Opinions...
by flipper in... appreciated !
as some of you know i've been logging my dreams since dec. of 2010 and am up to 184 pages worth now.
some of them have been disturbing dreams dealing with jw expereiences as i was a jw from birth until age 44 when i exited 9 years ago.
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Since leaving the JWs, I have had many dreams about my old life, none of them good, all of them weird.
Most times, I am in the kingdom hall and the "friends" are ignoring me. In my dream, they know my status and turn their heads away when we make eye contact.
Some dreams I am still an active but doubting dub in good standing and I'm asked to give talks. I end up not giving them because I don't believe what they have to say.
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Born-ins (childhood memories)
by tornapart inas a born in, or in at a very young age, what were your worst memories as a young jw child?.
i remember not being allowed to go to sleep in the meetings when i was tired.
not being allowed to do lots of things at school other kids could do.
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Where do I start?
Boring three day assemblies. Sitting in Twickingham stadium on a roasting hot day listening to mind numbing symposiums.
Friday night school and service meetings
Having no friends in the kingdom hall and not allowed to have non JW friends
Being afraid that Jehovah would destroy me at Armageddon because I didn't enjoy the ministry
Not being able to go on a school camping trip
Us vs them mentality
Having to leave the assembly hall when prayers were said
The relentless bullying at school. Being called jovah witness.
Hoping there were no classmates living in the territory we worked
Long coach rides to hayesbridge assembly hall.
I grew up socially awkward and weird. I did get asked out by girls but always turned them down. One girl was persistent at work. I felt so bad.
You grow up being tuned into negative news and I worried about what would happen during the great tribulation. I often had bad dreams about this.
Studying the chapters on sex in the "your youth" book with my mother and eventually the "young people ask" book
Always being told to do more, more, more