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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  Zoos

  They left us because they were "not of our sort".

  
  

  You can say THAT again.
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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  Zoos

  I think they will exaggerate.

  
  

  I don't see how they could get away with this very easily, unless the branch bosses are just as brazenly corrupt.

  If HQ published fabricated numbers, the branch offices that send the information in would know about it and word would spread. Despite all the hullabaloo, I still think MOST people in that cult would cry foul over such a blatant misrepresentation of numbers.
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  I'm not religious I'm spiritual?

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do you guys feel when you hear people say this?

  whenever i tell people that i'm not religious, a humanist, they said i'm not religious either, i'm spiritual.

  i consider myself to be a humanist, and i can't tell you guys how happy i am being a humanist.

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  Zoos

  If people believe in it, if it makes them more comfortable at night, then by all means, believe in a spiritual world, just don't force that on me!

  
  Once you remove religion from the equation you automatically arrive at a group of people with no desire to force anything on you. A willingness to share an opinion, answer questions, ASK questions, and respect the beliefs of others, yes.

  But the force is no longer with them.
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  Elder caught on camera harassing EXJW neighbor.

  by notjustyet in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there pertinent stuff starts at 11:30 minute mark.

  it says in the video that this guy is an elder neighbor and has been shooting his chickens and also possible killing the plants in his garden.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qbgyjdy7da?t=11m29s.

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  Zoos

  Yikes! If that guy lived next door to me I'd kill his chickens too.

  I thought Medusa was supposed to be a woman.
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  Last Days? Are you serious ....?

  by Aleph in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  believing we live in the last days?.

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  Zoos

  That's IT! I'm returning to the governing body for salvation!

  [Now where did I put my credit card?]
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  Hubby has been doing research on the internet!!!!

  by atacrossroads in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.

  i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.

  after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.

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  Zoos

  "Truly, I tell you, joy arises among the angels of God over one Jehovah's Witness who comes to his senses."

  
  
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  I registered to vote yesterday.

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.

  (explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).

  they already had all my information.

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  Zoos

  Smiddy, that is exactly the battle I had in my head for the last five ears. I almost registered four years ago before the last election cycle but lingering cult thinking won out and I couldn't bring myself to do it.

  This time I decided to register because I consider myself part of the community now, with all the privileges and responsibilities that come with it.

  Thanks for your great post.
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  Scrutinizing the teaching of Jesus Christ year 1874 vs 1914

  by MacHislopp in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as the date of return of the lord jesus christ and the beginning of his invisible presence or parousia.

  what, then, about the parousia (presence) of christ?

  so a.d. 1914 marks the time of christs invisible return in spirit.

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  Zoos

  Marked
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  What kind of Scumbag steals a young boy leg braces.

  by James Mixon in

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  2. friends

  that's a sick person.

  a young boy leg braces taken from his mom's car.

  even worst.

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  Zoos

  $13,000 leg braces will bring in $20 at the the aluminum recycle center.

  That's at least two good hits off a crack pipe.
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  INSPIRED ERROR: new phrase among JW CO

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is no end to their madness.

  the co gave a talk on inspired error.

  i have never heard of it.

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  Zoos

  Doesn't it make you want to rip apart your garment and sleeveless coat and pull out some of the hair from your head and your beard and kept sitting stunned until the evening?