Yahweh’s Pagan Perjurers<\/a>.<\/p>\nNow, if you have any better ideas for renaming this religion, please post a comment with your entry. If it proves to be a winning entry I’ll insist you take the prize [there’s no way I’m ever setting foot in a Bethel again!]<\/p>\n
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Jehovah’s Witnesses need a new name for their religion. I’ve been trying to convince the Governing Body to run a contest to select a new name, the prizes being: A one-week all-expense paid trip to whichever Bethel Jehovah is currently residing at! 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I’ve been trying to convince the Governing Body to run a contest to select a new name, the prizes being:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bethel-Logo.png?fit=840%2C150\" "\\"Bethel"){kind=logo}
A one-week all-expense paid trip to whichever Bethel Jehovah is currently residing at!<\/li>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ZionsWatchTower1.jpg?fit=840%2C150\" "\\"Zion'sWatchTower\\"")
An autographed first-edition of Vol. 1 No. 1 of Zion’s Watchtower (hermetically sealed behind tinted plate glass, of course, to avoid injuring anyone with “old light”)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/baggage.png?resize=353%2C356\" "\\"baggage\\"")
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