Stand for Pure Worship:
For one thing they have nothing to hide or distance themselves from.
Hilarious.
A new start? Watchtower renaming at HQ Columbia Heights
by Gorbatchov 66 Replies latest jw friends
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Jeffro
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Violia
No, Steve I mean the literal expression JW, not Jehovah's witnesses, the words J and W. I was told that only the apostates called the witnesses JW"S and they viewed it as an insult. This may also be why the term "friends" and other things that were used many many years ago can now be associated with apostates. Rutherford era teachings are viewed as apostate now. Not the name but I know the acronym JW is viewed as the way apostates talk.
this all got really bad during the 80's related to the apostasy at head quarters.
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Jeffro
Violia:
No, Steve I mean the literal expression JW, not Jehovah's witnesses, the words J and W.
That is exactly what was on the banners in 1931. The letters - J & W.
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Violia
That was in the Rutherford era. By the 80's or before the jws were distancing themselves from many things , as evidenced by asking folks to get rid of their old books etc.
The 80's are still fresh in my mind, it was a scary decade.. The witnesses were very paranoid and certain expressions were associated with apostates. JW was one of them. I was told in no uncertain terms by a group of elders that use of that expression identified me with apostates as the witnesses viewed it as an insult .
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Jeffro
Violia:
That was in the Rutherford era.
Yes. But so was the subject of steve2's comment.
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factfinder
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Its funny you mention the society losing 75% of its members Robert. I was thinking if that did occur they would still have 2 million publishers, the same amount they had when I became a witness. Back then I thought the 2 million witnesses were doing a lot!
OUTLAW- neat photo!
I think it is telling in a way that the new gb is having JW.ORG banners put up instead of "Read God's Word The Holy Bible Daily'.
This gb thinks their website is much more important than the Bible!
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
"I was told that only the apostates called the witnesses JW"S and they viewed it as an insult."
Perhaps because JW is also an acronym for jerkwad.
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smiddy
And all that is needed is a nimble graffitiest with a brush to do a big "B".
Good one zeb , I like that
smiddy
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Phizzy
This could be unhelpful to the WT. Re-branding usually makes the Public ask, "why was the re-branding necessary ?" , because Companies doing such an exercise are usually wishing to cut ties to their past. Quite often they wish to distance themselves from former crap products.
Say no more.