2014 April Our Kingdom Ministry
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2014 April Our Kingdom Ministry
by WatchTower87 20 Replies latest watchtower bible
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LostGeneration
Thanks. What a depressing piece of cult propoganda...an article on how to be a "helpful companion in field service" Gag.
Oh, and check this epic presentation for the meh-morial invitation:
What Will You Say?
After giving a customary greeting, you might
say: “We are involved in a global campaign to
invite people to a very important event. The
date, time, and address are printed on this
invitation.” -
dmouse
I don't remember a big push to invite non-JWs to a convention before. Is this new?
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AndDontCallMeShirley
"A companion can provide needed support if his fellow publisher encounters a difficult situation or is unsure of how to answer a householder."
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"Difficult situation" = the JW has to explain his beliefs (i.e., think).
"Companion" coming to the rescue: "Tell them if they have a question they can go to JW.Org. Remember? Get your IPad out, silly."
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2014 Convention Reminders:
"For three days we will be able to step out of the harsh wilderness of Satan’s world and enjoy spiritual refreshment and upbuilding association in our spiritual paradise".
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Of course, if your assembly is at a WT Assembly Hall, the "spiritual paradise" will cost JWs $10,000 a day in "rent".
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The Searcher
DMOUSE - Invites for the D.C.s have been getting handed out for several years now. However, with the "consolidation" of different districts into one larger venue, the invitation will become a joke, because even Witnesses are refusing to travel such longer distances!
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thedog1
Another strange wrinkle is that all invites for the convention can now be counted as a 'placement' on the field service report each month.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
It's yet another clever way to mask falling literature sales.
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LostGeneration
Speaking of which, has anyone checked the numbers on book placements for 2013 compared to 2012?
Wasn't that the first year they allowed "email placements" of books and brochures?
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WTWizard
How's this:
We're here to spread damnation for the whole world. And we are trying to spread these LIE-bles and materials to enhance that curse, so the whole world can experience worse natural and man-made disasters and ultimately, enslavement for the whole world. Your taking our materials is helping spread this damnation.
This is part of a worldwide damnation curse to spread these damnation books worldwide and instruct the people on how to use them to enhance our global damnation. If you would like to donate money to help us spread this curse, we would be happy to accept such donations at this time.
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HayDay
What Witnesses fail to understand is that they are selling an idea, really an ideal. Their ideal is ultimately about a perfect human society. That ideal, or idea should sell itself. If this belief really were "the truth" they would have an extremely high conversion rate. Truth is backed up by factual verification and speaks for itself. Almost every human would agree -if it was True. That is the problem, it's not convincing or based on reality. So they have to sell the idea, which is almost a complete failure in the face of investigative reality.
The main idea isn't acutally if as nebulous as "basic truths" about the world, but rather a form of cognitive security based on the desire for immortality. We humans have a cognitive paradox in our thinking that can't imagine our own personal mortality, so we tend to believe in a comforting, self serving, and socially acceptable narrative that reinforces death denial and personal immortality. That's the real clincher. If Christianity didn't offer the immortality narrative (resurrection) there wouldn't be any reason to grasp any of the concepts or rules it offers or depends on. It really just comes down to not wanting to die, or imagine our own death. This belief in immortality spans all time periods of history and concepts. In effect all religions must have a "what's in it for me" (living on forever in some form) type deal. If that ideal can be refuted by reality and logic, eventually the belief will fail with the educated general populace