I have always speculated that the mods on exjw reddit are half exjw and half pimo (ie. Actually pimi pretending to be pimo, there are plenty of those about).
Annual Meeting live updates
by ukpimo 56 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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FreeTheMasons
Some politicians have learned that when it comes to free promotion, giving fake news or misleading statements can be just as effective for campaign purposes even though people can easily disprove the lies.
WT is a business corporation. They have found that spinning any exJW channels as "persecution" helps promote the business model. Leaking the annual meeting is one way to increase the amount of exJW videos in a way that isn't typically too "detrimental" to the WT image as long as they are controlling most of the exJW youtubers who have the most followed content.
WT has been known to use its illicit contacts to depress certain media stories while promoting its own desired agenda.
The government benefited from WT in the past, but at a certain point their relationship becomes a liability rather than a mutual thing.
The government would rather cut Watchtower off completely than have the masonic connection revealed.
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ukpimo
Some points from the annual meeting:
President: Gage Fleegle
Symposium by GB
Our Privilege to Glorify Jehovah - Gerrit Lösch
New kid video “Become Jehovah’s Friend - The Greatest Act of Love”
Gerrit Lӧsch announced that two additional brothers have been appointed to serve as members of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Brothers Jody Jedele and Jacob Rumph.
Opportunities to Glorify Jehovah in Bethel and Theocratic construction - Jeff Winder
GB has decided to lower the minimum age required to join Bethel from 19 to 18.
Opportunity to glorify Jehovah in the field - Mark Sanderson
Minimum age to participate in the kingdom evangelizers school has increased from 23 to 21
Don’t be surprised by sudden changes - Jeffrey Jackson
Video with a retrospective of teaching updates since 2021
Change of understanding: The destruction of Babylon the Great will be all countries willingly giving their power over to the united nations to destroy it.
Those who can post the names of the speeches in the comments and a brief transcript will be helpful. I will gradually add them to the main text of this thread.
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ThomasMore
Lowering the age for Bethel admittance and Evangelizers school is a clear sign that fewer young people are applying. They are trying to get the labor they need BEFORE that labor gets disenchanted and fades.
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EdenOne
Apart the announcement of two new GB members ... big nothingburger.
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nowwhat?
Perfect example of why not to pay attention to all the speculation out there about more changes
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BoogerMan
Overwhelming message:
"We're running out of young & healthy free labour within Branches and for our expanding real estate business, so please put as much
pressureencouragement on the congregation kids to sign up ASAP." -
JW GoneBad
I agree...the 2024 JW AGM turned out for the most part to be a Nothing Burger!
Mark Sanderson stressed: "We need...We need...We need more free labor!" I must say he came across as somewhat desperate!
Jeffrey Jackson said something along the lines of "Don't Be Surprised By Sudden Changes"! Maybe implying that there is much more to come by way of 'Changes' in the not too distant future.
In the past WT described & insulted the recent increase in partakers as mentally deceased...today Jeffrey Jackson acknowledged them and went so far as welcoming them to the racks of newly anointed ones. I thought that was rather weird!
GB Woody Harrelson as Chairman of the AGM was well...Woody Harrelson! 😀😃
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Beth Sarim
Yeas.
This 2024 annual meeting is pretty much a nothing ,,, burger
Governing body addition(s).
Governing body praise & attention to them.. Just the usual.
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LongHairGal
JWGONEBAD & BETH SARIM:
To be honest, I didn’t really expect to read about any big changes at this 2024 annual meeting.
The annual meeting last year had enough serious changes that people in the religion are still reeling from.. To add any more now would send more Witnesses stampeding towards the door. They don’t want to lose everybody do they? So, they are playing it cool. But, I wonder if them adding those two new GB members might mean that somebody’s going to have to go(?)
It will be interesting to see what happens but even if they did nothing..the older die-hard JWs in congregations all over are decreasing with time!