Pomo because of Proclaimers book, 1995 generation change and Daniel prophecy book (page 2)

DesirousOfChange

This Organization is now for the ignorant and willful suckers . . .

Or those "faking it" for the social aspects. Ignore what they say and concentrate on how they live. How many JWs LIVE like "it's right around the corner"?

A lot fewer than used to. The conversation around the end is very different than it used to be. I’m still reeling from the fact that the summer convention released the first episode of a proposed 18 episode movie of the life of Jesus. What sort of message does that send about the nearness of Armageddon? It could be the 2030s before the project ever gets finished. I remember some JWs used to get twitchy if the speaker at the convention talked about next year’s convention without qualifying it with a comment about Armageddon coming first.

On the other hand, at least until the last year or so, JWs are still very active and engaged with the religion in other respects. There is a high number of pioneers and auxiliary pioneers and people still go on preaching vacations where the need is greater and all the kind of thing. Maybe participation in the ministry will begin to decrease because publishers no longer report hours. It would be remarkable if it didn’t have at least some dampening effect on participation in preaching. If it goes really pair-shaped then it’s possible to imagine a steep decline in preaching in the medium to long term. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

Beth Sarim

How many JWs live like the "end" is right around the corner?

Not many. Large luxurious homes. A 5th wheel,,motorboats. Mercedes,,,BMWs,,Teslas.

Those are the ones who berate you for having a good jon.

Beth Sarim

It was my awakening culminating with the Revelation Climax book.

We went through it probably a half dozen times since its release in the late 1980s.

To have a release or an insert to go along with it around 2006. Then the Revelation book was unceremoniously dumped shortly after.

Because the Borg was involved with the U.N. from 1992 until 2001. The Borg applied for membership I believe in 1991.

That's why the Revelation book was "changed & dumped".

My ""ahaha" moment.

Beth Sarim

Lol,,my previous post,,,typo I mean you get blackballed & looked down upon for having a good job,,,,not ''jon"".🤣

LongHairGal

BETH SARIM:

Yes, 1995 did it for me. I was in the hall and felt like I got sucker punched because I first heard it there and had not prepared for the meeting.

I also recall being bothered because they just sneaked it into the paragraph. Were they hoping nobody would notice?.. Well, I noticed it and I then vowed on the spot to get out of the religion and I did.

As for your comment about those with fancy cars, etc. making judgmental remarks about people with decent jobs (ie. anything other than the approved cleaning); I was a target of that hate campaign.. But, I ignored those hypocrites and kept on working full time like many responsible people did.. No regrets.

Beth Sarim

That 1995 generation teaching they thought they would just slip in there & nobody noticing,,,yeah right!!

People aren't stupid.

Combined with the masthead on the Awake magazine changing from '1914' to 'about to take place'.

People aren't that stupid.

Gorb

They introduced it with the words "some witness thought..."

That line was the end of my loyality to them.

Gorby

slimboyfat

Yeah whoever wrote that thought they were being smart, or appealing to their GB bosses, or whatever. Even if it loses member I guess they prefer that to losing face.

slimboyfat

For me a real hair raising phrase came in 1996 when the WT claimed that the wrong interpretation of the superior authorities in the 30s to the 60s was a good thing because it helped JWs not to compromise during war. Can wrong interpretations be good?

Pomo because of Proclaimers book, 1995 generation change and Daniel prophecy book

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