Posts by stuckinarut2

all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.

stuckinarut2

So, for decades we were told:

"Expansion and building is a sign of Jehovah's blessing!"

So what does this contraction now mean....?? Try spinning this one GB

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Kingdom Hall Closures In Canada.

by Lost in the fog in

one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.

"in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.

all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.

stuckinarut2

'wondrous contraction is now taking place!"

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Just a thought

by moley in

just a hypothetical question.

if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.

i would.

stuckinarut2

Would you want to live in a dictatorship where you would be expected to conform without question to the authority of a being who masacred billions of people because they didnt praise him every day??

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BS stories in the publications

by Billzfan23 in

this is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.

"wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.

on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.

stuckinarut2

Sounds just like an "experience" that happened to a mormon friend of a friend's cousin's mother in utah

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What changes would stabilize JW membership?

by StarryNight9 in

i've seen many topics about how things are changing or might be changing in jw doctrine/culture.

some have extrapolated how those changes would result in declining jw membership.

i'm curious to know what changes others think would stabilize those numbers.

stuckinarut2

Great suggestions above!

The best way for them to "stabilize" the numbers, is to encourage more births!

The only way they will get more numbers is from the Born-ins.

It is a "revolving door" religion. Many leave...and the numbers are propped up by new born-ins getting baptised.

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Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

by pixel in

to all bodies of elders .

re: audio at sign-language meetings .

dear brothers: .

stuckinarut2

What a ridiculous letter!

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"New Kingdom Halls Being Built Around the World.........."

by The Fall Guy in

that's what a very elderly jw sister said to me this afternoon, in response to all the sell-offs.

i didn't contradict her - she's far too close to the end, but if it had been a younger jw i'd have suggested this:.

"isn't it a pity that the society doesn't have a section on its web site where it could post photographs of all the new kingdom halls that are getting built every week/month?

stuckinarut2

Oh dear...the level of cognitive dissonance is appalling!