Material support needed:
1) family? If not
2) Government? if not
3) congregation? if not
??????
Funny, the Government is suddenly a better option to seek material support than congregation or even the WT org.... it says a lot.
menrov
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3 Letters Arrived--English and Spanish! (As of 2020-04-08)
by Atlantis inenglish--2020-04-08--addendum to the march 24, letter.. https://docdro.id/v8savbuspanish--2020-04-08--addendum to the march 24, letterhttps://docdro.id/hxrhew6spanish--zoom instructionshttps://docdro.id/mmmurmdpetra!https://docdro.id/ebxf7nz
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3 Letters Arrived!--(As of 2020-04-06)
by Atlantis in2020-04-03--support during coronavirus pandemic.
https://docdro.id/cvkzlpi.
2020-04-04--announcement.
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menrov
First letter says: Thank you for caring so well for Jehovah's sheep
Since when are the R&F considered to be sheep??
Further, in the letter, there is not even one mentioning of Jesus.......amazing considering that He is supposed to be the Head of the congregations.
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Evidence of WT bad intent - How they handled changing the meaning of "porneia"
by AlainAlam insorry, long post :) i'm considering evidence that at least at some point, the gb/watchtower had bad intentions.
i would like to share the following: *** w74 11/15 p. 703 questions from readers ***do lewd practices on the part of a married person toward that one’s own mate constitute a scriptural basis for the offended mate to get a divorce?there are times when lewd practices within the marriage arrangement would provide a basis for a scriptural divorce.. based on this, some jw chose to divorce.
but then:*** w83 3/15 p. 30 honor godly marriage!
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menrov
It says:
Those who acted on the basis of the knowledge they had at the time
You wonder where that knowledge came from? Like with many other "mistakes", it is always the believer who is wrong.
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WT, and more contact, Do you think it is Narc Hoovering?
by Wakanda inthe behavior from the org lately had me a bit confused, as it seemed to fall outside of their norm.
i'm not talking the hardcore armageddon wishers texting each other about peace and security, etc.
* but, the elders contacting people daily, and having extra meetings where they have all their additional rules.
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menrov
I guess most JW's suddenly see that other religions do a lot more to help people, also non-religious organisation etc. All this is reported in the news. WT might see the threat that their R&F can start to join these non-JW approved activities. So, they decided to mimic these acts of charity but of course, only among themselves.
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What's the difference? Million? Billion? Trillion? For the curious among us ...
by Terry inwhat's the difference?
a millionaire, a billionaire, and a trillionaire recognize each other outside an attorney’s office.
chat reveals each of them just signed off on their last will and testament.millionaire: “i feel really good about what i did here today.
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menrov
I still lack 999,999.00 to reach my first million......yeah....
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No Need to pass the bread and wine!
by eyeuse2badub inlogged into a zoom 'pep talk' from one of the local elders last night.
about 9 families were connected via zoom which was pretty cool.
however the information shared was even better.
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menrov
it will be the best memorial ever
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Public Talk Outlines!
by Atlantis incurrent public talk outlines.
blank page between each talk.. .
https://docdro.id/w209l0s.
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menrov
Jesus mentioned 697 times Jehovah mentioned 1776 time. I rest my case.
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2020--02--3 New Letters Arrived!
by Atlantis in2020-02-s-147--announcements and reminders.
https://docdro.id/stpo5fj.
2020-02-s-126-e--memorial chairman.
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menrov
It is called the "annual observance of the memorial of Christ's death". In other words, the whole event is to be observed, not to participate. I wonder where Jesus said that HIs offer should be remembered this way....
pfff....what do I know.
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Watch Tower's Popularity
by dydeonwl inwatchtower has been named as world's most published and circulated magazine in us.
amazing.
source:.
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menrov
The article says: "More than 50 million copies are sold in a month in major countries of the world where Bible is read. This magazine is published by a reputable agency Jehovah’s Witnesses."
First, the WT is not sold but distributed (placed), free of cost to the recipient.
Second, it is apparently published by a "reputable agency" .... funny, not a religion organization but an agency....and one wonders why it is reputable
What is missing is how many of these free of charge WT's magazine end up unread in the garbage can.
Also, how did they measure popularity ??
Anyway, this is about US made magazines. I wonder if you would look at free newspapers in the UK for example or certain publications in China or India.
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Current JW growth in the United States in historical perspective and in comparison with other groups
by slimboyfat incurrent jw growth is slower than during most of their history.
the only probable exceptions are following 1975 when there was a brief worldwide decrease, the late 1920s when around half of the members left the movement, perhaps around the 1917 schism, and various schisms during russell’s time.
there were also periods of sluggish growth during the 1950/60s and around 2000. .
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menrov
It is understandable the WT has grown as they have a large marketing / sales team at their disposal, the so-called publishers. We all agree that they are not very effective (hours spent versus new JW's) but as they spend a lot of time on it, they manage to grow.
Any organisation who would have so many people at their disposal to promote the organisation, would generate some growth.
Still, interesting to see these differences among some religious organisations.