i have the first volumes of the watchtower from the 1800's to the 1900's.. .
i will highlight vol.
2 january 15, 1892 to help the reader understand the truth regarding russell and his supposed appointment as, what the watchtower this year referred to, "he certainly was that minister" ...making vague reference to his being called "the laodicean minister" (found on his tombstone).
What is interesting to remember is that at this time the Watchtower was operating out of PENNSYLVANIA!
And Pennsylvania was full of GERMANS!
I wonder how much that effected CTR's viewpoint?
"Pennsylvania has the largest population of German-Americans in the U.S."
hello to all pomos, pimos and lurkers!
i would firstly like to introduce myself, as i should have done in my initial post.
i will remain anonymous for this website.
DATA-DOG: I don't know why everyone bashes Cedars.
One of the reasons was/is this and the whole way it was handled:
(following the launch they changed their name, keeping the same initials)
hello to all pomos, pimos and lurkers!
i would firstly like to introduce myself, as i should have done in my initial post.
i will remain anonymous for this website.
pomo6780: This topic is closed. Any moderators, please remove this. or anyone looking here, just ignore it
Why?
In your own words in your OP - you declared this would be both "scathing and very uncomfortable" to read.
Just because it has perhaps become 'scathing and very uncomfortable' to read sooner than you thought, doesn't mean it should be ignored.
hmm, it's taken the big gb a long while to approve the annual meeting to be uploaded to their beloved tv.jw.org site.
well.... from what i've read, it looks like they'll probably have to cut out a lot of embarrassing bits.
wonder how lett's "immorality ... i mean immortality" would look on an official society video?
looks like the wt are even reducing the video content nowadays...... no jw tv monthly broadcast for december 2017 - instead it is replaced with the 'gilead graduation part 1' programme.
issues with translation - apparently replacing the monthly broadcast with the hour long 'spiritual' part of the graduation means that the wt are able to translate it into more languages than before.. plus more.....
brain tumor-associated psychosis and spirituality: a case report (jw) - frontiers in psychiatry (switzerland), nov 14, 2017. .
Looks like the WT are even reducing the video content nowadays.....
No JW TV Monthly Broadcast for December 2017 - instead it is replaced with the 'Gilead Graduation Part 1' programme
Issues with translation - apparently replacing the Monthly Broadcast with the hour long 'spiritual' part of the Graduation means that the WT are able to translate it into more languages than before.
plus more....
seen in the 03/2018 watchtower study :.
"during the 2017 service year, more than 284,000 “rightly disposed” individuals symbolized their dedication to jehovah by water baptism.".
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-march-2018/baptism-requirement-for-christians/.
Brokeback Watchtower: Say USA has 52,000 congregation
There are 14,040 congregations in the US.
Last year 28,588 where baptised in the US.
On average two people from each US congregation got baptised last year.
Year-on-year, average publishers in the US increased by 2,945, from 1,195,081 in 2015 to 1,198,026 in 2016.
just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.
clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.
their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
darkspilver: FYI, OUTLINES, translated from English to Spanish, for the current one-day 2018 Kingdom Ministry School for Elders
Now both original ENGLISH outlines and VIDEOS are available to download for the 2018 Ministry School for Elders AND Ministerial Servants.
(btw, even the Elders don't get to see/know what specific/unique stuff the Ministerial Servants are told)
there’s all this talk about combining congregations to enhance kingdom hall utilization.
the branch offices keep calling the halls half full.
are they half full or half empty?
Watch the video!
It's a 200 seater Kingdom Hall with 4 English (or same language) congregations
Each congregation has an average attendance of 120. (4 x 120 = 480)
The 4 congregations are then merged into 3 congregations
Thus each congregation will now have an average attendance of 160 in a 200-seater KH.
WT VIDEOS: Merging Congregations and Seat Utilization (from Nov 2016 and July 2017)
one of us on netflix.
this is a documentary on hasidism.
i wish one day a similar documentary will be made for watchtower.
The other Jewish film doing the rounds is Menashe.
Based around the life of Menashe Lustig, a 38-year-old Hasidic Jew and native of the Hasidic enclave New Square in Brooklyn.
Sadly his wife died, and the rabbi has said that until he remarries, he would be an unfit parent for his son.
But Lustig refuses to remarry, and so his son lives with another Hasidic family.
one of us on netflix.
this is a documentary on hasidism.
i wish one day a similar documentary will be made for watchtower.
