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  Didn't get the Watchtower today at all

  by Pioneerbot in

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  i know it's dumb to think it would make sense.

  i've been telling myself to lay low because everytime i ask a question now my husband says i have a negative attitude and i sound like an apostate.

  hmmm wonder why.

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  berrygerry

  If hubby said that - here's a strategy.

  First off, WT views letters as "spiritual weakness." If they eventually answer, they notify the writer's congregation elders about the correspondence.

  So, I suggest telling hubby that you feel that it would be presumptuous for a woman to directly contact the Society. So, you would be more than willing to jointly compose the letter, but to respectfully send it in his name.

  Fallout may take a number of months, but it will come - in only a positive way for you (and ultimately, for hubby).
  
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  Didn't get the Watchtower today at all

  by Pioneerbot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know it's dumb to think it would make sense.

  i've been telling myself to lay low because everytime i ask a question now my husband says i have a negative attitude and i sound like an apostate.

  hmmm wonder why.

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  berrygerry

  If God were your Dad, then you would be a sibling to ToMo.

  That's not possible, because you may recall, that ToMo appeals to his Big Brother (Jesus).

  Sorry, Pioneerbot, but your smaller-then-men cranium is showing.

  However, commendation is warranted that you are asking these questions of your head.

  In future, we would recommend that you continue this course, and no longer submit questions to persons that are not your head.

  Christian Love and Greetings,

  Watch Tower Blah Blah Blah
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses May Have Peaked in Membership at 8 Million (+/-)

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't have all the details of their new "service year" numbers, but i have read enough on jwn to state my opinion pretty strongly.. memorial attendance for 2015 was down.while they kept saying they were going to build a bunch of new kingdom halls, and everybody is still in recovery from watchtower taking all the local money away, they say pretty much that there isn't enough money to build new kingdom halls.putting gb members on the videos at jw .

  org has allowed people to really put a face and personality to these guys and remove the mystery of how they should be such deeply spiritual serious men.

  instead they see silly thoughts about tight pants and, really everything that comes out of lett's mouth is delivered ultra-goofy, along with the money reports.. the gb lost credibility a little more with every new light that shone down, with the strangest one being "overlapping generation.

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  Flipper, I don't think that they'll admit old doctrines were wrong any time in the immediate future

  ARC

  27 Q. Is that something that you foresee might happen ‐ in
  28 other words, that an apology at least be considered?
  29 A. The Governing Body has apologised on other matters, so
  30 for me to say ‐ I can't speak collectively for everybody,
  31 but we have apologised on things in the past, in other
  32 areas, so it is perceivable.
  

  BULL-F***ING-SHIT.

  These pompous pieces of excrement have NEVER apologized for a single thing, and never will.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses May Have Peaked in Membership at 8 Million (+/-)

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't have all the details of their new "service year" numbers, but i have read enough on jwn to state my opinion pretty strongly.. memorial attendance for 2015 was down.while they kept saying they were going to build a bunch of new kingdom halls, and everybody is still in recovery from watchtower taking all the local money away, they say pretty much that there isn't enough money to build new kingdom halls.putting gb members on the videos at jw .

  org has allowed people to really put a face and personality to these guys and remove the mystery of how they should be such deeply spiritual serious men.

  instead they see silly thoughts about tight pants and, really everything that comes out of lett's mouth is delivered ultra-goofy, along with the money reports.. the gb lost credibility a little more with every new light that shone down, with the strangest one being "overlapping generation.

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  berrygerry

  Then there are the 15 regular pioneers and 10 auxiliary pioneers (on average) in the congregation! You'd think that with that many full time 'ministers'--meeting attendance would be on the rise, with a new face here and there on a regular basis....nada, zip, zilch! No newbies, no interested ones and definitely very, very low baptism numbers!
  

  I am also aware of uber-congos with 20 RP's and the huge AP's during the "special" campaigns.

  Results? ZERO new faces.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses May Have Peaked in Membership at 8 Million (+/-)

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't have all the details of their new "service year" numbers, but i have read enough on jwn to state my opinion pretty strongly.. memorial attendance for 2015 was down.while they kept saying they were going to build a bunch of new kingdom halls, and everybody is still in recovery from watchtower taking all the local money away, they say pretty much that there isn't enough money to build new kingdom halls.putting gb members on the videos at jw .

  org has allowed people to really put a face and personality to these guys and remove the mystery of how they should be such deeply spiritual serious men.

  instead they see silly thoughts about tight pants and, really everything that comes out of lett's mouth is delivered ultra-goofy, along with the money reports.. the gb lost credibility a little more with every new light that shone down, with the strangest one being "overlapping generation.

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  5 newbies added

  .5 % seems to be the new average baptisms based on a reddit tracker of 2015 assemblies/conventions.
  
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  Minimum wages..raising the minimum question

  by James Mixon in

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  2. friends

  across the u.s the minimum wages are $5.15 in wyoming to $9.50 in dc,.

  average $8.00.

  eve montes in california pick grapes for $9.50 an hour and she.

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  berrygerry

  minimum wage should be enough to support a person, not a family. If a person doesn't have the skills to earn more than minimum wage, then they need to get the skills or work for themselves and stop having kids they can't support. How hard is that, really?

  For many people, it is hard - but it is possible. For the disadvantaged, it is an impossibility.
  
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  Minimum wages..raising the minimum question

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  across the u.s the minimum wages are $5.15 in wyoming to $9.50 in dc,.

  average $8.00.

  eve montes in california pick grapes for $9.50 an hour and she.

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  berrygerry

  IMO, min wage should be no lower than the poverty line (divided by 2,000).

  If poverty line is $16,000 for a single person, then min wage should be no lower than $8.00 per hour.
  
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  Swift Current - Tough to watch, but extremely pertinent for WT victims

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's on global tv 9:00 pm mst.

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  berrygerry

  It's on Global TV 9:00 PM MST.
  
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  Just saw this video, just goes to show you how the elders lie...JW Elder's Response To My DA Letter

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  saw this video of a brave woman who gave a da letter and an elder tries to talk with her.

  this guy comes across has full of shite, and you know he would be a different person if there were other elders around with him.

  kangaroo court jokers is what comes to my mind.

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  "He'll never be an Elder or a Ministerial Servant AGAIN."
  
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  Apostate driven lies video removed?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

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  2. beliefs

  i have seen several comments that this video has been removed.

  i thought it was in one of the monthly broadcasts but i'm not sure which one.

  was this video really removed?

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  berrygerry

  Can someone help me find this - was it during a monthly broadcast, and if so, which month?

  And then, what is the time marker?