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  This Poster Deserves a Prophet Prize

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/127228/societys-claim-matt-24-14-being-fulfilled-what-could-really-mean?.

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  berrygerry

  They could do away with the Awake altogether. Other literature items could be scaled back to just cover the publishers and family.

  I remember a few years ago trying to guess what steps the WTS would take to cut back on expenses(scaling back the Awake to once a month!). Applying Matt. 24:14 was genius. I never even thought of that route. What a great way to eliminate a wasteful printing program. Tie it into bible prophecy - the r&f will easily fall for that excuse. Plus, it covers over the fact that they are getting killed with their expenses. The jdubs will never know what is really going on. They will simply get all fired up that the work is ending and armageddon is sooo close now!

  I wouldn't be surprised if they just used tracts out in service, if they continue to go out in service. I imagine that there will still be some sort of field activity to qualify brothers for work and to keep tabs on the r&f's "faith meter."

  Pretty good guessing for 10 years ago.
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  This Poster Deserves a Prophet Prize

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/127228/societys-claim-matt-24-14-being-fulfilled-what-could-really-mean?.

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  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/127228/societys-claim-matt-24-14-being-fulfilled-what-could-really-mean?
  
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  2013 NWT - Conveniently Circular

  by theunbeliever in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post.

  as i am currently disfellowshipped, i have no one else to discuss these things with.

  even if i was actively associated with the dubs, i suppose i'd still have no one else to discuss this with.

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  berrygerry

  What first sealed the deal for me was the removal of the square brackets [ ] around the added word "other" in Colossians 1 (2013 edition). (At least in the past [pre-2013], they told the reader that they added the word. Now, they try to make it appear as original Greek.)
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  Lost and Sad, Then He Found Me...

  by Sorry in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  well, i got myself in a dilemma.

  i'm currently 18, being baptised for a year.

  i had my doubts, but due to a variety of reasons (getting subtle flack for not baptised, not having a support system even if i wanted to leave).

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  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/blog/disassociation-letters.php
  
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  Summer Regional Convention

  by miss.ives01 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone attended the sunday program of the summer regional convention, remain loyal to jehovah?.

  i have been very concerned about the tone of discussion surrounding sundays program.

  i went to friday and sat., not sunday.

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  berrygerry

  As to plans for the future, they've recently announced the building of the Bethel in England which they expect to be completed by 2020 or thereabouts.

  
  

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  Summer Regional Convention

  by miss.ives01 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone attended the sunday program of the summer regional convention, remain loyal to jehovah?.

  i have been very concerned about the tone of discussion surrounding sundays program.

  i went to friday and sat., not sunday.

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  berrygerry

  They have some truths but want to control ever area of your life.
  I did feel freedom when I quit. I LOVED every moment of it. Now here I am wondering what has happened to me. I feel sooooo lonely. I think the Jws know something I dont know, I am not one of them. I just cant seem to conform and have a rigid view of everything and everyone.

  Why we're messed up:

  http://www.exitingthejwcult.com/p/if-you-are-going-to-see-mental-health.html

  Read Bonnie's book. ( more than once.)

  http://www.amazon.com/EXiting-JW-Cult-Handbook-Witnesses/dp/1508477132
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  More speculation on Kingdom Hall closers and money grabbing?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there continues to be more and more rumors of more halls being sold off some even taking the first offer.

  the borg trying to get thier bond money back from the court in san diego asap and there's been elders meetings about this consolidation.

  my questions is why after selling off all this real estate in new york for over a billion dollars are they still acting like thier broke?

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  It's like any business.

  It's been running a deficit for years, although they are asset-rich, their income has plonked.

  Time to right the ship with professional bean-counters, instead of seniority-hacks.

  (Just for comparison in Canada - have you heard of The Bay, Eatons, and Sears? The same product at each store would be priced at $19, $18, and $17. respectively. The Bay has been trying to adapt, Eatons has disappeared, and Sears is, well, Sears is, for now.)

  The 21st-century and the internet have brought competition to the after-life business.
  
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  Another Quebec JW woman dies after childbirth

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  milande louis cadet, a 46 year old jehovah's witness woman, died after childbirth in a montreal hospital on october 3, 2016.. this interview and story is in french.

  i have done a poor google translate of the article...the tv story likely has more and better details.

  http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/10/24/lhopital-st-marys-reagit-au-deces-de-mirlande-louis-cadet.

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  berrygerry

  The blood vessels feeding it are bringing one-fifth of her blood volume to it every minute, and new blood vessels have formed in every direction, following no solid anatomical rules, because the pregnancy has strongly requested them since the day it set up shop. During the surgery, you clamp and tie off arteries that are the size of your pinky finger and sometimes your thumb; they bleed, you clamp and tie them again.

  Wow, you would bleed out in just a few minutes.
  
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  tomorrowsworld.org - is this what the watchower is becoming?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  namely an e-religion with minimal congregations?

  notice the very similar subject matters.

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  berrygerry

  Okay - what the heck is this?

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_in_Prophecy!
  
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  tomorrowsworld.org - is this what the watchower is becoming?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
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  namely an e-religion with minimal congregations?

  notice the very similar subject matters.

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  berrygerry

  Wow, looks similar. The font of some text, the on camera 'set'....

  Well, here is one difference:

  
  

  An audited financial report is published annually.

  http://www.lcg.org/images/about-chart-2014.jpg