OneEyedJoe

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  Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?

  by ToesUp in

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  i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

  is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

  are not billions of lives still at stake?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Advertise the website and donate. That's all they need to know.
  

  And provide free labor for real estate development.

  The preaching work is a relic of when it was actually profitable.  Tax law changes screwed them over a bit on that, and I think the JW culture is shifting to the point where most going d2d don't remember the days of asking for money so they're uncomfortable asking for donations.  The magazines are so cheap and flimsy and come in bountiful supply, so most probably don't even factor that in when they donate.  

  If this cult is still around in 20 years, I wouldn't be surprised if they phased it out altogether and replaced it with the important work of building kingdom halls.  That's a big change so it'll take time so no one will notice, but they're already on their way with the website and the carts.
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  An anthropologist visits a JW community in Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dr. jena barchas-lichtenstein is an anthropologist who received her doctorate through ucla.. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jena-barchas-lichtenstein/43/427/702.

  in 2013, barchas-lichtenstein submitted the paper "when the dead are resurrected, how are we going to speak to them?

  ": jehovah's witnesses and the use of indigenous languages in the globalizing textual community as a partial submission for her doctoral dissertation..

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  OneEyedJoe

  I can't find the quote yet, but the WTS has said that the earthly resurrection will start with the first people who died working back in time so there will be people who speak their language and are from their time, family, etc.
  

  I remember this as well, but I believe it was heavily qualified with things like "likely" "evidently" "we might expect" type stuff.  I think it was primarily based on the "god not of disorder but of peace" scripture.  It was basically idle speculation.  
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  40,000 new kingdom halls needed

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  not sure where to post this, but the other day my jw mom says to me, 'the number is increasing they announced that we need 40,000 new kingdom halls'.

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  ok, who else has heard this, and how should i respond, other than to say well your cong is smaller now than it was 15 years ago..... where your growth?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  40,000 KHs would mean, on the low side, that they need space for roughly 4 million JWs.  So, apparently, half of the JWs currently need to be moved into a new KH, which means that literally every current KH should be overcrowded.

  It's amazing how terrible JWs are at simple math when it comes to something cult related.
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  Iphone Overlapping(?) Generations?

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  killerjones, from this other thread, made an interesting comment (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/94810001/you-might-j-w?page=4#/96370003.

  ) i don't remember if it has been discussed before here, but take a look:.

  how many iphone's generation do you see?

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  OneEyedJoe

  I love to correct JWs anytime they talk about iphone generations (or any group of generations) and say "don't you mean overlapping generation?"

  The looks I get are priceless.
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  Site Update: Feb 9, 2015 - Vote feedback! (likes / dislikes)

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i just pushed out an update that should now show post votes and provide some feedback when you click the like / dislike button.

  the votes shows as a +5 / -2 next to the like and dislike options.. i just realize i linked the display to the ability to vote and given that the vote links are hidden on your own posts, that currently means you can't see the votes that others have given you (i'm almost wondering now if that may be for the best, lol).

  expect it to change when i push the next update out.. duplicate votes won't be counted even though they may appear to update in the ui so don't bother trying to go click-crazy - every member only get's one vote on each post.. just a word of caution: i take serious people who try to game the system.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I expect to be at the very bottom of the dislike pile so no one should worry that they will be the most disliked person on the forum 
  

  10 people in, and I guess I'm the only one that took this as an invitation to dislike your post. 
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  Andromeda awaits the "Great Crowd of Other Sheep"

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the great crowd, the other sheep will live forever on planet earth.. years will move from centuries, millennia, and millions of years to billions of years.

  after 4 billion years, the sky will fill as their milky way galaxy and its neighbouring andomeda galaxy collide, with amazing changes in gravitational forces.

  what an amazing sight!.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Good stuff.  I always did wonder why god would create such an inherently unstable and disorganized (in spite of claims made by JWs) universe if he really intended for people to live together.  It would take constant tinkering to keep the universe around us from eventually becoming inhospitable to life.
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  Eyebrows up!... Eyebrows down!...

  by Splash in

  1. social
  2. humour

  today... i'm going to talk to you..... about "sisters!!".

  now our dear sisters... have a place ... in god's organisation.

  they are not permitted to teach!.

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  OneEyedJoe

  That's pretty good.  To really convey how this idiot talks, though, I think you need 3 pictures for each time he says GEE HOOOO VAAAAH.
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  Jw wedding talk giving questionable advice as usual

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently went to a wedding and listened to the wedding talk at the kingdom hall the couple had both heard the talk before as they were both married in kingdom halls before.

  this is his second time and her third.

  the advice given.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I'm so glad that I've brazenly defied this advice and always treated my wife as (gasp!) an equal.  Sure makes things go easier when you treat your wife like a person.
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  Regarding Dates---Have The Witnesses Ever Been Correct On Any Of Them?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can't think of any chronology that has not been changed.

  even their "absolute" dates are suspect.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I often wonder how many jws there would be had they not gotten lucky with 1914.  They got thee month wrong, but that kept me thinking "what if they're right?" for a long time.
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  Unity: the theme for the monthly TV program

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's been numerous discussions about the singing cart thing in this month's video.

  i decided to watch at least a portion of the rest of the program though because sometimes things are said that are interesting to pick up on.

  this one started off on the topic of unity, and, unbelievably, herd talked about brainwashing and how we like to have our brains cleaned.

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  OneEyedJoe

  You know, somehow I'd never really applied that scripture to JWs, but you're absolutely right - they do just as the nations do.  Though a JW would tell you that they show love to everyone by waking them up on saturday and trying to force their cult on them.

  The comment about brainwashing is one I've heard before at a meeting.  It's the stock way of twisting a word to redefine it as a good thing, part of the loaded language of a cult.  It is telling that they're willing to admit that the common perception of JWs it that they're brainwashed, though.