Ignoranceisbliss

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  CO layoff buzz. Anyone heard anything?

  by freemindfade in

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  heard of some co's being "let go".

  anyone else heard anything like this in the last few days?

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Just a post I am following on FB EXJWRG3. Prob the same thing u r following.
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  New Kingdom Halls

  by panhandlegirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's with all this new kingdom hall building?

  just watched jw broadcasting about their master plan for building new kingdom halls.

  sounds like a big deal.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  I had heard that a new one is being built in Waterford Connecticut. I believe this is the first of the new style KHs and I am not sure what stage it is in.
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  What went wrong in your congregation?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the target is converts.. why does it seem such an outrageous aim for a congregation to recruit new converts?.

  in my old congregation, the enthusiasm was there but the knocking on doors produced zero " baptisms" in my final years.. a) why so little interests?.

  b) was it the internet ?.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  I agree that there are ZERO new recruits in our area. Why???

  IMHO

  1. Witnesses are horrible at D2D work. This is an inefficient way to recruit even if your a good salesman. Dubs for the most part aren't excited about their product and don't know how to properly showcase it

  2. The product sucks and is boring. The meetings are soooooo boring, you can't celebrate holidays, and you have to agree to go D2D. Besides born ins or those whose life is in shambles who would agree to that?
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  The elders of the 1980s are now in their 60s and 70s

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  having just come back from the uk and spoke with some witnesses to find out how my old congregation is doing, i realized i am now the age that my elders were when i was a kid.

  and i wonder what the elders who are now in their 60s and 70s are thinking when they look in the mirror and an old face looks back at them.

  many of the elders in my old hall are now retired.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Yes they do. At least for the most part. Totally deluded.
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  JW org: all take and no give?

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a thought here, prompted by oppostates thread on magazine money owed to the org..

  if an average congregation coughs up $3500 per year just on mags alone... and there are 114,416 congs world-wide; that would mean that jw suckers are feeding the ravenous maw of the org by $400,456,000 (heading towards half a billion dollars) each year.

  this does not include other literature, or ...money so cleverly pledged in perpetuity for khs that the punters will never own even if they pay for them and build them, not to mention the vast income from property appreciation and major stock investments... and then there is the shameless raiding of family inheritances plus other sundry monies gifted to them..

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  That $3500 number is way off. Our hall sends in about $1000 a month to the WWW plus 200 for the new fund. I would say that our hall is very average.
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  The Organization's Incredible Growth?

  by James Smith in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  for those who have attended the 2015 district/regional convention (or know someone who has), could you please provide the location, and attendance for one session (preferably the highest for the entire assembly), and the number of newly baptized?

  i am wishing to do a brief statistical analysis of potential changes in the size of the org.

  thank you in advance for the data provided.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Belleville mi June 2015

  2200 att

  13 baptized
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  Apostate driven lies video removed?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

  1. watchtower
  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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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Thanks! It obviously has not been removed.
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  Apostate driven lies video removed?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

  1. watchtower
  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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  Ignoranceisbliss

  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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  The Kingdom Halls are empty

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my jw spies tell me that the kingdom halls are empty compared to how they used to be, since i left 5 years ago.

  not saying they're empty because of me though.. is that what you are hearing?.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Punk

  at my hall I'm guessing 1. Me. I don't think that many are awake At least not yet. I do think it's coming though. Death by 1000 cuts. I think the Borg is close to the tipping point.
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  The Kingdom Halls are empty

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my jw spies tell me that the kingdom halls are empty compared to how they used to be, since i left 5 years ago.

  not saying they're empty because of me though.. is that what you are hearing?.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Our hall isn't empty but it def isn't growing. Just very stagnant. And very old. Extrapolate out 20 years and the Borg is in major trouble.