Posts by insidetheKH

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New JW video, song and dance

by Listener in

the current jws do not cease to amaze.

here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .

insidetheKH

@JWdaughter... downsizing? The number of Bethelites is increasing every year

2009 - 19,829 persons staffing branch facilities

2014 - 24,711 persons staffing branch facilities

More than 20% increase of staff members over a period of 5 years

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New JW video, song and dance

by Listener in

the current jws do not cease to amaze.

here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .

insidetheKH

@stuck obviously your plan backfired... but what else did you expect?

Of course they like this video since it shows the brothers and sisters that work for them 24/7 being happy.

Happiness is the Truth...... if i were single, without children and a bit younger i would want to join them too @Bethel after seeing such a video

Happy happy Happy happy

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What will JW.org / Watchtower be like in 15 years?

by jw07 in

over the past few days i've been reading and watching bill and melinda gates speak about their plans for a better world by 2030. they bet that due to technology and the compassion of people the world should improve more in the next 15 years than it has in all of history.

specifically lower child mortality rate, eradication of polio and guinea worm among other diseases, improvement of standards of living, greater access to education etc.. i'm a realist, so i'm not looking for miracles, but i believe most of these things are possible given the level of success they have reaped in other endeavors, and naturally emerging tech being used to make some of these projections possible.. you can see that the world is actually improving in many areas if you seek out the good news stories and statistics and look beyond the watchtower friendly fear porn about terrorism, and potential dangers from culturally diverse nations around the globe.

for instance 2014 had the lowest fatal airline accident rate in history despite the hyping of the ill fated malaysian airlines crashes.

insidetheKH

Question: What will JW.org / Watchtower be like in 15 years?

Answer: At that time it will be one of the few (if not the only) religion with an international presence and unity in teachings.

In my country Roman Catholicism is shrinking so fast that the catholic church itself predicts that in 2028 there will be more JW's than catholic churchgoers. The same is happening with the protestant denominations

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What is the main reason the Watchtower Society baptize their children so young?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

jesus was thirty was he was baptized.

today, you hear of young children getting baptized as young as 10 years old.

the parents, family and congregation think it's a wonderful idea that someone dedicates their life to jehovah at such a young age.

insidetheKH

@Rules you forget that at the time that Jesus walked the earth John the Baptist just started with baptising people.

furthermore billions of people (in other denominations that consider themselves christian) are baptised right after they are born

Anyway the main reason is,... WHY NOT baptise Teens? We let them make career and education choices that influence them the rest of their lifes at that age so why not the choice to serve Jehovah?

there are biblical examples of young people who make a stand for Jehovah,.. Samuel did, David did,.. Jesus did, to name a few

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WT's subtle attack on Wikipedia!

by Wonderment in

did anyone notice this wt's subtle attack on wikipedia?

they wrote (from the 2011 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, pp.

9-10. source: 'tracing all things with accuracy'):.

insidetheKH

the truth is ,...Wikipedia is not reliable if it comes to controversial subjects. Also in certain languages a lot of subjects are biased

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Asking for confirmation: Bethel factory in Germany

by bats in the belfry in

in january 2015 my devout and longtime 'in the truth' jw relatives (50+ years) went to the german bethel factory in selters.

they were shocked seeing an near empty factory floor and were told that some printing presses supposedly have been sold to 'worldy' companies.i got to hear the stunning admission out of their mouths: "we left with the impression they are closing up shop".just whoa!

to me it sounds like a firesale - "because everything must go" (die hard iv).. has anyone else seen the factory in that condition?

insidetheKH

some old stuff was sold and replaced by new stuff

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Re: Art Skills Needed at Bethel

by suavojr in

jw
friends

all they want is some spiritually-qualified publishers blind individuals who believe they are god's mouthpiece on earth.

no wonder their artwork is so poor.. .

christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses2821 route 22, patterson, ny 12563-2237 phone: (845) 306-11001/8/15-e usjanuary 8, 2015to all congregations in the united states branch territoryre: art skills needed at betheldear brothers:the beautiful illustrations in our printed publications and on jw.org serve as teaching aidsthat emphasize spiritual truths from the bible.

insidetheKH

a same kind of request was done recently by a european branch office for people with ICT skills like programmers, web designers, software engineers etc etc since much of JW.ORG is and will be done in Europe and less in the U.S.

the local branch will expand its ICT office space and workforce drastically

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Fudging the Numbers: Is the WTBTS in decline?

by Coded Logic in

it's no secret that the wtbts has a cash flow problem.

over the past three years they have closed 20 of their 116 branches.

they have sold off most of their properties in and around ny (including some kingdom halls), drastically reduced the # of printed pages for the watchtower and awake magazines, reduced the printing of books and other materials, increased the number of single page tract campagnes, installed cc machines at their assembly halls, and are now seizing of controll of property assets from local kingdom halls using renovation projects.

insidetheKH

Coded said

It's no secret that the WTBTS has a cash flow problem.

So what is your source? I think they have more ca$h than ever before

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Just returned from South America

by StarTrekAngel in

i just came back from visiting family in south america (will keep the name of the country out for now) and i was shocked by the amount of jws i saw on the street.

keep in mind that most countries in sa have been under military rule until the early 80s, with the general fear and mindset sticking around until the late 90s, even when the military was gone and democracy re established.

jw were not around when i lived there.

insidetheKH

@sir82 countries in Latin and South America are not third world countries. Ever been there?, cause i have

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm

I have visited a number of third world countries as well

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Just Released:2014 Worldwide Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses

by steve2 in

in the last day or so, the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses has been available on jw.org.

broadly speaking, results are pretty ho-hum - except to note a huge increase in memorial attendances for 2014, but still shy of 20 million.

this is a big increase over the previous all-time-high year of 2011 by several hundred thousand.

insidetheKH

@banana the population of japan is aging & the total population is shrinking since 2007 and will continue to do so for the next century. a drop of 1 milliion a year is expected for the next decades

One can only expect the same kind of problems for a religous group like the Jehovah's witnesses since they represent the demographics of the society. You agree with me that Japan has the largest percentage of ageing people right? Well, the same goes for the Japanese Witness group.

After 2005 things started to change and will result in an ultimate free fall

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Vital_statistics

The decline in Japanese Witnesses is a normal reflection of the overall decline in the population.

For example :

Nr of Average publishers in 2009 217,530

Nr of Average publishers in 2014 215 294

Net decline 2236 publishers over a period of 5 years that is a decline of only about 0.2 percent per year

It has nothing to do with technology, being fashionable, or beliefs that answer peoples needs or not. The decline can be simply explained by looking at the demographic information of the country and the demographic behaviour in groups like the witnesses (for example within JW's less people decide to get kids because of this system/kingdom interests)