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Let’s Speculate!!!
by John Aquila in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you know the organization is slowly going down.

not as fast as we would wish, but nevertheless it is crumbling.

five (5) year old child baptisms, smaller magazines, child sexual abuse exposed, smaller annual growth, no one wants to reach out, young ones leaving.
apostrate

Even if the WT should be forced out of business because of the pedophile problems, or because of having to file for bankruptcy, or whatever the reason, they would soon be back in business again under a different name. Perhaps some other super, uber JW would take it upon himself to reopen the franchise.
It has happened before. When CT Russell died and Rutherford took over, his vision of the WT was completely different from Russell's. The name WATCHTOWER was just about the only thing that was retained.
And, there will always be loyal followers that will go along with whatever changes are made, whether in doctrine, financially, or whatever.
As for what those changes will be, it is almost impossible to predict. Just when you think that you have WT figured out, they make some radical change that no one saw coming.
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What woke you up?
by Israel Ricky Gonzales in
1. jw
2. experiences
in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.

so what woke me up?

an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
apostrate

dozy,
"Reading Franz's books just confirmed much of what I already knew."
Exactly! Ray Franz didn't lead me out. I was already out when I read his book. But what he described going on at HQ was what I had experienced on a local level.
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What woke you up?
by Israel Ricky Gonzales in
1. jw
2. experiences
in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.

so what woke me up?

an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
apostrate

In 1980, at about 26 years of age, I quit attending with any degree of regularity and stopped going out in field service altogether. I just got to the point that I could no longer be endorsing this religion when I knew that it wasn't working for me. And while I chose to no longer be a part of it, I would not talk against the Organization because I felt at the time that it might be "me" and I did not want to stumble anyone else from being a part of it.
Nearly twenty years later, with the benefit of this new contraption called the internet, I stumbled upon the "Crisis of Conscience" book and realized that it wasn't just "me".
And while I soaked up the entire book like a sponge, it was chapter 6, "Double Standards", regarding the Malawi/Mexico incidents that really cut the "imbecelical" cord for me!
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On the Lighter Side...
by apostrate in
1. social
2. humour
why are there no jehovah's witnesses in heaven?.

because god and saint peter are behind the gates saying, "sssshhhhhh!

pretend we are not in!!
apostrate

"As a doctor, I find religious zealots sickening. I had to let a 12 year old die because his parents are Seventh Day Adventists who don't believe in blood transfusions.", I complained to my friend.

"Isn't it Jehovah's Witnesses who don't allow blood transfusions?" he asked.

"Oh shit!"
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On the Lighter Side...
by apostrate in
1. social
2. humour
why are there no jehovah's witnesses in heaven?.

because god and saint peter are behind the gates saying, "sssshhhhhh!

pretend we are not in!!
apostrate

A Jehovah's Witness told me a joke the other day.

'Knock knock' he said.

I slowly crouched behind the sofa and pretended I wasn't there.
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On the Lighter Side...
by apostrate in
1. social
2. humour
why are there no jehovah's witnesses in heaven?.

because god and saint peter are behind the gates saying, "sssshhhhhh!

pretend we are not in!!
apostrate

"It's those Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on the door again," said my wife.

"Oh well," I sighed. "I suppose it IS time I let them out of the cellar."
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On the Lighter Side...
by apostrate in
1. social
2. humour
why are there no jehovah's witnesses in heaven?.

because god and saint peter are behind the gates saying, "sssshhhhhh!

pretend we are not in!!
apostrate

My local drug dealer started dressing up as a Jehovah's Witness so he wouldn't arouse suspicion.

He got arrested after the police saw people actually letting him in.
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On the Lighter Side...
by apostrate in
1. social
2. humour
why are there no jehovah's witnesses in heaven?.

because god and saint peter are behind the gates saying, "sssshhhhhh!

pretend we are not in!!
apostrate

Why are there no Jehovah's witnesses in heaven?

Because God and Saint Peter are behind the gates saying, "Sssshhhhhh! pretend we are not in!!"
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So there was a fish swimming along...
by Zoos in
1. social
2. humour
... and it bumped into a concrete wall.

you know what he said?.

"dam!
apostrate

An Irish drunk staggered down the main street of the town. Somehow he managed to make it up the stairs to a cathedral and into the entrance, where he crashed from pew to pew, finally making his way to a side aisle and into a confessional. A priest had observed all this, and figured the fellow needed some help, so he entered his side of the confessional. After the priest sat there in deathly silence, he finally asked, "May I help you, my son?" "I dunno," came the drunk's voice from behind the partition. "You got any paper on your side?"
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So there was a fish swimming along...
by Zoos in
1. social
2. humour
... and it bumped into a concrete wall.

you know what he said?.

"dam!
apostrate

Why was the blonde standing in the kitchen staring at the orange juice for over two hours?
Because it said "CONCENTRATE" on the label.