Today, my Google search for Jehovah's Witnesses, delivered this result from the New York Times. 1/29/2016. Great coverage and photos of all the Real Estate Watchtower sold in New York City. A great look back. Where is all the money???
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A look back at Watchtower's Brooklyn real estate sales in the New York Times 1/29/2016
by Balaamsass2 intoday, my google search for jehovah's witnesses, delivered this result from the new york times.
great coverage and photos of all the real estate watchtower sold in new york city.
a great look back.
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Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?
by Balaamsass2 inno more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.
no private home book studies.
no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.
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Thanks, everyone, I appreciate the feedback.
The current religion bears little resemblance to the one I belonged to in my youth (1960s-1970s). I have talked to a number of older JWs who are dismayed by so many of the flip-flops.
I just GOOGLED "Jehovah's Witnesses" this morning and skimmed the first 5 pages of websites and news headlines. Watchtower PR dept is trying to bury the negative stories with arcane PR releases small papers use for filler on slow news days, but regular stories of child rape and other abuse cover-ups still show up on almost every page. It simply boggles my mind how/why so many rank-and-file JWs still attend at all.
I would love to have a peek at the donation figures. Money talks.
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Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?
by Balaamsass2 inno more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.
no private home book studies.
no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.
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No more Watchtower and Awake mags every 2 weeks to place. No private home Book Studies. No more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week. No more counting of time. Pioneering requirements lowered. Kingdom Halls essentially closed for three years. No conventions/assemblies for three years. Zoom meetings one can attend ...or...not... in pajamas with a cocktail. Another "Spirit Anointed" Governing Body ("Tight pants" boozer Tony Morris) member was booted from Bethel headquarters. Continuous begging for money. The end is still....just....around...and.... around the corner....NOT. And more inspired flip-flops.
How is this affecting "still in" JWs you know? Does the local Kingdom Hall have any cars in the parking lots on Sundays? How many?
An old JW (PIMO) friend called today to say his local San Francisco Bay Area halls are only 30% filled now, and he has heard the same from halls all over California. What are you seeing and hearing?
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Can the Watchtower Society survive without time reports?
by DT inthere has already been much discussion about how the watchtower society has declared in australia that going door to door is part of a personal ministry.
this seems to be a lame attempt to avoid liability considering that they require time reports and have formal meetings for field service at the kingdom hall.. this is a bit of a dilemma.
reporting time and formal meetings for field service are important methods of control, however it's not clear if the organization is willing or able to handle the potential liability that may come from this.. imagine what would happen if they lost these methods of control.
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Was this 11-year-old post prophetic???? lol.
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Son out?
by Nantiques inour son joined the wts 20 years ago.
we, his parents and siblings are not jws.
he is now 41. he knew we were "opposers" from the beginning, and so we were pretty much shunned by him.
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:) It appears congratulations may be in order. You have your family member back.
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Article: Spain: Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Important Case Against “El Mundo”
by Tahoe inlink to article .
a spanish court ordered the newspaper to publish the reply of the jehovah’s witnesses to a defamatory 2022 article.
the court found the newspaper has been fed false information by an association of disgruntled former witnesses and has uncritically published it.. .
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Balaamsass2
Sounds like the story was true...but they should have allowed a rebuttal by WT.
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Retirement savings
by TxNVSue2023 inwhat's the current jw stance on retirement savings?
i know it changed.
pre1975 it was an attitude of "don't worry about retirement, this system is ending soon".
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My advice to any current JW would be the same that was given to me when I was 18 in 1973 by a former WT Branch overseer ( a relative that I ignored at the time)..:" Do as Watchtower does ...not as they say".." Watchtower has 5-year building plans, gathers large savings accounts and continually invests in real estate". At the time I thought he was joking or had a bad attitude...but now I understand he was trying to save me.
I would add to that advice..if you can't afford to attend College full-time...go to JC College or night school regularly. It is more pleasant than evening meetings, and Saturday field service, and unlike meetings and field service, it will expand your mind and add to your pocketbook book...long term. I have a friend who chipped away at getting a law degree by going to night school for years. It was slow...but attainable.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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Persnickety.......BINGO..... we have a winner! lol. It is all about the $$$$$ SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!! :)
"Don't they require individual online donations now via a personal login and electronic debit? Doesn't this constitute "monitoring and keeping track of someone's donation?"
My mom a JW since 1936..always told me: " Hun, ...Always... donate by check..cause you can write it off...and at least one MS and an Elder or Two have to notice you keep their lights on". lol.
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2023-S-147-October-Announcements And Reminders
by Atlantis in2023-s-147-october-announcements and reminders.. page 1. https://imgbox.com/vjct8rt3 .
page 2. https://imgbox.com/c0tbzgxy .
grandpa!.
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Balaamsass2
Once again Thanks for the share!
"We have to get the next generation of janitors trained so they won't need college." :)
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2023-Annual Meeting!
by Atlantis in2023-annual meeting.. .
https://stream.jw.org/home .
atlantis!.
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Balaamsass2
THANK YOU!! We love your shares.