Posts by kairos

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Estimating future growth or decline of Watchtower

by shepherdless in

i have seen a few posts here, in various guises, in relation to whether watchtower is in decline.

plenty of people respond, but it is all fairly anecdotal, or "gut feel".

some of it has been wishful thinking.. as of late 2015, watchtower's numbers suggest it is still growing marginally, but there are various anecdotes on this site of publishers typically being older, and younger ones disappearing.

kairos

Once the AUS commission starts forcing WT to pay out money and the future ones in other countries do the same, It will be impossible to hide the FACT that the donations to the WWW that JWs have been making for their entire lives are paying for Watchtower crime...

Then, add in awakened JWs watching the ARC video archives after seeing a 'satanic' media report that turned out to be 100% true.

When that is clearly evident, the exodus will be unstoppable.

How WT hides this much longer is the bigger mystery.

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J Dubble Ya Broadcasting

by punkofnice in

how far do you think the corporation will take this?.

will it totally replace speakers at the meetings?.

y'know, that kind of thing..... .

kairos

With the shortage of eldurrz and savantz, one could see the need to return to the days before my time of the 'congregation servant'.

Was that like a pastor? Did all the parts?

Anyway, just hit play and now the meeting is on autopilot!

Good times~

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On Prayer

by kairos in

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friends

so many prayers.. consuming.

the obligation.. when did you realize you were talking to yourself?.

kairos

Seems like most have come to the same conclusion.

Some seem to believe they have a relationship with god.
Can anyone explain what that means?

Even when I was "all in" , I never thought I had any kind of relationship with any non-humans.

15

On Prayer

by kairos in

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friends

so many prayers.. consuming.

the obligation.. when did you realize you were talking to yourself?.

kairos

I unknowingly knew all along, as anytime I would try to pray out loud while alone I felt like a fool and could not finish.

I gave what must be hundreds of public prayers.
All rambling nonsense.
With an audience, somehow, jehobo was listening.

25 years of waiting for any kind of answer or direction was finally enough for my 'faith'.

Gullible does not begin to describe my state of mind.

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On Prayer

by kairos in

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friends

so many prayers.. consuming.

the obligation.. when did you realize you were talking to yourself?.

kairos

So many prayers.

Consuming. The obligation.

When did you realize you were talking to yourself?

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Question for those still attending the Kingdom Hall

by ToesUp in

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friends

this a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a kh in 3 years.. how is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies?

i know the answer will vary due to location.. are you (especially elders) receiving any notification or communication from bethel or co's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?.

thanks, in advance, for your feedback!

kairos

One of the last stage assignments I had before walking away from it all, at the assembly day, there was ZERO baptized.

It had all of our attention backstage.
The speaker had to give the baptism prayer for NO ONE!

Never seen that before.

I've been away from the meetings since 2013 and I noticed the growth was not substantial and the attendance in Napa was around 65-75% with very few studies attending the meetings.

Four congregations merged into three around five years ago.
It gave the impression that attendance was "up", but that didn't last.
There have been many deaths in the last five years, locally.
At least ten, several being Elders or MS.

Everyone sees it, but few inside even notice.

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Why Me?

by Grey Goose in

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it the question that i have found myself constantly asking myself the past few months.

out of all the jws i interact with, why did it have to be me that woke up from this mess?.

i am relieved that i have woken up to the bullshit, but a side of me misses that fuzzy feeling of being a 100% believer.

kairos

The Matrix does come up.

"Why didn't I take the blue pill?"

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I am losing

by NoMoreHustle in

i haven't posted anything for a bit, but wanted to express how i am losing this battle.

it has been over 3 years now since i woke up about watchtower.

the battle that i am talking about is the tug of war with my wife (i adore her immensely), watchtower is winning, she simply will not give in to my so-called negative thoughts about the religion that we are in.