People with Confirmation Bias will never see the WTS the way most of us on this board do.
The sad reality is 99.9 % of witnesses will do anything the WTS asks them to do short of going home and taking their own lives.
i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.
looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.
also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.
People with Confirmation Bias will never see the WTS the way most of us on this board do.
The sad reality is 99.9 % of witnesses will do anything the WTS asks them to do short of going home and taking their own lives.
i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.
looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.
also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.
People with Confirmation Bias will never see the WTS the way most of us on this board do.
The sad reality is 99.9 % of witnesses will do anything the WTS asks them to do short of going home and taking their own lives.there is a visitor brother in town and from what ive been told, he has been a missionary for many years and they were having a get together for him.
i took my mom to that get-together yesterday and stayed for a few minutes.
i heard a group around a table with the visitor brother talking about how hard it was getting in the world with so many distractions and that many of the brothers were falling into the trap and leaving jehovahs organization.
The monkeys circling him and catching his drool may have been clapping and cheering.
Yet, I wonder how they will feel when Jehovah starts to reveal and strip away what the WTS truly is. I'm sure they won't be clapping or cheering or screaming.
Instead they will foolishly look in the mirror and ask themselves:
How?
i'll try to keep this short.
my experience at the hall is elders not really engaging in friendship building communication with anyone.
the only time they really communicate with you is to counsel you or tell you where you need to make adjustments.
All the time Jumongi, all the time. The majority of elders, I stress the majority as there actually is some very kind and considerate ones (true Christians), tend to only seek you out when you have done something wrong or to lecture you or to slave over something they don't wish to do.
The elders derive their power from those that give it to them.
No acknowledgement. No power. End of story.
i'm just watching this video.
now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.
long time no post.
couldn't help myself when i saw this in my facebook feed.. .
the caption that followed:.
definitely something going in the london bethel.. i thought i'd ask them again (and record it again) what the situation was regarding the new britain branch construction work.. i got the same sister (debbie) and here is how the conversation went: .
me: i've been told that construction of the new branch has been stopped - is this true?.
debbie: no, it has not ceased, it's carrying on as normal - can i ask where you're calling from?.
ME: That doesn't matter - I know that someone asked you the same question and recorded the answer. You said it had been stopped. Thanks very much - goodbye!
LOL!!!!
i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.
she is on morphine and hanging on.
she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?
even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.
the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
God inspired men to write the Bible.
The Bible contains information that took science many more centuries to discover.
The Bible tells the story of man, how we came to be, and what happens once we no longer 'are'.
The creation itself testifies to us having been created.
first off, i'd like to state that i currently have "privileges" in the congregation and volunteer at bethel on and off throughout the year.
that's as much information as i will currently give about myself.. starting off, i think something big is coming in the form of lawsuits and bad pr.
they seem to be batting down the hatches in preparation for something the last few years and even more so the last few months.
The OP makes some very good points. The more notable and worth close scrutiny are the project management, the internet, and education;
Project management - clearly the org tried using in-house engineers, architects, project managers, foreman's, etc. What they fail to realize is if these imbeciles DO NOT HAVE ANY REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE ASIDE FROM BASIC SCHOOLING, they have gambled BIG and lost. Their imbecilic thinking have cost them millions in initiating, planning, executing, monitor and control, and closing (basic tenets of project management). I can tell you that if the first two phases of PM were done incongruously, I can certainly see the money bleeding.
The internet - the proliferation of the internet TODAY exposing what the organization truly is can only be detrimental and will continue for many more years to come. The current, ex, and non-members that have come forward to propagate the Truth as it should be, are applauded and have done a loving service to their listeners and audience. It is a shocking day when a faithful Christian witness has to secretly and covertly view information critical of the organization yet truthful in all regards.
No Education - this is perhaps one of the more damning teachings that continues to reverberate today and will continue to do so many more years into the future. Can brothers who have family's in city's like Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, and other major metropolitan areas truly afford NOT TO BE EDUCATED? Can they sustain their families AND contribute to the organization every month? Today more so with the new arrangement.
I can only surmise that the WTS is now receiving divine justice and it will only accelerate as the months and years go by until the GB realizes their troubles are not of human origin or their stupidities but rather from Jehovah who said himself he would start the cleansing of his people with his people being first in line. If not, how does one explain these troubles without God putting a stop to it?