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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
Village Idiot

insidetheKH: "...we should never extrapolate our own experience in a local kingdom hall to the rest of the world."
My understanding is that most of that growth is from 2nd and 3rd world nations with negative growth in the US and I believe Europe. I don't have the Yearbooks but I think that each nation has its different statistics. Comparing the US to Mexico might be interesting.
My belief, even when I was still in, was that "informal witnessing" to acquaintances and "worldly" friends was a better way of attracting people. It worked for me, having helped to convert two Pentecostals at High School. Never had any success at door to door though.
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
Village Idiot

insidetheKH, I came in through the preaching work but in my 8 years in I never saw more than one person who came in as a result of the door to door work.
Also, sir82 makes a valid point about downsizing in the organization. And others have made the observation that mentally unstable people as well as lonely people make up a good percentage of the new ones. I even heard a brother admit to that back in the 70s.
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
Village Idiot

@ insidetheKH: The World War II baby boom was between 1946 and 1964. Any growth in the late 60s and early 70s was the result of Armageddon fever.
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
Village Idiot

insidetheKH:
"Average anual population growth is now about 1%,.. during the sixties and during the last century it never was higher than about 2%"
And why was there a 2% increase during the 1960s?
"In my congregations there are a lot of couples (pioneers en elders) that never got any children just because of that. So the birth rate among JW's is even less than the average birth rate in the world that surrounds them."
Have you heard of John and Eunice?
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New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children
by Jonathan Drake in
1. jw
2. friends
check it out.

literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.

how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..
Village Idiot

freemindfade:
"Really??? they said that to you? F%$#k them. I'd say grab a rock then pansy, do gods will big man lol. Then I'd b%$#ch slap the person who said that."
Lol! Unfortunately I'm too small and weak to take on 4 elders.
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New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children
by Jonathan Drake in
1. jw
2. friends
check it out.

literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.

how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..
Village Idiot

@ Finkelstein:
"A major part of the way theocracies are maintained and structured is the propagation and utilization of fear."
Very true. Saudi Arabia which has the death penalty for apostates comes to mind. Fear mongery embedded in their children's education from the moment they learn to talk.
I myself was told in my disfellowshipping trial that if I were in Israel I would be stoned. That's what the Witnesses would do if they had sovereign territory.
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New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children
by Jonathan Drake in
1. jw
2. friends
check it out.

literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.

how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..
Village Idiot

I didn't know Caleb's dad spoke with a Hispanic accent.
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About myself
by tamagotchi in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi to anyone reading this, so i little bit about myself.

i'm 24 years old born-in, all my family are in, my father is an elder.

though i'm not fading as such i no longer believe jw.org is gods chosen organisation so you could say i'm mentally out.
Village Idiot

Nice to have you here tamagotchi.
I know the feeling of having to suppress your emotions. I used to have anxiety attacks when out on field service. Are you planning to fade?
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Look at this fear mongering graphic from latest WT
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
.
Village Idiot

All that firepower to attack scared little girls and overweight elders huddling in basements.
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Look at this fear mongering graphic from latest WT
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
.
Village Idiot

OUTLAW:

Who are you calling an idiot!