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  Meeting attendance

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  for those still in the organization what is your meeting attendance like these days?.

  when i left in 2017 there were around 80 publishers and the average meeting attendance was 70..

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  HappyDad

  It looks like people are waking up and leaving most of the mainline religions/churches. They are seeing just how corrupt and evil they actually are. Nothing more than a business that wants more and more money. The religions/churches are a far cry from what the first century "house" churches were.

  I don't agree nor disagree, but I'm seeing a strong growth in the Hebrew Roots groups. Tons of info about them on YouTube. Many of them have gone to areas to start homesteads and live off the land rather than living in large towns and cities. They seem to be happy doing their "thing" at home, not in church buildings that want their money.

  Do a Google search on Hebrew Roots Near Me, and you will be surprised how large it is actually growing. They are right in my backyard so to speak.
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  Crystal Blue Persuasion(was it about the truth bk)

  by Big Jim in

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  i heard somewhere this song was about the truth book, does anyone have.

  crystal blue persuasion, uh huh, it's a new vibration.

  crystal blue persuasion, uh huh.

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  HappyDad

  "Me, The Mob, and The Music". This is the book Tommy James wrote. It was well written and left nothing out about his music career. He tells what the motivation was for Crystal Blue Persuasion. Do a little research on your own with Google. It's as simple as that.
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  JWhub

  by Mikejw in

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  i’m an elder who is pima, i’m amazed how much info is available to all elders.

  you can see all private details of every member of the congregation.

  i wonder how these sisters feel about their private details being available to these creepy elders?.

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  HappyDad

  The next step to being a JW will be having a chip put in you so they can track your comings and goings.

  'Oh my goodness, brother Soandso went to a bar. We need to have a meeting with him."

  "Look at this tracking brothers. Young sister Hottotrot went to Goodstuff Arena the night a rock concert took place. I always knew she would stray."

  
  
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  New book

  by Levislet in

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  manuscript :  knowledge book.

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  HappyDad

  The cover wording looks like a modified cross.
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  WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

  by careful in

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  ... is just three weeks from this saturday.

  the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

  now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

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  HappyDad

  Matthew 15:14 is really being fulfilled with Jehovah's Witnesses.

  "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

  I have a hard time understanding how an individual can still cling to this religion with all of the changes that have come about. Years ago, if we so much as hinted to some of these things that are now ok, we would have been called to an elder's meeting very quickly. Some have even been disfellowshipped for wrong thinking.

  
  
  
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

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  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  Babystar said: I just realized something. It's strange that not only Tony, but also his wife has gone into hiding.

  Remind me of Scientology. The head of the religion, David Miscavige's wife was last seen in public in 2007.

  Hmmmm!
  
  
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  My last assembly was in 1996 a couple of months after my wife died. Our assemblies (District Conventions) for the Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania area were in Cleveland, Ohio at what was called the Convocation Center. I don't know what it is called now.

  I was still in somewhat of a fog because of the death of my wife as I drove to Cleveland via the PA and Ohio Turnpikes. Somewhere along the way at a rest stop, I ran into a family from my KH. I was just glad that someone saw me going there. Once I got to the center and the program started, my mind was everywhere but on the boring speakers. Somewhere deep inside, I knew that I couldn't do this much longer.

  When the afternoon lunch break came, I went to my car and drove back home. That was it. I did not drive back the other days of the convention. The biggest problem I had was lasting another 4 years before my final cut with JW's. But in that time, I never went to another assembly or convention.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  I wouldn't be the least bit surprised that TM signed a non-disclosure (keep your mouth shut) agreement in order to live in that North Carolina home that most of us could not afford, for free, for the rest of his days.
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

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  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  HappyDad

  77 years old and been on this forum for 20 years.
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  Missing photos, even Avatars

  by blondie in

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  i think someone else noticed this here recently.

  i wondered when i signed on today july 9, 2024, that even the avatars were missing.

  does simon know?

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  HappyDad

  Ditto! I logged off and then back on thinking it was on my end. I'm sure Simon will take care of it.