Harry wrote: A increase in Memorial attendance numbers ........really ?
No, the OP mentioned an increase in Memorial (emblem) partakers. Overall memorial attendance was a massive decrease over 2019.
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by Fadeaway1962 inphttps://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=e&pub=syr20&srcid=share .
plus another increase in memorial partakes number etc .
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DesirousOfChange write: I think there are far too many "irregularities" in the election process that have been documented (cell phones make everything public record) for anyone (either side) to really believe that this was a "fraud free" election.
But apparently none in Alaska where Trump won by a landslide. This whole election is more about Trump's inability to accept the other candidate not only got more individuals votes than him but also won the Electoral College vote.
Meanwhile, Covid rages out of control in the US whilst Trump bides his time between golf and self-centred tweets in which he shows a strong tendency to make accusations bereft of evidence. Some leader, huh? BTW, I am Republican with little regard for Biden. Republicans such as me have come to rue the day Trump stood for presidency in 2016.
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Trump's ego refuses to accept he lost, fair and square. He has done huge damage to the hard-won reputation of democracy in the USA.
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YOU ARE HER EVERYTHING!
by Atlantis inyou are what she wanted to be!please, let us remove any blame to anyone right up front.
what happened to petra was not the fault of mark o'donnell, listener, corney, mike and kim, or anyone else.. constant rejection and shunning even at an early age, the depression was storing up inside of her.
she was shunned inside the hall and outside the hall.
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Good morning everyone.I haven't been on here much in recent months so have missed the back story to this.
My heart goes out to you, Atlantis and to Petra. Is there some link that can bring me up to speed? Many thanks in advance. Steve
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November campaign
by Brainfloss inhas there been any topics about the november watchtower campaign— what is gods kingdom?
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This is a religion whose time is well and truly over.
The world has not ended, honey; it has moved on.
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"Great Crowd" important detail glossed over
by neat blue dog inthe latest study wt gives another glowing report from rutherford's time:.
in his talk, brother rutherford identified those whowould make up the “great multitude” (king james ver-sion), or “great crowd,” mentioned at revelation 7:9. un-til then, this group was thought to be a secondary heav-enly class that was less faithful.
brother rutherford usedthe scriptures to explain that the great crowd are notchosen to live in heaven, but they are christ’s othersheep who will survive “the great tribulation”.
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With the great tribulation just ahead,
it would be encouraging for us to review
what Revelation chapter 7 further saysSo says the current Watchtower, using the same breezily confident language about the great tribulation being "just ahead" that Rutherford and his generation used so very many decades ago and most, if not all the adults from that time long dead and buried.
Such fools then, such greater fools now...
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Elders are the ''human resource'' workers of the Watchtower corporation!
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhere is a brother who really thinks that elders are there to help him after admitting that he cheated on his wife.
his conscience is bothering him to the point of letting elders know all the details of his affair.
( his affair should have been private, between himself and his wife ).
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Is his wife included in the judicial process?Is she at home waiting for the outcome? What about her legitimate needs? Why can't the couple have the option of treating this as a private matter that they can equip themselves to work out together in private? Why does the shadow of the organiuzation - and elders in particular - have to hang over a marital issue? Why does it have to become a judicial matter? There are trained professionals who are accountable by dint of their professional bodies to responsibly and appropriately handle these kinds of private matters.
Look at the body language of these religiously motivated untrained men. Imagine if the woman was the one who committed adultery - the idea of three men sitting in the room with the woman sounds totally inappropriate and distasteful.
JW organization is an example of a high control group that exploits the created need to "confess" so that the private actions of consenting adults becomes grounds for religious trials.
Compare that to the norm in which private matters remain private to the concerned individuals who can be equipped to handle such matters without the busy-body moralizing of a patriarchal system of control.
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If The JW Religion Was A Person --You'd See How Mentally ILL - that person was.
by pistolpete ini found this interesting observation .
u/mistermark21imagine if the jw religion was a person.
some guy who thinks that:.
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One person has persecutory beliefs: He/she is probably delusional
More than one person shares the same persecutory beliefs: They're probably religious.
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Is "Active Publishers" a new concept?
by jwfacts ini just saw the congregation analysis report for 2020, a form i have not noticed before.
it asks for the number of "active publishers.
" this is a term i have not seen specified before.
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My recollection as a former PO and Secretary is that “Active Publishers” has been on the analysis report for several years now Paul.
Agreed. This is not new - although, as others have guessed, this may well become a part of their annual Service Year Report for 2020 - given the dramatic hit numbers in each category will have taken due to Covid-19.
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Is There a Higher Conscious
by LetTheTruthBeKnown inmost of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.
i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.
here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.
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