does anybody have any information on recent growth in the jdub religion?
other than their own reports?
or, can you point me to the right post here?
The entire focus of the dub religion is to gain more members and they only grew 2%! That's pathetic.
That tells me that gaining new members is the main stated focus of the dubs, but on an individual member level the main focus is just surviving to the end.
https://instagram.com/jw_video_memes/.
https://instagram.com/p/zlaylblgo5/?modal=true.
over the years, i've come to notice that some of the friends will not touch the plate with the bread or the cup of wine ,when the emblems are being passed around.
i remember a row of 3 people told the brother to skip over them.
every year i have noticed this behavior.
any thoughts.
i am starting this topic because i was wondering, i see many who leave "the truth" are glad because they can finally have a beard.
is having a beard really a no go in congregations?
how is / was it in your congregation?.
I've known brothers who have had beards and maintained their privileges and some others who were taken to the back room and basically told to shave or else. I've never known a current elder or ms to have a beard. I'm sure some on the board have more experience with that than I do.
It all depends on the local elders and what the CO says when he comes around.
In all the experiences I've had though I have noticed that those with beards are viewed as somewhat rebellious or pushing the edge. Even if they kept their privileges.
just wow!.
some of the comments i read were hard to stomach.. https://www.facebook.com/myministryideaz?fref=photo.
20% off, blowout sale, discount prices. The syrup they pour on the more sales they make.
so i actually came out to my mother a few days ago.
told her how i really felt about being a jw (jehovah's witness) and how i wasn't straight.
i wasn't surprised by the disapproving response i got because really, i wasn't expecting any more.
old school witnesses thrived on the fact they were different and persecuted for it.
it was a point of pride.. i think the whole witness experience is much more social based for younger and newer witnesses.
that may be why so many newer ones that come to this board cannot understand or accept some of the information we present here about how things "used to be".
i think i've mentioned before that from time to time my commute on the bqe takes me past the old factory buildings and the soon to be former headquarters building.
i was struck the other day with how shabby they've become.
even 25 columbia heights, still currently occupied, its facade is filthy.
If they invest the capital that was generated with building sales and raiding the local KHs they should be set financially for a long time.
1sa 28:3-25 (nwt - not revised version).
7 finally saul said to his servants: seek for me a woman who is a mistress of spirit mediumship, and i will go to her and consult her.
then his servants said to him: look!
I think someone on this board did some research, which I can't find, that says the bible says it's wrong to communicate with the dead but it doesn't say it's impossible. Anyone else remember that?
What about the transfiguration?
