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1975 debacle
by Gman2001 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did the borg ever apologize for 1975?.
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Blood decisions are now your problem: WT JULY 2025
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the following is from the latest study watchtower july 2025, study article 28, paragraph 17:.

each christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions.

we may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry.
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WT JUNE 2025 MODESTLY accept what YOU do not know
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
pp.

14-19 just some quote and a few comments from me, very, very repetitious.

the gb seems to think that the rank and file came up the years 1914, 1925, 1975, generation (70-80 years from 1914=1994), overlapping generations.
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1/2 of the Jehovah’s witnesses have gone
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
there are 1/2 of the jehovah’s witnesses that there were 30 years ago in my area.

some have left but i think that many have died and none of their kids stayed being jehovah’s witnesses.

7 congregations have been dissolved over the years.
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WT June 2025: We Are Not Blind We Just Don't Know
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://youtu.be/7xumqjq3zfc?si=ivcg96t4dtgze4ft.

so this is from the brand new watchtower study edition of june 2025 which has just been posted on jw.org .under the title: modestly accept what you do not know, a let’s read paragraphs in question 4 &5: “read matthew 24:36. we do not know when the end of this system of things will come.

even jesus, while on earth, did not know the ‘day and hour.’ he later told the apostles that jehovah, who is the great timekeeper, keeps the timing of certain events ‘in his own jurisdiction,’ or authority.
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What the new JW light position really is 👍
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i’m still an elder and i consider myself jw light.

as my fellow elders are.

we don’t throw our weight around like elders used to in the past, it’s all very easy going these days.
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What is the current Watchtower "rent charge per publisher" for Kingdom Halls in the USA???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was following a few threads in reddit from current pimo jws complaining about local announcements regarding halls being short on their per publisher "rent payments".

third gen and i have been out pomo for a while...so how much is this charge now?

could this be part of the recent push to get people to "come back" or get re-instated...if it even is online and 15 minutes of service per month?
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3 Elders in Brazil sentenced for disfellowshipping announcement
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
12 days ago 3 elders in brazil were sentenced for disfellowship announcement which is against the law in certain parts of brazil.

the first article discusses that.

the second article discusses the outcome so far.
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The Watchtower Wins, Disfellowshipping stays, Shunning stays.
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1jb6nv6/jw_vs_norway_march_2025_from_jan_frode_nilsen/.

the verdict is out.

after full understanding and decision by the state administrator, full confirmation in the appeal case by the ministry of children and family affairs, three victories in the injunction case, a full victory in the district court, we now faced a loss in the court of appeal.
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The Share of Religious Americans will continue to decline- New York Times. Why? New Pew Study
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
locally, in northern california i have seen/heard a drop in jw and mainstream church attendance especially in person attendance.

(exception: a new creepy local new-age charismatic/pentecostal group: "bethel church" 11,000 and growing mega church(kundalini yoga/sex combined with prosperity gospel, trumpism, guns, rock music, dancing, glitter, speaking in tongues, and faith healing).. for me this paragraph sums it up regarding jehovah's witnesses: " ...smith described organized religion to me as having become a “polluted” idea in the american mainstream, because of the publicity around sex abuse scandals and financial malfeasance in many different faiths in the ’80s and ’90s as millennials came of age.

“the scandals violated most of the virtues believed to make religion good,” smith wrote.