If congregations are being forced to merge with other cong's then what about trying to keep congs to less then say 140-120 people or so? I know that they allow different congs in each kh at different times but some must have to overlap (lol). Would some jw's see this as the 'religion' becoming like the mega churches? Yes, I realize that a cong of 200 would not be considered 'mega' by normal standards but we are talking about jw's here.
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58Congregations That May Dissolve Soon!!
by Atlantis infrom a member of the board asking for this to be posted.. hi.
i'm pimo.
could you please let people know about this?
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Good Scripture to Show Watchtower = Pharisees
by truth_b_known ini read something today that immediate brought the watchtower/jws to mind.
something to share with jws the next time they come knocking at your door.
i'll even quote it from the nwt - luke 18:9-14.
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carla
" ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like everyone else..."- I have used that on my jw often. It only gives pause for a few moments then quickly fades away into self/jw justification . Then again, mine wasn't a born in so perhaps he still has some sense of shame when sitting on the jw judgement seat. The brainwashing kicks in quickly so any moment of normal reasoning is just as quickly forgotten or brushed aside as evil thinking?
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FOLLOW THE MONEY !!
by Phizzy inthis from j.w survey :.
https://jwsurvey.org/we knew they did this to a degree, but this is a blatant way of siphoning money to where the leaders want it, with no control, no transparency, and no way for anyone to be able to see where it has gone.
jehovah’s witness uk headquarters dissolves kingdom hall charities, seizes full control of property and finances.
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carla
What would happen if a cong said no? or should I just revisit the Menlo park fiasco?
I understand a cong saying no is not likely. Just a what if question.
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Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA
by Diogenesister inhi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.
so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!
) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.
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carla
Is there an article about this on any news source in English?
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Things we should not have said,
by Phizzy indo any of you remember things you should never have said to a fellow j.w ?.
two of mine come to mind, one was when we were out in field circus one day and my companion was complaining of knee pain, he explained, " it has a crack in it ", i replied " that explains why my bum hurts, that's got a crack in it", the other one was when a guy showed me a chef's knife he had bought for chopping, and i said " i always wanted a big chopper ".. you ?.
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carla
I used the f word a few times when my jw first joined up and I had to meet with a jw or two. It is not a word I use often, for extreme emergencies! I feel kinda bad about it because the one jw had no clue I was so against them in the first place. The elder I used it on? pfft, no guilt there! he was a pompous ass. Oddly, I just found out he has apparently disappeared from jw land or maybe to some other cong? I hope he has left all together and my words haunt him. (I'm not being mean, it involved a case of sexual abuse) It was righteous use of the f word in that case. lol
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Providing salvation is not that important
by pixel inthe washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.
i find this so antichristian.
i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.
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carla
My mind is just boggled by the wt quote. For mainstream Christians, there is nothing more important than the salvation offered to all through the blood of Christ upon the Cross.
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Ask yourself why you don't DESERVE "kindness" (A look a the Watchtower's struggle against "Grace."
by Terry ingraceyou won’t find any in the new world translation!no no no.you only find “undeserved kindness.”(ask yourself why you don't deserve kindness.
?isn’t kindness basic decency?
?if you are one of jehovah’s witnesses you have a reason.jehovah’s witnesses are never on firm standing with their god.
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carla
It has been my experience that you can't even have a conversation with a jw about Grace, they have no concept of it. Just when you think they may be agreeing with you they come out of left field with some wacky analogy that shows you are clearly talking about 2 different things all together. Might as well be having a conversation in Greek and Japanese where neither one knows what the hell the other one is talking about.
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Trailer for the Oxygen documentary exposing JW abuse coverup
by krismalone inhttps://relevantmagazine.com/culture/heres-a-trailer-for-a-new-documentary-about-a-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/.
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It's my birthday
by Tameria2001 intodays my birthday.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9gqijm2sue.
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carla
Happy Birthday!
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The large shield of blind[ing] faith
by waton in2 thoughts on yesterday's jan 19.
2020 wt study.
no 46 wt nov 2019.. the shield of faith, that jws are told to hide behind is so large, page 19, that if held comfortably would require it to have rear view mirrors, (to see 1975).
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carla
"Good news: par 11 forbids jws to argue about lies of the wt organization."- can you elaborate a bit on that one? thanks