i think it's an atempt to catch faders or atleast make active dubs feel special.
it also could be a cost cutting measure to though.
getting rid of the km's and even up awakes and watchtowers would save some trees.
The Kingdom Hall I used to attend used to have around 120 members - now it has about 70.
Perhaps if the Org built a few Kingdom Halls in poor areas in the Third World it would give people somewhere to go to Worship God? Or maybe these people can't afford a Kingdom Hall, and so God doesn't want them? After all, I don't think God has chosen anyone from the Third World to be of the 144,000.
a preview of what's coming in january is on this link, it sounds scary to me!!!!
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http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/.
Love this site - have bookmarked it. However, I too am experiencing the overlapping sentences and also a couple of pages of 'gobbledygook'. Hopefully they're just glitches and will soon be rectified.
i think it's an atempt to catch faders or atleast make active dubs feel special.
it also could be a cost cutting measure to though.
getting rid of the km's and even up awakes and watchtowers would save some trees.
You misunderstand Fred. I understood that the WTBTS put its OWN interests first, not the interests of its members. Its investments (in property, which are of no benefit to the poor and needy R&F) are in Real Estate in Brooklyn. It appears that new Kingdom Halls are being built only if existing members pay over the odds to have them....and even then they're owned by an EARTHLY Organisation.
i think it's an atempt to catch faders or atleast make active dubs feel special.
it also could be a cost cutting measure to though.
getting rid of the km's and even up awakes and watchtowers would save some trees.
If everyone puts in what they can money-wise by keeping up the self-sacrificing spirit and not paying out for unnecessary worldly pursuits, there wouldn't be a problem to talk about
I understood that the WTBTS is storing up Its 'Treasures On Earth' by investing in property.
meaning:
not resorting to name calling, yelling, belittling ones religion, being able to express your ideas, etc.
also, are there any active jw forums that non/ex jws go, and preach the gospel to the jws?
Is a person PRETENDING to be a Christian by attending meetings yet at the same time associating with 'Apostates' on a board which is condemmed by the Watchtower Org?
name everything that you can think of, that normal people can do, but jw's aren't allowed to do.. and if it's a conscience matter, write it down anyways.. .
i'll start.
jw's aren't allowed to vote..
Think for themselves
i have a friend well call michael whose conscience landed him in trouble with hq.. .
he was a district overseer in the pre 75 era but his conscience would not allow him to .
endorse the unscriptural date setting.
Cheers yesisdid, bookmarked ...their use of the word 'assume' id their get out clause I should think..Nevertheless, how can they explain that several million simultaneously just 'assumed' Armaggedon would arrive in 1975 lol.
my main 3 reasons for my near exit from the wts are:.
1. armageddon is always around the corner.lies and false promises.
( i'm still waiting ).
Just 3? Hypocricy, Lack of Love and False Prophesies.
my profile revealed that it was four years ago today that i joined jwd!
i can hardly believe i've made over 5000 posts and been here for so long!.
well, the truth is you guys have helped me stick around.
Happy Anniversay Ian and Claire - here's to the next 5000 posts
was there something special that happened, an event or maybe a deception, that triggered your point of no return as a jw.. .
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Pure lack of love. The elders admitted they failed and suggested I move to another Congregation. That told me all I needed to know about the Org.
