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  Expect JW's to actually grow over the next few years

  by yaddayadda in

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  they had, what, an 1.6% worldwide annual publisher growth increase last service year?

  contrary to many predictions, i think they will better that this service year (ending 30 september).

  and i think there will be ongoing increases for the next few service years.

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  Is the "marking" policy of the Society defunct or still officially used?

  by yaddayadda in

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  2. beliefs

  in my over 30 years as a jw, i honestly can't recall ever hearing about anyone who was being officially "marked" pursuant to the society's "marking" policy based on 2 thess 3:14. .

  in fact, i havn't read anything about their strange "marking" policy in years.

  this makes me wonder if the society still has confidence in it and still officially endorses it?

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  Does the WTS teach that Jehovah is only "Heavenly Father" to the 144k?

  by yaddayadda in

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  i don't know if it is my imagination or what, but i've started to notice something odd in recent wts literature (besides all the other odd things): .

  i am struggling to find any mention in recent watchtower articles and publications of jehovah being referred to as the "heavenly father" of jehovah's witnesses!

  for example, in the upcoming october 22-28 watchtower study article entitled "your father is merciful" (quoting from luke 6:36), god is not once referred to as "heavenly father" throughout the entire article!

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  Nothing new from Hollywood - so sick of Sequels

  by yaddayadda in

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  is anyone else out there sick and tired of all the rehashed movies and versions 1,2,3,4 etc coming out of hollywood lately.

  i can't recall ever seeing such a lack of anything new and interesting from movie makers.

  pirates of the carribbean 3 .

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  Who is the next most powerful/dominant member of the GB after Jaracz?

  by yaddayadda in

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  for some reason there is a consensus on the board that teddy jaracz is currently the most dominant, powerful member of the gb.

  i'm not quite sure where that view comes from, but assuming it is true, my question is: who will replace him when he finally dies?

  jaracz is 82, recently had a heart attack, but evidently he is well again and still very energetic so he will probably be around for quite a few years yet.

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  How do I ensure I don't miss any real JW news?

  by yaddayadda in

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  2. friends

  i've decided to end my addiction and only visit this site once a week because it is eating into too much of my time and i want to get out there and engage with the real world and 'real people' more.

  i'm sick of living a virtual existence.

  so what is the best way of ensuring i don't miss anything interesting in the jw-world on this site, and i mean such things as new directives from brooklyn, 'new light', policy changes, changes to the meetings, new releases, reports on assemblies & conventions, gb personnel changes, and such-like.

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  Mormon lady shocked at JW disfellowshipping policy

  by yaddayadda in

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  was talking to a mormon friend about the jw policy of shunning disfellowshipped persons.

  she was pretty shocked to hear that jw totally ignore disfellowshipped ones, not even saying hello, even family members.

  told her that you have to spend months attending their meetings to grovel your way back and the whole time no one talks to you, not a word.

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  When will the JW's annual publisher growth rate finally hit zero?

  by yaddayadda in

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  about 10 years ago i did a simple projection for when the organisation's annual publisher growth rate would hit zero.

  the date i arrived at was 2009. my rough projection was based on the preceding 20 worldwide annual reports.

  obviously my projection was wrong.

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  "There's nothing else out there"

  by yaddayadda in

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  a friend of mine is returning to the meetings.

  his reason is "there's nothing else out there" (meaning out in the world).

  if i had a dollar for every time i've heard a jw say this.

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  E-watchman says Ray Franz is 'animalistic' LOL!

  by yaddayadda in

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  in a critique of 'captives of a concept', robert king accuses anyone who can't get past all of the watchtower society's 'obstacles' as animalistic and lacking spirituality, including don cameron and ray franz.

  it's mindblowing how this bloke can consistently call the watchtower leaders liars, blind, false prophets, dishing up vomitous things, etc, yet continue to preach that they are still a 'faithful steward' uniquely appointed by christ.

  so, while it is true that jehovahs witnesses have not come to know the judgment of jehovah, cameron is similarly captive to a concept; and hence, ignorant of jehovahs judgment.

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