Considering the Watchtower and Awake are the most circulated magazines in the world, there is no doubt they are one of the main culprits. It is only recently that they have cut back on the paper they use, by having smaller magazines and not printing them so often. Plus much info is now online so the circulation may well fall even further. But certainly for decades they have been responsable for the destruction of millions of trees.
Posts by alanv
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9Who kills more trees? Wt vs. power company?
by DS211 ini have to share an interesting experience with my wife this morning (not a bedroom story...sinners ;-)).. we were driving to work and my wife asked why they havent changed the wooden power poles to concrete.. me: well i think they change them as they start to give out.. wife: but they kill so many trees doing this!!!!
why wouldnt they figure that out?.
(what i wanted to say)me: how many trees do the watchtower kill printing magazines and bibles????.
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Jehovah's Witnesses MOST FEARED VIDEO 220,000 views
by Watchtower-Free in220,000 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id18qonjzu4.
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alanv
Yes I agree with the others. There are not enough similarities for it to connect with a JW. For a start the society did not say a specific month. Most times even 1975 was not mentioned as the time when everything would be done and dusted. Also the paster did not change any doctrines that were wrong, whereas JWs will say that they have gradually been getting rid of wrong doctrine.
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Meeting for those wishing to be appointed
by PrincessCynic ini heard recently that a nearby congregation which some of my family attend are having this.
basically the elders are arranging an open meeting with all those who would like to be appointed.
is this happening everywhere?
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alanv
I guess there could be good reason for having such a meeting in some areas. If brothers are really showing little interest in taking a position, this is going to affect the congregation, and they are going to start losing members and dollars.
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What is the best for the child if father knows TTATT and mother is a devout JW?
by Daniel1555 inhi friends.
i would like to know your opinion on the following:.
situation:.
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alanv
Thanks Kate. I know the expression but never saw it abbreviated.
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WT gearing up to dump Russell and come clean on early history?
by Comatose inwe've discussed this on lots of threads, but i've noticed a few things lately.
they seem to be talking about the early days on a very regular basis, almost constantly.
the change to fds happens and this involved a dive into early history and a few knocks on russell.
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alanv
I think that is a really good point. It is damage control. If the society just mention something that went wrong at least the sheep will be aware of it and can say that to anyone who mentions it. It will all be put down to new light, and the sheep are quite happy with that explanation.
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What is the best for the child if father knows TTATT and mother is a devout JW?
by Daniel1555 inhi friends.
i would like to know your opinion on the following:.
situation:.
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alanv
I have no idea what TTATT means, but certainly I would not want any child brought up as a JW. You can instill good morals into kids without the massive downside of following all the JW rules and regulations, and the massive lack of love if that kid decides to leave sometime in the future.
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Brother Russell's View of Asking For Money At Church "We are opposed to all forms of begging--whether by word, insinuation, by hints" for Money!
by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker inthis is out of the 1894 watchtower where brother russell and brother rogers had failed to see eye to eye over how the preaching work in england should evolve.
russell wanted rogers to keep pushing literature "dawn books" and rogers wanted to be a preacher and get a stipend.
the watchtower was used by russell and others to bias their readers views and force ideas to people he claimed were free of organization.
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alanv
I think it is worth reminding ourselves that the society now only regard Russell as a keen bible student. He was not a channell of commuinication that God was using. They will probably point out that he got some things wrong and some things right. Therefore there will be differences to what he said at the time and what the society say now. So although this can't come under the heading of new light, it does show that Russell's private view was not the same as the societies now.
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Jw's: Who do you identify as the FDS?
by snare&racket inwho do you think is the fds on earth today?.
barely any jw can point at a gb member by face, fewer can name the governing body, fewer know these men in person or can account for them as people.
not one person became a jw from reading matthew 24 and saying 'aha!'.
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alanv
No idea why snare thinks you would be disfellowshipped for not knowing the lastest new light on FADS being the governing body. They would only be kicked out if they did not accept the new teaching when they were made aware of it and then actively tried to persuade other JWs that the interpretation was wrong.
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Question about recent love bombing....
by mind blown infor more years then i'd like to count, one jw relative has never called to see how i was doing.
today she calls out of the blue, asks how i am, and if there's anything she can do for me.
as of late another jw relative has been a lot more communicative.
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alanv
There was an article fairly recently about reaching out to inactive ones to see if they can get them to go back.
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Beginning of Electronic Assemblies?
by Fading Begins indo you think this could have been an experiment to see how smoothly these events can be processed, and what the reaction is from the rank and file?
it would sure save a lot of money if events like this could replace at least the one day circuit assemblies.
there has to be some recognition that the "flock" is becoming weary and they don't have the funds to be travelling to these events.
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alanv
I think the flock have the funds, they are just opposed to spending their hard earned money at Assemblies