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  Will they change the Yearbook format?

  by freddo in

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  pure speculation here but i'm wondering if - with the numbers flat-lining - that the gb will stop giving country by country stats, or perhaps at least some of the statistics.. we used to get a monthly stat in the km - then that was "simplified" to "highlights".

  only the "good" stuff.

  then with the new clam workbook, no stats at all.. i wonder if the yearbook will soon only contain "positive" spun stats.

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  alanv

  When I was a JW years ago they used to have a report every month on how the local congregation was doing. Also as was mentioned the countries report was published in the Kingdom Ministry. Then just the highlights. All that has gone now because it made such depressing reading for JWs. So yes they will have to stop publishing any figures that are consistently bad year after year in the yearbook. They certainly must be well pissed off with the partakers figures going up every year when according to them they should be going down. So probably they will eventually say there is no point in publishing that figure as it is meaningless as many who partake are probably mentally challenged JWs lol
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  Who is attending the 2016 Annual Meeting this Saturday?

  by Londo111 in

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  i'm curious if we will have eyewitness reporters at the stanley theater like we do every year....

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  alanv

  Well I would say it is the first chance we get to hear of major changes in the orgs future plans and proposed changes. Many big changes have come from the annual meeting first in past years
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  Britain Branch Relocation - Chelmsford, Essex

  by wifibandit in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97qudi-jwe.

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  a-19-e 10/15.

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  alanv

  All this because they are too mean to use professionals that receive a salary. They will make a fortune from Mill Hill, but are unwilling to give that money away.

  Also can you believe they said ''let Jehovah decide'' This has nothing whatsoever to do with God, rather to do with an org that is downsizing and moving to a cheaper area.
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  Will the UN turn on Religion?

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as all witnesses know, the opening gambit of the great tribulation will occur when the united nations turns on organized religion to devastate them and leave them naked of people and resources.

  however, as jehovah's judgement day has been spoken of as being "imminent", the question that can be fairly asked ... 'is the united nations organization actually in a position to act as god's destroyer of false religion?

  while i have no doubt that most within that organization had in the past tried to make the lives of the desperate better, the united nations has unfortunately now become a weak and underfunded political eunuch.

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  alanv

  I was actually having the same thoughts myself. The U N is a long way from the a scarlet coloured wild beat that turns on religion. They have very little power now on the world scene, and there often are news reports stating that the UN seems unable to do anything about one conflict or another. Certainly no sign at all of it having any power or intention to turn on world religion.
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  Another Kingdom Hall sold

  by gerry in

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  2. scandals

  berkeley kingdom hall in wollongong south of sydney australia has just been sold.

  berkeley congregation are now sharing a neighbouring hall at dapto.. .

  the reason given was the governing body has taken over all the halls and the building was in need of repair.

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  alanv

  That sounds like a heck of a lot of money just for a hall
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  The Other Sheep are the 10 Tribes of Israel. WT answer.

  by prologos in

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  2. bible

  if you still chafing under wt's false teachings, wanted to prove wt wrong , still sit through wt "studies", here is a gem from the current studies to sept 25, july 2016 wt mag.

  to read while the study drones on: "questions from readers " the 2 sticks.

  the summary: the two sticks: judah's 2 and ephraim's 10 tribes were reunited at the return from exile.

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  alanv

  What happened to their new rule of not using types and anti types unless the bible specifically does?
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  Update: Got my Judicial Committee cancelled

  by Sanchy in

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  original thread here.

  update: so, after the meeting i had with elders a few weeks ago as outlined in my original thread, they met as a body and once again called to tell me that after considering my case they still thought a judicial committee should be held against me and asked to be there "thursday at 7:30".

  all of this, i remind you, because of posting coc on facebook.

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  alanv

  Why not just disassociate yourself. Looks to me that your heart is not in it any more.
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  Undecided

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

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  i have recently been disfellowshipped (after being reinstated in march).

  i saw a group of jws gathered in the town car park yesterday.

  they seemed startled when they recognised my car and talked amongst themselves giving one another a satisfied grin!

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  alanv

  Well of course you could do that, but you have now certainly done the right thing. As someone who as far as they are concerned has been kicked out of the cong for whatever reason you will be shunned and ignored by everyone. They have no love for you at all, because they have been told not to have.

  If I would you I would rejoice in the fact that you have finally got free from this truly awful religion
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  Peruvian JWs lose custody of 2-year old son

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the peruvian government intervened on behalf of this child whose ignorant jw parents left his life in jay hoover's hands.... http://eltiempo.pe/?p=139873.

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  alanv

  Good to hear that the authorities intervened. Considering that two thirds of JWs leave the faith sometime in their adulthood, it was the correct thing to do. The poor child would have no say in the matter at that age.
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  The Real Reason why the WT predicted Armageddon in 1975

  by OrphanCrow in

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  2. beliefs

  i am of the opinion that the wt doctrine is influenced more by external factors that it is by internal ones.

  one of the doctrines that has puzzled me for some time is the armageddon prediction of 1975. why would the wts make this prediction?

  what was their real purpose?.

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  alanv

  The org had a history of naming dates. During those times there was great increase for them. There wish all the time is to grow the organisation. To do that you need more people, and as a bonus more dollars to come in.