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  Hotels Deny Watchtower Discount Rates For 2020 Regional Conventions

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wtbts is not being given special room rates by 2 major hotels at the long beach convention center area for the upcoming 2020 regional conventions & wt is t'd off.

  letters are being read in surrounding circuits and congregations.

  apparently wt is afraid that other hotels are going to blackball them as well.. has anyone else heard this?

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  alanv

  The hotels will still want them, they just dont want to give them a special rate
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  January 2020 Watchtower - the anointed

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's very odd that the jan. 2020 watchtower was nearly 3 weeks later than normal.

  another odd thing about this watchtower is that it has two articles (about the anointed) that is very similar to two articles they wrote only four years earlier.the fact that they have even reprinted two articles that are only four years old suggests that they continue to have numerous problems surrounding their teaching's of the anointed and problems with those claiming to be anointed.here are a few of the differences between both the 2016 and 2020 articles -2016 watchtower states.

  anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah just like everyone else.. 2020 watchtower statesof course, anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah through the congregation just like everyone else.. four years ago, they acknowledged that it was only jehovah who were teaching the anointed but the newest watchtower now states that it is through the congregation.watchtower 2016 states there will be 144,000 ruling with jesus in heaven.

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  alanv

  They know they are in a tricky position with more and more people partaking of the emblems. They used to say it was one of the proofs we are in the last days, that those partaking kept going down. So now they have to come up with all sorts of reasons as to why the figures are going up. Watchtower will always find an answer even if they have to do a 180 degree turn.
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  christmas

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its only 3 more pays till christmas...

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  alanv

  I still dont like all the commercialism of xmas. In fact i go away to India for a long holiday most Decembers.
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  Murmurs from the locals

  by Moster in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was ministered to by several different people at a jw funeral i attended today.

  one older lady said to me, "you know the end is right around the corner, just look at the state of the world today".

  i said, "well yes but that has been the mantra for decades, remember 'stay alive till '75'".

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  alanv

  I once asked a very devote JW, 'when would you have liked to live that was better than today' He mentioned a particular time about 3000 years ago lol
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  Sisters

  by truthlover123 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  during the first talk tonight, the brother giving the talk indicated that now comments were to include sisters!

  previously mostly only brothers were mentioned in most prayers or comments - has anyone else heard this tonight?.

  the meeting seemed to be positioned directly to and about sisters.

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  alanv

  Both women and men are able to comment at meetings. They just dont allow the women to stand on the platform and directly teach the congregation. No reason why women cant be mentioned in prayers or the men.
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  Is this something new?

  by Butyoucanneverleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just heard from a friend who keeps in touch with the jw's.

  a person who has been studying found out some things on line about the witnesses and decided to not get baptized and stopped attending the meetings.

  she lives with a witness.

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  alanv

  I guess her mistake was saying she had made a dedication prayer to God. But yes they are getting desperate to silence anyone who finds out about their past and present stance on things.
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  Broadcasting move part 2

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think this is not an unimportant observation.. with the move of the broadcasting channel to the library part of jw.org the broadcasting are away from the general public.

  so the obscure gb video's about strange mathers are not out to the open anymore with a simple click to tv.jw.org.

  only the rank and file will find them easily.. i think this was the objective of the change.. g..

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  alanv

  Anyone who is interested in the monthly broadcasting can find it very easily on the jwdotorg site. Maybe its just a money saving exercise.
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  2019-October 8, BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2019-10-08 boe.

  supporting the congregation as a pioneer.

  https://docdro.id/sf2rkwx.

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  alanv

  I would say, the reason the org want to approve witnesses for the public witnessing work is because they are talking about working with the carts. They dont want to chance having someone on them who is half hearted or who likes to get into debates. They want the witnesses on the carts to just sit there, wait for someone to approach, and only converse with someone if there is a chance of conversion.
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  From ABC News - Australia

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this morning, this article appeared on our national online news channel; the abc.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed/11561776.

  no-zombie.

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  alanv

  If I remember correctly Geoffrey Jackson didnt dismiss the idea out of hand when it was presented to him at the ARC. But I would have been very surprised if Watchtower had joined a scheme like this. They dont give anything away unless they have no choice.
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  Activism Works, Success :UPDATE

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  activism success update:.

  hi all, just wanted to update you on further to my post (link https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6235349429780480/activism-works-success ).. as usual we were in the park this weekend gone (the two bros fading, my good friend and i).we went for a coffee later.

  as we were walking to the coffee place we passed a lady and i mentioned that "she lived on my street , near my house.

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  That is exactly the way to get JWs to think. Once we openly have a go at their religion, they are trained to simply walk away. So you just ask a non confrontational question. It could even be done with the sex abuse problems that JW has. We can just say we were reading about what has been happening in the Catholic church with child sex abuse, and pose the question I wander if it is occurring in other religions as well. Also say how easy it is to check now days, by going on google. That may just be enough to get someone to check themselves if their religion has the same problem.