To be fair to them, they have for decades shown negative figures in their annual service report. I live in the uk, and there has been almost zero growth for years now. Any growth is often because of born ins, but even that is not high considering that two thirds of them leave the religion once they are adults (pew report)
Posts by alanv
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by asp59 inis watchtower faking there member numbers?
i live in europe.
for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.
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alanv
JWs regularly have get togethers where they enjoy others company just like any non JWs. There are restrictions though. So no drugs, no smoking and drinking alcohol in moderation. Also dressing modestly and non sexual dancing are required.
So for anyone wanting any of those things you could say they are party poopers. Personally I was always quite happy with those conditions, and any non JW parties I go to now, I would prefer those conditions.
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Could end of November be special?
by Kosonen indid you know that noah entered the ark in the end part of november and also that jesus' followers flead jerusalem around 25th of november 66ce?.
could it be that a significant group of jehovah's witnesses would begin to flee to the "wilderness" in the end of november?
revelation 12 speaks about a flight of a symbolic woman to a wilderness.
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alanv
The only thing November is famous for in Watchtower world, is that is the time to remind all the sheep of all the ways they can donate money to the org.
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Could end of November be special?
by Kosonen indid you know that noah entered the ark in the end part of november and also that jesus' followers flead jerusalem around 25th of november 66ce?.
could it be that a significant group of jehovah's witnesses would begin to flee to the "wilderness" in the end of november?
revelation 12 speaks about a flight of a symbolic woman to a wilderness.
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alanv
Jehovah's Witnesses are told what to do by their governing body in USA. They dont normally do anything that the org does not approve of, because of consequencies.
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The 2020 Census of American Religion 07.08.2021
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/.
more than one-third of muslims (39%), white mainline protestants (37%), buddhists (37%), and the religiously unaffiliated (36%) have at least a four-year college degree.
another 19% are catholic, 2% are latter-day saint, and less than 1% each are jehovah’s witnesses or orthodox christians.
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alanv
Activity does not mean growth. Last year they went backwards and i expect this year will be the same
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2021-September-27-Announcement-COVID Vaccinations!
by Atlantis in2021-september-27-announcement-covid vaccinations.
https://www.filemail.com/d/nvhztnqzuiyilhb.
https://we.tl/t-jn7l6rjrxa.
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alanv
Its easy to see why this letter has been sent. Over 20000 JWs have died from covid, and the vaccine has been shown to dramatically reduce symptoms if someone catches is.
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Help needed - Did the GB receive Covid money?
by iwasblind inthis is not a political post regarding the vax jab, (let's not go there) but i personally know many who were disturbed by the gb pushing it in the update #7. .
it is odd as they never really get involved and always do the stupid "conscious" thing whenever they don't want to take responsibility.. then i saw this article - https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/03/898753550/religious-groups-received-6-10-billion-in-covid-19-relief-funds-hope-for-more?t=1632597803079&fbclid=iwar0ly8k1fb3cdgknmmxs9aruz-wtex6sir9_uz2uxofkae4iyk7sm5r1ndu&t=1632598929611.
there is a report with itemized churches and the amounts they were given.
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alanv
Over JWs 20000 JWs have died because of covid. It should be no surprise that the governing body have encouraged witnesses to have the jabs
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Just saw the segment on the 4 corners documentary involving Erwin Zaklin
by joe134cd intwo observations here.
(1) i just saw a segment on the 4 corners documentary involving erwin zalkin.
the u.s lawyer involved in the law suites against watchtower.
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alanv
Really excellent documentary. very professional and informative
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An old friend was all nice until she found out I was DF'd!!!
by Lynnie inwell this is almost funny to me at this point.
i've been out since i was 19 and i'm now 65. i have uber jw cousins that of course now shun me big time.
funny how when my uber jw started declining in health all of a sudden they "needed" me and i had to help with her care blah blah after being shunned for years.. my mom passed away a couple of years ago and i sent out the death/memorial announcements to her friends far and near.
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alanv
I remember at my JWs son wedding, I shared a car with the JW photographer. We chatted and everything was fine. Then when we shared the same car later he was really standoffish and didnt want to talk. He had been told that I was an ex witness and that I now speak against the org lol
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
by Iamallcool indo jehovah’s witnesses take advantage of people in their low points in life?
do you know of some good examples?
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alanv
I lost my eldest son to the cult after he had attended a lot of family funerals. He was extremely vulnerable and got sucked into it, He completely ignored my advice and experience of being in the religion for 25 years.