Posts by RULES & REGULATIONS

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Why the house to house preaching work never works

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch.

do you need a new roof?

do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip?

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We all believe that the house to house preaching work serves many purposes. It keeps members busy,distributes and sells literature,it screens new members,and counts service hours to separate who serves as a regular member,ministerial servant and elder. The whole purpose in not to find new members.

If that is the case,do you feel that the Ministry School and Service Meeting is used as a sham? Is the WTS pretending to teach about the Bible to its members and the general public just to get free tax exemptions? Is the WTS just a corporation that profits from the printing and selling of literature and purchasing and selling of property?

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Why the house to house preaching work never works

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch.

do you need a new roof?

do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip?

RULES & REGULATIONS

I should of said.....''the chances that house to house works are slim.''

Our congregation was started in 1972 with a mere 13 members. It reached a peak of 86 members in 2000 and today it is down to less than 30.

Most of the new members (aside from the original 13) were either friends,family or children born into the religion. Also,there hasn't been a new member that was brought in from house to house preaching in over 10 years.

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Why the house to house preaching work never works

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch.

do you need a new roof?

do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip?

RULES & REGULATIONS

I dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch. Do you need a new roof? Do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip? Do you need a subscription to a newspaper or magazine? Do you want to buy candy or cookies?

I never purchase,donate or get free estimates from ''cold callers.'' I don't know these people or trust them. If I need something I'll call you!

What makes the WTS think that having members walking around ''dressed to kill'',offering a magazine or book, make householders open the door and start a Bible study from people that they have no prior personal relationship?

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Why the house to house preaching work never works

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch.

do you need a new roof?

do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip?

RULES & REGULATIONS

I dislike when people come knocking on my door ''cold calling'' with their sales pitch. Do you need a new roof? Do you want to donate to a local school so they can pay for a trip? Do you need a subscription to a newspaper or magazine? Do you want to buy candy or cookies?

I never purchase,donate or get free estimates from ''cold callers.'' I don't know these people or trust them. If I need something I'll call you!

What makes the WTS think that having members walking around ''dressed to kill'',offering a magazine or book, make householders open the door and start a Bible study from people that they have no prior personal relationship?

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Is this possible...... Hundreds of Bethelites now engaged in major reform?

by koolaid-man in

jw
friends

we all know the watchtower organization is now in a defensive mode.

unrelenting criticism and critical information is rapidly coming forward exposing this esoteric cult.. are their hundreds of bethelites now understanding how evil their "faithfull slave" really is?

has the revolution begun?.

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Can it be shown through their literature

by therevealer in

that the society teaches that only active witnesses will survive armagedon?.

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A couple of years ago an Elder at our Kingdom Hall gave a talk on who would survive the ''great tribulation.'' He said that only faithful brothers and sisters who preach the good news would survive. Anyone who is not preaching the good news or members who are inactive would not survive.

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My review of 2011 - the mad, the obscure, the outrageous, the terrible...

by cedars in

2011 is a special landmark year in my life, because it is the year when i finally said "enough is enough" and awakened from my increasingly passive role within the jw faith.

coincidentally, this was also the year in which the governing body "ramped up" its rhetoric to ever more dizzying heights of arrogance, hatred, and absurdity.

whether 2011 subsequently goes down in the history of the watch tower society as being a true turning point in its downfall remains to be seen.

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Cedars

Thank you! This is one of the main reasons why I enjoy JWN. This review is so important that everyone who reads or posts on JWN should ponder on this information and really see what the WTS is all about.(AND YOU THOUGHT CUBA AND NORTH KOREA WERE DICTATORSHIPS)

You're right! They really threw some punches out of left field and low blows in 2011. They are against the ropes now and have no choice but to really hit hard. The internet is like a boxer that throws punches right to the gut and hits hard. They have never faced anything like it before. The problem is that this fight will not end when they want it to end and that their opponent will not relent. They will not stop the fight but will try to hit harder. Who wins the fight? That remains to be seen.

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Why do some people have their second marriage at a Banquet Hall?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my cousin informed me that she and her fiance are getting married this coming march.

they both are witnesses who are free to marry.

(they both divorced their mates because of adultery) she and her teenage kids have been living with her mom the last 8 years because of financial hardship.

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My cousin informed me that she and her fiance are getting married this coming March. They both are Witnesses who are free to marry.(They both divorced their mates because of adultery) She and her teenage kids have been living with her mom the last 8 years because of financial hardship. Her fiance plans on moving in the same house with his new wife,step kids and mother- in- law. (He has no money either)

They are getting married at a Kingdom Hall in the afternoon and have a wedding at a Banquet Hall with close to 140 people. The per person charge at this Banquet Hall starts at $70. That's close to $10,000.

If neither of them have any money,why don't they get a marriage license at their local city hall and take their close family out to dinner? Why do people feel they need their second marriage at a Banquet Hall? Don't they realize how bad the economy is?

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Will the door to door presentation ever change?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i haven't been out in door to door service in years.

my name is rules and this is brother john.

we are in your area today talking to your neighbors and asking this important question.

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I haven't been out in door to door service in years. This was my presentation.

''Hello! My name is Rules and this is brother John. We are in your area today talking to your neighbors and asking this important question. Will the conditions in this world ever change or will God bring a change? We have this magazine named the Watchtower that asks this very question! If you would like,I will give you a copy to read and return in a week to see if you read the magazine and discuss it and see what is the answer to this very important question?''

Have the presentations changed over the years or is this it?

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My uncle who is an Elder has been warned not to ''talk or meet grandson''.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my cousin( who was disfellowshipped many years ago) told me that he cannot speak to or come over to his grandfather's any longer.. he would stop by every month or so just to see his grandfather and grandmother.

they are both in their 80's and not in the best of health.. my uncle who is still serving as an elder would talk to his grandson only when his grandson would visit his house.

well,someone found out and snitched on my uncle.

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The false dates,the service time slips,the boring meetings,the cuts in printing,the ''generation change'', and how much money the WTS has DON'T BOTHER me. This bothers me! This can happen to me or you. You will have no contact with your family or friends. Only if you ''return to Jehovah'' will they take you back.

SHAME ON YOU WTS!