No not shattered completely. However, after a lifetime in, religious life on the outside has been hard. I am still seeking to fine a new spiritual home, whether that been in Christianity, Budhism, Hinduism or nothing. Not sure yet.
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Has being a Jehova's witness totally shattered your faith?
by Silvia Plath injust because the watchtower society is wrong doesn't mean that there is no god, nor does it mean there is a god.
it would interesting to now how former members have adjusted thier cosmology, or whether they are now atheists and why.
i personally see religion as a more personal matter, rather than belonging to an organization.
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Will your congregation exist in 50 years?
by truthseeker infifty years is a long time.. do you think your congregation that you did/are associating with will exist then?.
the probability may exist that for congs.
of elderly publishers, they will either have to merge or disband.
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I once tried to work out the average age of the publishers in our congregation (so the figure does not include children who are not unbaptised publishers). At the time, (about 5 years ago) I estimated that the average age was late 40s. Now it will be mid 50s - as very few youngs come along and the remaining ones age.
I think the trend will continue. JWs will become like many other mainstream churches where the main support are from older people, typically pensioners.
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Brooklyn Says they Need 40,000 qualified Brotheres
by drew sagan ini just mentioned this in another post but thought i would start a new thread about it.
my wife reminded me a few days ago that the bethel speaker at our convention stated that "the organization is in need of more than 40,000 qualified brothers to take the lead".
this basically means that brooklyn is saying that every congregation in the world is down 1 - 1.5 qualified brothers(?
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I can understand where they are coming from. I am from the old school (in my mid 50's) belonging to the generation who thought the mid 70's would bring the big A. We were at that time very enthusiastic for the 'truth'.
However, since that time there has certainly been a dropping off of the zeal we had.As a result, very few young men left in the congregations appear to have the same drive as we had back then. When I was an elder I was disappointed not to see young ones reaching out as we did.
Is it the beginning of the end? Perhaps not but it is a sign of continuing weakness.
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Be Honest: Did You ACTUALLY Report Accurate Field Service Time?
by minimus ini bet most people did not.
i think nearly everyone counted time spent on breaks.
or sitting in the car for an hour and a half while the elders did a "shepherding" call.
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Prediction of large drop in JW numbers in 2014
by VM44 ini am going to make the prediction, here and now in mid 2006, that there will be a significant drop in the number of jehovah's witnesses in the year 2014, the one hundredth anniversary of 1914.. the only way this drop in numbers might be avoided is if the watchtower society can think up some way to stir up the rank and file and get them motivated to do more, like they did with the 1975 fiasco.. .
i doubt very much that the watchtower magazine is going to proclaim loudly in the year 2014 anything about the "generation of 1914" not passing away.. --vm44
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What Bothers You The Most About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus infor me, i think it's their hypocrisy.
they lead (the vast majority) a double life.
and ultimately they look down on anyone not a jw yet they won't even wn up to it.
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How much JW do you have left in yourself?
by JH insay something that jw's preach that you still believe in.
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How much JW do you have left in yourself?
by JH insay something that jw's preach that you still believe in.
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FROM the source about downsizing
by Pistoff ini toured wallkill in the last month; the tour guide stated, in very clear terms, that the wt leadership is "sending home" many older couples and older ones, and replacing them with younger ones as they need to.
he did say it was because their experience was of more use in the field.
(snicker.
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