this post is actually in answer to a question i got from jwfacts.
i think the issue was also raised on a recent thread.. first, some data from the 2011 and 2016 censuses:.
(a) 1,751,733 (7.5% of population) reported being in a de-facto couple on census night, but .
Thanks to sheperdless and JWfacts for those graphs ,if nothing else it shows that families in the the religion of JW`s are no better off than the general population .
Despite what the WT publications state.
Family breakups are just as common and certainly no better than non JW`s.
One of the reasons JW`s get divorced ,because a mate leaves the religion ,is not something that occurs in the general population .
And is indicative of them being a cult.religion.
there was a recent thread on another site where posters maintained that many of the *most* long-standing jw's don't believe at least one official watchtower doctrine.
i've even read reports from bethelites saying they've heard bethel overseers say they don't believe some watchtower theology.
this made me think - i believe there are a few official doctrines that are common for many jw's to be either in denial about or simply not really believe ( often one and the same thing).. i'd say these are pretty high in the ranking:.
I think a lot of the current JW`s dont believe Armageddon is coming soon , and that is the reason the numbers of the Annointed keep going up.
They seem to reason that if the big "A" doesnt come in their lifetime they will hedge their bets by claiming to be of the annointed class and partake at the Memmorial Celebration.
Also in the years leading up to 1975 JW`s were almost running around the territory placing Mags and dropping off brochures at as many houses that they could .
Their was a real sense of urgency in their field ministry.
Today? Very little to no interest in FS ,no urgency to preach ,they are just going through the motions of being a publisher .
In the 60`s /70`s we had "Let God Be True" "The Truth That Leads To Everlasting Life " "Your Will Be Done " and Babylon The Great Has Fallen Gods Kingdom Rules"
Which had something meaty and relevant/applicable /pertinent to that era...... Now they are obsolete...old lite.
Whereas their are no such publications available and applicable to todays "World Events" to inspire and encourage or motivate the R&F.
after learning the alphabet no other education required.
history would be distorted, science rejected.
i'm surprised that gb didn't realise there is big money in education, big tony could be the professor of bullshit..
I could be wrong here though I`m not so sure i am .
The Roman Catholic Church has over a Billion members ? with millions of priests and church laity around the world
And the media have highlighted the child sex scandals that have engulfed the R.C.Church over the past decades.
Jehovahs Witnesses have only a fraction of their membership appoximately just over 8 million members that includes witnesses in positions such as Elders and Ministerial servants..and other higher ranks such as CO`s Do`s etc.etc.
I believe that if you made a comparison between the R.C.Religion and JW `s Religion ,amount of sexual abuses against minors compared to membership ,the Roman Catholic Church would pale into insignificance or if not they would at least be on a par. with the Jehovahs Witnesses religion.
the edinburgh city observatory sits atop calton hill at the east end of the city centre adjacent to burn's monument, scotland's national monument modelled on the parthenon, and nelson's monument with the time ball that falls at 1pm every day except sundays.. .
the second astronomer royal of edinburgh was charles piazzi smyth (jan. 1819 - feb. 1900).
smyth was a man of many and varied interests including meteorology, producing weather observations that still form an important part of uk climate records to this day.. building on the work of james taylor, smyth became fascinated by the great pyramid of egypt at giza.
jaydee ,I must have mis-read your post or got the wrong impression with your thumbs up on vienne `s comment ,who by the way querys the pyramid as being associated with C.T.Russell.?
Also if I`m not mistaken ,I loveTTATT2 also doesnt seem to believe that the pyramid is associated with C.T.Russells gravesite.,how many more ? I dont know
If I have misunderstood I LoveTTATT2 ` s reply to Cofty ,then maybe I should call it a day.
sparrowdown a longtime member on this board is confused and I dont want newbies lurking on this board to be confused about this issue.
I`m just trying to clear this confusion up once and for all .
the october 2017 wt study article (simplified).
let us consider some examples of fake love.
when satan talked to eve in the garden of eden, what he said made it seem that he wanted the best for her.
I thought it was a personal relationship that one was to strive for with Jehovah, not a collective one. Ugh,
So true dubstepped , and as others have said it is such stupid reasoning.
hiding the sin is unloving because it harms both the sinner and others. How? Jehovah might stop blessing the congregation with his holy spirit, and the congregation would not have peace.
Their must be a helluva lot of secret sinners in the congregations of JW`s in the western world where amalgamations ,selling off KH`s ,stagnant growth,closing down Bethels,laying off bethelites ,trimming CO`s and DO`s down in size,plus contributions are now on the slide.
Also their is a definite lack of zeal in the attitude of the average publisher nowadays always looking for an easy way of witnessing to people ,rather letting the people come to them as in cart witnessing.
Lets face it D2D witnessing is non effective nowadays and cart witnessing is even less effective.
The writing is on the wall for the JW religion to fade into obscurity as a fringe religious sect. more so than they are now.
the edinburgh city observatory sits atop calton hill at the east end of the city centre adjacent to burn's monument, scotland's national monument modelled on the parthenon, and nelson's monument with the time ball that falls at 1pm every day except sundays.. .
the second astronomer royal of edinburgh was charles piazzi smyth (jan. 1819 - feb. 1900).
smyth was a man of many and varied interests including meteorology, producing weather observations that still form an important part of uk climate records to this day.. building on the work of james taylor, smyth became fascinated by the great pyramid of egypt at giza.
To all those people who object to the pyramid behind C.T.Russells grave as being associated with him and the Watchtower organization , please provide evidence /proof as to who it does belong to ?
just asking .
...the liverpool echo arena is the regional convention venue for the north west of the u.k (also holding manchester's r.c this year after the grande concert bombing).
or am i just being cynical at this coincidence?.
I think you might be onto something their.
Some people dont believe in coincidences however I believe a coincidence has to be too coincidental to not be a coincidence in the first place.
I`m a believer in coincidence , its been my experience in life.
the conversation soon got to spiritual subjects, this elder is company man all through and side kick well he's learning the ropes.
bang mentioned snake antivenin, blood factions, then big geoffrey jackson saying presumptuous, then vin toole in the arc saying he had never heard of theocratic warfare.
then told how god made exceptions to the rules on blood when soldiers ate unbled meat.
OK Chook dont keep us in suspense how did they answer your thought provoking questions ?
And whats with the snake antivenom question ? Whats that about ?
we just realised that everyone has had it wrong!
the bible even got it wrong.. noah didn't build an ark that stopped in one place.
no my friends, it was actually more of a shuttle ferry that had multiple stops on its journey.
Your story sounds more plausible than the Bible story stuck......
so one of the things witnesses have been saying for years is how marriage is under attack, typically marrying the word "soaring" with the words "divorce" and "rate".. here are some metrics that suggest that for those who do get married in england and wales this assertion is not actually correct.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40524156.
sure there are less marriages than there used to be and more people cohabiting but it does throw some water on the argument that the sky is falling in as far as marriage is concerned..
I dont think Jehovahs Witnesses should be pointing the finger at the "worlds" divorce rate as being an evidence that the end is nigh ?
I think the divorce rate among Jehovahs Witnesses are higher than the general populations figures by comparison
Also the general population dont get divorced because of a difference of religion as a rule which is becoming more common in the JW religion
In my 33 years of being an active witness I was surprised at how many divorces I had witnessed and not a few of them had been married and divorced more than once.
It sounds like the pot calling the kettle black .
