They all look fucking thrilled at the possibility Jehovah God Almight (cousin of Bruce) might care about them. Thrilled.
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Changes to Watchtower publication pictures
by rory-ks in.
are there any more examples like this?
pictures changed because a person was disfellowshipped?.
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June 1st Watchtower for the public
by Lynnie inone of my smart ass friends gave me the public copy of the watchtower for june 1st, 2014 and the main article.
is about "god's view on smoking.
" okay it goes on and on about how we need to keep our body "clean" and.
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Regarding this article, and the mindset behind it, 2 words; junk food. What's god's view on that?
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ONE REASON
by snare&racket inout of interest, and to formulate a cordial chat, would you give your top one reason for your belief or non belief?.
my foremost 'one reason' for non belief is:.
the historical evidence that provides an explination and timeline for how the modern religious doctrine's and dogma developed over time.. .
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Non-belief; lack of evidence of any supernatural being matching the descriptions provided in holy books.
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Expect more Crazy as JW.ORG trims the fat and fills the coffers.
by donuthole inwhen rutherford assumed the presidency of the watchtower society he instituted series of sweeping changes to the teachings and practices of the bible students.
some of these changes were at complete odds with what had been taught previously.
a key example was the elevation of the watchtower society as "god's visible organization on earth".
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Since 2008 I've stated that the long game for the GB will be to lose the fence sitters. It's easier for them to manage a smaller core group of die-hards who will obey at all costs than it is to control a 6 million+ mixed bag of fence sitters. Financially it makes more sense, and with control of the brick and mortar assets, they can stretch out their reign for a while longer (what's the average age of the GB?) and weather any legal precedents set by the Candice Conti ruling.
The rebranding is already underway, along with the more passive, almost wallpaper-like method of preaching via the literature stands. Look at the new tract with the trademarked JW.Org logo and the removal of the Watchtower iconography.
We we already know the Mormons have taken a similar route in terms of reinventing the religion (up to a point; search for "I'm a LDS" videos), directing attention to their web presence, which has been copied almost wholesale by the GB.
Jehovah's Witnesses 2.0 is long overdue, just like Armageddon.
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New Tract for August 2014 - Scan
by BluesBrother inif someone has done this before , i apologise but this was new to me.....struck me as strange that nowadays, the answers to life's problems are found on the internet .
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Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. Governing Body says forget that, fire up JW.Org on your iPhone.
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Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?
by mrquik init's happened before.
how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.
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I've zero sympathy for anyone in this religion. If they find it hard, if they have doubts, but they choose to stay in, they deserve everything coming their way from the governing body.
As as for the die hardshiphardship who choose to believe regardless of any info presented to them, f*ck em.
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Lies taught by the GB about ....Life, Worldy people & apostates
by williamhconley inthe governing body not only lies to it's members about their true history but also about life itself, worldly people and former members.. here are some of those lies that come to my mind.. .
"jw's are the happiest people on earth" -.
fact: depression, anxiety, fear of punishment, paranoia, is what jw's live with every day.
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Excellent post. Bookmarked.
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2014 District Convention Symposium - "What Must Be Kept In Second Place". - wow, unbelievable......
by EndofMysteries inits up on jw.org the 2014 convention program.
friday 2:00 symposium : what must be kept in second place?
recreation.
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I've stated for years that the GB only has one way to go; tighten their grip on the r&f. They may lose some peripheral members who cannot bear up under the pressure, but that's fine. Fewer more devoted members is better than a large group that wriggles in their grasp.
I don't think the Governing Body is interested in growing numbers. I think they're more interested in whittling and winnowing.
Think about it;
- 7 million Jehovah's Witnesses, 50% of whom (random figure) aren't really die-hards and are more interested in being socialites than Bethelites
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- 3 million Jehovah's Witnesses who have proven their loyalty to 'mother' by sticking with the Governing Body, no matter what they're told to do
Which is more easier to control or extract 'donations' from?
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Do you think not having the book study in private homes has had much effect?
by truthseeker init's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?
for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".
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Getting rid of the book study meetings was the catalyst to me - at the time an elder - waking up. 6 months before the announcement that they were ending was read out, the KM had an article about how important the BSG was, for a variety of reasons. Therefore, to me, the ending of it made no sense; increasing gas prices?
For the first time I realised the GB was making it up as they went along with little consistency or desire to emulate the 1st Christian model. As an elder I was hearing first hand how devastate those in "divided households" were as they would be losing one of the few opportunities for fellowship Ina. Private home.
The GB's decision starred my thinking processes, and within 6 months of the letter being read I had DA'd.
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Bizarre comment about jw.org at SAD
by sir82 inrecently attended a sad.. bethel speaker was gushing about the wt's embrace of new technology, in the part of his talk warning about "apostate" web sites.. a loose summary of his comments:.
"and the brothers at headquarters have made it very safe for you to go to our website.
in fact, the brothers talked to the folks at google, and they made a special arrangement so that when you type in 'j w period' into the google search engine, it automatically shows you the jw.org website.
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The WTBTS is the North Korean of American religions.