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  Belief in the resurrection trivializes death

  by jabberwock in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, a@g started a thread called "a belief in an afterlife is the most dangerous of all beliefs".

  i have been thinking about the necessary consequences of a belief in the afterlife, particularly a belief in the resurrection as envisioned by jehovah's witnesses.

  i came to some of the conclusions that a@g did and this post was originally meant to be a response on that thread, but i went off topic a bit and i didn't want to spoil the point lance was trying to make.. .

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  Ex-Elders, how did you resign?

  by dismayed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this issue is coming up for me soon, the resignation.

  a physical move is out of the question.

  but the most likely scenario is that i will be in the same hall.

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  Change in Regular Pioneer application process

  by Ultimate Reality in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week a letter is being read that changes the process for the approval of regular pioneers.

  in times past you had to fill out an application, submit it to the elder body (who would then add their comments), and it would be forwarded to "the branch" for approval.. this is being changed so that the elder body grants the approval instead of brooklyn or the local branch.

  it looks like the lawyers are removing any and all direct contact between the rank-and-file and the gb.

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  God's Love book: Appendix optional (if it's too kooky, just skip it, per KM)

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week's q&a on using the keep yourself in god's love book says that coverage of the appendix with bible students is optional.

  anybody else pick up on this?.

  my take on it is, if you, the jw sales rep, think that anything in the appendix is going to raise eyebrows with your potential convert, just skip over it.

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  British Sociologist Predicts Possible Collapse in Jehovah's Witness Numbers

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a newly published article by british sociologist david voas argues jehovah's witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers.

  contrary to claims by american sociologist rodney stark who predicts strong future growth for jehovah's witnesses, voas shows that jehovah's witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades: the rate of increase has steadily declined, and the number of hours each publisher must preach to produce an extra convert has gone up substantially.

  voas suggests a reason for the stagnation may be that there is a natural limit to the number of people in a given population that are susceptible to conversion to sectarian groups like jehovah's witnesses - the 'carrying capacity' of the population, and that the limit has largely been reached.

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  The Miracle of Prayer - Samuel Herd, Governing Body Member

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found his talk at http://www.jwforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=1704.

  here is a part of his talk.

  is he indicating that we should pray for gb so that jehovah god would open their eyes?.

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  Let's have your experiences of field service arrangements now that private book studies are no more

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you're still going out in service or you know about the new field service arrangements now that book studies in private homes have been discontinued, please share your experiences.. when, and where do you meet?

  are you in the same group you were before the dissolution of the private book study arrangement?.

  any encourgaing/discouraging comments from the brothers and sisters?.

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  Hello from Jabberwock

  by jabberwock in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been lurking around here for a few months and i'm really excited about participating in some of the discussions.

  i have already enjoyed several late nights and early mornings catching up on some of the older posts.. .

  when i first came across a link to this board my hand trembled as i held an outstretched finger just above the mouse button not quite sure whether i was prepared to go past what seemed to me to be the point of no return.

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  2009 Circuit Assembly Program - Devil's crafty acts in "education"

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for your viewing pleasure:.

  2008 2009 keep conquering the evil with the good circuit assembly of jehovahs witnesses.

  saturday .

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  What "Unwritten Rules" Did Your Congregation Have?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i knew of a hall that allowed only white shirted speakers on the platform for sunday public talks!

  when a visiting speaker did not wear the official white shirt he was either told that he couldn't give the talk or he could change shirts,as the hall kept a variety of sizes, just in case of an emergency!!!

  i don't make this up.

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