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  Taking bets on how long this cult will last and what will happen to it

  by macys in

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  i wanna make a poll here.

  how many years do you think the jdub cult will exist as is and what will happen to it?.

  i say the growth stops this year and starts to decline.

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  freddo

  I dunno slimboy,

  The memorial attendance has hovered around 20 mil for the past 5 years. I really believe 2015/16 (if figures aren't massaged) will show peak publishers give or take 1% for the next few years. I would be surprised if the peak goes beyond 8.5 million unless they go mainstream - as in stopping the shunning.

  Their baptisms are down on the peaks of 300K a year they reached at one point.

  If it wasn't for western medicine and the drop in smoking worldwide they would have lost a lot more old ones by now, but they can't live forever! (Pun intended)
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  Lets start a "Go Fund Me" for those special pioneers being kicked to the curb by the GB,.

  by notjustyet in

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  2. scandals

  lots of great potential to help those sp that are being sent off without any financial help from the wtbts.

  i think that it would be a great way to get some exposure on this topic and how the wtbts thats those that dedicated their lives to the wtbts only to be sent packing at a late age.

  then someone can take the funds to one sp couple, possibly, and give it to them in honor of the apostates that know what is really happening.

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  If we know of someone personally - whether we are in or not why not send this anonymous note with a ten buck bill attached.

  "Dear Special Pioneer couple/Booted Bethelite.

  I am an anonymous Jehovah's Witness/ex-Jehovah's Witness/inactive witness who loathes how the Governing Body have gone against the scripture in Luke 14:28. Please find enclosed ten pounds/bucks, I heard you were kicked to the curb.

  I hate what the Watchtower leaders have done to you - did you notice in the February broadcast at the 11 minute mark Brother Herd's clunking great Rolex watch?
  

  Don't go preaching but "provide for your own" and build up a fund for your old age in case the new overlapping generation doctrine is as false as the last ones.

  Don't stand next to a literature cart wasting even more of your precious lives. Just look after the widows and orphans if you have spare time after providing for your own needs.
  

  Yours truly,"

  "Oh, and P.S. - look out for child abuse lawsuits, perhaps that's where all the money is going? That and the Wallkill vanity project for the Governing Body's lakeside retirement complex."
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  Special Pioneer Couple Living at a Kingdom Hall In Miami FL, get the dreaded Letter

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just got a phone call from an older sister saying that a couple that got re-assigned from bethel 4 years ago to live at their kh apartment as special pioneers, just received a letter saying "as of january 2016, your special pioneer assignment will be discontinued".. they live in a south miami kh(snapper creek congregation).. this couple had only served in bethel for 15 years before they were sent out into the special pioneer work.

  they are now in their mid 50's and the sister said that they have to find part time jobs to support themselves.. the older sister (does not have a pc or internet), says that the couple are just devastated!

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  @punkofnice

  Tell us how you really feel!

  I wonder if that jw card and trinket company could start producing "I told you so!" cards?

  NEW FROM MINISTRY NO IDEAS:-

  Has someone you know been sent to the field to increase the shout of praise to Jah's great name? Why not send them a card of commiseration? For every dollar you spend with us we will send one cent to a "booted bethelite" of your choice!

  Minimum order $100.00
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  Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

  by Hollywood20 in

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  grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

  i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

  my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

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  freddo

  I understand you wanting to look after your mum (mom to you americans!) but you can send her a cheque (check to you americans) every so often when you make big!
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  Special Pioneer Couple Living at a Kingdom Hall In Miami FL, get the dreaded Letter

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just got a phone call from an older sister saying that a couple that got re-assigned from bethel 4 years ago to live at their kh apartment as special pioneers, just received a letter saying "as of january 2016, your special pioneer assignment will be discontinued".. they live in a south miami kh(snapper creek congregation).. this couple had only served in bethel for 15 years before they were sent out into the special pioneer work.

  they are now in their mid 50's and the sister said that they have to find part time jobs to support themselves.. the older sister (does not have a pc or internet), says that the couple are just devastated!

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  Do they lose the apartment as well?
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  ANNOUNCEMENT CLIP ...2015 Annual meeting Sam Herd confirming what we knew a month ago about slow down and halt of worldwide construction

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_h68ktwpim&feature=youtu.be.

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  freddo

  Luke 14:29 says onlookers would ridicule someone who built a tower without the necessary funds available ...

  Am I unkind to ridicule?
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  Did Jesus really die on a cross?

  by macys in

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  being raised a catholic we had lots of crosses around the house.

  when my family converted to this cult they were all removed and destroyed in case they had demons in them lol but at this juncture in my life i do not even know if jesus as the way he is portrayed in the bible was real.

  yes a man named jesus did live and die 2000 years ago and probably on a cross but he was definitely not the son of god.

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  freddo

  What Simon said.
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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

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  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  freddo

  Do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?
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  Some Recent U.K. Information ...

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  ... just received!

  london bethel: last year a couple in their fifties were laid off from bethel and made special pioneers.

  in january they will be demoted to regular pioneers.

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  freddo

  Weekend before last - also south of England CA - about 1100 in attendance and 3 baptised. The chariot is moving so very quickly nowadays isn't it?
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  You need to marry a ministerial Servant!

  by John Aquila in

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  2. beliefs

  a single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.

  i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.

  my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..

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  freddo

  I'm with Billy the ex-Bethelite on his analysis of the opening post.