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  Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

  by oppostate in

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  2. beliefs

  i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

  is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

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  freddo

  What a complete and utter waste of time.
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  Reinstated and then fade

  by Zeds Dead in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a man - d'fd for 2.5 years now and divorced.

  find it hard to date girls out here only due to always having this secret i carry with me that i was once a jw and the thought of telling a girl one day why my family don't acknowledge me as even alive.. recently been thinking of trying to get reinstated and then do a quick fade as i cant go back to the whole jw stuff.. easier said than done and was turned down twice by elders after an immediate attempt 2 years ago.. my motivation for trying would be 1.

  ) to see if family make contact and 2) play the last hand in their game and give the middle finger.. interested in viewpoints?.

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  freddo

  When you start a relationship and it develops the other party may not want to have much to do with your family anyway! Could be a bonus for them.
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  Perfect Example of JW Dumbing Down

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just take a look at this video.

  i think arguing or debating scriptures is the most pointless thing ever.

  everything at their meetings are so basic with no explanation.

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  freddo

  Well the householders had whacky beliefs too. I thought she (the younger of the women) did well in the circumstances and had a good depth of JW knowledge and their interpretation of the bible.
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  WT Library DVD 2015 Just Updated to 2016 Information WTF

  by Poztate in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  every year i install the wt library on cd or dvd to my wife's laptop.

  the 2015 dvd seemed no different than normal but today when she opened it up it said updates are available and to download updates.

  it updated to 2016 magazines,and study articles.etc.

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  freddo

  No tecchie here but this is the first time (2015) it has been released on DVD as opposed to CD. I have both a 2011 and a 2014 on my hard drive.
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  Big Boldfaced Lie in Meeting Workbook for August 1-7, 2016

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is a fundamental lie which i couldn’t help noticing today in the our christian life and ministry—meeting workbook for august 1-7, 2016. it is in the little supplemental page considered this week under the title “improving our skills in the ministry—helping bible students to progress to dedication and baptism,” in the first paragraph (labelled “why important”), third sentence.

  here is that sentence:.

  “a christian’s dedication is to jehovah—not to a human, a work, or an organization.”.

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  freddo

  So why are they highlighting this subject? Could it be that baptisms are down?

  HQ are getting the figures every month and can project what the final count will be and I guess it ain't pretty!
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  Moore's Law And The Survival Of The Watchtower Corporation? When Will Instant Processing Push These Dumb Bastard Into Bankruptcy?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the internet value increases with this moore's law doubling effect and information is there for the picking.

  how long do you think these old geezers on the governing body can keep this currant generation of members in the darkness of stupidity?

  the human mind while it has it's fault will pick up on fraud at least on the unconscious level and stop giving time and money to these clowns.

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  freddo

  From the low baptism counts going round since the end of 2014 continuing until now they have already stagnated. I believe they will manipulate the figures to show the tiniest of growths rather than a deficit - and maybe watch out for the "love of the greater number cooling off" becoming a theme!

  The "Memorial count" is interesting - not really changed in the last 5 years.

  Who goes to a memorial? New ones yes but also it is the last meeting attended by the faders, the "in only for family" types and the "disfellowshipped but mentally in" types.
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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  freddo

  Herodian Kings could offer the kingdoms of the world? (You say that means kingdoms of Israel) Those Herodian kings which were subject to the Roman empire?
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  Rank & file are seeing the money-grubbing

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  spoke with a fellow apostate from my own area.

  she and i bailed out about the same time and kept in touch.. she used to do secular work with one of the local elders in his cleaning business until she got dfed.

  this same elder was one of the more profound dickheads on my reinstatement committee, before i turned around two years later and daed.. business required her to contact the elder on behalf of an old client.

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  freddo

  @Simon

  "Grubbing" actually means to dig about or poke about (in soil or similar). An animal might grub about in the dirt looking for insects, worms or other grubs.

  So money-grubbing is like someone digging or poking about in soil but digging about for money. So always on the lookout for money; poking about in the dirt for it.

  Money grubbing and money grabbing have become synonymous really with the US leaning towards the former and British English towards the latter but they are interchangeable.
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  It's official - the G.B. has replaced the Holy Spirit!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower november 2016, page 16, par.

  "some may feel that they can interpret the bible on their own.

  however, jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the only* channel for dispensing spiritual food.

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  freddo

  Maybe leprosy will be flashing up in the foreheads of the GB for presumptuousness like King Uzziah?

  Sadly not.
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  Another brother steps back

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so at the meeting this week it was announced that a certain brother was no longer serving as a ministerial servant.. this is a guy who was brought up in a different country as his family went to serve where the need was greater.

  this is a guy who was home schooled and went straight into pioneering.

  he then went and worked on building projects in various places in europe and africa.

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  freddo

  Excellent post K99.

  Did he sit through the announcement?