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  If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!

  by nowwhat? in

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  i have to make a token appearance at the k.h.

  once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.

  and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.

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  Their decline will be slow and steady. I can't picture a mass exodus. The JDubs who are sitting on the fence will be able to use this news to jump off the fence and say they are stumbled when they miss meetings and the elders check up on them.
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  JDubs love to feel persecuted

  by Sour Grapes in

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  the spotlight is on the witlesses problem of protecting child sex abusers and disfellowshipping those who were sexually violated.

  i bet the jdubs thought they would be persecuted for their preaching work and announcing god's kingdom not for having more pedophiles than the catholics as a ratio of members to sex perverts.. the thing that gets me is that we care more about the problem than the jdubs who are high on watchtower cocaine.

  most of them will ignore the news reports as from apostates and are lies just like the gibbering body said would happen.

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  The spotlight is on the Witlesses problem of protecting child sex abusers and disfellowshipping those who were sexually violated. I bet the JDubs thought they would be persecuted for their preaching work and announcing God's kingdom not for having more pedophiles than the Catholics as a ratio of members to sex perverts.

  The thing that gets me is that we care more about the problem than the JDubs who are high on Watchtower cocaine. Most of them will ignore the news reports as from apostates and are lies just like the Gibbering Body said would happen. More proof that the Hateful Eight are inspired.
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  144,000 is a literal number

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
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  jdubs are the only religion that believes that only 144,000 are going to heaven and of course they are all jdubs.

  the number is found in the bible book of revelation.

  i could never wrap my brain around the fact that the jdubs will openly tell you that everything else in the book revelation is not literal and is symbolic.

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  JDubs are the only religion that believes that only 144,000 are going to heaven and of course they are all JDubs. The number is found in the Bible book of Revelation. I could never wrap my brain around the fact that the JDubs will openly tell you that everything else in the book Revelation is not literal and is symbolic. Does anyone know how they prove the number is literal even though every verse before or after the number is symbolic?

  I was an elder and struggled with this.
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  Why are there more sisters than brothers at the Kingdom Hauls?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that i have visited?

  some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer.

  or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the jdubs came a knocking?

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  Simon...I like your comment about women being more invested in people.
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  Why are there more sisters than brothers at the Kingdom Hauls?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that i have visited?

  some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer.

  or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the jdubs came a knocking?

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  Good information Sparky. Thanks
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  The increase in the Anointed Ones

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. beliefs

  to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

  when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

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  The JDubs go through a lot of effort to secretly put a Memorial invitation in every door in their territory to invite strangers to celebrate that Jesus died only to be told while at the Memorial that they can't nibble or sip the emblems even though Jesus said that they should. Maybe Jesus words, "Keep doing this in remembrance of me," is just a little too difficult to understand.

  These people will be surprised to learn that they aren't qualified, worthy, or deserving to partake. They can however fully reject the blood and body of Jesus by passing the emblems on to the next person.

  I wonder how Jesus feels every year when millions of people in the Kindom Hauls turn up their noses at him?
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  Why are there more sisters than brothers at the Kingdom Hauls?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that i have visited?

  some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer.

  or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the jdubs came a knocking?

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  I have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that I have visited? Some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer. Or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the JDubs came a knocking? They enjoyed the JW weekly visits to break things up during the week.

  Could it be that women are wired differently than males and have a stronger leaning toward spiritual things compared to males?

  Are women more prone to want to help other people to lead better lives by preaching to them?
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  How long is a generation?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
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  what splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.

  and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.

  but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.

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  The JDubs will say that even though Jesus was referring to his time period that his words were prophetic and had a second fulfillment in our time.
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  How long is a generation?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.

  and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.

  but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.

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  Desperate people say and do desperate things. Jesus clearly said, "This generation," not generations. If you ask a JDub how long is a generation, while not talking about what the Gibbering Body says, they will tell you 40 to 50 years. Now if you tie that in with the blinding nulight™ then you get the dear in the headlights look. It just goes black behind their eyes.
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  Will the Watchtower Company in the near future start asking for a tithe?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it appears that the borg has some financial issues and i would think they are related to the hush money being paid out for the child molestation lawsuits to protect the guilty cult members and the fine untarnished reputation of the jdubs.. we have seen how much the borg refers to the hebrew scriptures for their guiding principles whenever it suits the borg's needs.

  tithing certainly is laced throughout the old testament.

  under the mosaic law, there were three tithes.

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  I can see the Gang of Eight Bobbleheads rubbing their hands together just planning on the best way to get the tithing going. Maybe a special Saturday video cast meeting with no announced theme to build up some high expectations. (JDubs just love the word "special") Many Witlesses will, of course, want to believe that this is it...at last an end of the world update.

  Then have Lett make some of his clown faces and talk about how Jehovah is speeding up the work and is giving the Gibbering Booty instructions on the need for more videos and the need for the latest high tech equipment. As a final push, we need to build more studios. Brothers, we need your help. If we don't don't do Jehovah's will, he will make the stones cry out. Jehovah for several years has been laying on our hearts the need for you dear brothers and even the "yung wans" to return to how God's chosen people in Bible times showed just how much they loved him by offering Him a tithe. Only giving HIm 10% of what was rightfully all HIs. We have been taking many steps to avoid this to not overburden the brothers like consolidating congregations and reducing our worldwide branches. The time has come for us to imitate the faithful men of old as the end of this old system is now in sight.