Posts by pepperheart

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JWs studying with a neighbor: what should I do?

by john.prestor in

so let me introduce myself first: i've lurked here for years because i'm working on a long-term research project concerning jehovah's witnesses and i've collected data from this site (seriously, you guys are awesome, i've learned so much from this forum i never would have learned otherwise).

i've also collected data at multiple kingdom halls and read scholarly works on jehovah's witnesses and non-scholarly works as well (e.g., crisis of conscience).

so i have a pretty good sense of jehovah's witnesses even though i was not raised in this faith nor did i ever join up.

pepperheart

Another thing that you could do for the future is see what reports of jw s there are in the press in your country.And any tv programs there have been about the jws

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Major Article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer on JW Child Abuse

by Room 215 in

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.

pepperheart

good to hear that another kingdom hall has been sold off

that is one of the fastest ways that the watchtower will be killed off

the further a new person has to travel to a kingdom hall will mean that people wont be bothered to go

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My impressions of the cart witnessing

by Sour Grapes in

i have watched tons of youtube videos of our exjdub friends approaching and talking to the jdub manikins at their carts as they give a great witness to the world by sipping their hot lattes, updating their social media, chit chatting to each other, and the most important thing of getting their time in, counting their hours.. when the jw's see someone approach with a camera they do several things, they will turn their backs on the person, or look at the person with a frown and act like the person isn't even there.

the witlesses refuse to answer simple, clear, and precise questions.

when i was an elder i loved to get into discussions and debates with trinitarians, priest, clergymen and those who were born again.

pepperheart

Its a win win situation the drones get easy hours in and the watchtower doesnt have to worry that they are giving out to many books and magazines thus saving the watchtower money.

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Watchtower growth ?

by pepperheart in

in perth western australia the watchtower have sold a kingom hall to hindus for $2 million aust dollars and they have a second one up for sale in the same area embleton .

pepperheart

In perth western australia the watchtower have sold a kingom hall to hindus for $2 million aust dollars and they have a second one up for sale in the same area embleton

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KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!

by nowwhat? in

avon lake ohio.

while new mega church being built right down the street!.

pepperheart

Now that the year books have stopped being printed who amongst the rank and file know if the current number of jws worldwide is 8 million and how many less people a year it will become.So the actual numbers could fall from 8 million to 7 or 6 million and apart from their own area and at conventions there is no way the avarage jw would know

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KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!

by nowwhat? in

avon lake ohio.

while new mega church being built right down the street!.

pepperheart

The good news is that this is going to continue because the people at bethel will always want to keep feeding their own bellies and have some where to live,so they will keep on selling the local kingdom halls off and in doing so making the watchtower a more and more online cult where they dont have any actual buildings just the web

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Are the 8 superstar Popes planning a purge?

by Sour Grapes in

jw
friends

there are over 8 million jdubs and i would venture a guess that at least 20% to 30% are pimo.

in my opinion, the kingdom hauls are only half full for two reasons....many have left but the majority are pimo and any little excuse will keep them home and they will report their token ghost hours in service.

all it takes to stay home is being tired, too much school homework or i will go next week, no doubt many have taken part-time jobs and the fear of working the second shift and the guilt of missing meetings is gone.

pepperheart

If people did leave it would be good for the watchtower as they could sell off more kingdom halls (its hard to see how they could make any more cuts)

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KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!

by nowwhat? in

avon lake ohio.

while new mega church being built right down the street!.

pepperheart

then what?

they keep on selling kingdom halls off

and if the local people dont like it TOUGH

they have got two choices they can go where the watchtower says or they dont