Posts by oppostate

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2017 Yearbook released

by bohm in

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i saw this on reddit:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.

overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).

oppostate

I would not expect to see the huge jump from roughly 15,000 partakers in 2015 to well over 18,000 last year. Care to comment on this?

I was a bit shocked to see a three thousand increase in one year.

But, even more surprising is that many who started partaking in the immediate area congregations in Greater Boston shared stories of "inquiries" and plain persecution by hounders, more than a few have been DF'ed for apostasy due to believing in only one hope not two or they've become inactive and even DA'ed before the hounders got to them. If so many are going down in the local area, the numbers of folks becoming inactive or DA'ing nationally and worldwide must really be up there.

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There is a NEW Songbook?!

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i am not talking about the one that the org came out with in 2010. i am talking about a new one that just came out.

it is completely different or is it just the 135 songs from the 2010 songbook plus the 16 that they have rolled out since then?

my head is spinning!.

oppostate

I'm so dizzy my head is spinning. Like a whirlpool, it never ends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCDPlU6ioZU

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December 28 2016 BOE Re One Study Edition of The Watchtower in Languages Other Than English

by wifibandit in

december 28, 2016 to all congregations re: one study edition of the watchtower in languages other than english.

dear brothers:.

for several years, the simplified edition of the watchtower has been produced in french,.

oppostate

I think it is beyond hillarious that they finish the letter by saying that in the future these foreign language translations of the WT will be in even simpler language.

Good grief! 1984 and engsoc, dumbing down language to dumb down minds!

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Irregular to meetings, can I partake in memorial?

by Squekylive in

hi friends .

i don't believe in jw doctrines anymore but because of family i have to be a jw for now.. i am not regular to meetings, and don't answer in meeting, but i report some hours so i remain as active jw now.. .

congregation knows that i am not spiritual and i don't talk to people and i don't care what they think about me.. now, i believe it's important to observe lord's supper as a christian as per john 6:53, so in the coming memorial if i attend i want to partake in the communion,.. i believe it is a sin to pass the bread and wine inspite of knowing it's flesh and blood of jesus.. it's like rejecting jesus.. so i want to partake.. but i dont consider i am anointed etc.

oppostate

Why make a scene by partaking?

Well, if you're a Christian believer you might decide to give a witness for what you believe is true.

And even more so if you are disfellowshipped.

Why so?

Because if you are DFed and partake you are fellowshipping or communing with all others who are likewise partaking. Btcha the GoBos would not like it, but the Biblical reason for observing the Memorial is for believers to commune, to be with others as one, united in Christ.

So if they do not want you partaking then they should not have it open to the public and invite people who are not expected to take part.

I'm partaking and if anyone at the KH does not like it, so what?

I'm not doing it for them, but for my belief in Christ and to show unity with all who also believe in following Jesus,'command to keep doing so.

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Demonizes medical techniques and jws

by Crazyguy in

so i remember in the 70s and 80s kenisalogy ( spelled wrong) was talked about as being demonized and wrong.

for those of you not familiar with the term it was used to describe alternative medical techniques used by some.

these could include massage techniques for healing, acupuncture, cranial sacral , aroma therapy, acupressure, etc etc... so my daughter has been dealing with a very painful condition and western medical has only one solution which is a bad one so we have been searching and using some of these other types of medical treatment along with a couple of others that are unique and would maybe fall under the umbrella of this term.

oppostate

In the 80s and 90s there was a lot of JW Quacker's praising what they called kinesiology. It had nothing to do with the real science of physical movement.

One popular way of proving their "science" was to show you how bad common medicines were for you.

They would ask you to hold a bottle of Tylenol or Advil, aspirin or whatnot and extend your arm up parallel with your shoulder then they would put pressure on your arm to test for resistance. Then they would repeat the test without anything in your hand and more often than not you "experienced" a weakness of your strength in holding your arm out when you held the medicines in your hand.

They would share with you how in Brooklyn they practiced this kinesiology and that's why the GoBos were living into their 90s and blah blahblah.

It got pretty bad and there was a local talk about not giving medical advice if you were not a doctor. But it still went on, feeding on the distrust of modern medicine and encouraging folks to buy "holistic medicine" concoctions and "deep massage" treatments.

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I asked my son to stop playing football.

by The Rebel in

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i asked my son to stop playing football.

it was a simple kick about he was playing with a friend using the garage door as the goal.

i then went to my home and thought no more about it.

oppostate

Maybe that's the reason that kids go through the stage of asking why to everything, training parents? :-)))

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Which bible translation do you think is best and most acurate?

by NikL in

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friends

for those that still care to read the bible of course.

those that don't, please keep the snarky comments to yourselves :-).

i am assuming nwt is not very popular?.

oppostate

I rather like the new Jerusalem bible.

The WEB world English bible is also quite nice readable, modern, and free.

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AND STILL NO RELEASE OF THE 2017 JW YEARBOOK

by steve2 in

here we are on the cusp of the new year, and the 2017 yearbook of jws has still not been released.

jw.org continues to feature the 2016 yearbook in its list of main publications.

in previous years, the upcoming yearbook's annual report on jws was released in november for the january 1st then the feb 1st watchtower, then earlier in december when it was only featured in the yearbook, then more recently with a couple of days of december 25th.

oppostate

And of course the number of memorial partakers keeps increasing while the claim something different.

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2016-12-29 BOE Re: Donations in Support of Kingdom Interests Worldwide

by wifibandit in

december 29, 2016 to all congregations re: donations in support of kingdom interests worldwide.

oppostate

we anticipate exciting things to come!

Yeah, right!

They "anticipate" the donations to keep on coming after this yet another letter asking for contributions. Can you see them greedily rubbing their hands expectation?

Bunch of filthy lucre loving hypocrites!

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a theory- different scenario for future of JW

by closed in

why does the org sell so many properties?

i just was wondering... may be they are thinking of ditching 1914 doctrine and other teachings.

it will be not a new light but completely different religion.

oppostate

It's crossed my mind that they're building up an endowment of sorts that will support their <ehem> work </ehem> more sustainably than just depending on publishers' contributions.

Imagine if they have a goal figure in mind and that once they've acquired those "billions" they can just sit back and rest assured that whatever the contributions or lack of them might be they'll have plenty of money to continue living ever so merrily in their Warwick compound.

Then I think, NOT. It seems to me the GoBo asking for money is one of those things that never cry out and say "Enough!" Bunch of filthy lucre loving hypocrites, the whole nasty bunch of'em with their mahogany offices, rolex and iWatch's and pinky rings!