Yes, it is a new directive or perhaps a return to the old way of doing things. Either way it is a branch wide directive which "we should obey whether it makes sense or not." They are also presenting it as a way to practice for the great tribulation where we may have to meet in family homes (what rubbish). It is clearly just a way to enforce more fear, guilt, and group pressure.
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Small Field Service Groups, Method of Control?
by JW_Rogue inokay, so our congregation announced that saturdays they would be switching to small fs groups.
i found that odd because our kh is central to the territory and easy for most to get to.
through talking with others i found out that this is a branch wide directive that has little to do with convenience for the bros and sisters.
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This Is It...
by JW_Rogue injust finished watching the talk by tony morris on john cedars channel.
sounded to me that he was hedging his bets.
on the one hand he says "this is it" and out of the other he says prophecies are best understood after they are fulfilled.
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Watching Morris it is clear that he doesn't have what it takes to convince someone that the GB has deciphered that end time prophecies are coming true today. He almost seemed to be giving the talk knowing that most don't believe this stuff anymore.
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Small Field Service Groups, Method of Control?
by JW_Rogue inokay, so our congregation announced that saturdays they would be switching to small fs groups.
i found that odd because our kh is central to the territory and easy for most to get to.
through talking with others i found out that this is a branch wide directive that has little to do with convenience for the bros and sisters.
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Okay, so our congregation announced that Saturdays they would be switching to small FS groups. I found that odd because our KH is central to the territory and easy for most to get to. Through talking with others I found out that this is a branch wide directive that has little to do with convenience for the bros and sisters. Seems to me it is a way to break down large congregations into smaller more manageable groups so that the instant somebody is missing from FS or the meetings they will get pressure to return and be "encouraged." They must've found that with larger congregations it is easier for people to just stop showing up.
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This Is It...
by JW_Rogue injust finished watching the talk by tony morris on john cedars channel.
sounded to me that he was hedging his bets.
on the one hand he says "this is it" and out of the other he says prophecies are best understood after they are fulfilled.
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Just finished watching the talk by Tony Morris on John Cedars channel. Sounded to me that he was hedging his bets. On the one hand he says "This Is It" and out of the other he says prophecies are best understood after they are fulfilled. Even most JWs will subconsciously realize that when he says "This Is It" what he means is that "This is what we came up with to drum up some enthusiasm because people are leaving."
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Be Honest in All Things - New video exposes a problem with honesty at Bethel/Construction
by George One Time inon tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.
he mentions health and viewing pornography.
those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.
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Is pornography good? Really? Or is it a sleazy industry that takes advantage of vulnerable young women and prays on attitudes that help to feed human trafficking and abuse?
I think you're missing the point, they are micromanaging people and trying to control their sexual lives down to what they do with themselves which is really none of their business. If they want to warn people about the danger of pornography or how it can affect relationships that's fine by me. However, asking people directly on a form about their sex live is intrusive and over the top. Telling young people they can't have sex, masturbate, or watch porn is just unrealistic and setting people up to lie and live a double life.
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Is the Sell-off of Kingdom Halls Just a Cyclical Process
by RubaDub inwith more and more kh's being sold off, will it only be a matter of time that there will be a push to build new ones?
greater emphasis on donating to build new kh's since some brothers have to drive long distances to attend meetings?
and that smaller communities should have a local kh that is visible to all in the area?.
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To an extent they have always built and sold KHs but this is a big push to sell off quickly. I think they see that some areas just aren't growing and it doesn't make sense to have 70 people in hall a that holds 200. This way they get an injection of cash and lower the expenses versus donations (because their are more people at each KH). Also, in the USA, the housing market has recovered and sellers can get top dollar for property.
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Lies, Deception and Half-truths. Today's WT
by Slidin Fast intoday's wt was a masterly study on how to manipulate the faithful's attitude to the study of facts and truth.
in the last clam of september we have this justification of a half-truth uttered by jesus..
joh 7:8-10 —did jesus lie to his unbelieving fleshly brothers?
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"A story that is only 10 percent true is 100 percent misleading."
They will try to discredit whole stories by finding one or two small inaccuracies, that is the whole point of this quote.
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Lies, Deception and Half-truths. Today's WT
by Slidin Fast intoday's wt was a masterly study on how to manipulate the faithful's attitude to the study of facts and truth.
in the last clam of september we have this justification of a half-truth uttered by jesus..
joh 7:8-10 —did jesus lie to his unbelieving fleshly brothers?
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They also said not to pass along "negative or unsubstantiated reports," even if it is substantiated you still shouldn't pass it along if it is negative. So, that's why zero people know about the 35 million dollar lawsuit!
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The Governing Body / Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Sin Of Omission ,How guilty are they ? Can you give an example ?
by smiddy3 ini would like as many people that can, to respond to this appeal as i am sure their are many examples out their that may help lurkers and fence sitters to make a decision on where they stand regarding the "truth".
i look forward to your comments either negative or plus..
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More than that they showed that they don't really believe all the end time propaganda that they spew forth. They have been very quiet in WT lately regarding their condemnation of the UN. In their latest piece on "Gog of Magog" they say it represents a "Coalition of Nations" but do not refer to UN as they have in the past. Coincidence?
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The Governing Body / Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Sin Of Omission ,How guilty are they ? Can you give an example ?
by smiddy3 ini would like as many people that can, to respond to this appeal as i am sure their are many examples out their that may help lurkers and fence sitters to make a decision on where they stand regarding the "truth".
i look forward to your comments either negative or plus..
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Just search for United Nations in the Awake and look for articles from the nineties you'll find a bunch of vague praise for an organization they believe is controlled by Satan.