october 1, 2017 to all bodies of elders in nigeria re: local needs for the week of october 16-22.
SBF - I agree the style is irregular - good spot - but I think that is simply a sign that the local branch wrote the letter under instructions from HQ
If it was fake it is pointless. It encourages regularity in giving. It does not even come close to anything controversial like tithing or asking for a specific amount.
when discussing the watchtowers financial problems, i've generally been of the opinion that they probably are not in a real financial crisis.
i've come to believe that money may be something of an issue, but its wrapped up in a much larger problem.
this came to me this morning when reading about the annual meeting.. i think the society's leadership is just plain out of ideas.
That's interesting JeffT. I have wondered whether they had other options.
I suppose it would have also set the tone they have always tried to avoid by using the word "place" instead of sell.
I wonder whether the sale would count when the publisher paid for their magazines at the literature counter or when they sold it at the door. It might have raised all sorts of complications.
the purpose of this thread is to share some history with the community.
i am an active jw.
the reason i picked this forum is due to the openness and ease with which information can be accessed.
Utter bollocks!
So many factual errors but there is no point in wasting time trying to help you since you made clear in your first post that you refuse to listen to contrary information.
If you ever decide to learn more about reality there are plenty intelligent people here who would willingly help you.
when discussing the watchtowers financial problems, i've generally been of the opinion that they probably are not in a real financial crisis.
i've come to believe that money may be something of an issue, but its wrapped up in a much larger problem.
this came to me this morning when reading about the annual meeting.. i think the society's leadership is just plain out of ideas.
For the Borg, this is a good investment.
To call it an investment implies that investing money now will bring greater financial returns in longer term.
Dropping print in favour of digital (they had no choice due to Swaggart law case) has in fact turned a lucrative business into one with zero income.
the purpose of this thread is to share some history with the community.
i am an active jw.
the reason i picked this forum is due to the openness and ease with which information can be accessed.
I know there's a lot of negative people on here. I'm not here for them or to waste their time and my time in pointless, endless debates
In other words you have a huge amount of disconnected ideas that you have developed in an intellectual bubble and you won't tolerate any challenges to your pet theory.
This is not the way develop your knowledge and critical thinking skills.
By the way you have joined a discussion forum not a blog. Expect to be challenged - welcome it and see if your ideas hold up to scrutiny.
since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.
do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.
with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.
occasionally with an elder driving by to ask "do you need more territory?"
Ha so true!
first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.
now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.
whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.
We'll have to pursue this via PM if you're interested
You made a public statement I asked for your source.
Betheliesalot has provided a secondary source from a crazy website called "natural news". I was hoping you had something more reliable.
Conspiracy theorists are the most gullible people.
first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.
now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.
whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.
but have stated that it is very, very unlikely that the prime suspect acted alone
Source please.
when i was a jw, i relished explaining my beliefs and why we had the truth!
lol.
todays witness has no clue , in my opinion..
"This Good News of the website will be declared in all the inhabited earth..."
The decline began with the publishing of "Reasoning From the Scriptures".
When I was a pioneer in the 80s we began to be encouraged not to provide answers from the bible in our own words but to take out the reasoning book and read the answer. I never went along with that. I took pride in being able to deal with any objection directly from the bible.
I suspect the motivation was uniformity.
does any one think the wt is going to go out this way?i know its dark but i can see it going down that way but i dont see it being the way there would go down..
No. It's still a long way from that end of the cult spectrum.
