During the years you mentioned life was fairly stable in western lands and the internet became widely accessible. People didn’t need religion and the internet exposed the bullshit
Posts by hoser
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10Law of Diminishing Returns
by Rattigan350 inthe law of diminishing returns states: the law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain at a constant.
as investment continues past that point, the return diminishes progressively.. from 1900 through the 1980s, the more witnesses that got baptized and pioneered, the more bible studies that could be had and the more additional witnesses that could join and then congregations would get bigger and they would divide and form in other areas.
but in the 1990s the law of diminishing returns kicked in, particularly in the bigger cities.
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Miniimizing 'Punishment' - marrying a non-JW
by doasthouwilt ini’d like to marry my best friend of 30+ years, turned ‘secret’ girlfriend of 1 ½ years who is a jehovah’s witness, born into it, baptized and an active ‘pioneer’.
our marriage would happen prior to letting any of her jw friends and cohorts know that we are together.
once married she may simply come forward and ‘admit’ or we may wait until it’s found out – one way or the other, the reason for this marriage is not customary – i am hoping that by doing so she can avoid being ‘marked’ or possibly ‘disfellowshipped’ once our relationship is no longer a secret and due to our already being married at that point, there can be no notion from society elders about her ending the relationship.
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hoser
Get ready to be love bombed my friend. You will be considered fresh elder material.
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7 Letters Requested--Cost Of Living Survey!
by Atlantis incost of living survey worksheet--(assembly hall servants & construction servants).
cost of living survey worksheet--missionaries.
cost of living survey worksheet--special pioneers.
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hoser
If they are smart they will report their expenses the same way they report their field service time. Pad their expenses.
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Mark Sanderson
by Iamallcool insince mark sanderson of the gb is never married, does he have his own room at warwick or have a roommate?
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hoser
Apparently Sanderson started partaking when he was 19 years old. He must have had lofty ambitions in his youth or he suffers from delusions of grandeur.
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Am I Expected to Become One of Jehovah’s Witnesses if I Study the Bible With Them?
by Ron.W. in(ps.
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hoser
Jehovahs witnesses are poorly compensated commissioned salespeople. Nothing more nothing less.
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I pioneered brothers parked their BMW and got aride in my 20 year old car?? No support.
by Witness 007 inso i pioneered for 10 years in the 1990's it was 90 hours a month with alot of country driving.
i was shocked when brothers and sisters with full time jobs would park their brand new cars and go witnessing in my 20 year old orange datsun.
i was barely living on $250 a week as a yeah...window cleaner.
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hoser
The caste system is alive and well in the Jehovah’s Witness religion.
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Governing body member has nervous breakdown due to bethel workload
by Witness 007 inkarl klien life story from the watchtower.. "president rutherford had repeated occasions to reprove me for breaking some rule.
(under president knorr 1950) brother knorr invited me to join the writing department...when i told him it did not matter where i served he reproved me..saying when an added privilege is offered we should be eager to accept it...my attitude was due to my health which has always been a problem.
knorr was older we were like brothers with the older brother knorr prone to expressing inpatients to my short comings.
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hoser
Bethel sounds like a toxic company I used to work for.
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Was anyone removed from Bethel for suggesting the Governing Body were the "Faithful Slave"?
by Brainfloss ini remember reading somewhere a reference to ones at bethel being removed for suggesting that the governing body was the faithful and discreet slave, years before the org.
made this change.
am i wrong about this?
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hoser
If you run ahead of Jehovah’s chariot you’ll likely get thrown under it.
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An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!
by LongHairGal ini saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??
it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.
they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.
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hoser
The watchtower corp should sell their assets and rent until the end of the system.
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An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!
by LongHairGal ini saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??
it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.
they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.
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hoser
Part of the problem is circuit overseers “encouraging” members to sell their homes. Money doesn’t last very long once you start using up the principal, especially in high inflationary times. Of course the watchtower won’t give good financial advise because they don’t understand the economic system themselves.