for those still in the organization what is your meeting attendance like these days?.
when i left in 2017 there were around 80 publishers and the average meeting attendance was 70..
My area is definitely down.
The town I live in went from 4 to 3 congregations and some Sunday meetings there are scarcely 40 in attendance. Used to be 100 plus.
Another rural congregation just outside of our circuit was 80 plus publishers about 10 years ago. They are now 18.
If you look around the typical demographic in the congregation they are old people. 10 more years and there will be no one left.
an old elder friend from out of town stopped to see my ailing wife.
more than the locals do.
he said elder school emphasized 2 years and the existing body will be the leaders through persecution and tribulation.
2 more years of wasted life.
Depending on how old you are it could be a huge percentage of your remaining years.
2 years you could have 1/2 of your college degree under your belt.
Watchtower steals lives with their hopes and dreams fantasies.
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
I lost interest when he tried to blame his wife for his infidelity.
Takers like Lloyd Evans usually end up at the bottom of the heap because eventually people get tired of being used.
my only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
The deep state( bureaucracy, CIA, FBI, industrial military complex, mainstream media, etc) does NOT want trump to win. He is a threat to their livelihood.
The USA is NOT a democracy. The deep state’s job is to present two viable candidates to give the illusion of a democracy.
Here is my theory:
They were trying to present Nikki Haley and Joe Biden as the presidential candidates. Haley would easily win against sleepy joe but she didn’t take the republican caucus, Trump did.
The late June debate between biden and trump was a clear indication that Joe would not win. Then in Mid July they tried to unalive trump but missed. Next step was to get Biden off the democratic ticket and Kamala on the top of it.
And here are…..3 more days.
the seniors in our family were scammed by watchtower, for over 7 figures.
an interesting read today to give some insight.. one of the most egregious con-artists is watchtower bible and tract society the “legal” entity for jehovah’s witnesses.
many retired jehovah’s witnesses have been targeted over the years to “loan” money for various “special projects” to further the “preaching work”, only to find they are never to be repaid.
Too many people think they’re entitled to their parents’ money, and get very annoyed if they start spending it instead, is another side of the story.
I agree with you on that. No one is owed anything, however what Watchtower is doing with their “conditional loan arrangement” is plain and simply fraud.
the wts often uses the phrase about then follows with their idea of what their god meant.
i have p0sted some of the most recent.
it is worth a look at more.
The bible does not say but evidently…..
They make shit up in order to manipulate the sheeples into compliance
The entire planet functions on cheap or free labour and watchtower needs their fair share of it
a change to their doctrine came from jackson.
this isn't a transcript of his whole speech but i thought i would try and get some of his main speech in writing.. at around 1hr26 minutes he starts talking about some dangerous thinking in feeling there is some wiggle room in regards to the schedule for the gt.
but you see, we need to be careful about what we are thinking about the number of anointed ones left on earth.
Western countries are headed for failure IMO
Hedonism
It seems everyone is hell bent on having a good time at the expense of everything else.
Governments keep printing their paper dollars to pacify the masses.
A big financial correction is in the cards
Are you ready?
i have obtained the live link for the annual meeting tomorrow:.
annual meeting live link.
the meeting will begin at 9:45am eastern time, for those of us in the uk, that will be 2:45pm.
Duran:
According to the Watchtower they will submit to the UN
In reality No
i have obtained the live link for the annual meeting tomorrow:.
annual meeting live link.
the meeting will begin at 9:45am eastern time, for those of us in the uk, that will be 2:45pm.
I see the UN as a western institution that is reliant on funding from its member countries.
I don’t see Russia, China or the Middle East Arab countries as following the UN if it conflicts with their interests.
After WW2 the world was tied on the USD as a reserve currency. to do international business both the buyer and seller had to own US Dollars.
That is changing. When the west kicked Russia off the Swift payment system they just found a new customer to purchase their oil in rubbles, yuan or gold. They didnt need americas approval.
As previously mentioned the brics nations are going to be an economic force that will rival or displace the remnants of the Bretton woods agreement.
The governing body views prophecy through an Americanized lens. The reality is that America is on the decline and so is it’s puppet the United Nations.
https://youtu.be/93h5zpbil6k?si=ffatfxjuxmj_na9i.
Maybe the letter will be read next midweek meeting
