Because they don't believe it themselves. Why put money into methods that broadcast a message you don't believe in?
stuckinamovement
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Dear Governing Body - Why Have you abandoned Preaching Methods That Work?
by LostGeneration inbelow are two paragraphs from the upcoming wt study (dec 15th study edition, pages 13 and 14) here the watchtower writer praises the methods used in the past for their effectiveness in bringing many into the organization.
i have bolded phrases that emphasize these points.. 11 for example, as noted in the book .
jehovahs witnessesproclaimers of gods kingdom, at the turn of the 20th century, c. t. russell and his associates strongly believed that they were in a time of harvest and that people needed to hear liberating truth.
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Attention Lurkers- Consider the effectiveness of your lifesaving work
by stuckinamovement inhypothetical scenario.
you are a city manager in a major metropolitan city with a population of 3,000,000.. .
if the governing body was truly convinced themselves of the impending disaster and the fact that the end is imminent would they not focus their efforts in spreading the message through effective means such as telephone, television, internet, social networks etc?
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stuckinamovement
Bump to compliment- Lost Generations post.
When you look at this next weeks Watchtower lesson and look at the pictures you can see that they really believed in their message getting the widest distribution as possible.
SIAM
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GOVERNING BODY WIPED OUT IN FREAK ACCIDENT - what happens next?
by Lion Cask in(reuters) the world of 7 million jehovah's witnesses took a horrific turn this morning when an aviation stunt went bad and claimed the lives of the seven members of the governing body of the watchtower bible and tract society.
the governing body directs both the spiritual and temporal lives of their followers, who believe their leadership speaks to them directly from god.
dead are samuel herd (age 75), geoffrey jackson (55), m. stephen lett (61), gerrit losch (69), anthony morris (60), guy h. pierce (76) and david h. splane (66).
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stuckinamovement
LOL,
Lion Cask, I think you have just inspired the GB to move their meeting room to the basement.
SIAM
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Amazing transformation- Slave to Master
by stuckinamovement ini was looking at another thread and began thinking..... isn't it amazing that the "slave" has put itself in the place of the "master" ?
anyway you look at it, the organization has taken matt.
24:45-47 and twisted it beyond recognition.. witnesses have become slaves of the "slave class" and not of the master.
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stuckinamovement
I was looking at another thread and began thinking....
Isn't it amazing that the "slave" has put itself in the place of the "master" ? Anyway you look at it, the Organization has taken Matt. 24:45-47 and twisted it beyond recognition.
Witnesses have become slaves of the "slave class" and not of the Master. The Master Jesus Christ was fired from his job by the self appointed group of 6 old white men and a token brother living in Brooklyn. In effect they have said "we are stand ins for Christ, serve us instead."
Way to go Governing Body! Self Serving Arrogant Assholes.
SIAM
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What crisis will set the W.T on a new path?
by acolytes inor what are the forces of inertia that keep jehovers witnesses from changing?.
acolytes.
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stuckinamovement
Death by a thousand cuts. It will be a cumulative effect of ...
Shrinking contributions, little or no growth by D2D, multiple lawsuits worldwide, bad press, more doctrinal screw ups, changing tech that makes their business model more archaic, a couple of high level defectors, a lack of brothers for elders, and the tightening of the grip as they realize the prior things are happening.
They will survive and never completely collapse, but they will be a totally different organization.
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Verifiable Former Bethelite Willing to Answer questions
by Uzzah ini am a former active poster here, former elder, former bethelite and pretty much known by people on the xjw boards since the mid 90's.
gawd that makes me sound old.. i notice that a great deal of uproar is being made by allegations of a hide in the closet alleged bethelite.
to counter the damage caused by this claim, i am happy to address any questions people may have about bethel, protocol, etc.. i was at the canada branch for 11 years, worked in multiple areas including the legal department, service desk and writing dept.
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stuckinamovement
Lol @ misery "Oral Review".
Seriously though, a brother from Bethels service dept recently said that pornography is a plague within the organization.
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Hello Everyone...Just Joined Today
by DarioKehl ini've been reading this thread for some time and finally had the opportunity to create an account.
i am anxious to meet you all and have a support group/active audience over the next crucial months and years following.
background: long-time doubter, giving way to frustration and skepticism beginning about 10 years ago and finally to total admission that this is a cult and that atheism is the way to go.
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stuckinamovement
Welcome, I can't wait to see the finished project.
SIAM
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Losing My Religion is a New Film being made ...
by sleepingbeauty intheres a new film in production called ' losingmyreligion'.
its being produced by stephan mcguire who is a proper film producer who happens to have been brought up as a jehovahs witness.
think leonardo dicaprio got something to do with making it too :).
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stuckinamovement
Barbara,
Thanks for the information. I think that the WTS will have to change the DF/shunning policy simply to survive. The campaign in Brazil, the BBC interview, Worlds apart, and others are drawing attention to this policy. It is a true violation of human rights that people will shun you simply because of what you believe. It certainly goes against the freedom of speech, and freedom of religion clauses in the US constitution.
The WTS will be forced to change as there is more attention on them. This policy along with Blood is one of the main reasons they are having court battles in Russia.
One other side point, The primary reason that they hate facebook and other social networks is because many witnesses are associating with DF family members online. As society in general becomes more connected through these types of networks the organization becomes ever more fearful of the things they cannot control. This makes them look more and more authoritarian and paranoid, which in turn makes the average person think "What are they afraid of?" "What are they hiding?".
The organization's policies will be the source of its own demise.
SIAM
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New light on Blood- Rumor?
by stuckinamovement inthere was recently a thread on the possibility of there being some "new light" forthcoming on the blood issue.. is this a confirmed rumor, or is it just wishful thinking?
can anyone verify this?.
siam.
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Vidioit I agree,
I wonder though if perhaps they are liquidating assets to get enough cash for the anticipated legal fights?
They have painted themselves into a corner and need someway of getting out.
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New light on Blood- Rumor?
by stuckinamovement inthere was recently a thread on the possibility of there being some "new light" forthcoming on the blood issue.. is this a confirmed rumor, or is it just wishful thinking?
can anyone verify this?.
siam.
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stuckinamovement
There was recently a thread on the possibility of there being some "new light" forthcoming on the blood issue.
Is this a confirmed rumor, or is it just wishful thinking? Can anyone verify this?
Thanks
SIAM