is watchtower faking there member numbers?
i live in europe.
for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.
Four years ago we had a congregation with just on 100 active publishers. I have no idea how many report now but our meeting attendance, even with ZOOM is rarely above 50. There is a malaise even among the elders, trying to get people to answer is like getting blood out of a stone.
George
i was never a witness but i think they keep extensive records.
could they produce these names today?.
mostly curious.. .
I think they are speaking of after Armageddon when all the 144K are in situ in the heavens.
How will this list of names be conveyed to the earthly survivors? I suspect MBC's idea of the CIA stars is the most likely. They will be erected on a wall, blank of course, and during the night they will be magically miraculous filled in or engraved by an angel with an engraving tool and a scroll, probably written by Chief David Splane.
George
Can someone with dementia die and leave their money to the Society in their will?
Definitely! I remember a case some years ago where a brother was disfellowshipped but died before he changed his will, leaving everything to the WT Society. Not only did they accept it but refused to make a small donation from it to the autistic nephew of the brother.
George
Having a meal with your D/Fed boss is also a No-No as Raymond Franz found out.
George
a couple of threads over on reddit that there is a letter to elders on restarting meetings.
i find this hard to believe and have not seen anything on this from our trusty sources on this site.
can anyone confirm?.
There is a new thread saying some meetings to return in Hong Kong from 1st November 2021.
George
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5701097661399040/pilot-program-person-meetings-vaccinated
pilot program for in-person meetings to resume, to be launched in hong kong in nov. 2021. only fully vaccinated publishers are to be invited.
it's going to be a fader's paradise.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/q9e9pg/and_so_it_begins/?%24deep_link=true&correlation_id=fb861c4a-8c7e-4bad-b1e3-4c86b3254daf&post_fullname=t3_q9e9pg&post_index=1&ref=email_digest&ref_campaign=email_digest&ref_source=email&utm_content=post_title&%243p=e_as&_branch_match_id=936859150293933406&utm_medium=email%20amazon%20ses.
Groan. The last thing I want this winter is to drive to a KH on a cold and wet night to sit in that stuffy airless building.
George
we just had our co visit a few weeks ago.
apparently, he was encouraging all who could to regular pioneer, to at least try it out for a year.
because of this, we had a few people in our hall become one.. so this weekend we were on zoom service, and the sister that was just appointed was talking about it.
the olden days pioneers got the literature from the book room at cheaper rates than ordinary publishers. That was a tangible benefit and demarkation
That is correct, all magazines and literature had three rates, Publisher, Pioneer, Special Pioneer So for a magazine which sold to the public for 4d, a publisher paid 3d, a pioneer 1d and a special 1/2d. (For younger or non UK d is an abbreviation for the pre-decimal penny) The congregation was charged at the publisher rate and then they claimed back the difference for all literature and magazines for the pioneers and specials. So being a pioneer actually cost the society money. The idea was they made a few pennies on all placements but in return had to make the hour requirement each year (1200 in the 1960's)
Now it doesn't cost the society they will appoint anyone to pioneer just for the statistics.
Yes, they still run the Pioneer School during Covid, it's done on ZOOM. some from our congregation attended recently.
George
i grew up in the 70s and had a few of the posters young guys have.
farrah fawcett and bo derek in 10. i just bought a vintage copy of both for my work shop.
my wife says she does not care but you never know.
Yes, she has no hang ups like that. I have a book on the Playboy mansion and another on the Playmates. I bought them in a sale many years ago. Other similar photography books. Recently we were reorganising a bookcase and as she thumbed through one of them laughed and said not to let the elders see it or they would all be wanting to borrow it.
George
is it the annual meeting this weekend?
any insights on "new light" or new releases?.
Annual meeting was held on September 11, according to the latest Update #8.
That was not the AGM, it was the Gilead Graduation and meal (5:40) AGM should have been today (02-10-21), first Saturday of October.
George
i was wondering would you like to have ex jw flag or a bumper sticker?
if you know how to do some graphics, i would like to see your designs.
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Did CTR use the phrase "Religion is a snare and a racket"? I thought that was J F Rutherford.
George
