while i'm aware of wt books being revised without noting the differences on newer editions (the truth book is a classic example of this) ... is there evidence of the writing committee revising the online versions of wt articles, as compared to the printed editions?.
if there is a previous thread on this topic, just link it ... as these is no need to reinvent the wheel.. thanks.
is there evidence of the writing committee revising the online versions of WT articles, as compared to the printed editions?
Yes see my comment on today's WT study under disfellowshipping. Set 2024 WT Page 10 paragraph 7 paper copy v digital copy.
George
so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.
asking for a family member.
Today in the WT study, the brother reading the paragraphs was using a WT magazine (Sept 2024, page 10). When he read par 7 it says "Opposers attack our Bible based beliefs on morality, and on the disfellowshipping arrangement, claiming we are intolerant and cruel"
The digital version has been changed to "Opposers attack our Bible based beliefs on morality, claiming we are intolerant and cruel".
Neither the WT Study conductor nor anyone else made any mention of this.
In next to no time JW's will be asking if anyone has ever heard the term disfellowshipping!
George
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
Good news indeed. However, how many R&F JW's even know about the Norway situation? How many will remember AMIII and his (in)famous video where he said they would never change their D/F policy for any government?
We had a talk a week ago about the dangers of reading any internet information other than jwdotorg.
George
so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.
asking for a family member.
but has the cult relaxed the rules recently?
Yes. A D/Fed person can be reinstated without having to wait for 6 months or whatever. They can be used as soon as they are back. We recently had a guy reinstated at the mid-week meeting and he was answering on the following Sunday. Within a couple of weeks he was on platform mic duties and roving mics.
Anyone who's conscience allows it can phone a D/Fed person and invite them to a meeting and people can greet them.
All this was spelled out in the re-written August 2024 Study WT but I'm sure you have better things to do in life than wade through all that, Stan!
George
when i was in the org it seemed most brothers were very much into football and other sports.
which looking back makes no sense and makes me wonder why?
it felt like an overcompensating to be masculine.. shouldn't football be deemed unchristian?
During the 1960's I watched a lot of boxing, Cassius Clay (as he was then), Henry Cooper, Sonny Liston etc. Then we had a WT article or assembly talk that said such violent entertainment was not for Christians. I was still at home so had to it up. Same with wrestling, 4 pm Saturday afternoon with Kent Walton.
George
watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.
average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.
baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.
If the number of congregations has decreased despite all the other numbers going up then I think it raises legitimate questions about whether the growth is real.
The number of congregations is not included in the highlights but will be in the full report available end of December/ beginning of January.
Some recent figures:-
2023 - 118,177
2022 - 117,960
2021 - 119,297
2020 - 120,387
2019 - 119,712
2018 - 119,954
2017 - 120,053
Just a few more weeks to wait. I wonder if they will still publish the number of partakers following Geoff Jackson's AGM talk? Every year for decades now I have thought this will be the last year they publish that number!
George
disfellowshipping is slowly fading into the night.. last efforts to survive.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1gh3ilq/wt_vs_norway_wt_sends_letter_to_the_goverment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.
October 24, 2024
MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS
PO Box 8036 DEP
0030 OSLO
[email protected]
Decisions on Denial of State Subsidies and Loss of Registrations for Jehovah's Witnesses: Adjustments in Jehovah's Witnesses’ Religious Practice Regarding Limited Contact with a Person Removed from the Congregation
We are writing to you concerning the ongoing legal case that will be heard by the Borgarting Court of Appeal in February 2024 regarding the validity of administrative decisions based on Jehovah's Witnesses' religious teaching about limiting contact with a person who has been removed from the congregation or who has voluntarily withdrawn. We would like to inform you about a recent, worldwide adjustment in our religious practice in this area.
This letter was supposedly written on October 24, 2024 regarding an appeal to be heard in February 2024.
If this letter is genuine, did the WT Society make this blunder or is it the translator?
George
realistically, between now and 2034, what do you think watchtower will change or reform to appear more mainstream?
what business opportunities do you see watchtower getting involved in?.
my predictions are as follows: .
It is unlikely I will be around in anything like ten years to find out. The only real consolation is that I ignored the education rules and I went to Uni so at least we will not die in poverty.
George
disfellowshipping is slowly fading into the night.. last efforts to survive.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1gh3ilq/wt_vs_norway_wt_sends_letter_to_the_goverment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.
Is the upcoming appeal not in February 2025 rather than February 2024 as said in the letter?
George
i didn’t get the covid vaccine, but i admit, i was scared as shit i made the wrong decision because there was so much confusion out there.
practically all my family and most of my friends took the vaccine because everyone was depending on those in charge to speak the truth.
now a lot of them are sick, and they can't figure out why.
Really sorry to hear that Stan. We both had our booster shots a couple of weeks ago and had more side effects than previously. Neither of us have ever tested positive and at my age and poor state of health hope we can stay free of the virus.
Hope you both feel better soon.
George
