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Annual Meeting

by sove in

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friends

is it the annual meeting this weekend?

any insights on "new light" or new releases?.

Listener

Here's a link to the whole of the AGM

https://2021am.stream.jw.org/home

Is this a link directly to jw.org streaming? I don't know how long this will remain available.

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Any signs that Kingdom Halls will re-open soon or door to door work will re-start again?

by eyeslice in

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friends

i've not heard anything from pimi wife about going back to the khs yet let alone the door to door work.. many churches round here have re-opened if only for private pray and i am guessing that things like singing may be a factor in the reluctance of the witnesses to get back together again.

i also detect that many older ones are still quite afraid to go anywhere they may come in contact with people, even for shopping.

on the other hand, here in uk you can now go to a football match with 70,000 others shouting and chanting.. the door to door work may a total different issue.

Listener

They've recently put up a new video titled "Ramapo, make yourself ready" They say they've been in the planning stages for the last two years and are ahead. Initially they have said that construction will commence in 2022.

The video was to encourage JWs to prepare to help out with construction or to give them money. They also want parents to have their teenage children learn some skills.

I can't see how they can go full steam ahead with this project but not open up Halls, at least to some extent.

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Sep. 2021 Broadcast: more money

by neat blue dog in

in the latest jw broadcast, anthony morris the turd gives a talk about donations.

to camouflage this, he starts and ends the talk by saying that isn't actually what he's doing.

first he starts with the usual disclaimer, 'wt has never begged for money like christendom and we never will', you know the drill.

Listener

He also stated that Jehovah and Jesus expects them to donate money, even if they are poor.

It's a shocking talk, guilting the poor into donating and it is centred around donating to the organization, not specifically to their local congregation.

It's not the fault of JWs that the Watchtower decided to discontinue their main source of funds of selling publications to JWs resulting in them having to find other ways to guilt JWs into giving them money.

It's one thing for Christians being asked to donate to their local Church or Congregation but being required to fork out funds for all different sorts of activities is going beyond any biblical backing to do so. The JWs are required to donate towards disaster relief, even if the affected JW has insurance. There's also the financial support of special pioneers, even if they volunteer in their own local area. There's the future building of several media centres which include support of bethelites by covering their accommodation and board expenses. There's also the many out of court settlements which they know nothing about and the list goes on.

There's no transparency from the Watchtower HQ as to how much money goes where and virtually no option for the JWs to donate to specific causes. I don't see how God would expect worshipers to donate to a third party, the Watchtower who have distanced themselves from individual JWs.

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Six Screens announcing passing of “MINIMUS”

by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in

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friends

https://youtu.be/ty_2l8zynvq.

Listener

Discussion starts at 2.07.50 but unfortunately it goes downhill very fast when Shirley starts talking. Simon may want to remove the link.

Minimus was 65.

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No more Questions from MINIMUS

by was a new boy in

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friends

minimus former jw, prolific poster on jwn died.. minimus.

joined 19 years ago.

started 4,139 topics.

Listener

That's so sad.

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Transcript - 2021 Governing Body Update #7

by projecthydra in

please click here to download the transcript for governing body update #7.. three files included: .pdf, .docx, .epub.

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Listener

The Governing Body is simply following the direction from WHO (a member of the United Nations) and Governments, everything else are conspiracy theories, not even worth consideration.

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How on earth can WT lawyers continue to believe WT has God’s backing, when they see all the deception play out in Court.

by pistolpete in

here is a post on reddit from mark and kimmy o’ donnell, from the crusaders documentary,.

ask us anything.. mr. o'donnell gives his assessment of why wt lawyers continue to defend the child sex abuse cases that the organization continues to fight, even though they see firsthand the deception, the lies, the withholding of facts and dirty tactics used in court.

by an organization that claims to be god's earthly representative, and the only one to hold the truth.

Listener

I guess they believe it's not due to their own failures but it's an attack from Satan. As one GB member said at their recent convention, they are at war.

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Logical Fallacy… can I get some help here?

by DATA-DOG in

dr. leanna wen is currently spreading the fallacy that unvaccinated persons should have vaccines mandated because they are like drunk drivers… they have the right to be drunk at home she says, but wanting to be part of society at large without being vaccinated is like driving drunk and putting others at risk.

besides ignoring the science proving that persons who have had sars cov-2 have natural immunity that equals or exceeds anything that could be imparted from the mrna shot, without the side effects or need for boosters, ( sorry big pharma, you’ll be losing $$$ ) this illustration just smacks of illogical reasoning.

it reminds me of the borg comparing getting baptized to getting your driver’s license.