this year, i have decided that i am going to celebrate the christmas season in my own way.
even as a witness growing up, the two-month period of november and december had always been my favorite time of year.
something about all the pretty lights and decorations and the general spirit of goodwill always appealed to me.. i went shopping for a christmas tree the other day, but that's not what this post is about.
Decorating for Christmas starts right after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The last float on the parade is Santa Claus and when you see him its time for decorating!
Turkey Dinner for Thanksgiving. Ham Dinner for Christmas.
The month of December usually entails DECORATING, DECORATING, and MORE DECORATING.
Have fun!!!
this year, i have decided that i am going to celebrate the christmas season in my own way.
even as a witness growing up, the two-month period of november and december had always been my favorite time of year.
something about all the pretty lights and decorations and the general spirit of goodwill always appealed to me.. i went shopping for a christmas tree the other day, but that's not what this post is about.
We have a parade in our town during Christmas. We stand by, drinking hot apple cider and enjoy the Christmas parade.
when you look at all the hours they do going door to door world wide and then you look at how many hours preaching it takes to bring just 1 person to their organization, it's not efficient.. my mom goes to a baptist church now, and i was surprised to know that 500 go to that meeting on sundays and they don't go door to door to go get these people.. there might be 80 witnesses at my hall and going door to door doesn't make much of a difference.
maybe it's even counter productive since people don't like being pested at home..
Also they measure their numbers of PEAK publishers, who only now have to record 15 minutes a month to be included as a active witness.
when you look at all the hours they do going door to door world wide and then you look at how many hours preaching it takes to bring just 1 person to their organization, it's not efficient.. my mom goes to a baptist church now, and i was surprised to know that 500 go to that meeting on sundays and they don't go door to door to go get these people.. there might be 80 witnesses at my hall and going door to door doesn't make much of a difference.
maybe it's even counter productive since people don't like being pested at home..
We have been finding that the growth is not so much in the English speaking American JW congregations, but more so in countries with not much education. Someone wrote me from Romania saying the bible studies are on a waiting list. Where here in America people are leaving the congregations in droves. Also here in Arizona, the Spanish Speaking congregations are starting to outnumber the engish speaking ones. My sister (the Super JW) moved to Brazil to learn portuguese so she can go back to her home state in Ma. to help and attend a portuguses speaking congregation. I'm sorry if I refer to the Spanish speaking or Portuguese speaking people as uneducated. I dont want to offend anyone. But these are the facts that I'm seeing.
i shave my face every few days, what about you?
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everyday. My job makes me.
via free minds.
"watch this compilation of watchtower images and comments by circuit overseer charles sunutko to see how the watchtower organization controls its followers through the "fear" of armageddon.
they say that if you are not in the organization of jehovah's witnesses you will die a horrible death at the hands of a very angry jehovah at armageddon.".
This is why Jehovah's Witnesses are no better than any other religion. There's lots of religions who also think that their's is the golden ticket into God's Kingdom. Mormons believe you have to be a Mormon. Catholics believe you have to be a Catholic. Jehovah's Witnesses believe you have to be a Jehovah's Witness ect., ect. They are all the same in a way that they use this Crime and Punishment psycology on us. (ie.) If we are not (enter your religion here) god will destroy us.
Thanks for the video LWT!
this is pretty sick.... http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/11/former_jehovahs_witness_preach.php.
coffee .
I just saw that on the local news!
they claim they are 7 million and growing.
is this true?
i haven't been to a meeting in 12 years but i know of at least 100 people i grew up with that have left the congregation.
This seem to be the truth my sister has moved to Brazil for a while to learn portugues so she can help out a portugues cong. in MA. Also in here in Arizona the Spanish speaking cong. are out numbering the English and Dubbies are knocking on my door asking for Latino Speaking individuals. GREAT JOB GUY------You all have made wonderful observations!
any active or inactive jw from massachusetts.
I was born and raised in MA.
did any of you ever actually have to deal with having concerns and the elders being advised, even though you knew that the elders had no idea of the situation?
any of you ever been hurt by listening to this advice?
any of you being helped due to getting real help?.
I've heard of the elders demonising psycologist and saying things like we cant listen to them because they won't have the knowledge that the JW's have.
