here is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.
anything that stands out to you ?.
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"Growth=God's Blessing" has been such an integral component of the Org's ideological DNA that it almost kinda has to be shown, somehow.
It does seem like the Org's leadership is trying a little too hard, lately, though.
Which makes me wonder...
...do they actually think that the R&F's confidence (that it's The Truth) is really so tenuous that they have to pad and spin... everything?
And, if so, why would the leadership think that?
does anyone really look at england and the united states as a duel world power?
america alone is the world power.
you can lump england in with other counties like france and germany.
nowwhat? - "So how could any reasonable person buy into the watchtower's belief on world events today?"
By dispensing with said reason, of course.
Not to mention literally any other source of information.
the watchtower has posted a news item on the coronavirus on their website and officially endorces the advice of who, the world health organization which is described by wikipedia as -.
the world health organization (who) is a specialised agency of the united nations that is concerned with world public health.
it was established on 7 april 1948, and is headquartered in geneva, switzerland.
The Wild Beastly UN was always a major Big Bad in old Freddy Franz' WT canon, alongside Babylon the Great and God of Magog...
...hell, the three of 'em are practically the Org's "Unholy Trinity" .
jehovah's witnesses close their places of worship in the henares corridor for fear of the coronavirus.
https://okdiario.com/salud/testigos-jehova-cierran-sus-locales-culto-corredor-del-henares-temor-coronavirus-5257280.
in a nutshell: "coronavirus outbreak.
I'd have thought they'd keep the Halls open...
...in the private hope that a few loyal Dubs would catch the virus...
...and "suffer for righteousness' sake".
another very well researched programme by the blue envelope exploring stephen lett's bio and his family interest in property.
interestingly his parents were pioneering until the new service year 1975 , when they immediately changed tack and began investing in properties along the gulf coast.
once again, highly recommended veiwing.. https://youtu.be/9qh0jbvsdrc.
Muppets have parents?
12 hours ago someone resurrected a post by marvin shilmer from years ago.
it was then that i realized that i haven't seen a post from him for a while.
a check shows it's been 4 years.
Or maybe he retired.
12 hours ago someone resurrected a post by marvin shilmer from years ago.
it was then that i realized that i haven't seen a post from him for a while.
a check shows it's been 4 years.
Maybe the WT Secret Police... "disappeared" him...
it seems the news always has another report of a pedo stalking children or hurting them.
i know this has gone on forever but i read another report of an illegal alien with a history of abuse taking advantage of another poor child.. i just don’t understand why some people do this.
is there an actual brain abnormality?
Re Rattigan's post...
The fuck???
what is the benefit of god's kingdom?.
the watchtower said when it started out in 1879 that god's kingdom had already arrived in heaven in 1874 and that its work would be complete by 1914. .
with heroic slogans of "destroying the kings of the earth" and "all enemies of christ the king" etc by 1914, "god fearing" humankind was to have been restored to prelapsarian innocence and the earth to a global edenic paradise.
If you'd asked my Dad back in the day, he'd have said that in God's Kingdom, everyone would act righteously... or else (paraphrasing, obviously, but that's the gist).
do you think any higher ups know that much of the doctrine they teach is bunk?
thinking back to the time of raymond franz, how he pointed out specifically numerous teachings that the churches really did have right all along, and really any of the hidden mic apostacy trials you listen to on youtube, you see that even when inconvenient bible teachings are proven, the elders just try to sweep it under the rug and move on.
i think i remember franz saying how one of the gb approached him somewhat sympathetically, but there was nothing he could do.. whether you believe in the bible or not, there are some basic beliefs common among most denominations because they're just so plainly stated, such things as heavenly life for all christians, no central authority structure, minimal use of god's name, etc.
If they do, I would imagine they keep it to themselves.
Although we have read a few stories here about the shouting matches overheard behind the closed doors of GB staff meetings.
So maybe not.
