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  Testing For Transparency - An Honesty Check

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please share any other yes/no questions that might fit with the following 10. also feel free to critique the 10 listed.. testing for transparency.

  there are some facts that jehovah's witnesses are reticent to divulge to new prospects.

  you may want to find out very early in your discussions if the witnesses you are studying with are open and truthful about their organization's doctrine and practices by asking them a series of sensitive (potentially embarrassing) questions about their personal beliefs.

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  wallsofjericho - "Is the governing body ever 'wrong'?"

  And if so, are you allowed to say so?
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  Who `d a Thought The GB would Listen to the United Nations And Stop Witnessing for Jehovah.?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "we must obey god rather than men" act.5:29 has sure been discarded now and the gb are obeying the united nations world health organization and shutting down all of their "witnessing" operations ,very effectively i might add.. instead of boldly proclaiming the kingdom message as they used to blow there own trumpet about obeying god rather than men they are now more in fear of what the superior authorities will do to them if they don`t obey them.. this is something nobody banked on ever happening least of all the governing body of jehovah`s witnesses that the preaching work would come to a standstill .. of course they will put a spin on it ,that there protecting the health and well being of their members and the public.. but the fact remains they are not trusting in jehovah to protect their members nor are they trusting in jehovah to keep the "worldwide preaching work" going.. what do you think ?.

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  This wouldn't be the first time the Org has budged when "Satan's World" has given a push...

  ...ten bucks says their lawyers have advised them that due to all the pedo-related shit going on, their tax-exemption is in too precarious a state for them to risk defiance on this front.
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  Kh's will be gone in 5 years! Here's how it will work

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  besides the media center they are going to build in n.y. it's been noted they are also building one and a studio in australia.

  there is no way donations can cover these massive projects.

  so the money will have to come from the sale of the remaining halls.

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  Problem with selling off all the KHs and going solely online is that it makes it way easier for faders, fakers, and fence-sitters to GTFO...

  ...but since (I suspect) that, deep down, the Org wants that...
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  After the Covid-19 crisis: what will happen?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what will happen after the covid-19 crisis?.

  - economy with all the stand still corporations, people without work and mass injections of support money?.

  - politics with the end of globalisation, closed borders and new geopolitic friends (italy / china russia), lack of support and working together in eu and local politics, did the current politician the right thing?.

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  Are the JWs are doing field service while corona?

  by iliketreasure in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys,.

  i'm out of the jws for 12 years now and stopped thinking about the whole thing a long time ago.. but recently, i wondered how jws deal with corona?

  i've read on the forums that they suspended meetings and tried to hold them online.. but are they still doing field service?.

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  I gotta say, telling the loyal rank-and-file to "go underground and wait out the Great Tribulation" will never be easier.
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  Will "social distancing" help JWs wake up.

  by Tantalon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the existing and still to come covid19 lock downs in many countries i wonder if not being obliged to attend meetings and field service will give many jws the opportunity to clear their mind a little and start to see the cracks.

  i know they will be expected to log on to their devices but with no one other than family to monitor this it could be a circuit breaker for many.

  of course the fear of end times pestilence may counter that.

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  Just shutting down KH meetings alone will help a significant number to WTexit, simply because the conditioning needs regular booster shots just to stay viable, for all but the most hardcore loyalists, and even then...
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  People criticize the rank of The WatchTower and Awake!

  by dydeonwl in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  people are not willing to accept the popularity of the watchtower and awake as these magazines belong to jw.

  a listing site has declared the watchtower the most popular magazine in the world.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.

  in comment section of this link people are abusing again jehovah's witnesses.

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  @ dydeonwl...

  I thought that, according to WT eschatology, the WTS would be hated and persecuted, especially in the last days of the Last Days.

  How can the literature of a hated and persecuted group be "popular"?
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  Kh's will be gone in 5 years! Here's how it will work

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  besides the media center they are going to build in n.y. it's been noted they are also building one and a studio in australia.

  there is no way donations can cover these massive projects.

  so the money will have to come from the sale of the remaining halls.

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  nowwhat? - "...what's going on now is an excellent trial balloon to see if the jdubs will enthusiastically accept streaming and zoom meetings. This will probably speed up their timetable to sell off kingdom halls!... my opinion"

  Hard to argue with.
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  Venting: Nah, this isn't a CULT. we will just get dressed up and meet on video

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's so pathetic, oh how they believe there so special.

  my wife said " this shows alot when the borg stops assemblies" i said it show alot when alot of venues, governments and other religions shut down stuff.

  what do i hear......crickets back.

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  caves - "Never in my wildest imaginings did I ever think when I was in that the meetings would be online or over video. When I saw tablets being used for the studies I was on the way out with my head tilted to the side like a dog trying to figure out what in the hell they were doing."

  Karaoke Kingdom Songs is the thing that makes me shake my head the most.
  

  I actually saw that first in a "Christendom" church funeral, and thought it was weird then... if you'd asked me if we'd ever see that at a JW meeting, I'd have laughed out loud.
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  They're all alone in their respective houses!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you look into all the publications and predictions about the last days, the jws are always represented in groups in someone's house.

  this isn't happening right now.

  they are all told to stay in their individual homes and watch jwsteaming!.

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  Smiles - "They want the end time to come in their lifetime..."

  This.

  And deep down, the real reason for a lot of them is that they're under the mistaken impression that once the End comes, they'll finally be free of the Watchtower.

  Know how I now?

  'Cause that was me.