Vidiot

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  What do you think will be different in the Organization after the pandemic is over?

  by ExCircuitOverseer in

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  4 years ago

  whether they go back to door-to-door or not, what will be different?

  do you think there will be a noticeable drop-off in attendance as we have read on here that many have left or faded?

  will there be a mass selling of halls?

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  I can't help but wonder just how conflicted the WT leadership feels about all this.

  So much in recent years has suggested that they wanted to move the ministry away from door-to-door work, transition to an "e-church", and prune out all the "lukewarm" to bring the membership down to a more manageable size...

  ...but...

  ...the Org's long-standing - nay, defining - characteristics of door-knocking, disdain towards anything resembling the methods of "worldy" religions, and practically baked-in rhetoric of "growth=God's blessing" practically fly in the face of all that.

  Gotta be tough for the poor bastards.

  
  

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  Sam Heard in April JW cult broadcasting says are you doing all you can?

  by mickbobcat in

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  4 years ago

  so sam rolex had this months talk on jw cult broadcasting.

  my question to sam rolex is why not sell your rolex and give it to the cult?

  how about muppet lett, why not sell your rental property in ga and give it to the cult?

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  What, Top-Shelf Tony can't pitch in his whiskey money?

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  The Mormons are building new Temples while Watchtower is downsizing.

  by greenhornet in

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  4 years ago

  https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/4/4/22364730/president-nelson-unveils-plans-for-the-church-to-build-20-new-temples-mormon-lds.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  GrreatTeacher - “... This could be successful as long as they don't give in to the temptation to denigrate those that only watch at home as 'less spiritual.'...”

  I absolutely guarantee you they would not be able to resist.

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  The Mormons are building new Temples while Watchtower is downsizing.

  by greenhornet in

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  4 years ago

  https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/4/4/22364730/president-nelson-unveils-plans-for-the-church-to-build-20-new-temples-mormon-lds.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  I've actually given this some thought as to just why it happens, and I've come to suspect that...

  a) ...because the church leadership becomes convinced that every little imaginative flash of "insight" that pops into their collective heads is divinely-ordained (and no one tells them otherwise, 'cause they've surrounded themselves solely with people who are never allowed to disagree with them), they simply assume that any evidence that become apparent will naturally vindicate them, and...

  b) ...back when the theology was originally crafted, the world was so much bigger and science was so much less advanced that disproving a belief with actual hard evidence (as opposed to verbal testimony) was way more difficult... and therefore - for all intents and purposes - not worth worrying about.

  I could be wrong.

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  The Mormons are building new Temples while Watchtower is downsizing.

  by greenhornet in

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  4 years ago

  https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/4/4/22364730/president-nelson-unveils-plans-for-the-church-to-build-20-new-temples-mormon-lds.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  dropoffyourknee - "...it is astounding the lengths they go to to find 'evidence' to support their previously-arrived-at conclusions."

  The Org actually tried to do that back in the day.

  Unlike the LDS (apparently), when it started to became painfully apparent that no such evidence was forthcoming, they just stopped looking, and simply demonized any outside sources that had refuting information.

  Much easier.

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  The Mormons are building new Temples while Watchtower is downsizing.

  by greenhornet in

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  4 years ago

  https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/4/4/22364730/president-nelson-unveils-plans-for-the-church-to-build-20-new-temples-mormon-lds.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  re. the OP...

  The WT isn't so much "downsizing" as it's (apparently) refocusing its attention on a TV/movie studio.

  If I had to guess, I'd say they'd been advised that the Branch, Kingdom Hall, and Assembly Hall sales weren't gonna keep the Org afloat much longer (not to mention that their tax-exemption might be at risk before too long)...

  ...so they had to come up with something bigger to put on the market.

  
  

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  JWs now in the movie business

  by mickbobcat in

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  4 years ago

  so the cult is building movie studios and making films or propaganda d movies of jesus.

  my question is how do they plan to make their investment back?

  my guess is that they are hoping that this somehow brings in converts.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  The JesusVision limited series...

  ..."Brother Lett's Neighborhood" (filmed in front of a captive live studio audience)...
  

  ...a "science" special debunking evolution...

  ...and an epic adaptation of Revelation: Its Grand Climax at Hand! (viewer discretion advised).

  And when it becomes clear that operating the facility will cost more than they can afford, the Org can sell it to Marvel Studios.

  
  

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  Sam Heard Womens brains are smaller then mens brains.

  by mickbobcat in

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  4 years ago

  so rolex sam said this.

  is this something the whole cult buys into?

  any links to rolex sam saying this?

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  Sometimes, I can't help but suspect that men's historical subjugation of women was, at it's core, to enable assholes to get laid...

  ...'cause I guarantee you that in a matriarchal society, that wasn't happening.

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  JW Online University

  by Tim207 in

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  4 years ago

  i have a family member who is a remote bethelite and they are working on creating content for online "university" for bethelites to teach them skills that are needed at bethel.

  from what i've seen it is a lot of recorded content saved on their sharepoint sites.

  i haven't seen any information on this from this site or reddit which i'm more active on.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  Weird.

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  What’s Your Favorite Type of Music/Songs/Singers???

  by minimus in

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  4 years ago

  i love r&b music, funk and soul, even some disco.

  i’ve been listening to retro soul radio out of london lately and the music is without commercial interruptions 24 hours a day.

  mostly 70s and 80s music.. i love everything from elvis presley to tom jones too.

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  Vidiot 4 years ago

  Technically, Jackson disassociated himself.

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