🎄 just thought this not former/vidiot back & forth deserved it's own christmas special !!!🎄.
vidiot6 days ago.
notformer - “…if he does attend a kingdom hall physically, i imagine there're some ‘security’ arrangements in place…”.
NotFormer - “…the true crook in this case, Ted Jaracz, who weaponised the two witnesses rule in CSA cases, has escaped from the justice due him in the mortal realm.”
I take some comfort in imagining that if there’s any true karma to the universe, he’s cellmates in Hell with Rutherford.
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https://youtu.be/pi7sn2rnrke?si=lnvklqct6nuayv2q.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 85 (= down one from 86 from the previous year and quite possibly they are referring to the hong kong bethel that closed down recently).
number of lands reporting: 239 ( =the same as 2022).
As far as I’m concerned, membership numbers are irrelevant if the difficulties the Org is experiencing aren’t really membership-related.
if the watchtower really wants to move more mainstream they need to take a lesson from evangelicals in the united states.
they seem to say there are "essential beliefs".
a handful of core beliefs that are necessary to be considered true christians.
Maybe bugger off to Argentina or the Caymans, and let the rank-and-file think they’d been “raptured” away…
…I’d… actually be fine with that.
future gb: "please come back!
all is forgiven!".
would it work?
I’ve been wondering for some time if the threat of disfellowshipping doesn’t carry the same weight it used to.
This gave me a chuckle:
Meh.
The GB are more like an aging boy band.
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the bible does not say that god does not want to lie, but that he cannot lie or it is impossible for god to lie.
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so, if god cannot lie, for what purpose and why did he create creatures (satan, demons, humans) who can lie?.
the kingdom hall is still empty.
even with amalgamation of 2 congregations.
the elders are handling the microphones and there was only one comment from zoom at the watchtower.
That’s OK.
Means something to us, and that’s enough.
re. enoughisenough’s post…
Yup, like I said, he drew the short straw, and caught a break. 😏
the kingdom hall is still empty.
even with amalgamation of 2 congregations.
the elders are handling the microphones and there was only one comment from zoom at the watchtower.
Yeah, just sounds to me like the Org’s little temporary stopgap tactic of (over)consolidating halls to give the surface impression of higher growth/attendance is kinda working in this instance.
