i don't recall seeing this posted on this board before, my apologies if the topic is duplicated..... in april 2011 and march 2012, the gb made a "loving provision" to allow jws to sign up for the auxiliary pioneer work with only a 30 hour requirement instead of the usual 50 hours.. in 2011, in the usa, about 500,000 signed up to be auxiliary pioneers.. in 2012, per the august 2012 km, only about 370,000 signed up.. that's a 26% drop in just 1 year!.
granted, in many parts of the us, the march weather is far worse than april's.
but on the other hand, there were 5 saturdays in march 2012 - you could get your "time in" with 5 long saturdays and nothing else.. .
"To what this really shows is the absolute lack of ideas coming from the top. Right now its just cut everything - hours, meetings, magazine size, possibly the DCs next. They are in circle the wagons mode."
remember......what all great leaders say. If you do not reach your goal......lower it!
Yay! Participation trophies for everyone!
my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.
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any other good stories of possession from people you know?.
sophie - Ever seen the movie, A Perfect Mind? Or read the book "Mistakes were made but not by me?"
Our minds tend to make stuff of fairly regularly
just in case they havent heard nobody reads or distributes tracts any more.
those little peices of paper are about as prevalent today as stone tablets..
"Apart from that, I can see them continuing to expand the ways in which they use the internet to get publications and documents out to publishers and elders. In fact, I can see the printing operations winding down completely eventually, and publishers being asked to print their own literature at home. This is already happening on a limited scale."
Agreed. I also would not be surprised if.....eventually......they developed their own internet software like the Scientologists have done to prevent the user form viewing anything unfavorable about them. They could simply say that it is designed to "protect Jehovah's little ones from being exposed to the rampant violence and sex that has come to define these last days". Witnesses would just eat it up. How wonderful it is that Jehovah is protecting the children! But ....quietly....this software also prohibits the opening of any page that would be "spritually harmful".
Most witnesses would eventually become aware of the fact that the software also weeds out "harmful spiritual content".......but it would be a side point to them. First and foremost they'd focus on the "protection" of their children from this evil world's violence and sex. Secondly....the software would be coming from God's organization....and not some "commercial worldly source". What witness wouldn't love that? Lastly.....they'd say "oh yeah.....and it also helps preserve our spirituality by not allowing apostate sites. What a loving provision".
If the society were to say "use this software because it controls what information you can look up about us"......they'd raise red flags in the minds of JWs that still have some ability to think. But so long as it is marketed as just a small side point......it'll fly under the radar.
my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.
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any other good stories of possession from people you know?.
"My grandmother had a bunch of books on the occult. My grandfather said that when he put them in a pile outside to burn them, they wouldn't light. He poured gasoline on them, and still they wouldn't light (yeah, we all know that gas fumes light, so that's BS). So, he had to literally soak them with gasoline, and relit the pile several times to keep it burning."
Every congregation has their own reinvention of this one. You know the GB LOVES it because it keeps the sheeple scared and dependent upon them and their holiness to keep the demunz away
2pm, january 9, 2010 san juan, puerto rico.... jws from all over the island take turns to use the biggest coliseum in the caribbean (jose miguel agrelot coliseum).
the big event... a brief 2-hour assembly featuring brooklyn bethel celebrities including anthony morris iii.
there had been a lot of excitement building up in the days preceding this event as there were rumors circulating that the society had a very special announcement to make.. after 2 ambiguous talks from 2 bethel speakers, anthony morris iii finally takes the stage and everyone is so thrilled to see him up close or on the big screen behind the stage.
Our old CO said the same thing. He probably stole it from Morris
how could there even be such a thing as perfection?
i can't wrap my head around such a concept.. i remember as a kid the dubs trying to explain their original sin doctrine as follows with one of their inane "illustrations":.
adam/eve born perfect in every way.
I'd like to know why Adam's sin caused the earth to have violent earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes......which.....especially F5 tornadoes and Category 4 hurricanees.....can't help but take human lives.....no matter how "perfect" their genes may be.
Perfect genes don't stop a Volvo from landing on your head.
my sister-in-law has recently gone back to the org :-(.
she has been wearing trousers (pants to us members ) now she has been told to expect a shepherding call from one of the elders about her style of dress!.
has anyone any good ideas or even scriptural comments that she could use.. .
I think it is quite clear that it is a stepping stone process. As soon as she becomes comfortable wearing pants.....the next thing you know, she'll be trying to grow a penis and testicles. That's how these things work, ya know
i hate my situation.
a very close relative is remarried to a man who before becoming a jw was a shady character.
he has said if he wasn't a jw, he'd have guns and stuff, always worried about things.
It all depends on the situation and the person. For someone that has spent decades in the organization and eats, sleeps and breathes Watchtower .......then yes....i think they are better off staying in la la land.
there are now 7 billion people on this planet.
so, jehovah will kill 6 billion 993 million souls.
then resurrect them for a second chance,, what a waste of energy.
"most JW are so blinded, there is no critical thinking or asking the questions"
Bingo. That's the point of propaganda, indoctrination and mind control
there are now 7 billion people on this planet.
so, jehovah will kill 6 billion 993 million souls.
then resurrect them for a second chance,, what a waste of energy.
"So, Jehovah will kill 6 Billion 993 million souls. Then resurrect them for a second chance"
Not true. Supposedly the belief is that god will resurrect everyone that has ever died except those that were "incorrigibly wicked". But those unlucky enough to be alive when the Big A comes.....well.....their just SOL. They don't get another chance
