who remembers taking field service records?.
"finnish court orders jehovah's witnesses to end illegal data gathering".
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_court_orders_jehovahs_witnesses_to_end_illegal_data_gathering/10558162.
That was funny resolute!
It was interesting to see in the article that the Finnish court based their decision on the findings of the European Court of Justice.
JWs are big on data gathering, Its too bad something can't be done about their abuse of data mining and private information within the organization but at least the rights of the public at large are being addressed by this decision.
some of you may remember old goat who used to post here.
he died last night in his sleep.
he was 92 years old.
I did not know him but I love reading about the relationship you shared.
Thank you, Vienne for honoring him with your words
the watchtower bible and tract society uses its governing body to force jehovah's witnesses to accept their flip-flop beliefs and doctrines.
their history of conflicting false teachings and practices have left members in confusion.. in this video, david splane blames jehovah god for all the changing doctrines.
"jehovah is driving the chariot.".
Sadly, I think he believes it.
so i moved out of my small town into the big city and staying with an older sister i’ve been having some fun in the big city wink wink.
but i have a good standing with the congregation in the city they are nice but don’t really pay a lot of attention to me.
i have been dating a “worldly guy” who is amazing love him but the older sister said he wasn’t allowed in the house.
Good question Stan. I assumed Pink was female because of the statement about living with an older sister. I thought that meant older sister as defined by a "congregation older sister" not a sibling.
Fortunately, the advice above applies whether Pink is male or female. Be cautious, dont burn your bridges, educate yourself as to the facts about JWs and so on.
Pink,
I love the advice you got from Pete ZaHut. Hope it helps you as a guide.
AND he is "pizza" just like you - so common ground!
just saying i’m still alive and greeting everyone, veterans and newcomers to this forum.. 2018 was a year with a lot of turmoil in my life; me and my wife separated, then reunited months later, and spent the second half of the year healing the emotional wounds from that episode.
that, along with a record year in terms of my business meant that choices had to be made regarding my time, and i decided to focus on my marriage instead of other endeavours.
it seemed to have paid off.
What a year you have had!
Really glad to see you back.
if true what a waste of dedicated funds that could have been used to build 1000's of k.h's in africa.
Or both.sir82
The WTS is either becoming astoundingly, inordinately greedy, or they are running out of money.
2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.
see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.
average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
JW GoneBad4 hours ago
millie210: These figures belie what I see with my eyes.You might add this one to your list:
Baptisms of adult outsiders at an all time low...next to zero!
Good one!
2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.
see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.
average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
No.
It has been a long slow extraction of myself from them. Mostly to keep the waters calm with all my family/friend connections.
I did go to Memorial last year, as a concession to elderly family members. That is the extent of my going in a Hall. It seems to not matter much to "in" JWs what I do as long as I dont rock the boat too hard in any one direction at any one time.
I do have several JWs who work for me so I get to see and hear a lot without the drudgery of having to actually go in to a Kingdom Hall
2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.
see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.
average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
These figures belie what I see with my eyes.
Congregations are closing.
Attendance at meetings is down.
Service is mostly perfunctory and token
Building projects have tanked and are just "not discussed"
On a positive note, conventions still appear mostly the same
Thats what I see.
Then there is what they "report"
there are a lot.
anything blood related was difficult to reasonably prove from a witness perspective.. 1914 was another one.
what can you add to the list?
Inviting people to a Kingdom Hall while steadfastly refusing to accept an invitation to their place of worship.
This applied to giving them literature while refusing theirs also.
