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  Is "Active Publishers" a new concept?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just saw the congregation analysis report for 2020, a form i have not noticed before.

  it asks for the number of "active publishers.

  " this is a term i have not seen specified before.

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  bats in the belfry

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  What an oxymoron: Inactive Publisher
  

  EITHER you are inactive OR you are a publisher. --- Not to be confused with the irregular type that is counted in their reports.

  BITB
  
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  The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

  i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

  they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

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  bats in the belfry

  My very advanced in age JW relatives say they (the figureheads of the bORG) just can't wait for older folks not knowledgeable of the internet to die off so "they can go all electric", as they put it,

  Maybe they are painting to dark a picture?

  BITB
  
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  Ok, We Need To Talk About The Latest Caleb & Sophia Cartoon

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (as of 10 sep 2020) there's a new caleb & sophia cartoon in which the org puts into the minds of children the idea that celebrating a birthday will cause jehovah to not want to be your friend anymore.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/trailer-jehovah-forgives/.

  can you imagine being 6 years old and thinking god himself is no longer your friend because you blew out a candle on a birthday cake or wished someone a happy birthday?.

  as bad as all this is, the birthday thing is just one of many jw rules that isnt even supported by scripure.

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  bats in the belfry

  Does Caleb ever grow up? Wasn't he about 6 years of age when he was introduced to the public some six years ago?

  Will he ever grow up? ... The Simpson kids did.

  BITB,
  
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  Why go online

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so why do you think org went online?

  they were selling khs left and right for years.

  plus video talks and new building for filming videos.

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  bats in the belfry

  Some of them I hear saying they get use to Zoom and don't miss "meeting together" that much anymore. And with sisters meeting in town while shopping news travels faster than by Bullroarer, anyways.
  

  Perhaps, it's time to have conventions only every 7 years, like in the good old days (Deuteronomy 31:10-12).
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  “Minimus” Was Mentioned On Another Site In A Negative Way!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was told that minimus was talked about on six screens by someone who said “minimus is a racist “.

  i just want to set the record straight and say he is a great guy and loves everybody equally.

  race and color does not make a person better or worse.

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  bats in the belfry

  There is only one race: The human race.
  
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  So What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Now?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  they don’t go to conventions .

  they don’t go to assemblies.

  they don’t go to meetings.

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  bats in the belfry

  They are out buying "Bugs Bunny Forever" stamps for their upcoming November 2020 campaign to distribute that printed magazine by mail. Or else, they are working on beautifying email templates to send along with the digital copy of that mrag.
  
  ... all in the name of reporting "field service hours". Go, figure.
  
  
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  Netherlands: sexual abuse report can stay online judge rules

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/08/jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-report-can-stay-online-judge-rules/.

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  bats in the belfry

  @ HoodwinkedToo ... "Where is Jehovah when you really need him?"
  
  My guess: His heavenly rover broke down at a different corner of the universe and needs AAA attention. Meanwhile, his adherents are foofighting aimlessly in all directions.
  
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  The toxic JW Worldview

  by TD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes i forget how small-minded, petty, provincial, mean-spirited ignorant and judgemental it was and still is.... then i sit down with a jw relative, hoping to have a normal conversation and realize there is literally nothing to talk about.. nothing..... current events?

  hobbies?

  your job?

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  bats in the belfry

  They are just like first-graders. A simple question like "When looking to the moon you will have to look up to see it. Suppose you are standing on the moon, will you have to look up or down to see the earth?"
  

  On most of them it will draw a blank
  

  Just sayin' ... don't expect too much. It's precious time wasted!
  
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  Jesus on the stake

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i sat in recently with some relatives for the sunday meeting.

  the talk was given by a bethel speaker, who at one point quoted john 20:25.

  “but he said to them: “unless i see in his hands the print of the nails and stick my finger into the print of the nails and stick my hand into his side, i will never believe it.”.

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  bats in the belfry

  The Romans did all sorts of nailings at that particular time in history ... must have been one of their pastimes - take your pick.
  

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  Ref.: Justus Lipsius - De cruce libri tres, 1595
  
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  Mandatory Donations??? Is This Accurate?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!

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  bats in the belfry

  You do that a couple of times as local BOE and someone higher up will call in to let them know that, if this keeps up, their KH is to be amalgamated.