NewYork44M

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  What can the leadership at Watchtower do to turn things around?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's play devils advocate here.. put yourself in the governing body's shoes.

  they are well aware of all the issues they are facing.

  they know their numbers (they 'do the math' as they say in the us).

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  They have a two-pronged strategy - sustain assets and wait. If they wait 20-30 years they can re-emerge with a new message. No one who remembers the past will be alive.
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  Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

  it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

  one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

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  Sex isn’t “dirty,” but it is usually messy.
  If it isn’t, you’re not doing it right!

  I guess that means I am doing it right.
  
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  How many watchtowers do the witnesses receive each year?

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my question is how many watchtower and awake magazines do the witnesses receive thru the year?

  my mother and i stop going about 30 years ago, my sister does attend still, and she says that they will receive 3 watchtowers and 3 awakes a year.

  is that true?

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  My parents had a huge stack of them piled up in the laundry room.

  Everyone had a stack of magazines. The Watchtower promoted the fact that the printed millions of magazines every week - they attempted to create the image that the magazines were the most widely read magazines in the world. However, most of these magazines went no further than the proverbial stacks found in each publisher's home. This is a classic description of a fraud scheme called "channel stuffing."

  
  
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  Today's W.T when it mentioned Depression and Anxiety

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our co-ordinator put his hand up and commented saying that people who go on about how depressed or anxious they are just need to stop giving in to impulses and show more self control without letting their emotions rule their lives.. if anyone from the media, a government agency or some other public body heard a comment like that, they'd have a hard time exercising self control over the rubbish this elder spouted, which my friends and family with genuine depression found insulting..

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  Why is happiness a competition? Happiness is not a zero-sum game. The Watchtower seems to think that they are "the happiest people on earth." Even if that might be true, their happiness has nothing to do with my happiness. Guess what - we both can be happy!
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  Is There Any Thing That Would Make A JW SERIOUSLY Question Their Religion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realize that jehovah’s witnesses have been dumbed down for long time now.

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  still, i think there must be something that would make them really question their beliefs, even their life.. i think that if witnesses were told they could take blood or that disfellowshipping was unloving, they might stop and take a hard look at everything they have sacrificed their lives for.. i know the organization has muddled these subjects before but the i think even die hard witnesses might start to second guess the governing body..

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  I am convinced that there is absolutely nothing I could say that would convince a JW that they are following a dead end. However, I am also just as convinced that I can show some that live after the cult can be very successful. I am active in Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. While I do not engage in debates, those that know my past history in the cult will see a very successful (and happy) future after the cult.
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  Warwick Protest 11-5-2017 - Who's all going?

  by Acluetofindtheuser in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64xhcoowr6y.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhuvmvbjk-q.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bejhmfrzl0.

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  These were far more interesting when they occurred in Brooklyn Heights.
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  No Wonder That the WT Bean-Counters are Scared

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=exjw.

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  https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=jw.org.

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  I don't quite understand the statistics. if this is "searches," the statistics do not show the number of "hits." If I am wrong, please clarify.

  One would assume that once you have identified your site, you will no longer search the site. Also, a site as simple as jw.org does not require a search unless you are really stupid.

  I am encouraged with the increase in exjw searches. This implies that these are original searches. That is a good thing.
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  Today's W.T when it mentioned Depression and Anxiety

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our co-ordinator put his hand up and commented saying that people who go on about how depressed or anxious they are just need to stop giving in to impulses and show more self control without letting their emotions rule their lives.. if anyone from the media, a government agency or some other public body heard a comment like that, they'd have a hard time exercising self control over the rubbish this elder spouted, which my friends and family with genuine depression found insulting..

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  people who go on about how depressed or anxious they just need to stop giving in to impulses and show more self-control

  Wow. Comforting words for those in need of comfort.

  
  
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  In Honor of Jimmy Olson October 31, 1973

  by sparky1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in memory of jimmy olson, i have provided a link to his story below.

  many who now post here are new to the forum and i felt it was necessary to honor his memory.

  although i never knew him, his brother was my roommate for a time at watchtower farms.

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  NewYork44M

  Thanks for sharing.
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  Outside JW World They Barely Exist

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is anyone else staggered by the fact that outside of the organization most of the general public seem to know very little or nothing about jw’s?

  when i was in i was led to believe that 99% of the worlds population had been giving sufficient warning, knew what it was all about and were stubbornly sticking to their immoral ways.

  the reality seems to be that the entire jw universe is barely noticeable to the masses.

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  Due to an unbelievably ineffective preaching campaign, the Watchtower remains irrelevant.