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  What does the fact that WT baptism numbers are still high in the pandemic tell us?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought jiles grey response to this question was interesting:.

  "i think that it demonstrates just how ineffective the jehovah’s witnesses’ door to door evangelising is.. in 2019 there were 303,866 people baptised.

  this was during a year when the preaching work was in full swing.. in 2020 there were 241,994 people baptised.

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  luckynedpepper

  1996 to 2000 growth- This includes its own scare factor. End was supposed to be before the "end of this century". It may not have been 1975 but "end times" could have been a factor in peoples decision making
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  JWs are bigger and more successful than the Mormon church

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just saw the following you tube video.

  it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.

  if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.

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  luckynedpepper

  JWs clearly indicate that baptism is full fledged membership. Peak publishers include many who are not members, may never fully become members. I would posit that actual JW membership is 8-10% lower than the 8million mark
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  Have JEHOVAH ever supported WARS between his WORSHIPPERS?

  by Longlivetherenegades in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses used to state other christian denominations go to war and in fact that their religious leaders bless such wars.

  they see this as one reason why all other christian denominations are not true christians since they kill one another at war and therefore they don't love one another as stated by jesus in john 13: 34,35.. for example when a roman catholic go to war, he/she is bound to kill a fellow roman catholic in the cause of the war.

  therefore roman catholic can't be true christians since its member don't love one another and kill one another at war and as such god cannot be in support of such wars where his worshippers kill one another.. the question that comes for consideration is, has jehovah ever supported wars between his own worshippers?.

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  luckynedpepper

  The batteries mustve been dead in the Urim and the Thummin

  It couldve been divined in an Achan-like way...
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  PIMO elder

  by Reservations in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m reservations, pimo elder.

  i’m in no position to leave the organisation, maybe some people will see that as weak or whatever, but we have to all go down our own path in life.. i would like to be able to wake people up in my congregation, how do you think best to do this?

  any ideas?.

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  luckynedpepper

  I quite serving in February. I was consciously looking for a door; a door to get me out of serving and preserve my dignity and honor.

  The BoE gave it to me one day and rather than "be yielding" I chose that as my hill to die on and turned in a resignation letter. They called me and asked me not to quit, but did not apologize for the affront or their handling of the matter. I told em to pound sand.
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  Where are the JWs on cross dressers?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so if a man lets say is heterosexual, married and happy but likes to in the privacy of his own home wear women's cloths and his wife is ok with it.

  i know a person could just shut their mouth and who would know but i am talking about jw who is very concerned about telling the truth to the dubbers.

  my guess is it would not be a dfing matter but they would not be a ms or elder.

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  luckynedpepper

  I've always wondered where that leaves the 1 in a 100 (apparently) kids born hermaphrodite (or intersex as they are now known). It's a bit absurd given half the world probably don't even have birth certs. Kind of shows what a western-centric religion this is.

  Even if they were born with the appearance of both sets of organs, they are either XX or XY and therefore are really only one or the other.
  
  
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  Where are the JWs on cross dressers?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so if a man lets say is heterosexual, married and happy but likes to in the privacy of his own home wear women's cloths and his wife is ok with it.

  i know a person could just shut their mouth and who would know but i am talking about jw who is very concerned about telling the truth to the dubbers.

  my guess is it would not be a dfing matter but they would not be a ms or elder.

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  luckynedpepper

  There was a letter to BoE a few years back that the Congregation could restrict a persons ability to participate in field service if there dress and grooming was sufficiently gender-bending.

  Bold statement; Nobody else gets blocked from field service. Even a disfellowshipped person can "preach" after all the ministry is a personal one. Only the congregation would not provide them with literature.
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  News for Dylan fans (no JW content)

  by PopeOfEruke in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  news from www.bobdylan.com

  bob dylan live 1975 to be released in november .

  columbia records is excited to announce the november release of the bootleg series, vol.

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  luckynedpepper

  Splane was right!
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  Overweight Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what was your kingdom hall like when it came to overweight witnesses?

  i remember counseling some people on their drinking habits.

  a few snickered that if we were going to counsel them because they have had way too many at a wedding reception, what about very overweight witnesses that have a lifestyle of overindulgence?

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  He then went on, again in excruciating detail, about how the Bible describes "drunkenness". IIRC, it was a bunch of stuff from Proverbs about "staggering around" and "eyes seeing strange things".

  I was at that School. Our instructor asked if a person blew a 0.08 in a traffic stop was is matter for a JC. Answer was the same; we are only interested in the biblical definition, not (in this case) a legal one.
  
  
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  Overweight Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what was your kingdom hall like when it came to overweight witnesses?

  i remember counseling some people on their drinking habits.

  a few snickered that if we were going to counsel them because they have had way too many at a wedding reception, what about very overweight witnesses that have a lifestyle of overindulgence?

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  luckynedpepper

  Anyway, IIRC, the basic idea was that the bible condemns "gluttony", not "obesity". It was more about the attitude toward food as opposed to the quantity.

  Po-tay-toe / Po-tah-toe

  Wouldnt this carry over to being a drunkard. The bible says drunkards will not inherit the kingdom. It says nothing about the occasional, social, over-drinker?
  
  
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  Splitting furs

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm half listening in on my wife's zoom meeting.

  in my decade+ in the org, i don't remember ever getting into such minutia about jw hunting rules.. apparently, it's ok to kill an animal to use its skin as a clothing accessory, but it's not ok to kill an animal to use its antlers as a wall decoration.. not mentioned in the talk: whether or not its ok to kill an animal to wear its antlers as a hat.. .

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  luckynedpepper

  I had this part. I ended it with 1 Thess 4:11