i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.
i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.
why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.
Tiki,
You apparently missed the point of my question. I’m arguing it costs MORE to host months of coventions than it does to ONE large convention in a rented facility.
JWs would also have to pay more for maintenance and upgrades due to increased usage. Rented facility owners would have to cover that.
Besides, it’s just more practical to use your own facilities than it does to rely on people who can tell you “no” if they don’t like you.
i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.
i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.
why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.
Put your thinking caps on: what costs more:
Holding ONE large DC/RC in a rented building like the old days, or hosting months of smaller RC’s from late May to September, which means more smaller buildings will need to be built, upgraded, or maintained?
Could it be that they want to give people a greater opportunity to attend a RC if they have to miss for any reason, or that they would rather be as less dependent on third parties as possible?
Its not necessarily a cost savings issue. If I could provide venues independently, I would as much as possible.
i know that the jdubs think that they are the center of the universe and in actuality, no one except ex-jdubs gives a rats ass about these religious crazies.
my question is i read that as a percentage of pedophiles per members, that the percentage is larger in the watchtower company than in the catholic church.
i would think that would catch someones attention in the media and make a good story.. what really pisses me off is the watchtower cult is gloating about all of the negative press the catholics are receiving concerning pedophiles not even knowing that the jdubs have thousands of sexual abuse cases that have been covered over.
Of course, the ARC was clever in their wording. They are apparently saying WTBTS of Australia didn’t report. Well, they (WTBTS) are third parties getting second hand information. They can’t help the police if they did report, like the people with direct knowledge of the situation can.
Did anyone locally report (local elders or the victim(s) and/or their families) is the question.
https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .
You can’t make any excuses, even though you’re trying really hard to.
i know that the jdubs think that they are the center of the universe and in actuality, no one except ex-jdubs gives a rats ass about these religious crazies.
my question is i read that as a percentage of pedophiles per members, that the percentage is larger in the watchtower company than in the catholic church.
i would think that would catch someones attention in the media and make a good story.. what really pisses me off is the watchtower cult is gloating about all of the negative press the catholics are receiving concerning pedophiles not even knowing that the jdubs have thousands of sexual abuse cases that have been covered over.
Dub
Why deal in hypotheticals?
Are there actually between 100 and 500 children abused in each county who are discouraged from going to police?
https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .
Forget the FAQ. I linked one better. I posted a link a video at convention the public was invited to attend, which advocated shunning, of a daugter, who was shunned for 15 years. That video is on the website as well, publicly available.
The videos does a better job because it allowes visualization of it.
A 2017 WT, available on the website, said shunning applies to family.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017561#h=21:0-21:793
You’re...wrong..
a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.
after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.
this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....
Well, morph, we will just agree to disagree. We are at an impasse.
a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.
after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.
this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....
I’m arguing that “dumbed down” is a relative term. It is.
a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.
after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.
this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....
Morph -
I can tell you about newspapers I read — they never talk over my head, and I do not have a college education. People with advanced degrees will definitely say it’s dumbed down for me and the dumb masses.
But you’re gonna criticize WT no matter what they do, so why should they care about your ideas?
a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.
after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.
this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....
I’d argue that society as a whole is “dumbed down” because of how we receive information. We get it quick, fast, and therefore, little thought and effort is required to get it. And even less thought is put into analyzing it. So people are too lazy intellectually to take the time to read a book to find what they’re looking for — just “google” it.
Who knows? WT is responding to a clear trend?
