so the qbs were huge in the 80s and 90s, now i hear nothing.
have they stopped?.
In the 80's there was growth. Now there isn't.
Also...it used to be if JWs wanted a new Kingdom Hall, they saved the money, or took out a loan, and had it builts. And the property was theirs.
Since that time, Watchtower has taken centralized control of all Kingdom Hall builds, repairs, and property.
this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.
feel free to poke holes.
i have many doubts about this myself.
From what I understand, the SDA do not practice mandatory shunning anymore. So I give them points for that.
And the Mormons evidently do not shun to the degree JWs do. They allow a heck of allot more dissent then Watchtower does.
i had a deep conversation with my elder father today about the bible.
first i talked to him about luke 16:19-31. the one where jesus makes this crazy illustration regarding the afterlife.
of course he had to look it up on the watchtower library to be spoon fed his beliefs.
Most elders don't have the time to do any research.
this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.
feel free to poke holes.
i have many doubts about this myself.
I wasn't the source of this, nor can I confirm any of it...I'm more taking it with a grain of salt and seeing what happens. The similarities of style between Watchtower, Scientology, the LDS do make me wonder.
Even though maybe not doctrinal stuff, I do think there may be some truth to it as far as outside consultants for Watchtower business/administrative issues. For some of this video stuff they do, I do wonder if they may have outsourced some of the work.
my experience in the kingdom hall was that racial discrimination and profiling was not typically practiced....that i know of.
i was in a diverse city with every type of skin color and nationality imaginable.. i’m wondering if the witnesses have changed due to the current affairs exposed by the media everyday.
are there discrimination issues in jw land??
This probably should be best answered by a JW of color.
But then again, if one looks up at the makeup of the Governing Body, one token black person, no Asians, no Hispanics, and compare that to the demographics of the rank and file, that should speak for itself.
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They words it in such a way to make it seem that beard's are okay and there are no repercussions for having one. But in reality, what they mean is entirely the opposite. It takes experience in understanding their gist.
It's truly a masterclass of passive aggressiveness.
this time we get to see a new shot of the interior of the gb's board room.
this is where the magic happens lol.. .
here's a picture of a british couple.
What other table should kings sit at?
Which is likely their own viewpoint.
an eyebrow raiser to be sure.
i can understand the clergyman being so baptist that he'd still use the name jehovah since it was popular in english and german churches for a long time during and after the reformation, but 607?.
see ¶ 6 under the heading "the historicity of the book of daniel".
Needless to say this person has no credibility.
i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.
did you ever like any of those songs?
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I really liked the Victory Song. And a handful of others.
But even when I was mentally in, I thought most of the music was sub-par. And then the new songbook came out...and it was even worse! And now they've an even newer one...it's just all unlistenable.
from 2012 thru 2016, congregations in georgia and alabama collected funds to build a new assembly hall in south atlanta.
to date, 3.5 million dollars was collected and 75 acres was purchased.
the branch decided that this assembly hall was not needed.
It is jawdropping.
In the old days, if JWs needed a Kingdom Hall or Assembly Hall, they saved up, then banded together and built it. Now with centralized control of Kingdom Hall properties, this is impossible.
This is outright theft. Of course, I'm sure Watchtower has legal tricks up its sleeve to get away with it.
