Posts by mikeflood

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Drastic Upcoming Changes? (accelerated by the pandemic)

by JWTom in

good to see you again!

much discussion now about the fallout that is coming due to impacts of the pandemic combined with the long-term downward spiral of jw.org.

i am active as a pimo and my wife is pimi....much of our personal conversation and conversation with others in jw land focuses on how things will play out for jw.org in the next 12-24 months.

mikeflood

The only thing that is for sure is that change is coming.

I'll go for just making a semi monthly or monthly meeting mega church style using the Assembly Halls, KH are gonna be sold, big bucks over there. That way they could give a little rest to the RF and make them more mainstream.

Declared that preaching served its purpose, just keep special campaigns like three times a year. No more reporting time because it ' drain resources'.

And, yes, you're allowed to talk to a disfellonwship person, that is going to be a 'biblical' personal decision.

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Big Cull of Foreign Language Groups and Congregations

by eyeslice in

i overheard mrs eyeslice listening to '2021 governing body update 3' yesterday.

apparently, they have started ditching foreign language groups and congregations as these weren't exactly roping anyone in.

of course there is a positive spin on all this - '4,000 plus elders freed up to serve in local language congregations' and of course there has been immensely positive feedback from various branches about the benefits of this.. i suspect though there will be an awful lot of elders who were serving as king pins in these congregations who are going to have their noses put out by going back to local language congregations where they will barely be used.

mikeflood

Under that logic, the next GB generation have a perfect reason to stop or redesign preaching altogether because if there are no more people interested in those biblical studies........let us redirect our efforts to something else.

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What do you think will be different in the Organization after the pandemic is over?

by ExCircuitOverseer in

jw
friends

whether they go back to door-to-door or not, what will be different?

do you think there will be a noticeable drop-off in attendance as we have read on here that many have left or faded?

will there be a mass selling of halls?

mikeflood

Ohhh...that's a good one. Let's see....there is no biblical justification about all those Kingdom Halls...we are gonna use the Assembly Halls instead...like you know, megachurches. Meet over there once a month beside regular assemblies, of course. And preaching? Do it a couple of times a year, in special campaigns. Simplification, simplification.

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Covid Vaccine Passports

by minimus in

jw
friends

what do you think of them?

should a business or establishment require that you show proof that you have been vaccinated before they let you in?.

mikeflood

Let me try some "Vdiot" style:

Covid passports are, 'the mark of the beast, the mark of the beast, the mark of the beast' !!!!!

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Congregation Letter - 2021 Magazines Delayed???

by JWTom in

we had a letter read in our cong.

last week that said the public wt and awake would be delayed during the beginning of 2021. meaning we would just use the 2020 version into 2021 and there would be no new ones at the beginning of 2021 until an undetermined time sometime during the 1st half of 2021. at least that is the gist that i remember.

it was in what atlantis provided but there was no further detail....very brief.. any more intel or speculation on this?

mikeflood

Maybe they're gonna eliminate Awake or Watchtower public edition....or both....

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Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Dress Up For Meetings?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

library.

books & brochures.

who are doing jehovah’s will today?.

mikeflood

It's gonna change eventually with GB 3.0 or 4.0, in rural Africa they don't enforce it, I think. When they realize that people run away from an strict dress code they are gonna relax it.

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A Generation Change Again???

by BereanThinker7 in

i have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.

does anybody have on info on this?.

i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .

mikeflood

Yes, Waton, but remember, it is just entertaining, to try to prove anything.

For example, you could be bold and say 'Jerusalem destruction propehcy ' was the biblical type and now we are in the antitype.

That keeps the RF awake, I guess.

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A Generation Change Again???

by BereanThinker7 in

i have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.

does anybody have on info on this?.

i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .

mikeflood

Let's guess bold here....

Time since Jesus Christ prophecy in Mathew about Jerusalem destruction, he made in 36 and it was fulfillled in 70. Then, taking 70 minus 36 give you 34 years. Now we take Daniel "time, times and a half" equally to three and a half. 34 years multiplied by 3.5 gives you 119 years.

So it should take 1914 plus 119 years. That is 2033, bingo.

But please, don't mess with this and try to overlap it!!!

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How Do You Think Election Votes Should Be Counted?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you think voters should be required to prove that they are legitimate?.

mikeflood

I think a computer shouldn't be used, is better like in TD state where there is a paper trail, like Canada, that allow to recount easily if it is necessary.

Someone was floating the idea that in the future people could vote using their phone. It's a terrible idea, like a computer anything digital could be hacked.

By the way, if you are able to vote and don't do that, you should pay a fine like $ 50. Democracy die in people's apathy.

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How many TRUE BELIEVERS do you think are left in the Organization?

by pistolpete in

i have a few jw relatives who are true believers.

by this i mean, they believe with all their heart that 1914 was the beginning of the last days, that this is the last generation, that we are in the very last of the last hour of this system of things, and that you should obey the governing body even if it does not make sense.

all of them are in their 60s and up into their 90s there is nothing you can say or show them to convince them or even cause a small doubt that the wt is not god organization.

mikeflood

TRUE BELIEVERS? Easy, about the 8 and something millions of publishers. People that are able to put a face and go door to door, at least before the pandemia. However there are a lot of others that are "symphatizers" like one person that I know, he is not at meetings, etc. but one time say to me "In my heart, I know is the truth" !

So total worldwide? About 30 million, if not more. When the next GB 3.0 take charge that people easy are gonna be in the Borg, of course is gonna be different than now.