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  What changes would stabilize JW membership?

  by StarryNight9 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've seen many topics about how things are changing or might be changing in jw doctrine/culture.

  some have extrapolated how those changes would result in declining jw membership.

  i'm curious to know what changes others think would stabilize those numbers.

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  mikeflood

  Proclaim that the paradise has arrived! Then do the house to house trying not to get any home more like one or twice a year, a.k.a don't bother people. Be more social to keep the bonds of the flock together, made a festival, bingos, potlucks, a place for the little ones. But, wait, with all that two or three congs in one KH that's a dream.
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  Just a thought

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a hypothetical question.

  if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.

  i would.

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  mikeflood

  Not gonna happen....but a man made or nature made it's possible, I guess I'll buy a Kentucky Knob Creek whisky 1.75 liter ....
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  JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i asked the question on quora: .

  if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

  https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

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  mikeflood

  They said "we do not try to find a symbolic meaning or future fullfillment in every Bible account" back in ws 3/2015, when they were talking about types and antitypes. So I agree, 1914 is gonna to begin to disappear from their 'up to date' publications. It's maybe the last Russellian thing.
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  Who stands to benefit from the JW scam

  by cognitivedizzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  guys, i've always wondered about this ,.

  all the money grab,selling, consolidation of kh, real estate scam , who is the one who benefits from this elaborate scam, what's the deal ?

  who is the mastermind, do the gb or whoever really runs the show really believe what they sell.

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  mikeflood

  Who benefits? The human beings that sue them and their lawyers....
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  Any word yet on the Annual Meeting?

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's just a week or two away and still no sign of the usual hype?

  very strange.... anyone heard anything about it?

  perhaps from those still in to some degree or from relatives/friends still in?.

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  mikeflood

  Nope, it looks like a complete anti-leaks success....maybe they're changing something really big this time....
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  Overwhelmed

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone else feel overwhelmed on what to believe?.

  i've been doing lots of research on beliefs, evolution, creationism but i feel no further forward about what i truly believe.

  for example i looked at the fossil record and tiktaalic and thought great it proves a lot but then i've seen counter arguments on youtube of people basically saying its a load of rubbish and doesn't prove anything.

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  mikeflood

  Somebody said: "There's no easy answers to difficult questions".
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  2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

  by Not_Culty in

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  2. beliefs

  sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

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  mikeflood

  Yeah, yeah ..he seems to have an Alzheimer's early onset breaking that glass....but seriously...if wordly institutions are so evil....why don't WT put a nice college to form doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc.? It's ironic because they need qualified people, as many in this thread have said...and don't tell me that there's no money.
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  Developments in the India Branch

  by MaxPayne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following letter was read in the congregation today.

  it's for all the congregations in india.

  i have pasted it as it was.

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  mikeflood

  I didn't know I could become a banker ....but seriously, it sounds kind to desperate... maybe if they issue bonds instead? The question is...why the hurry? It's bad planning.
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  2018/19 new light

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

  today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

  they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

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  mikeflood

  From a good source....just one weekly meeting !

  Two hours long, and because of KH consolidation you could choose, midweek or weekend! Also monthly social potlucks, and playgrounds for the little ones !

  Hiya !
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  Pope Francis troubles....

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  archbishop vigano, ex-nuncio to the u.s., a really high echelon, asking for the pope resignation, because of responsibility in sexual scandals cover-ups....never heard something like that before.....

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  mikeflood

  Archbishop Vigano, ex-nuncio to the U.S., a really high echelon, asking for the Pope resignation, because of responsibility in sexual scandals cover-ups....never heard something like that before....