last night was the co's visit.
prior to his part, an elder had a part on following theocratic direction.
it was about our congregation being deleted (there are 2 sharing this hall) and the people and territory being divided up to the 4 other surrounding ones.. they say it is not about numbers but about making best use of resources.
They say it is not about numbers but about making best use of resources.
Consolidation is happening in my area - my old hall and 2 others are dissolved and moved into 4 others.
Again - what happened to we need THOUSANDS of halls right away (2014/15).
And give us all your money so we can build these THOUSANDS of halls?
And what about - oh sorry - our bad - here is your money and ownership of your Halls (that you paid for) back.
FRAUD!!!!
remember top shelf tony da turd broadcasting that world wide 2 years ago at the end of the convention?
well 2 years later do we see the slightest hint of the nation's declaring peace and security or going after religion?
so how was it imminent?
My mom got baptized in 74 cuz you know 75 was the end.
I know a bunch of people who married at 17 and 18 in 73/74.
Why, cuz they were not sure there would be SEX after the big A in 75.
after many tv specials were the watchtower bible & truck society have been exposed as the biggest religious haven for pedophiles on the planet and the loss of hundred of court cases including (the last and biggest one involving the supreme court) the society finally files chapter 11.. the society must turn over all of their files of all known pedophiles.
this turns out to be bigger then anyone could have ever imagined with tens of thousands of their members being named many of whom have been in positions of power.. over 80% of their followers leave the mother ship and contributions slow to a trickle.. most of the society's properties are sold off and people are meeting in private homes and basements.
just like they did when the church was founded a 150 years ago.
Be nice, but I wont see it in my lifetime.
interesting screenshots of internal wt databases appear in the 2018 coordinators' committee report video (that's in fact a presentation of their hub software) at 6:34-6:50. they contain, among others, the following information:.
there are 61,349 kingdom halls and 841 assembly halls;.
4,308 properties are held for sale, including 2,925 khs;.
On that video at 6min 40 seconds in they say something interesting.
They say that the "perceived" need for thousands of KHs ASAP "was resolved" using the HUB software.
So here is their MESSAGE as to why they went from Begging money for thousands of new Halls needed ASAP, to selling off thousands!
The dissolving of the RBC (which was the org that build ALL the halls in the USA) because they needed thousands of Halls ASAP!
Having asked ALL Congregations to VOW monthly money (basically giving each Hall a perpetual mortgage) by each publisher so they can build these Thousands of KHs ASAP!
Telling ALL congregations to Send ALL their money in their bank accounts (except for a small amount for operating expense) so they can fund the building of THOUSANDS of New KHs ASAP!
SOOOOO - No mention that, well now we DON'T need all that money, so we will give it all back.
If any Corporation or Organization will have done that, people would be in Jail for FRAUD!
Bernie Madoff would be proud!!!!
i know there are several posts about witnesses and non-witnesses in regards to relationships.
i couldn’t find anything specifically that spoke to me, so i would love some third-party advice and thoughts.. i have never been someone to pursue a stranger from the internet.
earlier this year, i became friends with someone on a video game.
RUN!
now i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".
i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?
maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.
Its always the same thing. "Your different than me, thus there is something wrong with you."
"No what your doing does not impact me in any way, but your different so..."
"No I don't want other people to judge me or what I do, but your different than me so..."
We all escaped a CULT that told us what to Be, what to Think, what to LOOK LIKE, etc....
Have we learned anything from that?
the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.
watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!
".
the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.
watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!
".
Crazyguy -
Theres less then 4 million baptized jws world wide and their getting smaller by the minute imo
Were in the world are you getting that number?
240—Lands where Jehovah’s Witnesses worship
8,579,909—Jehovah’s Witnesses
10,079,709—Free home Bible courses conducted
20,329,317—Attendance at the annual Memorial of Christ’s death
119,954—Congregations
the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.
watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!
".
Slimboyfrat -
So you mean the End is right around the corner?
They are in 2 minute warning and the seconds are ticking down:)
Sorry for being sarcastic, and I REALLY HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT!! With all my heart.
I just think this doomsday prediction isn't based on fact, since we lack 2 things.
The WT books, and their internal plans & reasonsings.
So without that, we cobble together outcomes that fit what we want to see.
after posting on another thread it became apparent to me that it can be difficult for some ex jws to totally shake off all wt teaching , even after leaving the org.
do you still feel guilty going into a church for a wedding or a funeral .
can you bring yourself to celebrate birthdays or christmas .
Though my kids are still young enough to look forward to and love Holidays, they really have no meaning to me.
Has nothing to do with "teachings" from being a JW, its the lack of tradition.
Memories and joys with holidays buildup from childhood.
They become things you look forward to and cherish, and are surrounded with memories with family and friends.
I have none of those, so they have no meaning to me now.
