publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.
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coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.
They are leaving in droves
I don't think there is any evidence of that. The growth rate is the same as it has been for a long time. DF rate is about the same. Growth is just over population growth average.
No one is coming in really, only kids getting baptized mostly.
If people were leaving in droves (which is what we ALL hope for) the yearly numbers would go down and not up.
it felt so good to read a card from my youngest son today.
it was a funny card about duct tape and cussing.
it was a day of joy for me being it was my first fathers day card from my son since he and his family left the cult.
Thanks - Happy Fathers day to all!
My youngest daughter made me breakfast - sent out a beautiful instagram - and is making me dinner.
Makes me happy:)
personally i think it is 1914 and the following " this generation " doctrine.. this particular doctrine went right against jesus's own words of " no one knows of the time not even he " .
he also admonished his true followers to not set a time upon god's own sacred time .. the leaders of the wts even back to the late 1800's set a time calculated on their own theology 1874 being the first time set and proclaimed by c t russell, also proclaiming 1914 would likely be the year of the final day of judgment armageddon.
all throughout the 20th century the wts held to this doctrine but was eventually revised of course when it was realized this generation had passed away who saw the events of 1914. .
That there is a god.
publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.
.
coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.
Publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.
Haaa - NEVER!
Well... that will happen right after having Gay Sex at the KH during the Memorial isn't a DFing offence.
ELDERS will always know your FS time - and be the ones giving it to the WT.
It is a MAJOR way of controlling the congregation.
that's the one thing they all have in common.
because as soon as you are aware that you are in one, you would of course leave it,.
so millions of people all over the world are in them and but of course are ignorant of this fact.. i was asked many times over the years in field service, the question.
I didnt believe I was in one for almost my whole life.
That's why I try to be realistic and kind about those still IN not seeing what we see as so obvious.
As many of us remember - waking up took a long time - with lots of conflict - pain - and horrible choices.
And prior to that, we just fed on the teet of the WT that poisoned our minds to what was reality.
now that i'm out if i ever do find someone and settle down and start a family, my parents wont be a part of it.
my dad wont walk me down the isle if i get married, if i have kids they wont know their grandparents.
oh and by the way i had my freaking tubes tied so as not to have kids in this system.
So much we gave up being JWs and so much more we give up leaving the cult.
It's a life of loss however you slice it.
I think about my kids, when they get married (if they choose to), instead of a wedding with a few hundred people and tons of family, it will be quite small, with almost no family.
Makes me very sad.
so one night i'm at a meeting.
it's the beginning of the meeting and a brother is up on stage introducing the parts for the night.
he's going through the parts and then he says, "...and apieceofshitnamedtate will be handling our bible highlights.".
He than introduced the sister for part 3. She's all surprised and says she didn't know she had a part. So he does part 3.
Then he asks if there is anyone who volonteered for part 4. No one answered, so he did part 4 as well
Been there done that. Of course at the time (since my value was in being an elder and a great speaker) I didnt mind it cuz IT MAD ME LOOK GOOD! I was the capable hero.
All makes me sick right now. The "school" was is such a joke!
so one night i'm at a meeting.
it's the beginning of the meeting and a brother is up on stage introducing the parts for the night.
he's going through the parts and then he says, "...and apieceofshitnamedtate will be handling our bible highlights.".
I was the School Overseer, and after a few years when I got really good at it. I had no issues doing an of the parts as a sub.
I would of course look all the parts over that week. In reality, as long as you're comfortable speaking in public, and you know the info somewhat, none of the parts are had.
The Brother Talks, or the Student talks are really so so basic. The bar for what the audience expects is SOOO low.
I generally was happy for last second cancellations because I felt that I could provide better and more useful information that might actually help someone, or encourage someone, more than the 1/2 literate elders could do with a weeks prep.
recently reflecting on some of the great songs that came out of that decade.
any favorites post them up .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuza6qijvfu.
My fave from the 80s
there have been a number of threads / posts here over the years about ex jw`s needing to see therapists for what they are going through , and i can appreciate that.. obviously there are many ex jw`s on here that haven`t ever felt the need to see a therapist ,and i`m just wondering why not ?.
why does one feel the need and another does not ?.
is it to do with born ins as against those who were converts ?
we need to find meaning off what these years mean and that is the natural drive towards wholeness in later life
Yes, at the moment easier said than done :) Right not my meaning is wrapped up in my kids. I got them out just in time so no real damage was done, and I enjoy being with them. Outside of that, struggling for any passion or motivation for anything. Life is a rebuild :)
