Posts by Fadeaway1962

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Stats of bible studies vs baptisms
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
david splane once again 'davesplaning' facts and figures.

10 million bible studies and 200 000 baptisms.

how many of these would be jw kids with no choice?
Fadeaway1962

A brother had a study with a work colleague he progressed to baptism then after about 18 months stopped attending ,I asked the bro how so &so we don't talk anymore.
Another one a witness married someone not in the lord they had a Bible study got baptized started a family then the original witness had a affair and is disfellowshiped and the person still attends .
Apart from three reactivated ones and one of them is now disfellowshiped and no longer attends that's it in more than 10 years
And about a dozen born in left.
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Cain and Abel...Who recorded this tragic event?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
3 the day came when cain brought a gift of the fruit of the ground to the lord.

4 but abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts.

the lord showed favor to abel and his gift.
Fadeaway1962

At the mouth of two or three witnesses a matter is confirmed.
Vs 6,9,10 the lord said to Cain ,no witnesses to these conversations .
Where's Cain's version of the events?
Was it self defense,did Abel fall over one of his sheep .
And if the story is true what did Adam do regarding this murderer ,told him to take one of my daughter's your sister as a wife and banished them to the wilderness where if the Bible was true there are no other humans.
And Adams final words to them as they walked away was to watch out for those dinosaur's .
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What are the Society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what are the society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?.

are there specific rules or watchtower articles that must be followed?.

i have been to three different wakes/funerals where a disfellowshipped person attended with different results.. 1. ten years ago my first cousin passed away.
Fadeaway1962

Think it depends on the elders and sadly how they view the individual disfellowshiped person , some will veiw it as" necessary family business" .
On one occasion at the kingdom hall they were ok with the disfellowshiped person but made a scene at the gathering after.
Another occasion at the disfellowshiped person mother's funeral they were left alone and people that grew up with the person ,were can we speak to the person over their loss and I explained that a funeral is necessary family business they were ok then to express the sorrow at the loss of the person mother .
That was a few years ago what the rules are now ,who knows .
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JWs Were Right About Something
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
they used to say the world governments would turn on religion.

i think this part is coming true.

however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.
Fadeaway1962

They were right when they made the statement
That religion is a snare and a racket.
But failed to realize it included themselves .
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EXCELLENT F.B Post re: latest Borg Mind Control etc
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
from william.

h. bowen on facebook :.

alienation and garbage the new message of jehovah’s witnesses.
Fadeaway1962

If that was taking place in a family relationship that would be called domestic abuse which is a criminal offence in many countries and yet JWs view is as spiritual instruction .
And yet while you are experiencing such behaviour constantly you don't notice it even though you feel something it's right , but until you admit to yourself that the king had no clothes ,it's only then you start to see how you were manipulated and controled and start the waking up process.
Abuse of this kind is a learned behaviour ,we probably all did it with our family and people we tried to preach to in the field service , thankfully we can and do unlearn this abusive behaviour and become better people for doing so.
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I just LMAO....
by Biahi in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on reddit, a pimo elder talked about the co special meeting with the co about all what’s important, tight pants!

omg we have a pandemic, some have lost their jobs, people are depressed, but let’s stop the brothers from wearing tight pants.

also, metro style haircuts.
Fadeaway1962

So a short back and sides a common haircut growing up as a boy in the 60s &70 s
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Omg! The latest Caleb and Sophie video!
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those who think the organization is going more mainstream think again.

so eating a leftover birthday cupcake is as bad a sin as peter betraying jesus!

(see lloyd evans video) .
Fadeaway1962

And yet joining the UN so you can get a library card is ok , riding the wild beast of revelation is not as bad as a wanting to eat a left over birthday cupcake.
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Jehovah Will Protect You with Powerful Angels
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.

14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.

think of what just one angel can do!
Fadeaway1962

Or protect the victims of child abuse and do something to the perpetrator before they can do anything.
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Are Jehovah Witness willing to end studies?
by Maria Nieves in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2020/how-to-conduct-a-bible-study-that-leads-to-baptism-part-two/.

i recently came across the above watchtower article which spoke about conducting bible studies which lead to baptism.

it progressed to say that if the bible study instructor does not see growth within the student or the desire to work towards baptism, then the studies should end.
Fadeaway1962

As I recall a Bible study is if on the first call and you read a scripture then on the return visit you read and briefly discuss another scripture and something on JW.org you can count a study even if on the next visit they stop the discussion, at the end of the month you report a study,
The same will probably be the same with letter writing etc.
That probably account's for the high number of reported studies and the low number progressing to baptism.
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Wh a JW Paradise would REALLY be like.
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
where does one start ?

ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?

because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
Fadeaway1962

A world without history , even our own history the music TV shows films and cars etc that we remember as we grew up and to a greater extent the history of our world pyramids and others historical sites and museums , gone forever as they are part of Satan's world .