The failure of the End to arrive on their timetable and the increasingly ludicrous excuses for its non-eventuation, the embarassment of defending the increasingly indefensible -- 1914 -- will deepen their insularity and strip them of whatever credibility they have left. IMO their long-term survival depends on some movement towards the mainstream and away from the lunatic fringes; instead their intransigence is driving them in quite the opposite direction.
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What crisis will set the W.T on a new path?
by acolytes inor what are the forces of inertia that keep jehovers witnesses from changing?.
acolytes.
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Called to be Free - Dissolution of the Worldwide Church of God
by Dogpatch in[the time links work on my website, not good here].
called to be free - dissolution of the worldwide church of god.
[note: this presentation is over an hour long and is very well done, but i have marked key time slots from the video so if you are in a hurry you can watch the key highlites.].
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Fascinating; through it all and whatever their defects, the Worldwide Church of God had one virtue the WTBTS sorely lacked/lacks: something of a social conscience
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More Partaking at Memorial, Could It Be the Elderly?
by Franklin Massey inthis is not a conspiracy theory, although the goofy title may suggest otherwise.
the memorial partakers keep going up and up each year.
there are obvious reasons for this and the wt, feeling the embarassment and threat to the 144,000 doctrine has addressed it in the publications.. but i was thinking back on an odd situation that happened with two older, long time, faithful jws.
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I guess they want to catch the last shuttle outta town
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Help: Re: Letter to elders NOT to disfellowship otherwise legal action will be taken
by LouBelle inhello there everyone.
i remember reading a while back about someone on here ( i think) that wrote a letter to the body of elders & headoffice that they should not take any action to disfellowship them as they would be distancing them from friends and relatives and would proceed to take legal action if the body of elders went ahead.. if anyone has that link or can point me in the right direction i'd appreciate that..
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Elders are told to back off any judicial proceeding and contact the society if the accused threatens to invoke the assistance of a lawyer or to sue.
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If The Watchtower discourages Greek language study, why did they publish the KIT?
by VM44 inif the watchtower discourages the study of biblical languages, then why did they publish twice, in 1969 and 1985. the kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures?.
would this not actually encourage the study of the greek language?.
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A lot of water under the bridge since 1987; the WTBTS has really regressed spiritually even at is has grown institutionally via property acquisitions and appreciation of its real estate values, the recent downturn notwithstanding. That's why the KIT and Diaglott are out of print; I doubt today's average JW even knows they exist, or what a concordance is.
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Palin explain Sputnik Moment
by bohm inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flom6idv94c.
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palin explain recent world history..
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Band on the Run: I concur with much of your observations; but GWB not stupid? I doubt he could recite the pledge of allegiance without a teleprompter!
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A Concerned Elder Speaks
by Franklin Massey ina lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.
many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.
i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?
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That'st, boys; alienate the remaining elders, drive them to resign and exacerbate the shartage already underway.
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New Information On Blood?
by EmptyInside ini've overheard from a couple of elders,that they are going to be getting some new information on the blood issue.
now,i understand in the witness world,this could all be much ado about nothing.
but, does anyone know what this info could be?.
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Thisd blood issue is a huge booger on the GB's finger, and they are in a quandary as to how to distance themselves without flat-out renouncing it without setting off a maelstrom of law suits, etc.
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Fallout 2014
by wobble income 2014 even some dubs must start to ask wtf jesus has been doing for one hundred years, and there is a big potential for many to leave.. what more will the wt bull**it (writing) department come out with to keep the poor little drones feeding the hive, and maintaining the gb's rock-star life-style ?.
the over-lapping generation tripe will be getting on for five years old by then, surely "noo lite" will shine that makes the big a even closer or somesuch ?.
come on chaps, those poor saps in writing need your best ideas.
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Thanks GOrwell for the clarification. I remember Ray Franz saying in one ofhis books that they do make a practice of distancing themselves from certain problematic teachings by simply "not pushing them" and letting them recede in the collective JW memory. Their backpedalling on the 6,000-year "creative day" teaching is one prominent example.
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Fallout 2014
by wobble income 2014 even some dubs must start to ask wtf jesus has been doing for one hundred years, and there is a big potential for many to leave.. what more will the wt bull**it (writing) department come out with to keep the poor little drones feeding the hive, and maintaining the gb's rock-star life-style ?.
the over-lapping generation tripe will be getting on for five years old by then, surely "noo lite" will shine that makes the big a even closer or somesuch ?.
come on chaps, those poor saps in writing need your best ideas.
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GOrwell, interesting figures; but what do they mean? What are "average mentions?" Mentions per WT issue, per year? Or are you referring to "total mentions," in which case the numbers seem small.