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  Dear Governing Body - Why Have you abandoned Preaching Methods That Work?

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  below are two paragraphs from the upcoming wt study (dec 15th study edition, pages 13 and 14) here the watchtower writer praises the methods used in the past for their effectiveness in bringing many into the organization.

  i have bolded phrases that emphasize these points.. 11 for example, as noted in the book .

  jehovahs witnessesproclaimers of gods kingdom, at the turn of the 20th century, c. t. russell and his associates strongly believed that they were in a time of harvest and that people needed to hear liberating truth.

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  Several reasons for avoiding use of the modern media in spreading what they purport to believe is a message of the utmost life-and-death urgency: for one, the GB must sense that such methods would place them in a public forum where their core beliefs would be vulnerable to exposure as indefensible. That's explains the uniquely reclusive character of the Governing Body; in contrast with leading figures in other religions, it would be unthinkable for any of them to grant interviews, much less debate, in public media forums.

  Then other reason is that for them, the door-to-door preaching serves as a "busy work" treadmill for the masses of JWs, which keeps them servile and in line; and at least temporarily assuages the guilt feelings heaped upon them relentlessly by the "do more" drumbeat at their meetings.
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  Feb. 15th WT - WT Society says DFed Ones are Lawless- Just Like Demons

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would assume that some or a good number of us here as normal humans in this society - consider " lawless " actions to include murder , robbery, extortion, rape, child abuse, war , terrorism, etc.

  the wt society has their own definition of what's considered " lawless ".

  anything that's considered a disfellowshipping offense in the jehovah's witnesses is now considered " lawless ".

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  It's really nightmarish; they get crazier with each successive WT.
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  DON'T SAY THIS WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING!!!!

  by brotherdan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was recently talking with my good friend ding via pm on jwn, and the subject of legalism in prayer came up.

  ding has much experience with jehovah's witnesses.

  he was never one himself, so i get to teach him some things about the organization that he occasionally does not know.

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  Considering their offhanded use of the divine name "Jehovah this" and "Jehovah that," the tendency towards informality would seem to be undwerstandable. Also, when's the last time any JW followed Jesus' injunction to "pray for your enemies and those who persecute you?"
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  University student's JW based honors thesis research. PLEASE HELP!

  by honorsthesis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/defectedmembers_honorsthesis.

  hello community,.

  my name is brett w., and i am senior undergraduate student at the university of florida.

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  Notwithstanding their profession of neutrality, documented examples of JW polictical activism can be cited: demonstrations in France for one; and also in NYC, to promote the expansion of the Brooklyn Bethel complex. It will take a bit of digging, though.
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  2011 Yearbook - "Tracing All Things with Accuracy"

  by pirata in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2011 yearbook - "tracing all things with accuracy", p.9-13.

  jesus said that the faithful slave would be discreet in giving the domestics "their food at the proper time.

  " christ thus indicated that those who dispense this "food" would be conscientious, prudent, and discerning in providing spiritual food for the household of faith.-matt.

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  "Christ's anointed brothers USE the Writing Department'' ... seems to me an admission that none of the anointed do the actual writing of the articles which purport to be "food in due season" from the Faithful and Discreet Slave!
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  Content is King- Why the Meetings Fail

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the big sayings for those that run websites is that "content is king" it makes perfect sense, as sites like this one have entertaining content for the targeted audience.

  even better, more content is added everyday bringing users back repeatedly.

  poptular tv shows and movies are loved because they entertain customers for a low cost or free.. on the other hand, you have the content provided by the watchtower bible and tract society, delivered though the pages of the watchtower and through weekly meetings.

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  What happens to a restaurant when the quality of the food deteriorates? They lose business and eventually fold up. In the case of the WTS, it never occurs to them that the CONTENT of the meetings is what turns people off, some sooner than later. So what to they do, improve the quality of the "food" or blame the consumer? We all know the answer.....
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  What crisis will set the W.T on a new path?

  by acolytes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or what are the forces of inertia that keep jehovers witnesses from changing?.

  acolytes.

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  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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  Called to be Free - Dissolution of the Worldwide Church of God

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  [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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello 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.