My take is that guests will see the special speech on a monitor and will be disappointed, so they won't attend the Memorial the following week. Therefore the Memorial attendance will suffer. I may be wrong. Possibly people like watching religious speeches on a monitor. We'll see next year.
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Special Talks now via video
by AverageJoe1 intired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?
well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).
here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.
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Special Talks now via video
by AverageJoe1 intired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?
well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).
here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.
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Soon JW's will have 7 Jimmy Swaggarts in their living-rooms asking for money. No need for kingdom halls.
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Thinking about the end of the Watchtower
by JeffT infirst, a word about the watchtower’s financial position: nobody (outside the watchtower organization) knows.
the wtbs is not required to disclose its finances, and doesn’t.
we can speculate, but that is all we are doing.
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Steve2: "Who'd have thought the abject failure of Miller's 1844" prophecy about the world's end would have led to thriving religious groups in the 21st Century?
Yeah, that's a complete validation of the conclusions of the book by Leon Festinger, When Prophecy Fails:
Festinger stated that five conditions must be present if someone is to become a more fervent believer after a failure or disconfirmation:
- A belief must be held with deep conviction and it must have some relevance to action, that is, to what the believer does or how he or she behaves.
- The person holding the belief must have committed himself to it; that is, for the sake of his belief, he must have taken some important action that is difficult to undo. In general, the more important such actions are, and the more difficult they are to undo, the greater is the individual's commitment to the belief.
- The belief must be sufficiently specific and sufficiently concerned with the real world so that events may unequivocally refute the belief.
- Such undeniable disconfirmatory evidence must occur and must be recognized by the individual holding the belief.
- The individual believer must have social support. It is unlikely that one isolated believer could withstand the kind of disconfirming evidence that has been specified. If, however, the believer is a member of a group of convinced persons who can support one another, the belief may be maintained and the believers may attempt to proselytize or persuade nonmembers that the belief is correct.
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Thinking about the end of the Watchtower
by JeffT infirst, a word about the watchtower’s financial position: nobody (outside the watchtower organization) knows.
the wtbs is not required to disclose its finances, and doesn’t.
we can speculate, but that is all we are doing.
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True, there are some people who need other people making decision for them, but there's plenty that are held hostage and are perfectly capable of finding purpose and joy without a cult leader.
Get rid of the cult for the benefit of those members who can live without the cult and at the expense of those who need the cult to be happy. You have gains and losses either way, but I side with "the hell with the cult" and let the chips fall where they may. I think there will be a net gain.
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Will Watchtower target the inactive?
by ToesUp inif watchtower has no reason to df ones.
they have just become inactive.
do you all think wt will begin a witch hunt (df'ing) for these inactive ones?
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They have too many problems to be chasing inactive people. They need volunteers to do the chasing first.
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We don't take collections like other religions do...
by Alfred ini think this screen shot says it all... need i say more?.
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never a jw
what's the link? I want to benefit from the Rewards program.
EDIT: Found it
You can donate gift cards, airline rewards, bank rewards, hotel rewards, etc
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North Korea Has Gone and Done it Again
by cofty innk has fired another icbm over japan.. the missile flew 2,300 miles at an altitude of 480 miles.
a korean spokesman has said about japan, “the four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of juche.
japan is no longer needed to exist near us”.
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Trump: "fire an fury"
North Korea "reduce the U.S. mainland into ashes and darkness"
Two irrational narcissists who have mastered the game of mind control and selling bullshit may get us into a nuclear war
And to think that I believed the seven magnificent were dangerous. They are just little puppies in comparison.
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Become Jehovahs Friend Lesson 27: Lesson 27: See Yourself in Paradise
by pale.emperor inthe latest featured video from everybodys favorite child indoctrination cult: see yourself in paradise.
watch the video here: https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/see-yourself-in-paradise/.
few problems here that the little kids wont have figured out:.
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never a jw
Trust in Jehovah. He created the Universe. So vaporizing 7 billion corpses and all the buildings is child's play for him.
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My Mothers Ultimate Rejection
by What Now? ini went into my mother's office to leave her a small note to say that we love and miss her and would love to get together.
i found this on her desk.
this is jehovah's witnesses.
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never a jw
Your mom is a projection of the heartless corporation that indoctrinated her, but nonetheless a victim, just like you.
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Prayers ,are they answered ? or is it just self delusion ?
by smiddy3 inafter 33 years as a jw and leaving 25 years ago i think prayer can be summed up with the jews praying at the wailing wall.. all they are doing is talking to a brick wall ,and getting no feed back.
and they expect an answer to their prayers ?!.
christians /other beliefs might find that funny but they are no better off.. prayer is always a one way street you talk either vocally or mentally to god however you never get the same back .. if god " so loved the world that he doesnt want any to be destroyed but have everlasting life " then whats the problem with him audibly answering his servants prayers ?
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Not just prayers are answered. Curses too are answered.
You see, almost everyday for some years I had described God as an asshole or a son of bitch and told him to go to hell. Guess what happened?
- Seven years ago I ended up in a hospital and came out with 80 centimeters of small intestine removed.
- About a year ago I had a motorcycle accident.
- Yesterday I had a bicycle accident.
No broken bones or any handicap from any of these incidents, just bruises and scars. In fact I am quite healthy, physically, emotionally and financially. But don't get too comfy, all these are warnings from God....Oh what the hell, I will continue taunting the son of a bitch.