i have former jws looking at jwfacts.com in order to update themselves with what is happening with the religion, so that they can better understand their jw family.
it thought it would help if there was a page devoted to what has changed since 2000. .
2012 oct release of jw.org - jws encouraged to download their own publications and use ipads at meetings and field service.
DO's discontinued
New Bible, songbook and meetings - public talks 30 mins
New talk style for brothers on TMS, like sisters talks
Half sized magazines printed half as often
Pioneer hours reduced
SADs replaced with Circuit Assemblies, and RCs replace DCs
New 'visible' GB
New donation and hall building arrangements
New bethel locations
New preaching tools (website/mobile devices/trolleys)
New khall teaching tools (jw TV)
New branding
You now have to count tracts placed on your monthly report
couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.
i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.
they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).
The mental justifications are brilliant.
If you offer a magazine to someone who completely ignores you, or if you knock on a door of a house that is obviously unoccupied, your journey to outlying territory can be counted as 'time'.
If you just drive straight out to the territory without either of these little rituals, you cannot count your time.
Even better, do one of these things before you even meet for field service, preferably near your own home. This way you can count even more time, just knocking off 10 minutes for the field service meeting.
You've probably got 45 minutes before you even reach your territory!
Do a 'call' when you're back in town and bingo! You're on target to meet the congregation average.
do you keep falling asleep during meetings and assemblies?
long and boring home studies?
> here's a way to change all of that.. > > .
http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/jehovahs-witness-respect-us.html/.
click the link on the page at the top next to "re:" for full story.
i wonder if this guy had permission to address the media on watchtowers response?
corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.
an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).
in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.
If you value Leolaia's thoughts on this topic (and who wouldn't!), she gives a forensic analysis of it here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/97358/cross-stake-which?page=1&size=20#/.UqFsCtIW3nh
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6187320/snake-with-foot-found-in-china.html.
what does this tells us about evolution?.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6187320/Snake-with-foot-found-in-China.html
What does this tells us about evolution?
plans for a huge jehovahs witness commune on the outskirts of chelmsford are gathering pace.. the international bible students association, the charity which manages jehovahs witnesses printing and literature distribution, wants to create a new british headquarters.. the 82-acre site (about 15 football pitches) at temple farm site, off ship road, west hanningfield.. the plans include a printery - producing bible-based literature - admin and language translation of?ces, video and sound production studios, an auditorium, training centre and workshops all on site.. plus there will be one and two bedroom apartments - for up to 1,200 residents and visitors - along with onsite caterers, laundrettes and healthcare facilities.. the site would also have its own energy centre - making it self-sufficient - and a new access road would also be built from temple wood.. a resident from stock, 60, who didnt want to be named, said: its all a bit sci-fi if you ask me.
its a very unusual development, a commune really.
i wouldnt say i was against it as it is all a bit of a mess at that site at the moment.. the land, currently occupied by a car breakers yard, was removed from the green belt by chelmsford city council in 2008 and earmarked for employment use.. ibsa agreed to buy the land from its current owners in december, as long as they get planning permission for the project.
Zoopla publish the sold prices of every property, normally 2-3 months after the transaction has completed.
I hope the Bethel properties get included in that list - that will be interesting to keep track of.
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
Juan Viejo2: A series of Public talks and Watchtower Studies will be streamed over the Internet (protected by special logins so that apostates can't sneak in - or the public, for that matter).
The first of these will be on the weekend of April 25th/26th.
A letter has been sent to all BOE's stating equipment to use and when/how to test the stream prior to the actual transmission date. New roles have been defined of "Event Coordinator" and "Technical Contact", and a new jw.org mailbox "event broadcast" has been created to communicate on technical issues between Bethel and the Congregation. The instructions state that if your equipment is not up to spec, then buy new equipment.
The practice session is on Feb 2nd, and is password protected.
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
In Terry's book he uses a perfect comparison - it is a rain dance.
With a rain dance they keep doing the same thing until something happens, then it's "See! We told you!"
The WT rain dance has gone on for over a century and will continue to until "something happens", at which point the WT will say "See, we tried to tell you!".
The poor, unthinking JW's will lap it up.
well folks you had better get your act together because there is only about 2.5 years before you are held responsible for your way of life.
according to "rapture watch", things are really going to start happening in 2017.. i am already asking the lord for leniency.
http://www.rapturewatch.net/timelines.htm .
