i don't have a great reference point on my observation other than my local area but i was wondering if this was a widespread thing.
... in the last two years in my former congregation there have been 6 people to disassociate for "apostasy," 6 disfellowshipped for various reasons, and numerous ones reproved.
these are just the ones i have heard about.
In the last 24 months in a cong of 100 pubs (but 75-80 average meeting attendance), we have had 2 df'd and a family of 4 fade.
It also has about 5 very old ones who will no doubt 'stop' attending within the next 12 months, and quite a few other old ones who are finding it more and more difficult.
Two elders fall into that latter category and have had their responsibilities lightened because they can no longer do all the required stuff.
what a site to see all the brain washed zombies buying into all the lies and being lead to the slaughter.....especially my wife.
she is so brainwashed.
she has no idea about the lies of type and anti-type.
So what we were told was meat and solid food turns out to be tainted milk.
Worse than that, if we use the same measure that the WT uses for other religions, we were taught expressions of demons and vile falsehoods.
i've just signed up two days ago, but i've been lurking for about a year and a half.
here's my story if you're interested:.
my parents converted when they were in their first semester of college.
JWFacts strikes again!
New light - JWFacts is the enemy that sowed the field with weeds.
Welcome Miss B!
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.
been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.
however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
Flippin Norah, remind me never to cross viviane!
You'll be fine so long as you never form an opinion on anything and be so bold as to post it.
the video streaming of the german branch visit program was excrutiating 3.5 hours long.. i just went to see the last 45 min (part of mark sandersons talk).. i think sanderson is quite a sympathetic speaker and he kind of made a loving impression.. he didn't mention controversial stuff (except for one thing i will come to soon).
he mostly talked about how to find joy, even when life is not easy, and how much the gb loves the rank and file.. one point seemed soooo important to him.
parents and children.
This will backfire in my view.
As a child grows in understanding through their teens, the importance and significance is instilled in them, for them to reach out for baptism as a goal.
For a 9 year old to be baptised, they will grow up knowing that decision was actually taken for them, without their realisation of what it entailed or their proper consent.
Baptism will lose it's importance and there will be more who come to resent being forced into something so early in life.
i am not greatly familiar with the belief of jehovah's witness but am learning more through a school project.
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what is the jehovah's witness view on organised crime?
Organised crime is, apparently, tied up with other churches:
*** w96 4/15 p. 15 par. 18 Why Worldly Religion Will End ***
What would happen to all the unrepentant liars, fornicators, adulterers, homosexuals, swindlers, criminals, drug peddlers and addicts, and members of organized crime? Unquestionably, Christendom’s rotten fruitage makes it fit only for destruction by God.
There's a whole Awake! article on this subject:
*** g97 3/8 p. 3 How Organized Crime Affects You ***
stephen lett about 33 minutes in to may's "liar liar" episode of the monthly worship broadcast said "jehovah's witnesses have the most multilingual speakers of any organization in the world!".
the catholic church has the most people i thought, do you think he's telling the truth and where is he getting these facts?
i finally broke down and decided to watch this in order to work on my reverse witnessing skills, lots of ammunition for anyone needing fuel to extinguish their dirty flames of lies!.
"Jehovah's Witnesses have the most Multilingual speakers of Any Organization in the World!"
I suspect their nemesis organisation, the UN has more multilingual speakers.
Or to put it into Lett speak "It may well be that the UN has the most Multilingual speakers of Any Organization in the World!"
did you watch the story about the jw who was working as a burger boy at some diner and his boss wanted him to work on sunday during the time of his meeting?
this faithful jw decided he could not attend a later meeting (6 pm sunday meeting) and soon quit his job(or got fired to attend his sunday meeting) so he could attend the sunday meeting he was assigned to.
i think he was on welfare because this story states he won't work on sunday morning because that's when his meeting is!
Another New Light statement from that video at about the 45:15 mark.
"[The elder] reminded me, that as a newly baptised witness my prayers are much more readily received".
I can't say I've heard this before, and can't think of a verse that supports it?
I thought it was the the prayer of a righteous man which had more force (Ja 5:16), therefore NOT a newly baptised one.
did you watch the story about the jw who was working as a burger boy at some diner and his boss wanted him to work on sunday during the time of his meeting?
this faithful jw decided he could not attend a later meeting (6 pm sunday meeting) and soon quit his job(or got fired to attend his sunday meeting) so he could attend the sunday meeting he was assigned to.
i think he was on welfare because this story states he won't work on sunday morning because that's when his meeting is!
I like the incidental scene where they are at the k.hall (about 42:50) and he gives his little girl a coin which she runs off with it. Next we have an extreme close up of the "Local Congregation Expenses" contribution box and we see her drop that coin in.
Not relevant to the story being told but it's a nice little detail.
Similar to the scene at about 51:10 where a little African girl drops money into an extreme closeup of a contribution box.
Oh, also at 36:45 and again at 37:00 and again at 39:30 and again at 1.31:50.
I wonder what message the GB are trying to convey throughout this video.
Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to have much to do with Christ.
couple of weeks ago an elder took a young man aside and crawled all over him after the tms for wearing a "skinny" tie.
it was one of those 2 inch wide ties.
nothing bright or scandalous about.
