interesting screenshots of internal wt databases appear in the 2018 coordinators' committee report video (that's in fact a presentation of their hub software) at 6:34-6:50. they contain, among others, the following information:.
there are 61,349 kingdom halls and 841 assembly halls;.
4,308 properties are held for sale, including 2,925 khs;.
@corney,
It would make sense that it's English congregations only, as these numbers are related to English language literature.
Would also explain the difference of 300.000 publishers mentioned earlier. Those may be in non-English congregations in the USA.
i know there are several posts about witnesses and non-witnesses in regards to relationships.
i couldn’t find anything specifically that spoke to me, so i would love some third-party advice and thoughts.. i have never been someone to pursue a stranger from the internet.
earlier this year, i became friends with someone on a video game.
He felt as though pursuing this may hurt his God, or compromise his relationship down the line with his religion. He studied, sought counsel, and prayed about it… And said that it does come with a risk, but something is telling him not to just let this go.
Right this part here is going to make you hurt hard in the future. Until the day he is fully convinced JW are not the true religion and dating outside JW is disappointing his God, there is a very, very real risk of him chosing the JW religion over you. Maybe not today. Maybe not next year. Perhaps it will be 15 years into a possible relationship. Maybe it will be when you have kids and he wants them to be raised as JW and you don't want that. Or whatever situation you can think of in which suddenly he feels guilty towards his religion/god, and decides he has to choose that over you.
Also, JW men tend to be emotionally immature, more so than the average decent guy. So watch out you're not getting a man-child.
And, JW men are raised in a culture where men are the head of their wives, who ultimately have to obey their husband. So be aware for any red flags wrt to that too.
Otherwise, good luck!
interesting screenshots of internal wt databases appear in the 2018 coordinators' committee report video (that's in fact a presentation of their hub software) at 6:34-6:50. they contain, among others, the following information:.
there are 61,349 kingdom halls and 841 assembly halls;.
4,308 properties are held for sale, including 2,925 khs;.
@Diogenesister,
You forgot to add the number of pioneers, that in the video are separate from the number of publishers.
In the year reports I think the average publisher number is including pioneers.
Still there's a discrepancy of 300.000!
thought experimenttake the classic definitions of "god" and deconstruct it layer by layer by asking achingly simple questions.ready?
set?
go!_____god is (fill in the blank with the usual definitions).
Interesting topic Terry. I don't agree with all of it though. :-)
thought experimenttake the classic definitions of "god" and deconstruct it layer by layer by asking achingly simple questions.ready?
set?
go!_____god is (fill in the blank with the usual definitions).
The universe did not create itself
No, God created himself. Duh.
you don't need to understand complicated ways to go from 607bce to 1914ce.
you don't have to go back to the late 1700's to understand the founding of jehovah's witnesses on the back of william miller's teachings.
you just need to know that watchtower math and past doctrines along with changes in teachings are all based on lies.
What was the earliest that Watchtower literature mentioned 606/607 in connection to 1914 and 2520 years?
Was it before or after 1914?
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That article you linked to is such hypocritical article written by blind idiots.
It's JW lamenting the fact that Mennonites who want to change their religious beliefs must initially do so in secret because they are tightly controlled. Then the elders pressure them to stop, or else they be expelled, and finally they are subjected to cruel shunning and rejected by the whole Mennonite community.
How about you have a look at your own community too, Watchtower asshole!
blondie’s first thoughts review 8-18-19 (june 2019)(pages 8-13)(overturn reasoning).
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2019441?q=overturn&p=sen.
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
Did God really say that . . . Does God really not approve of same-sex marriage? Does God really not want you to celebrate Christmas and birthdays? Does your God really expect you to refuse a blood transfusion? Does a loving God really expect you to avoid association with disfellowshipped loved ones?’
This is a very filthy tactic of Watchtower. With this paragraph they equate valid questions that each believer should ask themselves with Satan's question.
People should ask themselves 'is what I believe really true?' and then do proper research to find out.
Watchtower wants people to reject the questions right away and then make themselves believe without doubt.
All that has nothing to do with reasoning. It's just silly and unwise.
german files for the folks who are collecting these.. bewerbung für besondere predigtaktion in bolivienvom 13. april bis 14. juni 2020.https://docdro.id/2on5cdainfoblatt für diejenigen, die die besondere predigtaktion in bolivienvom 13. april bis 14. juni 2020 unterstützen möchten.https://docdro.id/1ympqjcscn:sse 5. august 2019an alle versammlungen im zweiggebiet zentraleuropabesondere predigtaktion in bolivien.https://docdro.id/ulnq2xq petra!
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This is interesting!
German JW are invited to go to Bolivia for a 2 month long preaching campaign, primarily in Mennonite territory. (Mennonites speak a sort of German)
I wonder if the WT will arrange transportation like with international conventions and make some money of it.
Is this the first German dubs are called to do this?
Is this going to be a repeat event?
this is what jesus said.
matt 24-14.
14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.. looking at this verse what is the central theme?
Lol. If Alex is serious about this he's being rather silly. 99.9% of the people on this forum have studied silly claims and articles just like his for many years.
Dear Alex,
You're not telling anyone here anything new. Your approach is like the approach of a salesman who keeps pushing after you told him you already owned the product, it sucked, and you'll never buy that product again.
It's counterproductive and a waste of both your and our time.
You have our permission to write some field service hours on your report slip for preaching on this forum even without writing new posts.
Oh, and it looks like you're violating Watchtower copyright. Some people on the internet have experienced that Watchtower doesn't take lightly to that. Watchtower are willing to sue people over putting a single image from their literature on the internet unauthorized. So don't be surprised when Watchtower's lawyers come knocking on your door....
