Bartolomeo

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  2024 Regional Conventions

  by sove in

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  2. friends

  does anyone have access to available pre-recordings from the 2024 regional convention?.

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  Bartolomeo

  Atlantis please can you re-post the link? Thanks in advance!
  
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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  this map gives an idea of ​​the numbers involved

  https://analytics.jws-library.one/ViewMap.html
  
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  Blue Ocean

  by Freeorange in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there’s a term in the corporate / business world known as blue ocean strategy.

  the basic gist of it is to stop wasting time in your small, dwindling pool of current customers when there’s a wide open ocean of untapped customers out there.

  to achieve this leap is to adapt or transition to a more appealing package of your current business model to attract the masses.

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  Bartolomeo

  all very interesting and I agree with much of it, having independently reached similar conclusions. Only one thing isn't clear to me, I don't live in the US and the matter of the tunnels under Rutherford's house and under the WT factories is totally new to me. Could you explain better what they were supposedly used for and if you have any links to consult? Thank you
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  Former Kingdom Hall is now a Swaminarayan Temple!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this former kingdom hall is now a hindu swaminarayan temple!

  to the far right of the picture, the two tower pillars are obvious by the red and green flags.

  https://pdfupload.io/docs/d8e6115a .

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  Bartolomeo

  dedicated to Jehovah, sold to the Hindus
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  2024-March-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2024-march-s-147-announcements and reminders!.

  page 1. https://imgbox.com/c7oswyu6 .

  page 2. https://imgbox.com/fzffpoha.

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  Bartolomeo

  Thank you Atlantis
  
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  The Reason Behind Recent Watchtower Changes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.

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  Bartolomeo

  Very interesting!
  
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  So what happens next...

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  2. friends

  with what is arguably the biggest change to jw life in recent decades (the scrapping of publishers counting hours) what does this lead to?.

  in my mind these are the results;.

  1) a massive decrease in 'preaching hours'.

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  5. district overseers have been scrapped several years ago

  9.beards have recently been permitted

  11. & 12. already implemented
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  Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - November 2023

  by DerekMoors in

  1. social
  2. humour

  let's get the fun started and put in our votes for how far down the pumpkin patch lord of the fries will fall in november.. for those keeping score, last month he started at 457 patrons, did some begging and managed to bump those numbers up to 478, but as of this writing he's down to 439.. so, how well do you think the grift will continue this month?

  let us know where you think he'll be on november 2. lucky number 420?

  will he drop back down below 400?

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  Bartolomeo

  I wonder how anyone can still follow this buffoon
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  If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?

  by TxNVSue2023 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

  i still belive this is the truth.

  i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.

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  Bartolomeo

  The 5% I don't agree with I chalk up to imperfection

  "imperfection" is a term that does not exist in the Scriptures, a human invention probably of Adventist origin and subsequently adopted by WT too. The scriptures speak of 'sin' and 'righteousness'
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  Were 1st century converts told to knock on doors?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in jw minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.

  (acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to peter and the rest of the apostles: “men, brothers, what should we do?” peter said to them: “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors.

  ...and on that day about 3,000 people were added.

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  @BoogerMan

  Acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in JW minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.

  (Acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “Now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Men, brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them: “Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors. ...and on that day about 3,000 people were added. And they continued devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles, to associating together, to the taking of meals, to prayers, and to knocking on people's doors.”

  arguments should always be supported by objective and verifiable facts. Which Bible translation would have the words you quote in bold underlined? the NWT does not have them