Posts by EyesOpenHeartBroken

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suicide

by zeb in

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who among us has known a jw who has committed suicide.

i believe this as a separate subject has not been covered..

EyesOpenHeartBroken

OMG...8 I knew personally, and 2 more people I heard about but didn’t know them personally. And I am not that old!

Every story was heartbreaking and terrible. All but 3 had a KH memorial.

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Is this life all there is?

by Fisherman in

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friends

what do you sincerely think?

do you nurture any hope?.

Whole families leaving the Org has increased

by pomo6780 in

i have noticed in the uk a few families i used to know while in the borg have exited together.

some include former elders and ministerial servants.

i observed on social media pages that the kids have 'worldly' boyfriends and girlfriends and they look so much happier than they did in the org.

EyesOpenHeartBroken

I’m still waiting for my happy ending...

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Proof from the bible the Preaching work was completed in the 1st century

by maccauk in

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EyesOpenHeartBroken

The chart is blurry. Wish I could read it. Can you post a better image?

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JWs - Liberals or Conservatives?

by neat blue dog in

where they stand is a strange mixture.

yes, they don't agree with abortion and homosexuality, they believe in the bible and wear skirts and ties to church .

but in many ways they're liberal.

EyesOpenHeartBroken

True believer white USA dubs are fully conservative.

As far as vices go, repressed and judgmental tend to have lots of them. Dubs are perfect candidates , especially born ins.

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The Watchtower's Real Crisis

by JeffT in

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when discussing the watchtowers financial problems, i've generally been of the opinion that they probably are not in a real financial crisis.

i've come to believe that money may be something of an issue, but its wrapped up in a much larger problem.

this came to me this morning when reading about the annual meeting.. i think the society's leadership is just plain out of ideas.

@SBF-I am going to disagree with your statement that WT has replaced publishing with nothing. They are now a broadcast and digital format business. They are still serving the same “food”, just on a different plate.

I think Sparrowdown nailed it: they are merely in the process of changing their business model and have opted for a long slow roll out of JW 2.0 optimized.

I can assume the long slow roll out of changes was done so as not to have an uprising among the older ones who have been faithfully plodding along and supporting WT all these years, “waiting on Jehovah” for the end they thought would come decades ago. No, the WT cannot piss off those oldies because if the over 70 crowd left there would be a mass exodus of multigenerational JW families and many others—and that would truly cause the end of JWs as a religion. Financially, though, I believe WT Corp and friends will be just fine—their money just wont come from JW zealots/believers.

JeffT—I believe you are absolutely correct. JW leaders are out of new ideas and much of the old content has become problematic. I don’t for one minute think less content will mean less control and manipulation by leaders. In fact, I would expect to see more BITE model tactics employed from headquarters and on the local level. While the flock has been distracted by new songs, new online features, JWTV, iPads, carts, etc., the WT has quickly and quietly stripped the local congregations and BOEs of any shred of autonomy. An observant minority may have noticed, but the majority of believers have been too dazzled by chasing the “chariot” to notice or care. That’s what to watch....(I believe)

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2018 Annual Meeting

by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

does anybody have any word on the 2018 annual meeting?

i assume something new will be rolled out, since they are having all the congregations do special weekend streaming.. my guess is that there will be some major "new light" concerning the memorial, partaking, anointed, etc.

i would guess that they will say all baptized believers should partake.

EyesOpenHeartBroken

Ok.

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2018 Annual Meeting

by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

does anybody have any word on the 2018 annual meeting?

i assume something new will be rolled out, since they are having all the congregations do special weekend streaming.. my guess is that there will be some major "new light" concerning the memorial, partaking, anointed, etc.

i would guess that they will say all baptized believers should partake.

EyesOpenHeartBroken

Does anybody have any word on the 2018 Annual Meeting?

I assume something new will be rolled out, since they are having all the congregations do special weekend streaming.

My guess is that there will be some major "new light" concerning the memorial, partaking, anointed, etc. I would guess that they will say all baptized believers should partake. I think the main obstacle to this change would be all the underage baptized people who would be illegally served alcohol at the Kingdom Hall.

Just my two cents...

Now discuss among yourselves...😃

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