just saw the following you tube video.
it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.
if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.
We had eight congregations meeting at one double KH, with varying numbers of publishers. I think with other religions one church = one congregation. So the number of congregations is not a fair comparison. You could take one mega church and make 200 JW congregations.
The best comparison would be regular attendees. Memorial attendance can’t be used as a gauge, because at Memorial are df, inactive, polite family members, etc.
a few months back, one of my uncles who was an elder, asked the co, why jehovah would allow the door to door preaching work, to come to an abrupt end.
this was when my uncle was starting to have serious doubts about the organization.. the co told him to be patient, and hang in there, because the governing body was on top of things and in time would explain what is happening regarding the preaching work.. my uncle asked; “what do you mean?”.
co said; “focus on the wt study articles in the coming months” .
I scanned the study article mentioned. I think WT is preparing everyone for another drop in publishers. Even with all publishers qualifying to only report 15 minutes per month (this was formerly reserved for elderly or ones with health issues). At present you can report that you have time and not give an amount, this keeps the active publisher number up for the financial resolutions., which increases the amount $$$ sent to headquarters. With new activists popping up everyday, PIMO’s, and Covid, i expect numbers to be down, even with letter writing and phone witnessing.
taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?
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what do expect it to achieve in the future?.
Colin Karpernick knelt in 2016 protesting police brutality, oppression, and racial injustice before the world ever heard of George Floyd.
after listening to the zoom meetings the past two weeks, i started to wonder, what is the real purpose for such short comments.
policy for 5 or more years now.
supposedly, it is so more can comment.
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after listening to the zoom meetings the past two weeks, i started to wonder, what is the real purpose for such short comments.
policy for 5 or more years now.
supposedly, it is so more can comment.
Hoser, I was counting on mid-week Zoom meeting months ago: Jehovah, over 100 times, Governing Body/Faithful & Discreet Slave, 27 times, Jesus, only twice! You guessed it, opening and closing prayer. I just shook my head, from my re-reading and new understanding of scripture, Jesus is to get more honor than what he is given. New light
i know there's a name for this technique but i need a name, nonetheless.. if i say to my audience: apostates are horrible, satanic, dirty, sinners, mentally diseased etc ... all hateful traits.
and then i say: person a is an apostate.
then my audience will associate all the traits previously associated with "apostate" with person a. but i can say: i never said person a was horrible, satanic, dirty, mentally diseased etc.
Transference?
after listening to the zoom meetings the past two weeks, i started to wonder, what is the real purpose for such short comments.
policy for 5 or more years now.
supposedly, it is so more can comment.
After listening to the Zoom meetings the past two weeks, i started to wonder, what is the real purpose for such short comments. This has been. policy for 5 or more years now. Supposedly, it is so more can comment. I listen to ones who formerly gave such nice well thought out comments, who now basically regurgitate what’s in the paragraph. Why do you think WT haas gone to the 30 second policy? It’s mentioned before each question and answer part.
there is an xjw conference coming up in the austin / san antonio texas area in a couple of weeks.
former elders, ex-pioneers, born-ins and former ministerial servants will be speaking about the problems with the wt and offering ideas on how to approach current members.
counter cult experts will be speaking as well.
I would like to go but i’m PIMO. Maybe soon, once I make a clean break. I’m about 4 hours away. Maybe I could wear a Groucho Marx disguise.😂
if you were born in, do you count from the year of your birth, when you gave your first presentation at the door, (i was five),.
when you became an unbaptized publisher, (i was about 12), or when you dedicated your life to god,(org) and took the plunge?
what could you have done with all of this time?
If you were born in, do you count from the year of your birth, when you gave your first presentation at the door, (I was five),
when you became an unbaptized publisher, (I was about 12), or when you dedicated your life to God,(Org) and took the plunge? (I was about 16)
What could you have done with all of this time? Gotten a PHD, started a profitable business, become a millionaire, actor/actress/singer? Become president of the U.S.A.? So much time wasted and we didn't even know we were wasting time!
Where is LongHairGal? I see that you are back!!
Yes they sing on Zoom. My family really gets into it. The music gets off when the wi-fi glitches for the brother that's hosting. This happens on a regular basis.
Witnesses are also dressing up, some to different degrees. Most brothers do coat, shirt, and tie. What's on below varies. Sisters are doing the makeup, blouse, and the hair! What's below, who knows? No one in my family puts on their shoes. I notice that more and more cameras are off one year later.
For the Zoom convention, it's full dress, minus the shoes, the badge is on. The shoes are put on when they go outside for the pictures for "The Best Convention Ever!"
