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The Reasons for Cart Witnessing
by Simon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
whatever we think of it, you have to admit that it's quite "genius".. the door to door ministry as done in western developed countries where the jw quirky religion has probably reached their saturation level was a complete and utter waste of time in terms of the effort expended to recruit people.. at the same time, it was rarely something that anyone enjoyed which led to people being labelled as inactive, being pressured to doing more and maybe ultimately deciding jwism wasn't for them and leaving.. there was also the issue that many jws are actually pretty bad at knowing and articulating their beliefs so were pretty incapable of getting any meaningful message across.. they solved all this with the cart witnessing.

the real point isn't to recruit, it's to make life easier for jws.

now they can stand and chat with their friend, have a coffee, not talk to anyone or make eye contact and still act as a walking billboard for jw.org.
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Just a thought
by moley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a hypothetical question.

if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.

i would.
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JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
i asked the question on quora: .

if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.
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Jehovah`s Witnesses / Parasites On Christendom ,they need to thank them for the membership they have today.
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah`s witnesses claim that all their beliefs are based on the bible.the bible clearly states early on in deut.4:2 not to add to the word....and rev.22:18 re-iterates much the same thing in not to make additions to the word of god.. i think we could agree on that the organization has raised the bar on that one with their "weasel" words on so many issues that have already been thrashed out on this forum.. so a few other things that come to my mind are : with regards to j.w`s being parasites on christendom.. 1. they claim christendom apostatized itself from true christianity by the 3rd century , yet they accept apostate christendoms determination of what books are to be included in the bible as gods word as if they were governed by holy spirit to do so.?.

2.jehovah`s witnesses have only ever followed in christendoms missionaries footsteps where they have gone preaching and poaching off of the work these missionaries that have laid the groundwork before them .. 3.jehovah`s witnesses have never opened up virgin territory and gone where no other christian missionary has ever gone before .

{ not to my knowledge anyway i stand to be corrected if i am wrong on this point}.
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Blood Card Issue
by pometerre21 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i posted this on r/exjw, but i thought i might post it here as well.

so the elders in our kh are moving to get us to sign new simplified blood cards and keep them on file.

i really need to not rock the boat in my current pimo status because of circumstances.. my cousin knows i have doubts about the blood thing, but i can’t show her that my doubts are getting to me.
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2018-List Of Publications Approved For Discard!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
copy & paste;.

atlantis listed only one form which is the s-60-e--2/18, but there are several items in the zipped folder.. .

2018 list of publications approved for discard.
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What does shunning acomplish?
by poopie in
1. jw
2. friends
well in order to shun someone you must dehumanize them much like what occurred in slavery.

dehumanizing someone now allows you treat them worst then an animal.

and now you can justify ignoring them there not human anymore.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution?
by jukief in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
by evolution or by creation?

by evolution or by creation?

"the bible is a myth" and "evolution is true".
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Try Not To Vomit When You Read Todays Text
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. bible
tuesday, february 27. let the elders who preside in a fine way be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.—1 tim.

5:17.. those related to us in the faith certainly merit honor and respect.

this is especially true of the elders who are taking the lead.
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In one sentence, can you pinpoint a single event that woke you up?
by Brian J in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my turning point: serving on a child abuse judicial case.

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