jehovah`s witnesses claim to be a christian religion , however looking at their history , publications ,such as the watchtower and awake mags., their conventions ,international ,regional ,local ,etc.their books pamphlets ,brochures ,etc.etc.
you are hard pressed to find references to the new testament and references to jesus and his ministry .. they seem to be more focused on the old testament , and the god of the old testament.jehovah.
even in their dramas at conventions , international and local events they are pre-occupied with old testament accounts and experiences , and not christian experiences , examples or ,lives to emulate .. they claim to be a christian religion and very seldom do they highlight the name of jesus , or his teachings , they are fixed on the old testament name of jehovah , and what he did in the old testament.
The old testament based on fear, death and a leader on earth.
The new testament based on love, brotherhood and a leader in heaven who give you not much rules.
So, if you try to build up a hi-control pseudo-religion, based on fear, you have to use the old testament.
my contacts are assisting in this effort but the more people the better!.
.. information needed in assisting barbara anderson with arc... barbara needed a boe for arc and i have already sent it to her so that problem is solved.
however we are in need of the following information:.
i have seen a few posts here, in various guises, in relation to whether watchtower is in decline.
plenty of people respond, but it is all fairly anecdotal, or "gut feel".
some of it has been wishful thinking.. as of late 2015, watchtower's numbers suggest it is still growing marginally, but there are various anecdotes on this site of publishers typically being older, and younger ones disappearing.
Im not sure what you looking for. The growth/decline of a group like JW depends on scandals, teachings and much more. So I don't think that it make much sense to collect the data.
But if you need numbers, maybe this is interesting, only germany:
From 2007-2015:
- they merged 276 congs to 138 congs
- they build 116 language-congs
- build 5 new congs
- build signlanguage-congs
I think main part is to find, how they fake the statistic. The language-cong save the statistic, but mostly there not much new people.
So if you start to calculate, you base it on the 8 Mill witnesses, first you have to start there and find some Information if 8 Mill is nearly correct.
12yo? Crazy.
And 13 df? What a crazy cong. Looks like a group of lovely elders run the cong.
and i couldnt be more prouder in my life!!!!!!!
before i came to puerto rico, i gave my daughter a 2000 honda civic.
nice car, good on gas....a chick car😂.. she calls me today all nervous and tells me she traded it in...😨😨😨😨😨😨😨.. for a full size chevy truck..😀😀😀.
Congrats.
I would love to drive a chevy, but wrong country.
A '64 Impala, so nice!
this evening at the clam the job video was played and then the stupid peer pressure video.
this was not so odd.
however on the last elijah section pictures from the imitate their faith book was place on screen to imagine the scenes.
so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.
most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.
almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.
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Sorry, sometimes it's not easy to write a text in english, it's not my first language.
I see it the same way, most of the elders are rotten to the core. But there also some nice guys. Main problem is that a special sort of people getting up the pyramide. Looser, people who like power, some wan't to be a high rank and so on. The examble you mention is typical for me: main part for him is to be someone. I can't imagine that he is a nice guy at his business. So this is the problem: if you a nice guy, the others don't want you in the center of power.
this a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a kh in 3 years.. how is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies?
i know the answer will vary due to location.. are you (especially elders) receiving any notification or communication from bethel or co's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?.
thanks, in advance, for your feedback!
so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.
most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.
almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.
