IDK, I dont see them ever getting rid of time reports. Its the spiritual yardstick they use to measure the "faith" of the members and anybody they want to appoint. It also keeps a leash of ppl and keeps them feeling guilty and constantly comparing themselves as inadequate. However I do see them finding ways to hide the numbers that negatively reflect on the Orgs claims.
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A clue about dropping of reporting of numbers?
by sir82 inhey, did anyone notice this point from the wt study article for this past weekend (paragraph 2):.
certainly, jehovah is pleased to see that so many attend the memorial.
(luke 22:19) however, jehovah is not primarily concerned with the number of people who come.
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Beroean Pickets writer speaks out to explain what opened his eyes as a JW
by nonjwspouse ini remember reading this site and wondering how much of ttatt the writer(s) knew.
now i just found these series of you tube videos by the writer.
leaving jehovah's witnesses: "religion is a snare and a racket".
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Eric has outstanding videos
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V.Kalin and "Crisis of conscience" R.Franze
by Dmitry inin this video, v.kalin talks, that "he read" crisis of conscience "and the book is kept in his safe!".
if someone does not know, kalin is the coordinator of the branch committee in russia.. https://youtu.be/qh4vdhr0ooy.
is it clear why jehovah turned away from the russian jw?.
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Can anybody translate this? The youtube auto captions are terrible. I highly doubt this is a video with a lot of references to dancing, golden figurines, and thermostats . . .
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Daro Weilburg! I want to report this guy to his elders
by joe134cd indaro weilburg is a jw apologist on you tube.
to be honest i really can’t stand the guy, and i want to report him to his local elders, as he knows full well he shouldn’t be making these videos.
so anyone know his local area or a contact number for his kh.
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I wouldnt be suprised if the guy wakes up himself soon. Its only a matter of time before he runs across info that he cant just bash his head against and illogically dismiss maybe like a Greg Stafford sorta thing, but at least that guy tried to be civil and educated, this Daro guy is almost on a trolling level.
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Jehovah's Witnesses: A Coercive Organization?
by john.prestor inso in sociology we divide organizations up into three categories or types, you got utilitarian, voluntary, and coercive.
utilitarian means people join to accomplish some purpose like selling food or making furniture, voluntary means they join up just for fun or to hang out with people like the freemasons or a lot of churches, and coercive means they don't really want to be there but they gotta because someone will punish them if they leave, so labor camps, armies, or prisons.. in a paper i wrote for a class a while back i argued that jehovah's witnesses should be seen as a coercive organization.
yeah, people join up and they do leave, nobody beats you up if you stop attending or preaching, nobody imprisons you, shoots your dog, kills your kids that kind of thing, and nobody makes you join up either.
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COERCION!
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"Are you the plumber?"
by Jourles ini've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.
but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.
i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.
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This definitly is a triumph of sorts over the indoctrination! Thank you for posting.
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Question for Mulan.......
by jimbob inyou mentioned a little while ago that you were going to post something from reinhard lengtat.
i was wondering if that was still in the works?
i'd sure like to read what he has to say.
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Little too late on this one? Lol
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The Watchtower are Right About Blood...
by cofty in... but, they fail to take note of one important detail.. i believe that if we are going to have any chance of reasoning with a jw about blood, this is the place we need to begin.. don't try to convince them that it was only a dietary law.
it wasn't, and they will never go along with it.. don't tell them that saving a life is more important than obeying a law, even a seemingly trivial one.
they take pride in obedience.
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Strong work, a different view and reasoning probably most witnesses have ever thought of!
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Then is Finished - The Mockery of God
by Farkel inin case you think you've heard it all, have you heard that the wts has made the following claims:.
1. they and other holy angels are god's wife, therefore the wts elite is the "mother" of christ himself.. .
" the wts elite, of course!.
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commenting for future reference
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Early Editions of The New Creation (Vol 6) on the New Covenant
by cabasilas inseems like i've read that the earliest editions of the new creation by russell taught that the new covenant was in force for christians of this era.
then after russell wrote that, he changed his views and put the new covenant as something future and not now in effect.
he then later changed the text in the new creation to reflect this new view (i've been told this was about 1909) and this helped precipitate what's been called the new covenant schism.
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Ever have any luck with this?