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  THE LINGERING SHADOW OF '75

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  none of you are old enough to have been there, i suspect.

  i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.

  the pressures began mounting throughout the organization.

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  @MadIrishman it was that way largely in our hall as well. That said many friends absolutely left over this issue. Zero doubt.

  Secondly where did this concept sprout from? Did the brothers go rogue and stir this up on their own or was the concept presented by the society as only a few years left and in the autumn of 75 it could all end?

  Bottom line this originated with the organization..nowhere else. Although it was absolutely said many times over as it got closer that it may or may not happen that was categorically not the feeling in the latter 60's. On the contrary it was highly likely.

  If it was so unsure then why did the organization say anything at all? I don't see how we can in anyway pin this on the brothers. The only nutjobs here or overzealous ones were clearly in Brooklyn.
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  THE LINGERING SHADOW OF '75

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  none of you are old enough to have been there, i suspect.

  i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.

  the pressures began mounting throughout the organization.

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  I was just a kid when this all went down but old enough to remember it all rather clearly. At the time it didn't hit me why so many had left. Of course now it is pretty clear.

  Anytime something looks disparaging toward the org a new spin is made. This was no different as described. The friends were called overzealous, presumptuous and so on.

  Over the years I can't help but wonder if some of us might still be in had the GB owned up to its mistakes more. Saying they got it wrong would have actually strengthened the faith of many.

  Instead they're hell bent on protecting their authority that's the only game here.

  I kick myself every day now for once supporting all the harmful nonsense.
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  JW Broadcasting: Transportation Rings

  by Hadriel in

  1. social
  2. humour

  is it just me or doesn't the set of jw broadcasting look like the lights are about to drop down like the transportation rings in the movie stargate?

  the lighting looks like a halo for crying out loud.

  maybe the gb things they'll be risen up right from the set lol.

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  Hadriel

  maybe this is better...lol

  
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  JW Broadcasting: Transportation Rings

  by Hadriel in

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  is it just me or doesn't the set of jw broadcasting look like the lights are about to drop down like the transportation rings in the movie stargate?

  the lighting looks like a halo for crying out loud.

  maybe the gb things they'll be risen up right from the set lol.

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  Hadriel

  Is it just me or doesn't the set of JW Broadcasting look like the lights are about to drop down like the transportation rings in the movie Stargate?

  The lighting looks like a halo for crying out loud. Maybe the GB things they'll be risen up right from the set LOL. Sorry in a strange mood and looking at this has me chuckling....

  
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  @Finkelstein that would be an interesting matrix and not too hard to wire up. If I get time I think that would be a gem of a data mine!
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  JW Child Abuse Documentary

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.

  let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..

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  @nowwhat? he only gets a bum wrap for how he treats others off camera. His on camera work has always been solid I've told him as much.

  I wish we had a more amicable relationship I would have loved to have helped him with the production quality, sent him some equipment that would have helped improve on the already fine content. I tried...

  nonetheless a very good message i hope it is well received.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Rather smartly the tower has turned its focus to third world countries and the foreign lang effort. These areas are far less likely to have heard of all the chicanery unlike the modern world and its free flowing information.

  I do believe at least in the U.S. and U.K. for example that the converts are slowing drastically. Unless born in the chances of conversion are minimal. Hence also why the push for baptism is so emphatic. Get them in early or they won't stay in.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  no prob. Trends is really easy to use. There are also many sites you can use ti investigate keyword searches to forecast things and so on. It can be used also for this purpose so as to gauge public interests.

  take it with a grain of salt though. In no way saying this means this or that. It does point out. that the topic is less noteworthy over the past handful of years. That much is clear.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  Hadriel

  ....@sheperdless drops mic.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  Hadriel

  Here's another done again by the Pew Research group that show 51% of scientists believe in God. So there's that.

  This is from the LA Times. Shows the same that 51% belive in a higher power or some sort of God.
  

  http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/24/opinion/la-oe-masci24-2009nov24