i was a jw in the 80’s-2000’s and probably saw the peak of uk attendance.. anecdotally, many here appear to have a view that attendance has reduced significantly.
our kh would have around 90-110 for a meeting, at worst maybe 75 and the highest was 144 (for memorial lol).. small circuit assembly had about 1000 people and district had about 8-12000. .
i know kh’s and circuits/districts have variance, however in the uk i attended many of these various gatherings and the numbers above tended to be reasonably average.
So a cong. might appear to have many more attendees but that may only be because it has swallowed two other congs.
With all of the congregations being sold around the and other`s merging I think Cadellin has hit the nail on the head and we wont get any "truth" from the WT/JW`s
And i`m starting to doubt whether you would get the "truth" even from there yearbooks anymore or anything they print.
We all know how they revise there own history and sanitize it.
really watchtower?
jephthah's daughter as an example of what a girl wants to be when she grows up??.
a burnt offering?!!.
With regard to the Hateful 8 ,GB members ,how many of them are married and how many have been married more than once ?
Do they have a moral right to impress singleness on anybody if they themselves are married ?
Are they the GB members or at least some of them hypocrites ?
we enter the dark world of the jehovah's witnesses: abuses, subjected women and suicides.
accusations of pedophilia, rejection of homosexuals, "social death", theft of personal data, suicides ... .
spanish interviews 15 former members of this "sect" in spain who denounce all kinds of situations.
Christendom`s priest`s / Clergy spend years studying on many levels to become ordained in there church .
And they can still stuff up
Jehovah`s Witness Elders have virtually no such training compared to what Christendom has except to have spent many hours consistently in the field service preaching WT propaganda.
And many if not most not even having a good knowledge of the history of JW`s,
And JW`s Elders are certainly not trained as counselors to the many complexities of human behaviour
jehovah reminds me of married couples who are having problems who decide to .
have children to improve their lot.. obviuosly jehovah can prevent pregnancy.. 1 samuel 1:5,6 .
but to hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, .
Well God had to prove he was right. After all, the angels were watching!
Or was it in fact other GOD`S that were watching, Gen.3:22a
another question for jehovah's witnesses.
if the second elohim (אֱלהִים) of psalm 82:1 refers to humans, then what happens when we substitute "humans" as a translation in other verses where elohim (or elim, the other plural for "gods") occurs in the plural?
psalm 8:4-5 what is man, that you (god) art mindful of him?
Before mankind ever invented for himself Kings ,Judges or Gods or the like to rule over him ,Yahweh/Jehovah in Genesis 3:22 says this "Here the man has become like one of us"....
Who was he talking to ? his peers ? other Gods ? Himself ?
hey this is crazyguy, forgot my password so this is my new name.
anyway be sure to all you new ones that if you post any personal info on this forum or respond to pms asking for email addresses this information maybe able to be used by wt spies to try and find out who you are!
someone has recently pmd me asking for my email address or more accurately to respond to his email address which would give him mine, this maybe an innocent request but this person also has no posting history.
Lurkers and newbies especially need to take care here more so if they are not computer savvy .
Good advice.
today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..
Thank you zeb LOL , and NVR2L8 , much appreciated .
My wife should receive an Oscar or some such equivalent.
today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..
Today Feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th Wedding Anniversary.
does anyone know how to recover a lost/forgotten password for this site?.
thanks..
Thats why after being on this site for about 12 years I`m listed as being on it for about 2 years ,i think I have gone from smiddy1,2,3 by now with different avatars .
the bible clearly says a generation is 40 years (exodus and job) the 1st half of the last century saw wars, famines, pestilence.
if 1914 was the correct starting date the end should have came by the mid 1950's ( which the witnesses believed at the time) this fact alone proves beyond a shadow of a doubt.
jesus was only speaking of the events of the 1st century..
Good points Guys ? And when Jesus made that prophecy about Jerusalem being destroyed it occurred within that 40 year period namely about 38 years .
That a scriptural generation is less than 50 years can also be affirmed from 3 scriptural references such as :
Mathew.1: 17
Luke 3:23-38
Mathew 24:34
All of which attest to a Biblical generation being no longer than 50 years or thereabouts.and certainly not an overlapping generation .
And definitely no suggestion anywhere in scripture of a secondary fulfillment to Jesus prophecy.
