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  Is All The Bad Publicity About The Watchtower Pedophile Lawsuits Causing Contributions To Nose Dive Worldwide?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think with all the child molestation lawsuits the watchtower corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently.

  the silent lambs protest back in 2001, and the dateline prime time expose probably was the death knell for the watchtower's hey day in brooklyn.. their membership is drying up, young people are leaving in droves, the situation is no doubt far worse than the annually published yearbook figures show and so they ceased it's publication permanently.

  and those left remaining are experiencing a huge grab of money from their congregations accounts and now are required to make pledges about how much they can contribute which i think is a last ditch effort by the governing body to squeeze more money out of the rank and file watchtower indoctrinated drones.. i think all this is happening because even those still loyally attending are hearing reports of these tremendous pay out that the watchtower is making to the victims of their self serving policies that put young ones at great risks so that even the rank and file don't want to contribute to pay court costs and so are withholding giving contributions to a very great extent.

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  I think this may be true with the younger generation 30-40 years old or younger, who have access to the internet on a daily basis and are more tech. savvy.

  And not so much with the older generation 50-60 year olds and above ,who are not likely to use the WWW so much and are indoctrinated to believe the GB as Gods spokesperson on the earth.

  Typical of many older gen of JW`s is the attitude of the Elder at the ARC when asked if he had been keeping up with what was going on at the ARC said words to the effect he doesn`t watch the news and no he didn`t know anything about what had already transpired during the commissions proceedings.

  Justice McClellan`s look of disbelief was classic.
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  "Slaving For Jehovah Is Great, Because Your Life Won't Go Wrong." Sigh...

  by Sorry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  granted, i'm a pimo status, so i normally just play on my cell phone and ignore everything during meetings and assemblies.

  but at the assembly this past weekend, my ears were pricked for two experiences of two sisters dedicating themselves to pioneering.

  this was probably because i was extremely freaked out by both of them.

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  So if they are total slaves, who is paying for their rent and food? Not "The Master

  Satan`s system of things of course ,the Govt.who provides them "welfare"/ unemployment benefits , the dole or whatever is applicable wherever you live

  Hypocrites they are ,condemn this system of things but bludge off of it all the time..
  
  
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  no pictures of Kingdom Hall remodels???

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm following an old friend on instagram who's an uber elder and he does lots of work on kh's and has gone to warwick on his own dime to help with the construction.

  on his instagram post he says " i can't post pictures of the kh remodel but i can post pics of jack daniels that i had afterwards" or some such.

  why aren't they allowed to take pics of remodels?

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  Why don't you ask him rather than speculating?

  That seems like the most logical thing to me ?....?
  
  
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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  the WTS used was the 6000 years of mankind's existence for a total of 3 times.

  What were the dates for the end and the beginning of the 6000 years other than the year 1975 ?

  I was aware of two but not three.
  
  
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  Key to some universal truths—Queen Jezebel has it!

  by venus in

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  2. beliefs

  even wicked queen jezebel knew ‘what is good and what is bad’ because she described those who hurt others for no reason as “good-for-nothing.” (1 king 21:10).

  from her comment the following universal truths can be discerned:.

  1) everyone is endowed with the knowledge of good and bad, which makes god’s communication with humans unnecessary.

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  many countries (more than 10 countries) know that they can live without war and have never partaken in any war,

  I don`t suppose it`s because they have never been threatened of being invaded and taken over by a foreign power would it ?

  Otherwise it might have been a totally different story.

  Isn`t that a universal truth ?
  
  
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  Who is Jesus?

  by Jarred K in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new to the forum.

  hope today finds everyone well.

  i’m not super familiar with jw theology concerning jesus.

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  His greatest commandant was to love one another after all.

  How does that fit with Matt.10 :34-36 "Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth ,I came to not put peace but a sword ,for I came to cause division ,with a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a young wife against her mother in law ,indeed a mans enemies will be persons of his own household".

  That doesn`t sound like you were to love one another to me !
  
  
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  In what decade was it clearly apparent that Watchtower was a high control religion?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i'm just curious to get people's views on this.. the bible students seem to start of as quite a liberal group under charles taze russell, albeit he had some whacky teachings going on.

  obviously things began to change under rutherford.

  but what decade did it become abundantly clear that the society was indeed high control religion or even labeled a cult?.

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  I think it became a high control religion the first time they changed their interpretation of a so called prophetic scripture without any explanation and then gave it another interpretation without any apology for misleading people in the first place.

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  question if your a Jw are you also free moral agent?

  by poopie in

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  i am asking that question because recent watchtowers tell adherents to not talk email or text a df person how does that jibe with being free moral agent able to make a personal choice?.

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  Once before, not so long ago all JW`s were "Watchtower Slaves" now it seems they are morphing into JW.Org Slaves.

  So, NO !
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  Is There Any Thing That Would Make A JW SERIOUSLY Question Their Religion?

  by minimus in

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  i realize that jehovah’s witnesses have been dumbed down for long time now.

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  still, i think there must be something that would make them really question their beliefs, even their life.. i think that if witnesses were told they could take blood or that disfellowshipping was unloving, they might stop and take a hard look at everything they have sacrificed their lives for.. i know the organization has muddled these subjects before but the i think even die hard witnesses might start to second guess the governing body..

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  The G.B.used to say that the annointed numbers would fall as the end got nearer pre the year`s 1890`s- 2000`s.

  For about 30-40 years the numbers of the annointed never went below 8000 ,it was pretty stagnant for all that time

  Then after the year 2000 the numbers of the annointed have started going up to where they are today at about 18-20000 , the official version to explain this has been to say they are either new or they are not mentally stable .?

  If they are" new" then the WT is obviously not doing a good job in training new ones about the "truth" and their role in the congregation.

  If they are mentally unstable ? what does that tell you about the organization apart from the fact they are still lax in educating properly the role of a JW in the congregation .

  My belief for the reason of such an increase by long time JW`s is because they are sick and tired of the continued delay of Armageddon and they are cutting their losses and not relying on a time frame but know that when they die whenever that is they will get a heavenly resurrection.

  Simply put the vast majority have lost faith in Armageddon being just around the corner they have come to the realization they will most likely die before Armageddon comes ,so being one of the anointed gives them security they will be resurrected to heaven.
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  By the G-ds! 4 MILLION Posts?

  by Hyghlandyr in

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  ive been gone a long arse time and yous have really blown up the number oph posts.

  holy mother oph our lord and savior osiris!.

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  I perused a couple of your posts Hyghlandyr ,you had a story and and a half to tell way back then .I take my hat off to you for being a survivor.

  You haven`t been around here for donkeys years what have you been doing ? All positives I hope ? LOL

  And of course Welcome back .Their is hardly a day goes by when their is not somebody new on the board .

  We are a little flock becoming a mighty Nation. YAAAAYYYY