..with twaddle like that being presented as doctrine it can only be a matter of time before the whole shenanigans implodes....when I was 'in' I questioned it, reasoned on it, discussed it..etc ....because I wanted to believe only what I chose to believe...based on sound reasoning..but now...utter twaddle....
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Service meeting video....what a non-event
by sir82 inat our service meeting we saw the video of a jw explaining his beliefs about 1914.. it was.....well, "underwhelming" does not do it justice.
what is below "underwhelming"?
"boringly tepid"?.
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news item...9 yr old baptised
by returnvisit ingrrrrrrrrrrrrr!.
check out website for dunedin, nzs newspaper www.odt.co.nz re the 9yr old that got baptised at the convention in dunedin this last weekend... can't you just hear everyone there gushing about it??.
as i said grrrrrrrrrrrrr .
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9 years old..baptized?....tantamount to female genital mutilation...both actions are overriding individual choice...both actions are types of abuse...how can a nine year old fully comprehend the commitment of a decision....a contract no less....it matters because if/when the child leaves by choice they will then suffer shunning etc etc etc.....
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Watchtower circulation jumps up!
by factfinder inthe jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.
thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .
i wonder if awake!
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in my area I have seen copies dumped in local trash bins just yards from the trolley brigade....
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The more people who leave the Witnesses, the more people will leave. True?
by ThomasCovenant inif more faders stopped fading and just stopped,.
would more of the many closet unbelieving attendees just stop too, creating a momentum?.
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..in hindsight i wish that I had stood up during a public talk or the watchtower bible study and just exclaimed/said' this is rubbish!'..and then just walked out of the hall.....perhaps others would then have followed in due course...those who fade as has been said risk exclusion by family and friends...as they are perceived as weak..'not of our sort' as the well worn phrase goes..
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Today's WT study (10/12/14) - a sales seminar!
by OneEyedJoe inthis cult is getting really shameless.
the wt study was always supposed to be for discussion of 'the deep truths' of the bible.
the wt may have always been filled with utter nonsense, but at least it had the appearance of a topical discussion of bible doctrine.
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westiebilly11
when i was a literature servant a few years ago i made a point of placing tracts in prominent view on a display rack i had made. i always referred to the tracts as little bullets and spiritual handshakes as they were ideal for getting points home in brief and without the bumf of the mags....i would not be surprised if tracts eventually replace to some degree the mags.....as tracts can be adapted to news and world events easier..incidentally in the latest wt mags the inside cover blurb which used to announce the kingdome..and....point to the soon to be kingdom..now is reduced to a small bland paragraph...
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Be Honest About This Doctrinal Matter
by lambsbottom inwife says she always thought the wt said that anyone alive at armageddon that did not get a chance to hear kingdom message may survive?
true?
references?.
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interesting....because the message people get at armageddon is more likely to be 100% accurate rather than the muddled blend of old/new light being preached now...
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Is This ALL the Society Meant By Big Stuff Coming?
by millie210 inok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .
i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.
i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .
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ah cookery programmes.......food at the proper time ..no doubt...
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Is the AGM today?
by hamsterbait inanybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.
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love the tv channel...will it have ads too?....
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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 infrom an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.
it seems that the wts legal dept.
has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
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..taking a risk expecting elders etc to visit dubious sites.....may awaken some..
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" Do not ask permission, just play the video--" service meeting instructions.
by prologos inthis statement startled me out of the pleasant mental absence during this week's "service" meeting.. pushing the org.
explanation: "the listener has time to interrupt, if they want--" .
together with an incredible boring "study" of an hand held device, or it's stored content, i will be a totally new crop of orgies at the halls,.
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suspect the video approach is because the org don't trust the witnesses to deliver a message....because basically they don't know why they're calling on people anymore...