Posts by StarryNight9

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What changes would stabilize JW membership?

by StarryNight9 in

i've seen many topics about how things are changing or might be changing in jw doctrine/culture.

some have extrapolated how those changes would result in declining jw membership.

i'm curious to know what changes others think would stabilize those numbers.

StarryNight9

I've seen many topics about how things are changing or might be changing in JW doctrine/culture. Some have extrapolated how those changes would result in declining JW membership. I'm curious to know what changes others think would stabilize those numbers. Perhaps a list of things to watch for in the future that indicate JW leadership realizes there's a problem and decides to do something about it. I'll start off with a few ideas:

End door-to-door preaching
Give up on the no-blood doctrine
Meetings only once a week

I think doing away with disfellowshipping would do more harm than good to their membership.

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

jw
friends

one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

StarryNight9

Perhaps they'll introduce it as a dial-in upgrade, then make it available to everyone, and then switch to a broadcast from HQ instead when a KH is sold off. This would allow them to close the rural KHs that can't be merged easily.

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Our Christian Life And Ministry Answers

by bola in

jw
friends

please i need the answers to the our christian life and ministry from the month of october, 2018 to december, 2018..

StarryNight9

eeeeeeeeeeew... now I wished I hadn't taken a peek at that particular set of workbooks. October 15th through November 4th are cringe-worthy. Here's my paraphrased summary:

October 1-7: You have to trust us!

October 8-14: Forgive people.

October 15-21: You're a nobody! Obey and do more! Don't retaliate!

October 22-28: Stay away from the scary worldly people!

October 29 - November 4: What we say is true (now go preach it)! Don't share anything false (ie - what we say is false).

How afraid do you have to be of losing people to put this out every week?

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

jw
friends

one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

StarryNight9

RubaDub: "An elder with the most "privileges" will get to privately view the women's rest room."

Congregations are mostly old people at this point. With the average age of those actually using the facilities...

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

jw
friends

one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

StarryNight9

" Evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every KH so that they can do 24 hour monitoring. He said it was intended for all congregations."

Why would they do that? It's a big expense.

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Our Christian Life And Ministry Answers

by bola in

jw
friends

please i need the answers to the our christian life and ministry from the month of october, 2018 to december, 2018..

StarryNight9

My advice is to not bother. Why would she need to answer the questions? Tell her to just sit quietly like the majority of people at the KH and wait for it to be over. If she's a JW or has ever been a JW, she'll have no issues knowing or finding the answers.

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Our Christian Life And Ministry Answers

by bola in

jw
friends

please i need the answers to the our christian life and ministry from the month of october, 2018 to december, 2018..

StarryNight9

Purpose?

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JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

by pale.emperor in

i asked the question on quora: .

if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

StarryNight9

I think JWs as a whole care less as time goes by about their doctrine's history or source material. Most probably couldn't defend half of what JW lore is on their own. It was their grandparents (or parents) who actually cared about that stuff - they just grew up inside it. It's like hearing about a parent's obsession with trains growing up. You could probably quote some train facts, but don't really care to dig into it yourself. Why do you think the GB now puts so much emphasis on "obey even if it makes no sense" rather than "we'll prove we're right"? It's like a train club association desperately trying to keep their membership once the parents are gone - group loyalty becomes about the social/belonging aspect rather than the train facts/history.

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Venting, Wow, found out just how indoctrinated my wife is

by goingthruthemotions in

just had to share this, tonight we had a heated conversation about the religion.

she said everything they teach is 100% true and any mistakes are cleaned up and corrected, that the payouts for the child abuse is not an issue even if its taken from donations.

because, she believe 100% the org knows what its doing.

StarryNight9

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. You only try that hard (and talk that big) if you're trying to compensate for something. Or she's a nut job. Obviously the first option is preferable.

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Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

by pixel in

to all bodies of elders .

re: audio at sign-language meetings .

dear brothers: .

StarryNight9

Pregroup = one family that speaks a different language (usually still studying). At least, that's what I've seen. It gets the local JWs all a-fluff about a new congregation!