"I never even imagined that a VIRUS would be the downfall of the Organization."
This sounds like Sword in the Stone where Mim vs Merlin. Mim turned into a dragon and Merlin turned into a germ to defeat Mim.
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What would happen if the Watchtower decided no more meeting at Kingdom Halls, only Zoom?
by pistolpete ini’m seeing my hard core believing relatives slowly losing faith that the watchtower is the organization that “god” is using to represent him on earth.. just about all the churches in their area have opened up.. but not the watchtower.. this is having an affect on the faith of even the old timers.
now the only ones who are still holding the faith are the female jws and only those past 70 years of age.
even my old male jw relative past 70 are starting to say that it can’t be jehovah’s organization because the other churches are all open and god supposed organization who is supposed to preach the warning message is still closed with no open in sight.
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Does this look like the WT is going to be around a long time? One Watchtower @ One Awake for the public in 2022
by pistolpete ini keep hearing that the watchtower org is going to be around forever because of the many other religions that have been around a long time.
but i disagree because the wt is not like other religious cults.. the watchtower's breath of life is dependent on the last days that started in 1914. .
you can’t change 1914 without a death blow to the entire organization.. the watchtower's 2nd reason for staying alive, is it's continual urging that the life saving preaching work of warning people is the most important work ever.. but- it's very obvious to many, even the old ones that instead of speeding up the work------the work is slowing down to a drip.. comment by former believer; .
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Rattigan350
It looks like they don't have a writing dept anymore to write new material. And no money for research.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses—the Most Boring People On Earth!
by minimus inwhen i see watchtower videos or interviews i can’t help but notice how bland and boring jws really are!
they are so vanilla.
no excitement, just robotic conversation.. what the hell happened to these people?
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Not only boring but unhappy.
When someone marries someone not a Witness. It is said that one is disobedient. But if they are happy, why not be happy for them?
When someone wins the lottery, that one is bad. But why not be happy for them?
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WT Teaching On Who The NT was Written For
by Sea Breeze inmaybe someone can help me here:when i got baptized at age 23, an elder dropped a bombshell on me.
he said that the new testament wasn't written for the great crowd (me).
he said that it only applies to the anointed, and "by extension" the nt applies to the great crowd.
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The 4 gospels are written as histories of Jesus so they are not written for anyone in particular. Same with Acts.
The letters of Paul were written for the congregations and they were anointed, so they were written for the anointed in those congregations. Same could be said of Peter, James, John and Jude's letters.
Revelation was a vision of the future.
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Do You Think Trump Will Make A Comeback?
by minimus indo you think he could get reinstated as president?
do you think trump will run again for president or do you think he will just be a force for the republican party behind the scenes?.
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Rattigan350
Trump is still president. Why would ne need a comeback?
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Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?
by blondie inwhy was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?
was there a different procedure with a different name?
was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?
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Because prior to that there weren't congregations for that to matter and the organization was in it's growth. The Rutherford era didn't necessitate it, it necessitated neutrality and anticathalocism. Sort of like the 'higher powers' in the Rutherford era necessitated it being Jehovah God and Jesus christ, but after that it was the governments.
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Ex JW Elder, COBE, Program Convention Overseer Speaks Out
by James Jack inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks1rghdxc1y&t=844s.
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Rattigan350
His having a beard loses any credibility he would have as he is advertised as elder, Cobe, convention overseer, but he does not look like one. He changed his cover and is judged by the cover.
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Some Other Terms For The "Big Bang".....
by titch infolks: as you probably all know, it has been speculated that the whole universe, or cosmos, started with what has been called "the big bang.
" but, i've thought up some other terms for the "bb".
how about the big boom....or, the big kaboom....or, the big explosion...the big ignition...or...the big cosmic fartation.
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Rattigan350
What came after the Big Bang?
The Big Cigarette.
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You might be a Jehovah's Witness if.......
by Sour Grapes inyou might be a jehovah's witness if, to not feel guilty on saturday morning, you ride in a car with a group of adults driving in circles around town taking turns to get out one at a time to knock on a door that you hoped no one would answer.. you might be a jw if going on vacation meant going to a summer regional or district assembly where you did not need to pack shorts, tennis shoes, or tank tops.
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you might be a jw if for lunch at the summer convention you and your family ate breakfast food from the holiday inn where you are staying for the summer assembly.. you might be a jw if the first thing that you think about when waking up in the morning is that it is meeting night.. you might be a jw if you introduce a person to another jw, not by the person's name by as my bible study.. you might be a jw if you don't celebrate christmas but will take the money from your employer to not come to work so that you can celebrate it..
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YOU MIGHT BE A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS IF….…”pioneer” is not a stereo
…”New Light” is not something in the housewares department, and “tract” has nothing to do with land or farming.
…you know when Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar lands in the Gregorian calendar from year to year, and yet you commonly forget your own birthday.
…”Memorial Day” isn't in May.
…you spent days at a baseball stadium, never saw a ball, and didn't even have a beer.
…you think “formal clothing” and “civic center” belong in the same sentence.
…you wash windows or cars for a living and still own five suits.
…you think nothing of letting your friends stop by to use the bathroom.
…you know the cleanliness of every coffee shop and bathroom for four towns around.
…you think 2-door vehicles aren’t really cars.
…you go to Home Depot and go down the aisle where doors are displayed and you feel compelled to knock on them.
…you can’t buy a pair of shoes without thinking about how comfortable they will need to be while walking residential streets in 95-degree heat.
…you have a tendency to refer to books by color instead of by title.
…you have a shelf just for 192-page books.
…you can’t pick up a book, or anything else to read, without picking up a pencil or highlighter too.
…you think it is complimentary to refer to someone as “a study.”
…you have “get-togethers” rather than “parties.”
…after one of such “get-togethers” at your home, your house is not a mess and you have more food than when you started.
…you realize things are getting worse, and you’re thrilled.
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Money for sell of KHs
by asp59 inhas anybody seen a chart or documents abouth money they supposedly spending in africa building halls?
as there selling millions worth of halls around the world.
they claim it's for africa.
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Rattigan350
Pa. Turnpike pays $503K for Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in West Mifflin for Mon-Fayette Expressway