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  What would it like to see

  by JohnR1975 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what i would like to see and maybe will get there in about another ten years is being a jw is a rewarding thing that enriches your life.. just like other religions out there you may not know the entire truth and maybe not quite right many of the beliefs but to have to idea of a belief centres and stabilises you.. i would like jws to be able to celebrate birthdays and maybe even other holidays if they choose to and not be judged by those who choose not to.. i would like jws to be allowed to have different interpretations of scripture and everyone is happy to agree to disagree and be able to say to each other yes maybe that interpretation is nearer the truth.

  we just don’t know.. i would like new members of the gb to issue an apology for previous members getting so many things wrong.. they need to come out and say they were wrong about 1914 this date has no scriptural significance and the same is true of 1919. jws were not chosen in 1919 as the one and only true religion.. we just don’t know about so many things and it takes humility to admit we were wrong.. i would like to see even more lightening up on stupid restrictions like young people being allowed to have a varied friends and activities that are not with jws only..

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  Parliamentary question on paedophilia among JWs in Italy

  by Achille in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  (google translation).

  question to the chamber by m5s mp stefania ascari to the ministry of the interior on paedophilia among jehovah's witnesses in italy, starting from the recent case in florence, with references to the various cases that have broken out around the world.. i sense a certain creaking at the italian bethel in rome at via della bufalotta 1281, the italian branch of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania.

  will this have future implications for the italian jehovah's witnesses exponential body, the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses and for its branch committee, which represents the interests of the governing body in our country?https://aic.camera.it/aic/scheda.html?numero=4/03795&ramo=camera&leg=19.

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  2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.

  average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.

  baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.

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  Meeting attendance

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  2. friends

  for those still in the organization what is your meeting attendance like these days?.

  when i left in 2017 there were around 80 publishers and the average meeting attendance was 70..

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  Why didn't Watchtower go online with covid?

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.

  the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.

  more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.

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  North Korea Troops flying in to help Russia?

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  about a month ago, some unknown poster who looked like one of those guys with a tin foil hat posted on a youtube video that north korea soldiers were landing on russia, during the night, armed to the teeth.

  he was making these crazy comments that north korea had committed to help russia fight against nato and that they were getting ready to use nukes against nato countries if nato started using them first.

  in less the an hour the video was taken down.

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  New Zealand: Leaving the ‘cult’ of the Jehovah’s Witnesses behind

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ttps://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350446426/leaving-cult-jehovahs-witnesses-behind.

  the press.

  october 12, 2024 .

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  L.A. D.A. Announces His Office Is Reviewing The Menendez Brothers' Conviction

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was huge at the time.

  the very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the jw religion.

  i also believe that the father may have been an elder(i could be mistaken, though).

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  October Elder's Letter Delayed- Big Announcement at Annual Meeting

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/93h5zpbil6k?si=ffatfxjuxmj_na9i.

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  Half hearted JWs compared to past generations

  by JohnR1975 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it just me or has there been a massive change in jws of late?.

  when i grew up in the cult they had a real sense of urgency and would do an hour minimum, these days it’s not even ten mins before coffee break.. same goes for everything else, it’s half hearted .

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