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  Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

  by WildeLover in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

  i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

  it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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  JWGoneBad: "Yahooooo, (and Google, Bing, Firefox, InternetExplorer, Safari, Chrome, etc.) yay, happy, happy, happy!!!"

  There, I fixed that for you.
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  Shall I go to the meeting? Would you?

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi guys,.

  i might go to the meeting.

  i stopped going in my heart properly in nov 2013, but i went to a couple of meetings to support a love one that was df'd and tried to teach them a little ttatt.. now another df'd loved one is coming to see me today and will likely encourage me to try and get ri'd, and i want to support her.

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  Sparrowdown: "Do what you want, which what I suspect is to go."

  Ditto.

  
  
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  We may be missing the point of these changes if we focus on growth/money. Whether the Dark Tower was growing or shrinking in numbers and $, this is a more efficient business design, especially for churches. Data obtained through an empirical method and referenced on the world wide web:

  1. Rodney Stark of Baylor University compared churches with attendances under 100 against those over 1,000, reporting it in What Americans Really Believe. He sought to determine whether large or small congregations provide a better religious experience. He concludes that the “mile wide and inch deep” accusations of megachurches, taken as a whole, lack a research base. Stark includes a graphic in his study that shows larger churches fare better in most categories.

  2. Barna Research wrote “How Faith Varies by Church Size.” Its study found attenders of large churches were more likely than those engaged in a small or mid-sized congregation to give an orthodox biblical response – such as that Jesus led a sinless life, the Bible is totally accurate in all the principles it teaches, Satan is not merely symbolic but exists, God is the all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe, etc. Further, on seven of the eight behavioral measures, attenders of large churches scored substantially better than those of small churches. Activities included attending church in the past week, reading the Bible in the past week, and volunteering at their church in the past week. The average difference related to the seven behaviors was 17 percentage points.

  And larger churches were more likely to tithe.

  If I'm a consultant, and I am, this is the type of data/research I'm presenting to my client.
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  DJS

  This looks more like the work from a G.E. Welch inspired consultant in re-tooling the Dark Tower's business design. Maximizing KHs and DC halls makes good business sense.

  It should enable those fading and wanting to fade. Changing halls is a time honored method for faders to avoid targeting.
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  Shall I go to the meeting? Would you?

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi guys,.

  i might go to the meeting.

  i stopped going in my heart properly in nov 2013, but i went to a couple of meetings to support a love one that was df'd and tried to teach them a little ttatt.. now another df'd loved one is coming to see me today and will likely encourage me to try and get ri'd, and i want to support her.

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  DJS

  Kate,

  You are one of the most beloved posters on this site. I'm saying this because what I'm about to say might sting a bit. My amateur psychological evaluation, and that is all that it is, is that your 'reasons' for going back to the KH have nothing to do with this sister. Nothing.

  We've all read your emotional struggles to find justice with the KH and its elders for the unjust way you were treated. Most of us have been there, and we deeply care, understand and feel your pain.

  I believe that is the sole reason you are considering going back to the KH. And I believe by asking you are trying to get us to talk you out of it. The more we rationalize the less rational we are.

  So to answer the question you posed: No, not in 1 billion years would I ever return to a KH given the scenario you described.

  Good luck Dear Kate.
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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  ElderNewton,

  A lot of us have been in your shoes. Welcome. As Oubilette said, escape as quickly and quietly as you can with all that is yours. We understand.

  Welcome to freedom.
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  Just an introduction

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wanted to say hello since i am new to this forum.

  allow myself to introduce myself.

  lol.

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  Ricky,

  Welcome to the site, thank you for sharing your touching story and good luck to you with your family.
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  Hi all, the prodigal daughter returns to JWD.

  by cattails in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been four years (has it really been that long) that i haven't been on jwd.. i was back out west for a long while and i came back to new england.

  just got an appartment with another sister and things are looking up.

  i'm keeping under the radar and avoiding elder visits--not fully out of the kingdom hall yet.

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  Welcome back, Cat,

  Freemind, Morpheus and Village - Funny, funny stuff!
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  'Equality' at Wimbledon

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  serena williams has just won the wimbledon ladies' singles championship.

  she beat garbine muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. the match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes.. tomorrow, djokovic plays federer in the men's singles final.

  it is a rematch of last year's men's final.

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  Ruby456, did you really just say that? "I challenge any male tennis player to go five sets with Serena's ample female endowments."

  
  That's awesome! You have been hanging around bad association (me) too long!!
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  Bethelite"s wife storms out of headquarters and leaves him...she was forced into Bethel. My story begins....

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we were all in our 20's the 1990's pioneers who still hoped the 1914 generation was for real.

  jenny {names changed} loved peter who was younger then me and very handsome.

  he wanted to go to bethel since he was a kid.

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  DJS

  Sad, very sad. Such a waste of human potential.

  Sounds like a sadly sweet scene from Forrest Gump, with Witness 007 playing Forrest:

  Forrest: Now Jennay, my mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get, so make that laundry room yours.

  So Witness (Forrest), did you ever get Jennay?