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  1914 to be abandoned around 2016

  by Alfred in

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  the other day i was doing some research about "1914" for a friend on my wt cd library (spanish) and i found it quite interesting that the number of times "1914" is mentioned in the watchtower magazine during the previous 3 decades has been dropping exponentially as follows.... 1980-1989: mentioned 854 times.

  1990-1999: mentioned 492 times.

  2000-2009: mentioned 222 times.

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  wannaexit

  I searched "1914" in the jw dot org and since 2000, it only appears 156 times.

  So it appears that they are slowly distancing themselves from the date
  
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  A brother repeated a "rumor" from the platform last night.

  by NikL in

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  i seem to remember many talks and articles in the past about repeating rumors.last night before going into the book study the conductor said something to the effect, "i heard a rumor and i don't know if it's true but the rumor is that in the future we will be using only;y videos at the door.".

  anyone else heard this "rumor"?.

  and whats up with repeating rumors from the platform?

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  wannaexit

  I think that its possible. Branches are discouraging paper in a big big way. I could see it happen.
  
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  No Longer a JW Expert But Starting to Figure Out Life

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  consider this an update for those that remember me here.... when i left in 2006, it started a 10 year journey into a new phase.

  no more "safety".

  some people want to be their own person.

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  wannaexit

  Hi AlltimeJeff, thank you for your words.
  
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  JW guilty on all accounts & bond revoked for sexual abuse in FL

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. child-abuse

  this news article has a news video inside it straight from the station.

  finally the judge doesn't hold back.. http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/jehovah-witness-teachers-aide-sex-scandal-guilty-on-all-counts.

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  wannaexit

  Spiritual paradise is looking a little less appealing with these stories.
  
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  Trey Bundy 13-minute interview at C.I.R. headquarters re: allegations of sex abuse among JWs. You will find this video quite "revealing"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.facebook.com/thisisreveal/videos/1265278083563107/?utm_source=reveal+newsletters&utm_campaign=41ea55c5ef-the_weekly_reveal_01_10_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c38de7c444-41ea55c5ef-229964425.

  january 5, 2017. reporter trey bundy discusses his reporting on allegations of sex abuse among jehovah’s witnesses.

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  wannaexit

  Thanks Barb!! Trey is doing a wonderful job exposing this and doing my part to share that video.
  
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  Cutbacks

  by pepperheart in

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  2. beliefs

  what other cut backs do you think will be coming or might be coming these next few years for the borg ?.

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  wannaexit

  I would predict that they are going to push more online and less printed and will continue to become more mainstream.
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  Life is changing for me: no pioneering, got a job!

  by Skepsis in

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  a month ago i decided to register in this board.

  i had decided to step down pioneering but was frightened about the consequences.

  i had finished my university degree some months before (despite disaproval from brothers in my congregation) and i had to choose: continue pioneering and working in jobs with no future or starting a career, working full-time.. i was thinking to postpone the decisiton but... i was fed up with preaching.

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  wannaexit

  Skepsis you are in a great position right now. You have already bucked the trend by getting educated. Don't allow these men to control what you want to do. At the end of the day, they don't really care about you , they only care about serving an organization.
  

  best
  
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  How do you categorise the Society - Cult or High control religion

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i have often seen many categorise the organisation in different ways.

  some say cult, some say high control religion.

  cult or high control religion?.

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  wannaexit

  If its a cult-- its high control. Same thing. Semantics
  
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  Are there any doctrines which all Christian religions follow.

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  i cannot think of a single doctrine that is so clearly laid out in the bible that every christian sect teaches the same point.

  are there any doctrine where there is total consensus amongst all christian religions, including jehovah's witnesses?.

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  I would say that most religions would subscribe to the doing of good and "love your neighbor as yourself".
  
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  JWfacts: Excellent 15 minute video and script presentation - "Growing up a Jehovah's Witness"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/growing-up-a-jehovahs-witness.php.

  "growing up a jehovah's witness" .

  following the title, is the statement, .

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  wannaexit

  I saw this a while back. It's an excellent video. I felt as if it captured my personal life as a child of this religion. I was born in 1959. Sometimes I cry for the younger me, indoctrinated to such level
  

  I remember well, the fear I felt going through the paradise book and looking at the pictures of Armageddon.
  

  By the time I was in grade 5, I was discouraged from doing well in school. A sister gave me the advice to only get by at school and not to worry about getting good grades, after all, the end was only a few years away.

  I will be saluting 60 years soon....What a waste of a young life.