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  Hardcore JW Friend Predicts the End of the Organization within 10 years.

  by kneehighmiah in

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  had a conversation with an aspiring elder.

  he said the end must be close because people are so discouraged that the organization can't last more than 10 years.

  this is before we received the please come to the international convention letter.

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  I'm not so sure the WT will go on for hundreds of years before a split and the reason is that so much is demanded of the rank and file that they barely have time to themselves once work, meetings, and ministry is taken into account.

  The organization demands so much and there is nothing about what they do that creates friendships between people at the Hall.

  Most churches have some form of community gatherings, even if it's just a meal.

  The Watchtower has NOTHING sponsored in the way of community meals, day trips for the elderly, youth groups etc. They have nothing.

  People need to feel wanted and part of something. We are, for the most part, social creatures. The Watchtower does not fill the void in people's social lives. That, coupled with "expectation postponed is making the heart sick" is enough to dampen their zeal.

  Will they be around in 10 years? Sure, but the quality of witnessing and the meetings is very dumbed down.

  They have nothing to look forward to.
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  BOE Letter: New Adjustments

  by pixel in

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  **this was predicted from some members here**.

  to all congregations .

  re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .

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  Wow - changes just keep on coming.

  Guess this won't be the "Last ever Memorial" yet
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  The Bible's Buried Secrets, new findings on how the ancient Israelites became supposedly monotheistic

  by Finkelstein in

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  2. bible

  i viewed this tv series recently and found the information interesting to say the least.. here is part 2 which got my attention the most.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyd0lzmile8.

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  Have as anyone heard of Jordan Maxwell?

  His seminars are quite good. This one is on astrotheology, he looks at the symbols that different religions have in common.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWcZRqIVk8
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  Anthony Morris and Disneyland "the Magic Kingdom"

  by trujw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in his talk the turd said disneland is ok cause he took his kids there.

  isn't disneyland known as "the magic kingdom" why in the world is it ok to go to a magic kingdom of fantasy and make believe with wizards but a kid playing with a stupid wizard toy makes jehovah sad.

  how can the turd be ok with thousands of magical toys and rides but at the exact same time tell them to throw those same toys in the trash.

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  lol @ Outlaw
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  Anthony Morris and Disneyland "the Magic Kingdom"

  by trujw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in his talk the turd said disneland is ok cause he took his kids there.

  isn't disneyland known as "the magic kingdom" why in the world is it ok to go to a magic kingdom of fantasy and make believe with wizards but a kid playing with a stupid wizard toy makes jehovah sad.

  how can the turd be ok with thousands of magical toys and rides but at the exact same time tell them to throw those same toys in the trash.

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  I remember once a bro at Hays Bridge telling us that "some brothers prefer the Magic Kingdom over the Millenial Kingdom"

  what a prat
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  Elder and CO just dropped by....

  by El_Guapo in

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  i haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.

  the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.

  i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?

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  Great response!

  I met a sister in a bank a few months ago and she told me, "I know I haven't called on you guys but I have thought about you" and I said to her, well, how are we supposed to know you are only thinking about us.

  Truthseeker
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  Truth be told screening NY was a fantastic success

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i attended the nyc screening of truth be told.. despite the atrocious weather, there were about 80 in attendance.. .

  the director is planning to show the movie in the uk..

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  truthseeker

  I attended the NYC screening of Truth Be Told.

  Despite the atrocious weather, there were about 80 in attendance.

  The director is planning to show the movie in the UK.
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  Why doesn't god do anything tangible now?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. bible

  i was always told that god did loads of stuff that was evidence of his existance.

  ususally very brutal things too (b#st@rd).. jesus walked on water and raised the dead we are told.. it seems to me also that the older the story, the more exaggerated it is...y'know...talking snake......global flood.. there are those that claim god speaks to them now and they alone 'know' it.

  (cuckoo!!!).

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  I do believe in God for my own personal reasons, but I have no explanation for why he has abandoned this planet.

  When the Daniel's prophecy book was released in 1999, I couldn't wait to find out information on the "King of the North" and the end times prophecy. I thought there would be new information. There was not.

  There was all the hype about the Millenium Bug that year. People were fearful something would happen.

  Then there was 9/11.

  Fast forward 13 years and here we are in 2014.

  None of us JWs and exJWS for one moment thought that we would be on this side of this system in the 21st century.

  The end was always near, but never here.

  Consider this:

  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2006924

  “There Will Come Ridiculers With Their Ridicule”

  6 Despite the urgency of the situation, most of earth’s inhabitants are not concerned about the approaching “day of Jehovah.” They mock and ridicule those who warn them of its imminent arrival. True Christians are not surprised by this. They remember the warning recorded by the apostle Peter: “You know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: ‘Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep in death, all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.’”—2 Peter 3:3, 4.
  
  
  Since the time this scripture was written, both "the ridiculed and the ridculers" have been dead for 2,000 years.

  What are we to think?

  And that is why people have lost their faith in God, they see two milleniums have passed and there has been no intervention by God in Earth's affairs.

  I did start reading the series "Conversations with God" and found it to be a very interesting, alternative perspective for why God allows bad things to happen.
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  Truth Be Told Screening Tomorrow in NYC

  by JetSetter in

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  2. friends

  i bought my ticket to the movie screening for tomorrow at a movie theater in nyc.

  it should be interesting, can't wait.. there will be a lot of xjw's there, i actually can't wait..

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  I'll be there too!
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  West Sussex: Bognor Regis Kingdom Hall vandalized (2013)

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  i know some people who attended this hall.

  http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2013/04/23/criminal-damage-to-jehovahs-witness-building-in-felpham.

  criminal damage to jehovah's witness building in felpham23 april 2013. police are appealing for witnesses after the jehovah's witness kingdom hall, flansham lane in felpham was subjected to religiously aggravated criminal damage overnight between thursday 11 april and friday 12 april.

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  truthseeker

  Sorry, this is a repost, I just noticed someone else posted a thread on this

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/250902/1/BRITAIN-23-April-2013-Criminal-Damage-to-Jehovahs-Witness-building-in-Felpham#.UtmUvbROn4Y