Posts by truthseeker

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Is All The Bad Publicity About The Watchtower Pedophile Lawsuits Causing Contributions To Nose Dive Worldwide?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i think with all the child molestation lawsuits the watchtower corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently.

the silent lambs protest back in 2001, and the dateline prime time expose probably was the death knell for the watchtower's hey day in brooklyn.. their membership is drying up, young people are leaving in droves, the situation is no doubt far worse than the annually published yearbook figures show and so they ceased it's publication permanently.

and those left remaining are experiencing a huge grab of money from their congregations accounts and now are required to make pledges about how much they can contribute which i think is a last ditch effort by the governing body to squeeze more money out of the rank and file watchtower indoctrinated drones.. i think all this is happening because even those still loyally attending are hearing reports of these tremendous pay out that the watchtower is making to the victims of their self serving policies that put young ones at great risks so that even the rank and file don't want to contribute to pay court costs and so are withholding giving contributions to a very great extent.

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Slimboyfat,

I will shortly be working on a project to analyze all congregations in the U.K. and their contributions once the data has been pulled

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If WT are cutting back on mags will they also cut back on Bethelites?

by truthseeker in

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i was thinking after hearing about the agm cutbacks to the mags and other website content surely they will end up dismissing more bethelites?

i would have thought in the old days, before the web, an artist or writer at bethel would have been a full time job making content for four 32 page mags a month.

now what are these guys going to do?.

truthseeker

I was thinking after hearing about the AGM cutbacks to the mags and other website content surely they will end up dismissing more Bethelites? I would have thought in the old days, before the web, an artist or writer at Bethel would have been a full time job making content for four 32 page mags a month. Now what are these guys going to do?

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Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?

by cofty in

since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.

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In my hometown of Bognor Regis some sisters spend their mornings sitting on a bench on the high street with their literature cart. I've known one sister since I was a child and went up to her and said I didn't want to miss the opportunity to say hi. I said I know you're not allowed to talk to me. She said, yes, I know what you mean. They know I'm an apostate in Bognor Regis.

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Everlasting life on a stick

by truthseeker in

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i think the watchtower is the only organization that can promise a product (everlasting life) and never deliver it.. what fools we've been to believe this nonsense..

truthseeker

I think the Watchtower is the only organization that can promise a product (everlasting life) and never deliver it.

what fools we've been to believe this nonsense.

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Writing a book on Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses - suggestions welcome

by truthseeker in

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so i finally decided to start writing a book on exiting jehovah's witnesses.

i've been meaning to do this for a very long time.

there are so many books out there and i don't want to repeat what everyone else has written.. although the book will include some basic history of jehovah's witnesses and the usual doctrinal flaws, it's core audience are those who are thinking about leaving, in the process of leaving or have already left.. the book will contain case studies of people who've left and made a success of their life.

truthseeker

Hi scratchme,

i kept it generic but will take your advice. I want to cover as many groups and situations as I can.

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Writing a book on Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses - suggestions welcome

by truthseeker in

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friends

so i finally decided to start writing a book on exiting jehovah's witnesses.

i've been meaning to do this for a very long time.

there are so many books out there and i don't want to repeat what everyone else has written.. although the book will include some basic history of jehovah's witnesses and the usual doctrinal flaws, it's core audience are those who are thinking about leaving, in the process of leaving or have already left.. the book will contain case studies of people who've left and made a success of their life.

truthseeker

Thank you for your comments. I will definitely take them to heart. There are so many complicated situations witnesses who want to leave find themselves in.

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Writing a book on Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses - suggestions welcome

by truthseeker in

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friends

so i finally decided to start writing a book on exiting jehovah's witnesses.

i've been meaning to do this for a very long time.

there are so many books out there and i don't want to repeat what everyone else has written.. although the book will include some basic history of jehovah's witnesses and the usual doctrinal flaws, it's core audience are those who are thinking about leaving, in the process of leaving or have already left.. the book will contain case studies of people who've left and made a success of their life.

truthseeker

Hello all,

So I finally decided to start writing a book on exiting Jehovah's Witnesses. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time. There are so many books out there and I don't want to repeat what everyone else has written.

Although the book will include some basic history of Jehovah's Witnesses and the usual doctrinal flaws, it's core audience are those who are thinking about leaving, in the process of leaving or have already left.

The book will contain case studies of people who've left and made a success of their life. Some who have already left have written to me giving permission to use their success story as a case study.

If you would like to submit your success story, I would be glad to accept it, though due to the book size there are limitations on how many case studies I can include. I will not use your real name unless you specifically say otherwise.

The book will focus on different types of situations that leavers find themselves in:

1) A teenager living at home with witness parents who knows the truth is a lie and wants out

2) The married elder who has woken up but must go through the motions of living "the truth"

3) A wife who has woken up and all her family is in the truth

4) Fence sitters who aren't quite sure what to do

5) Those considering reinstatement to maintain family ties and friendships

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Human Origins

by cofty in

fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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Cofty,

I was at this Smithsonian museum last month and saw the Human Origins exhibit. There's no denying that the skulls staring back at me were hundreds of thousands of years older than the Biblical Adam.

Having said that, from my own studies and research I am of the opinion that human development may have been interfered with at some point in the distant past but these are my own beliefs and have nothing to do with the scriptures.

Truthseeker

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JW All seeing eye property

by wwjdnwt in

https://youtu.be/t0nfxs7cans have you guys seen this?

i googled it on my pc and pulled same thing.

crazy stuff.

truthseeker

It is interesting. Odd coincidence. I even googled images of all seeing eye and there is a resemblance.

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What actually happened AFTER Jesus zoomed up into the clouds and disappeared?

by TerryWalstrom in

what happened after jesus zoomed up into the sky?for a while, he was expected to return rather quickly.in the meantime, there was the “great commission” and evangelism to be tended to.. the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

truthseeker

Terry,

Thanks for an interesting topic!

Here are three scriptural quotes which put things into perspective about the never ending wait for the Lord's return

2 Peter 3: "For 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.”

The ridiculers and the ridiculed have been dead almost 2,000 years.

John 21:20-23 "Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

Jesus' apostle, whom he loved, has been dead almost 2,000 years

Revelation 22:12 says ""Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done."

He never came back. This verse was written almost 2,000 years ago.