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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?.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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..

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  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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  2. 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.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  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

  Truthseeker
  
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  Human Origins

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  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.
  

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  JW All seeing eye property

  by wwjdnwt in

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

  i googled it on my pc and pulled same thing.

  crazy stuff.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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.
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  WTBTS of Britain selling another Kingdom Hall

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  while having a sojourn in se england yesterday (bank holiday weekend) i noticed this a few meters from the entrance to richmond park.... .

  this is the kingdom hall of the richmond park congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

  i checked the website of the estate agent (bonsors) and there is no mention of the property or the price.

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  Wow - isn't this a posh area where renting is expensive.