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  New releases at annual meeting??

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been mentioned in passing but it seems to deserve its own thread.. this year at the rc, no releases.

  instead they wait to drop them at the annual meeting which isnt a even simulcast event.

  what is their thinking?

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  I'd vote for the 'money' reason for the change. Looks like they try to save every cent these days - and at the Regional conventions (RC) lots of hard copies goes to guests (mostly, for nothing), and to every JW present - while not every jdub will bother to order those hard copies via the cong. I'd guess for about 20%-40% saving of hard copies. Which adds up to a pretty decent number if taken worldwide - at least several if not dozens $$ millions (maybe, even enough for one of the child abuse trial expenses).
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  Today's Watchtower Study Article - 100% Double-Speak

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1) throughout the whole article jw's were being told not to believe or pass on everything they hear, but to examine the information to prove whether it was true or not.. 2) throughout the whole article jw's were being told not to listen to or look into any information or challenges which sounded negative about the org.. mind-numbed jw's will be leaving their kh's today wondering, "do i try and prove to myself and others that that what has been said is definitely a lie, (1 timothy 4:1; 1 peter 3:15;1 john 4:1) or do i totally ignore it and believe everything the org tells me is true?

  " (proverbs 14:15).

  cult-training in full flow..

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  stillMS

  I've been to this WT study - it really was a joke overall. But the comments are 100% Orwellian, hardcore jdubs sharing their experience about meeting 'evil apostate lies' online and how they were horrified and later victoriously rejected them, etc.

  No red flags rosen for anyone, no confusion - nothing.
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  I'm considering putting off my leaving

  by paradiseseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to share with you the thoughts that i've had lately.. my plan was to get a job, become independent and then leaving the org throughout this year 2018. i'm going to achieve the first step in a matter of weeks, the second one soon afterwards but maybe i will wait a little longer for the last one.. one year ago a friend of mine was reinstated.

  we weren't very close friends back then, although we got along well.

  but, since no many jws in my town want to hang out with him (because of his being a former disfellowshipped), we started to talk and go out more often and in a matter of half a year we've become very close friends, like brothers.

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  Thanks for sharing, paradiseseeker!

  You're in no way obliged to make any move like leaving the borg officially. It depends on many things.

  My only advice would be to avoid attracting others to the borg (it's anyway hard these days - but who knows...) to save'em from potential harm, and to avoid starting romantic relations with PIMI girls - but I suppose you know that yourself (looks like you've got thing planned very well).

  Good luck and keep us posted!
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  Can you disassociate on your last judicial committee for apostasy?

  by jwdoctrine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys, i have been summoned to a judicial committee for apostasy.

  i'm going to disassociate anyway but i don't want to miss the fun .i'm thinking of handing my letter of dissociation on the night of the committee.do you think this is a good idea?.

  as i said i have already made my mind up.

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  Make sure to post your committee to Youtube - to make even more fun ;)

  Not sure the letter of disassociation would be a fun thing to do - unless you make it public in some way.
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  Teenagers fascinated by the military

  by SonoftheTrinity in

  1. social
  2. family

  they seem to be rebelling by studying every aspect of the military behind their mother's back.

  i tell them to keep their noses clean and become coasties if they must trod that path.

  is this par for the course?.

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  It's quite natural for the boys, I guess.

  Overall, it's a satisfying and pleasant thing to be a pacifist, but the reality is cruel - and a country without military support will not last for long (at least it has been this way throughout all mankind history till nowadays).
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  What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

  it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

  congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

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  Cart witnessing rules enforcement much depends on how hardcore the elders are at a given KH.

  Actually, stupid rules (and their stupid implementation locally) about allowing one to take part in cart witnessing was one of many red flags in recent years that confirmed my decision to fade.
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  What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

  it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

  congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

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  It depends on a person. There are still genuinely zealous jdubs (mostly sisters), especially in the areas 'where the need is great' or foreign groups; but overall trend is that people learn to 'doublethink' and not care much about the religion. The elders don't know the Bible well, even the Borg's interpretation - they mostly try to keep up with 'tight-pants style' instructions from GB and Bethel.
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  Breitbart Report on JW "Russia persecution" sparks comments battle

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/27/exclusive-jehovahs-witnesses-face-harsh-persecution-in-putins-russia/_________in my daily sweep of the web for interesting jw articles, the above link popped up.the report is probably propped up by a stream of watchtower propaganda publicity releases to the media.but what struck me was the comments below the article.. give it read and join in if you feel moved..

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  stillMS - you seem to be defending WT a lot.

  Where have you seen me defending the Borg?
  

  Are Mormons in Russia?

  Of course, there are mormons in Russia - but they're quite outnumbered (20k+ as they claim), and totally strange to Russians mentality. They're generally not known to public and don't get much attention from government.
  

  Here are some differences between JW and Islam/Christianity.

  Thanks for reminding that to me, but most of the 'traditional' religions/sects have their own harmful rules and practices, in many cases even worse than that of the Borg (in no way I am justifying it).
  

  Anyway, I am curious to hear what your grand conspiracy theory is behind Russia targeting the JW's as you put it.

  No conspiracy here. It's quite evident for those who know Russian people. Putin is not a person strange to Russians - he personifies the desires of the Russians as a people (if it wasn't him, they would find another one like him). I won't describe those desires here (it's kinda off-topic), but one of those desires is to persecute 'sects' (non-Orthodox), and jws are just the most famous and irritating to people. And modern Russian Orthodox 'church' (which is controlled by intelligence -NKVD/KGB/FSB - since it's very foundation by Stalin during WW2 till these days) hasn't missed its chance to use a 'friendly' government (FSB controlled) to enact legislation against the ones they disgust.The only idea I'm emphasizing in my posts is that in no way current Russian government cares about things totally strange to them (like human rights, justice, citizens well-being, etc) when enforcing laws against jws. It's just a small part of what they do these days (creating a safe environment for their power and the money they get from this power - same like Borg's 'us versus them' mentality, but far worse, because brainwashed Russians already go killing tens of thousands of people and literally destroying lives of millions). That's my point - as briefly as I could.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Breitbart Report on JW "Russia persecution" sparks comments battle

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/27/exclusive-jehovahs-witnesses-face-harsh-persecution-in-putins-russia/_________in my daily sweep of the web for interesting jw articles, the above link popped up.the report is probably propped up by a stream of watchtower propaganda publicity releases to the media.but what struck me was the comments below the article.. give it read and join in if you feel moved..

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  The watchtower played with fire and got burned. Nuff said.

  Other churches/sects/ of Islam, Christianity and other religions (and Russia itself) have also been playing with fire for quite longer than Borg - let's see if they got burned, as well.

  Smelling the Great Tribulation thing ;)
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  Breitbart Report on JW "Russia persecution" sparks comments battle

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/27/exclusive-jehovahs-witnesses-face-harsh-persecution-in-putins-russia/_________in my daily sweep of the web for interesting jw articles, the above link popped up.the report is probably propped up by a stream of watchtower propaganda publicity releases to the media.but what struck me was the comments below the article.. give it read and join in if you feel moved..

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  So tell me which of those things they deemed extremism are invalid in those kangaroo courts that you describe?
  

  Do you not agree that courts in Russia are 'kangaroo'? Really?

  Regarding your links - I'm glad you can use google, but you're twisting with the facts. I don't have time to flood the post with google links, but I've been following development of JWs treatment in Russia since 2000's, and I remember the ridiculous 'expert' decisions on borg's literature to call'em 'extremist'. Based on those ridiculous decisions, they went ahead, and first called local congos 'extremist', then proceeded to calling branch an 'extremist' org, finally (at the moment) they called all JWs extremists and started persecuting them practically as terrorists. The rest of the accusations you name were mostly for discussion in media, and not for enforcing the current ban.