Topics Started by dozy
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Baptism numbers decreasing?
by Mattieu inthe last 3 weekends have seen 3 circuit assemblies in victoria with over 1000 attending each circuit.
yet only 10 baptised over the last 3 weeks, including 3 last weekend.
i can remember a few years ago when only 1 bro was baptised at a 2 day convention.. its funny, when 10-20 were being baptised at each circuit assembly back in the 1980s & early 90s it was always brought out that this was a sign of jehovahs blessing upon the org.
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All This Real Estate Development-What Do They Have Up Their Sleeve?
by WalkTall insorry, i put this topic mistakenly under beliefs.
i meant to put it here.. i really can't understand what's going on.
someone mentioned on another thread there is expansion going on at the wallkill farm.
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Special edition Watchtower / Awakes for the spring
by dozy inheard a few rumblings from my jw contacts that there are special public edition watchtower & awakes to coincide with the memorial / easter time 2010. the theme is very much jesus oriented - picture of him on the front cover etc.
publishers will be encouraged to order extra copies for the field.
i don't think there is any memorial invitation distribution planned - this seems to replace that.
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Logistical problems of the new system...
by highdose injust supposing that you belive in it... i used to always wonder, how on earth are we going to get from one country to the other?
i mean old type ships used to take months to get around!
what about land travel?
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Has any other GB member achieved a university degree aside from Lloyd Barry?
by DNCall ini can't think of one.
anyone .
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Elder won't marry mum because my brother's gay
by iMARX ini know that the elders and all jws have stupid "conscience" decisions to make from time to time, but this topped it for me.. my brother's gay and that's why he left the religion a few years ago.
now my mum wants to get re-married to another brother but the elder that she asked to marry them both declined.
he says that it would bother his conscience too much "because of luke living with you, because he's...ya know...gay!".
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The Caring Elders
by cantleave ini would be interested in your opinion of the following:.
a friend told me about an incident that had happened in a neighbouring congregation.
she told me that a sister from the congregation needed to get back to work after a meeting but discovered that she was boxed in.
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Think the GB Knows much about WT's Financial Holdings? Think Again
by flipper ini missed this point the first time i read ray franz's book " crisis of conscience " 3 years ago.
but it leaped off the page at me the second time around reading it this time.
on page 28 in discussing how secretive the gb meetings are and only rarely will an outsider be let in to gb meetings to give a report- then were sent away out of the room so the gb could continue meeting in secret.. franz in discussing financial issues states on pg.
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Not invited to a JW family dinner
by LoriJis ini just need to vent.
my husband and i live in the same apt complex as my jw in-law family.
they have family visiting from out of state and there is a big family dinner tonight - but omg its not a thanksgiving dinner.
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A Speculative Question
by cantleave ini know there is no definitive answer to the question below.
i reckon that in my congregation there are at 30 people who don't really believe the wtb$ in its entirety.
these are the ones who attend and do just enough so as to please family, maintain social circles / business contacts or need the organisation to give them a sense of purpose.. based on your experience and the knowledge of those in your congregation what percentage of jw's do you believe would stay faithful if they had to choose between the org or their life?.