Posts by thedepressedsoul

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

I was more disturb that the WT mentioned that some who partake "may have mental or emotional problems " ... Insane.... so if you Read & follow Jesus command on John 6: 51..."if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever, ..." & partake of the emblems & wine we are the ones with "mental & emotional problems?"
The whole article was awkward, paragraph 5 & 6 the WT is placing a gag order on partakers... don't talk about it, if your going to do it don't mention it to others & if the other see someone partaking don't ask them about it!!!! Wow, just Wow..... yeah I see them putting an asterisk by the yr book partakers #s that this # may not reflect accurately "true anointed christians" NEW LIGHT! ;)

Yea they stripped any "perks" that came from claiming you are anointed. The first move was removing them as the Faithful and Discreet Slave. After this article, there's nothing special left besides eating/drinking the wine and bread.

The top 7 only want the glory.

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

I caught that same point as well. Yes, I firmly believe they will stop printing the number. They have to. I suspect you wont see it in next years Yearbook. It is meaningless now at this point, and they have just admitted it. This will go quietly away, and no one will say a word about it.
You watch, the 144,000 number will be next. It will be announced as figurative, and not literal.
The light grows ever brighter!

You know what, if they stop printing the number of anointed, they can leave the 144,000 as literal. No one will have a clue how many are actually partaking. Hardly anyone knows of anointed now so they can keep it a literal number as long as they want now.

Holy crap, I think this was another layer of them bashing the number. Next step is to remove it from print which allows them to keep it literal with zero questions asked.. It's a win/win for them

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

Thanks thedepressed soul. Oops. I stand corrected! I had missed that as a quote and wrongly read it as something a Witness had said at the meeting in their own words.

No worries bro

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

The Watchtower study article did not say the number was inaccurate. The OP said Witnesses anssering during the Watchtower study saidbit was inaccurate.

"Therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth" -

That's from their Watchtower! How is them not saying it's inaccurate? They are saying it is not accurate.

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

they only printed a % of partakers not the actual amount?

No, they print the actual number.

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Hashtag "BESTLIFEEVER!!"

by Lostwun in

is it just me or does it grind your gears when you see #bestlifeever hashtag after every damn jw post on fb and instagram?.

i rarely get on instagram anymore because i dont want to deal with the jw propaganda but i swear sometimes i just want to comment on one of those pics 'jw life is the worst life ever wake up already'.

does anyone else know what i'm talking about?

thedepressedsoul

It's the same thing as them thinking they are the most loving people. The most honest people.

They believe it's true. Now they believe they have the best life ever as they take another depression pill.

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

Well, given that the number of partakers has risen year-by-year since around 2006 to just over 15,000, they've got to say something. It increased at the 2015 memorial alone over the 2014 memorial by over 1,000.

I get that, but they are out right saying the number is false. So the question is, why print it? You now have all JW's thinking and saying how it's false. The number is now completely pointless.

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Berkshire Circuit (UK)

by Dont_Believe_The_Truth in

jw
friends

i'm hearing rumours of huge changes within the berkshire circuit here in the uk .

congregations being dispanded and kingdom halls closing down and being sold off.... official announcements within the next month apparently .

does anyone else have anymore info?.

thedepressedsoul

And yet I still have to hear about all this expansion.......

Someone was praising the 1% growth the other day in their comment. If your 401k was growing at 1% you'd be pissed!

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

Nothing new. The same has been stated for years - though I admit not as clearly as this time, but still it is nothing new, and the numbers have been printed at the same time. So what's the worry?

They have openly admitted this time though that numbers are inaccurate. In the past they just said "some" may be mentally unstable. I've never heard them say or even worse, print, that the actual number is not correct.

If you told elders a few years ago that the number of anointed is inaccurate and wrong. They would form a JC and DF you on the spot.

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So... Are they done printing the number of partakers?

by thedepressedsoul in

during the wt study yesterday i had a confused look on my face the whole meeting.

more of a, wtf, face.

one paragraph says, "therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.".

thedepressedsoul

During the WT study yesterday I had a confused look on my face the whole meeting. More of a, WTF, face.

One paragraph says, "Therefore,the number of partakers does not accurately indicate the number of anointed ones left on earth.". Then the review question asks, "Why should we not be worried about the number of those who eat the bread and drink the wine at the Memorial?—Rom. 9:11, 16.".

You had JW's commenting the whole meeting about how the number of partakers is inaccurate and not a true number of the actual anointed.

So either come the 2017 Year Book the number of partakers is gone or everyone will just think it's an inaccurate number. If they keep it, why even print it then? Your own publication says it's inaccurate and now your members think it's inaccurate. So are they just admitting the number is a load of crap and if so, why print it all now?

That was the most confused I've been at a meeting in a long time. Heck the generation teaching makes more sense then this article.