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  Is the organisation still obsessed with attacking the R.C.church ? , in their publications ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for the 33 years i was "in" their seemed to be a constant barrage against catholicism from either the watchtower or awake mags., and hardly a peep out of them towards other individual faiths .. i havent read any of their publications for well over 20 years and was just wondering if anything has changed in this regard .. smiddy.

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  lurkernomore

  They tend to refer to christendom as a whole these days. As was mentioned though individuals still refer to Catholicism when criticising other religions. Never Islam or Buddhism or Hinduism though, funny that.
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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  Thanks for that factfinder very informative!

  I think the point Juan made is valid and has made a few appearances lately in that most growth, as stagnant as it is, does come from families already associated. On top of that the vulnerability off people in our locality is definitely pounced upon as the WT uses this as proof that we need to give them the 'truth' to improve their lives and become closer to god.
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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  lurkernomore

  I belive there was a mention of rough numbers just a couple days ago. The Watchtower referred to something like 2.5 million Baptisms over x amount of years, those years were then cross referenced with actual increase in publishers over the same time period and it was only something like 1.5 million. So near to 40% equivalent of those who come in leave again, if were just talking pure stats.
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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  lurkernomore

  Not only that, but because they obviously 'DON'T BRAG IN NUMBERS', growth or an increase in a lot of stats is definitely a sign that the end is so so close, even if the vast majority of growth comes from born in JW's.
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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  lurkernomore

  Well they still have the information for most inactive, df'd and da'd on the books i guess, so it would'nt be a problem to add them to the active figures!

  Also from what i've already read on here 'A LOT' of people have falsified their hours (especially the pioneers) so i don't have any faith in those figures being correct.
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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  lurkernomore

  I was watching a couple videos on YouTube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.

  I'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the Societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.

  Does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?

  (Also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately? I had a PM chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs. Also not seen him post since)
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  replying to pm's

  by purrpurr in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  i want to reply when people send me pm,s but when i begin to type in the reply box the submit button disappears?

  i'm using android device and google chrome.

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  lurkernomore

  That happened to me the other day. It is there but invisible. Try pressing to the very left of the screen where you would usually find the submit button. Mine has somehow managed to fix itself :/
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  Minimum statutory paid leave

  by tornapart in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was surprised to read that the us has no minimum statutory paid leave.

  in the eu the minimum is 20 days annually.

  some countries give much more.

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  lurkernomore

  I believe they also don't have a minimum wage act.
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  The Circuit Overseer Visit

  by garyneal in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last week, the circuit overseer came to visit my wifes congregation and as usual their patterns change somewhat during this week.

  from my perspective, the meetings are held on tuesday and thursday instead of the normal wednesday night during this week and they are more eager to go out in field service.

  sunday came and my wife wanted us to attend the meeting.

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  This is also the topic that first opened my eyes to TTATT!!! I phoned the elder who studied with me when I was younger and he gave me the clap trap about only wanting to access some sort of 'library card' if the UN. There was definitely no political agenda whatsoever no, no. Them he went on about how witnesses even work for the UN in clerical capacities these days.

  I just thought: Wow does this mean I can start tendering for work with the MOD and local church parishes now then?
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  I Don't Think The Witnesses Really Care If You Can Explain Doctrine As Long As You Accept Them!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  gone are the days of getting into discussions about their beliefs.

  doing major research to prove a position or watchtower doctrine is a thing of the past.

  all they want from you is to surrender and accept everything they say as undeniable truth.. do you agree?.

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  lurkernomore

  It's been a loooong time since I've heard anyone get into a discussion about doctrine. I'd say the last time anything was discussed in depth was during the last time we went through the revelation book.

  These days it's all talk about how life is so awful and the big A is only just around the corner. Any form of substance seems to have disappeared. Thinking about it that's probably why I floated along for so long before opening up to TTATT.