Will there be any full time bethelites left in a few years? All part time, temporary and day-workers, apart from the GB and a small administrative staff. Seems to be hinting.
slimboyfat
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Organizational Accomplishments - Building a Solid Digital Foundation
by wifibandit inorganizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.
organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.
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Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!
by Divergent inthursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.
2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.
that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.
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slimboyfat
There weren't hundreds of thousands of Christians in the first century.
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How to disorder a JW (family) chat
by Gorbatchov inwe all know the moment that a nice family chat is moving to the propaganda game.. sister in law saying that jw.org is the highest ranked website, cousing saying that the new hq is energy neutral, aunt stating that jw have the best education.... what can we say on these moments?.
that br splane just likes these new light ideas?.
that a jw.org video stated that jw use the name jehovah because people recognize this name?.
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slimboyfat
Saying that the JW website only gets so many visitors because there are millions of JWs and they are expected to visit for important literature updates, kind of misses the points. There are millions of JWs, and apparently they faithfully follow the literature updates by visiting the website. That is the point, and apparently more so than any other religious group. Some of the competing websites are well known, like the blue letter Bible is well established. I used to use it often.
And I know JWs who don't bother with days text or broadcasts.
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How to disorder a JW (family) chat
by Gorbatchov inwe all know the moment that a nice family chat is moving to the propaganda game.. sister in law saying that jw.org is the highest ranked website, cousing saying that the new hq is energy neutral, aunt stating that jw have the best education.... what can we say on these moments?.
that br splane just likes these new light ideas?.
that a jw.org video stated that jw use the name jehovah because people recognize this name?.
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slimboyfat
I wonder if the popularity of JW.org is only a recent development, since the promotion of the website in the last couple of years.
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The true meaning of "Jehovah" and the "overlapping generation" REVEALED!
by slimboyfat inthere has been some renewed interest in the meaning of the name jehovah on the forum in recent weeks.
combined with the ongoing discussion about the new "overlapping generation" teaching, speculation among the friends and among the ex-friends has been reaching something of a frenzy.
so it's perhaps appropriate that a little more should be revealed now about the meaning behind some of the perplexing events that have been taking place.
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slimboyfat
I forget what the point of this thread was originally. But I find it oddly persuasive actually! lol
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How to disorder a JW (family) chat
by Gorbatchov inwe all know the moment that a nice family chat is moving to the propaganda game.. sister in law saying that jw.org is the highest ranked website, cousing saying that the new hq is energy neutral, aunt stating that jw have the best education.... what can we say on these moments?.
that br splane just likes these new light ideas?.
that a jw.org video stated that jw use the name jehovah because people recognize this name?.
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slimboyfat
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What is the watchtower going to do when
by pepperheart inwhat is the watchtower going to do when the money runs out ??
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slimboyfat
They spend quarter of a billion a year on missionaries, pioneeers and circuit overseers alone. How much more on HQ and branches?
Plus why assume there was no leverage on the properties they sold?
Plus how much did they lose in the 2008 crash?
Plus didn't Lett say the sale of one building only covers running costs for a a few months?
Plus are't JWs the least well educated, lowest paid religious group in the US?
Plus haven't JWs always boasted that they don't beg for donations and hasn't that bred a "receive free" attitude in many JWs?
Plus haven't they lost their biggest source of income which was book and magazine sales?
Plus don't they lack exactly the sort of political connections that other groups exploit for financial and other advantages of various kinds?
I could go on. There is every reason to suspect JWs are an increasing poor religion, and every evidence of panic in the leadership at the realisation they are running out of funds.
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What is the watchtower going to do when
by pepperheart inwhat is the watchtower going to do when the money runs out ??
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slimboyfat
Stop printing literature, sack lots of bethelites and DOs, close branches, consolidate Kingdom Halls, ask for more donations.
Hang on, has the money already run out?
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White supremacy is an ideology of peace
by OneEyedJoe ini'm tired of hearing these constant attacks on white supremacists after the events in charlottesville.
why are moderate white supremacists being lumped in together and sharing the blame for the actions of one reprehensible man that misinterpreted the ideals of white supremacy and became violent?
clearly the motivation of such attacks on white supremacists is nothing other than racism.
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slimboyfat
Oh yeah, like this forum hasn't gone mental or anything. Not at all.
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in retrospect: RBCs vs LDCs / the hype about a lot of new construction and subsequent abrupt halt to construction
by Magnum inso, now that some time has passed, i’d like some input/thoughts/analysis/etc.
on the jw construction situation in the last few years.. first, why did they discontinue the rbc arrangement and institute the ldc arrangement?
was it for more and/or better control?
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slimboyfat
Is there anything tangible left from these plans? Letters, videos, documents?