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  Predictions And Wishes For The Watchtower Society In 2004

  by minimus in

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  do you have any??

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  drawcad_1

  Elsewhere said- the governing body will do the "Perp-Walk" in handcuffs on CNN regarding certain charges related to cover-ups of sexual abuse. This cracks me up.

  I predict that they will cook the books some more to show more activity and a marginal growth.

  We will see fewer kingdom halls that will be explained as ?reorganization?.

  I would like to see another documentary or two on cover-ups. Might happen, might not.

  Another trial would be nice, and maybe a good public loss.

  More new light, got to love it. Maybe on mandatory donations or respecting all elders.

  What will happen- business as usual.
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  What would u give 2 a jw as a Xmas gift?

  by badboy in

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  the truth about history,perhaps.. or crisis of conscience/in search of ctian freedom.. any other ideas?,any1.

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  Once, they have the new brain. A new life would be an appropriate gift.
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  125,725 JW Publishers are MISSING !!!

  by Amazing in

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  blueblades posted the 2003 service year report.

  the watchtower society makes it appear that they grew 2.2% (which is lower than some of their earlier percentages) ... but the way they present the data, does not reveal the truth.

  [note: the chart below is the smallest i could get it ... sorry for the inconvenience.

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  the memorial attendance is lower than I had thought. this is one of the best counts that I can think of that they hold. It does show some of the inactive and DF'd but it does show a bad sign.
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  WORLDWIDE REPORT 2003 Grand Totals.

  by Blueblades in

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  for those who don't have the new 2004 yearbook.. branches of jehovah's witnesses:...................................................109. number of lands reporting:..............................................................235. total congregations:..........................................................................95,919. worldwide memorial attendance:.........................................................16,097,622. memorial partakers worldwide:.............................................................8,565. peak of publishers in kingdom service:...................................................6,429,351. average publishers preaching each month:................................................6,184,046. percentage of increase over 2002:..............................................................2.2. total number baptized:.................................................................................258,845. average pioneer publishers each month:.......................................................825,185. total hours spent in field:................................................................1,234,796,477. average home bible studies each month:................................................5,726,509. during the 2003 service year,jehovah's witnesses spent over $80 million in caring for special pioneers,missionaries,and traveling oversers in their field service assigments.. what does this report reveal about the current feeling of the governing body,do they continue to believe that they are guided by jehovah's holy spirit which includes the 8,565 anointed ones.as they await the great tribulation which will arrive with a sudden shock .more on this yearbook will follow.. feel free to add your comments.. blueblades

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  the increase in memorial attendance is only 1.8% from last year. I think that some of the other numbers might be tweaked a little to show better results, and I think that Japan's numbers have realy been messed with.
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  Field Service Hours

  by Mystery in

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  my "jw" family came down for the "thanksgiving" holiday.

  my mom & sister - my sisters family - my full time pioneer niece (17 years old).

  we were sitting around playing cards and my niece was writing letters inbetween deals.

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  My hours would start when I got into the car to go to the Hall and would not end until I got back home, unless I went shopping or had errands that where not acomplished while I was out in field service. It is amazing how many bills can be paid while you are out. My idea was that I would not be going out unless I was in field service, so every minute was billable.

  this one is too funny.

  And who could possibly forget....stop at garage sales! Of course, you'll want to drop a tract on a table or at least say something to the householder. But then again, your fine dress and conduct in itself is a witness, is it not?
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  Were you treated differently after you were baptised?

  by little1 in

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  the jw i dated hung around for 14 years before finally being baptised (i don't know how he got away with that).

  i've heard that the way they treat you changes after you've signed on the dotted line, that the gloves come off and they start turning the screws.

  i'd like to know if this was true for any of you and what your experiences in this area are.. thanks, little1

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  Mouthy -sorry to hear that things were not so good at home. I hope that things have improved.
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  My story

  by ChimChim in

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  i was never baptised because i was to young, i was in it until i was 5 years old.

  but it ruined my life and still is because my dad, nanny, grandfather, my step nanny, my aunt and uncle...all on my dads side of the family are still in it, so i get lectured alot about things that have to do with the "truth" or i hear him talking about and all i think it, "what a bunch of garbage.

  he never really yells at me, i don't think he can because he barely ever see's me, i try to avoid going there as much as possible.

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  ChimChim- good job at holding out. It is hard for daddies girl to go against him, but it seems like you are doing it.
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  Were you treated differently after you were baptised?

  by little1 in

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  the jw i dated hung around for 14 years before finally being baptised (i don't know how he got away with that).

  i've heard that the way they treat you changes after you've signed on the dotted line, that the gloves come off and they start turning the screws.

  i'd like to know if this was true for any of you and what your experiences in this area are.. thanks, little1

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  I agree with Blondie. They cannot count the time (with a clear conscience) that they spend talking to you, once you have become baptized. Sometimes in a car group we would drive for half an hour just to say hello to brother or sister X?s book study so that they could feel the warmth of the organization. Once, that person was ?in? then we would drop them in favor of someone else?s book study.

  I guess that for a while I tried to do the thing that they wanted you to do, go out in field service, help out in the congregation, answer during the studies, but that was just enough to get them off of your back. They would stop coming over to my house to check on the family?s welfare, we had to find our own group to hang out with after the meeting (not included in everyone else?s), not invited with everybody?s car group (my family actually had to make its own car group at times because everybody else already had theirs).

  The thing that I hated was that now the elders felt that they had me by my strings. Before I was baptized I could make observations that I did not like, got the answers or condolences that showed they had gone to the trouble to investigate what I had said. After baptism I would get a response that was disheartening, as if Satan had made me make that statement. And all of the elders that had peon jobs or were looked down upon by their family had no problem telling me and my family what to do, how to act and what was expected.
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  More push over "bad assoc." online

  by Mysterious in

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  it was at the meeting i ducked out of yesterday, mom told me all the highlights.

  apparently they are starting to crack down on online gaming because it lets you associate with "worldly" people.

  this was further extended to chat (which they have been after for years) and online communities.

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  Information control can only last for a certain time and only for the hard liners. With the massive amounts of information out there it is truly a good time for apostates and people that want to get out.
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  Dec.03 KM - Evidence of a Fake Ministry?

  by metatron in

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  i have often asserted on this forum that the published totals for publishers and hours.

  are not to be believed.

  first, because i'm a fake publisher ( like many) and second, because.

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  It looks like an effort to revitalize a dieing mission.