1. Think of all the money JWs will save on postage stamps.
2. Think of all the money JWs will spend on fuel.
3. JWs who were using the pandemic as an opportunity to fade will have to decide whether to complete the fade or come back to "mother."
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39House-to-House Resumes Sep 1 2022
by Smiles inbreaking news | house-to-house preaching will resume on september 1, 2022. the governing body is pleased to announce that the house-to-house preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses will resume on september 1, 2022. we pray for jehovah’s rich blessing to be with all of you as we resume our house-to-house ministry!.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/#newsalerts.
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A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.
by Fisherman inobviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.
and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.
in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.
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Instead of saying, "We were wrong," the "humble brothers" doubled down.
Will the overlapping generations themselves overlap somehow in order to keep the whole thing going?
The mind boggles.
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In person attendance
by road to nowhere inwe got the inevitable letter today.. meet, associate and "encourage" in person unless sick or infirm.
also dress up for zoom if you must use it.
locally over half are on zoom, 3/4 no picture.
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What about resuming field service? Any word on that?
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Do you think the Watchtower is right about about eternal punishment of the wicked?
by Vanderhoven7 inatheists believe death is the end of personal existence.
but for those who believe there is life after death, what do you think is the nature of final punishment?
in other words do you agree with the atheists and the watchtower society or is there eternal ongoing conscious punishment awaiting the wicked.
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What about the rich man and Lazarus passage in Luke 16?
Whatever you think of it, the Watchtower explanation of it is ludicrous.
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JW "new light" immediately reversed/contradicted
by BoogerMan inseptember 2022 study watchtower - par.
14 p. 18 - "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things before their death.
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Sounds like they updated one paragraph with "new light" but not another.
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What Name Does the New Testament Emphasize - Jehovah or Jesus?
by Vanderhoven7 init seems to me scripturally speaking, that jehovah's witnesses are emphasizing the wrong name.. it should be jesus, not jehovah.
who is the way, the truth and the life?
(john 14:6).
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The WT says the Bible manuscripts are thoroughly reliable, except for excising the name "Jehovah" from the Greek scriptures 237 times.
That never made sense to me.
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Do you think the brothers who wrote watchtower articles are living in real world?
by Longlivetherenegades indo you think the brothers who wrote watchtower articles are living in real world?........
david splane........ powerful by faith convention 2021 video.
please i got an excerpt of this from another video but the response by david splane is not included.
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I often wonder to what extent they believe their own teachings.
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Interesting comment regarding in person meeting attendance.
by joe134cd ininteresting remark i overheard today.
the physical attendance for the sunday meeting, in my local area, was 10. i tried to find out those on zoom.
i was told that the zoom attendees wasn’t mentioned.
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The COVID fade: A lot of JWs discovered there are better things to do than field service and KH meeting attendance.
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Should a Christian celebrate Christmas?
by Samsie inhello, i'm new here and have woken up to the real truth concerning the org.
i'm sort of fading away at the moment.... i need help with something, i used to as a child celebrate christmas and have always had amazing memories of it (my husband hasn't as he was born into the org) but i gave it up when i learnt the "truth".
my interest was only in pleasing god and still is.
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Where did you get the idea it was wrong to celebrate Christmas and that everyone has to see it that way?
From the Watchtower, which you now know isn't "Jehovah's organization" or "the truth." See how powerful their indoctrination can be? You don't believe it any more but you still have the emotions they programmed into you.
Romans 14:5 says that what days we do or don't celebrate is a matter of personal conscience: "One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind."
Follow your conscience in this matter, but don't let your conscience be controlled by 8 men in New York who falsely claim to speak for Jehovah.
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The resurrected will not get a change of clothes in the New System
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2022.
20 what an exciting time the thousand year reign will be!
it will include the greatest educational program ever undertaken here on earth.
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Given that the WT teaches that the dead will know nothing until the resurrection, imagine a resurrected person who died in 1924, expecting the resurrection in 1925 because Rutherford said so in "Millions".
They get resurrected and meet someone who died in 1974, expecting the resurrection in 1975 because Freddy said it was an appropriate time for Jehovah to act.
They meet a JW who died in 1994, expecting the resurrection to come before 2000 because the new system would surely come before the end of the 20th century because the Awake! masthead said so.
Then they meet someone who died in 2014 (100 years after 1914) and learn about Splane's talk about "overlapping generations."
In fact, imagine all the conflicting false teachings each one would be believing because it was "the truth" when they died.
What doctrines would they have in common?
They'd all have to relearn everything, and they'd find out that most of what they proclaimed as truth door-to-door was just plain wrong.