That 1996 KM's reference to "Jehovah's zealous servants of today" stands in stark contrast to recent photos of bored JWs sitting alone next to a cart, looking at their cell phones, talking to no one except to refer anyone who does ask them a question to the Watchtower website.
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2Preaching while traveling, shopping, working, waiting in parking lots
by RULES & REGULATIONS inkingdom ministry 9/96 pp.
3-6. preach the good news everywhere.
2 jehovah’s zealous servants of today have the same objective—to reach everyone possible with the kingdom good news.
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Is There Going to be Money in the New System?
by NotFormer inif not, what's in it for the gb?.
but seriously, how is it supposed to work?
pictures of jws in paradise show them raising crops, wearing clothes and building houses.
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Ding
No need for money...
JWs will spend all their time having picnics and petting lions.
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Can ANY JW provide Bible proof?
by BoogerMan inhitchins razor - "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
which bible verse/s conclusively prove the following claims?.
w16 november p. 30 par.
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The WT theory seems to be that if you say it often enough, that's proof.
Seems to work for them...
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Former Jehovah's Witness admits: We targeted grief-stricken as 'ripe fruit'
by Londo111 inhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80708572/former-jehovahs-witness-admits-we-targeted-grief-stricken-as-ripe-fruit.
jehovah's witnesses target grief and see the recently bereaved as "ripe fruit" for conversion, a former elder of the faith says.. vince and michele tylor spoke out after reading the story of wellington woman jean sergent-shadbolt, who received a handwritten letter from a jehovah's witness three months to the day after her step-cousin, friend and flatmate died.. a current senior elder of the faith says it has no policy to target grieving, and those who do so are acting on their own initiative.
however, he concedes such people may feel guided by jehovah's witness literature.. but vince tylor said he knew of members who would trawl though obituaries to find grieving people, or visit cemeteries.. "not only do we see watchtower printed material suggesting and supporting writing letters from obituaries such as what jean received, but we even have reports and articles of encouragement for jws to go to cemeteries to look for people as well.".
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Ding
This practice would seem to fit right in with the WT's view that they are offering the hope of resurrection to people who have only grief otherwise.
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Why is the Faithful Slave Now Admitting Ignorance?
by Vanderhoven7 indbm writes on the question: will sodomites get a resurrection?.
i guess it depends the date that you asked this question.
here is a screenshot from a video which gives an overview of the changes (new light) on this question:.
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Ding
In one sentence, they claim to speak for God.
In the next sentence, they are just humble men, subject to error, trying their best.
Either way, JWs must agree with everything they currently teach or get kicked out of the Kingdom.
"We mustn't be dogmatic" about who will or won't be resurrected in the end times, but we know about all sorts of invisible happenings in 1914 and that the "generation of 1914" overlaps.
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Why is the Faithful Slave Now Admitting Ignorance?
by Vanderhoven7 indbm writes on the question: will sodomites get a resurrection?.
i guess it depends the date that you asked this question.
here is a screenshot from a video which gives an overview of the changes (new light) on this question:.
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The WT had a long period in which they felt it necessary to comment on all sorts of obscure topics.
After all, it's embarrassing when "Jehovah's channel" says, if effect, "We have no idea."
That said, I've often wondered whether the GB realizes what the organization has already published on a given subject because often they ignore it rather than trying to explain why they've now come to a different conclusion.
Why not stick with what they originally said regarding topics that don't matter today, such as the fate of the men of Sodom?
When they've flip flopped back and forth, why don't they just let the matter drop?
Further comments only serve to draw further attention to their vacillation.
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Thought on “0 hours” reporting
by FFGhost inso everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.
beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.
the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?
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I expect the GB to come out with a clarifying definition of what does and doesn't qualify as "the ministry."
I also expect it will involve field service.
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Thought on “0 hours” reporting
by FFGhost inso everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.
beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.
the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?
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As we all know, WT definitions are subject to change without notice.
Sometimes they don't even bother to call it new light.
Most JWs assume it's always been that way.
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JWLITE
by Teddnzo ineven elders can be part of the new jw lite brigade these days.
they don’t need to go on door to door anymore and there is no requirement for anything really.. taking meeting parts is all dead easy you could turn up on the day with zero preparation because it’s all in the meeting workbook.. quarterly elders meetings are just old men having a good old natter just like old men do down the pub.. congregations could be likened to pubs or bars these days just without the drinks, those come at other times.. no need for territory maps, these almost went away with covid letter writing now they are extremely slow getting finished as those who still go door to door only do ten mins.. you could even voice your questions these days about things the gb say and then just say “we can’t be dogmatic we just don’t know”.
i predict they will say this about 1914 soon..
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If you take away the guilt and fear motivations, what's left of the WT religion?
Because of that, I still believe the elders will crack the whip with regard to field service, meeting attendance, and the like.
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TODAY is my 56th anniversary of GOING TO PRISON as a Jehovah's Witness Conscientious Objector
by Terry inwhat happened to jehovah’s witness young men and why did it happen?______in the 1960s men of draft age were called upon to either serve in the military (during the vietnam war) or to comply with the alternate service option: serving in a hospital or community in need.. non-jehovah’s witnesses were faced with only one refusal: military service.jw boys and young men were instructed (in private) to refuse the alternate civilian service as well.
the superior authorities had made this exemption for people of conscience.the law was clear on this.
if we worked in a hospital community we would be free to go about our witnessing ministry - if we double-refused: we would languish in prison.a no-brainer to them.
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At least at one point, if a judge sentenced a JW to probation with community service work instead of prison for refusing military service, they could accept that, but they weren't allowed to tell the judge that they would comply with such a sentence in order to avoid going to prison.
In other words, the WT sacrificed them so the organization could claim persecution by the evil government.