I thought it was so witnesses could mingle with ones from other areas as well as recieve the spiritual food and new releases. When I was a witness the convention was the highlite of the year to me!
factfinder
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Rationale for international conventions
by Socrateswannabe init's been kicked around already that the conventions were logistically disasterous and spiritually vapid.
my question, and i hope you will add your comments to mine, is: why?
why did the wtbs go through the trouble of putting these things on?
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A Few JW Tidbits!
by Atlantis ina few jw tidbits!.
.. .. a dance interpretation of he will call at a.... .. .. when its raining too hard phone witnessing at the kingdom hall is a great way to continue the work.
ebola - sierra leone, africa update via an email.
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factfinder
Thanks Petra!
They will remove all the Watchtower signs on the branch bldgs and water towers and replace it with jw.org
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I was a publisher of falsehoods
by scotoma inthe biggest regret i have about association with jw's is that they used me to publish their lies.. yeah.
a publisher.
think about the responsibility of a "publisher".. a publisher takes pride in bringing "truth" to the public.
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factfinder
I was too. I told people lies for some 30 years. Yet we thought we were being honest and truthful.
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It's True: You Never Really Know What A Person Is Going Through
by minimus inpeople like robin williams can make you laugh.
we might think that they have it all but we really know nothing about their demons, their problems, their issues.
someone might be funny on the outside but be totally depressed from within..
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factfinder
We can never know what others are going through inside.
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Did the organization admit declining growth and stagnation in today's watchtower?
by kneehighmiah indid anyone catch this quote?
"over seven and a half million witnesses of jehovah really have found him and they truly love him.".
why are they no longer touting "nearly 8 million" witnesses?
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Growth coming from poorer nations works against them since there are no donations coming from those witnesses. The society has to keep subsidizing the cost to send them literature and build khs for them.
Meanwhile less growth in affluent nations means fewer donations coming in.
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Did the organization admit declining growth and stagnation in today's watchtower?
by kneehighmiah indid anyone catch this quote?
"over seven and a half million witnesses of jehovah really have found him and they truly love him.".
why are they no longer touting "nearly 8 million" witnesses?
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blondie-
I remember how discouraged I was when those decreases took place in 1977 and 78. In the US it dropped by 3% both years.
They don't fudge the numbers, if they did they would not report decreases.
But the writers always get the size of the Wallkill printery wrong in the km and w.
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr inits not like there was anything wrong with them was there?
i used to love the old ones.
these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
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compound complex,-
you got to work in the bindery back then? I was always fascinated watching the books get made when I got to visit Bethel. I have not been to Brooklyn since 03 and Wallkill since 97 and it looks like I won't get the chance to go again.
I'd like to see the new automated book bindery at Wallkill, but, no way to get there.
You did a good job putting those songbooks together compound complex!
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr inits not like there was anything wrong with them was there?
i used to love the old ones.
these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
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compound complex-
that is very interesting that you wrote some of the songs in the pink songbook. There were good songs back then.
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr inits not like there was anything wrong with them was there?
i used to love the old ones.
these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
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We were using the pink songbook when I began attending meetings in 1976 and I liked it. When the new one came out in 1984 it was a big thing. I liked that one a lot too. I loved the KM cassettes.
I have not been to any meetings since they began using the new songbook but my brother sent me a cd of songs from it and except for one or two, those songs are horrible! They ruined the melodies of songs I used to love.
This new gb is running the jw religion to the ground.
Blondie- I remember we had a piano player at the hall when I began attending too.
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr inits not like there was anything wrong with them was there?
i used to love the old ones.
these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
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I really liked the old kingdom melodies too. This new gb has to ruin everything and change everything because now THEY are in charge.