I don't quite see how the Brexit events clarify world events as promulgated by the Watchtower. For example, do we now know who the king of the north is? Anyone can quote a scripture but just quoting a random scripture does not create value.
NewYork44M
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Oh no Dan 2.44 is being fulfilled. My ex told me so it must be true.
by KateWild inso my 14 yr old son and i are sitting discussing the eu election vote, and joking around that the we could see a future with donald trump and boris johnson being the uk and us leaders.
we were swapping pictures and jokes from facebook.. but his dad is sitting there waiting until we leave, and comes out with "well daniel 2.44" which reads.......... "and in the days of those kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin.
and the kingdom itself will not be passed onto any other people.
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NewYork44M
Thank you for the update. The ethical response to this is for everyone to sit tight and let the process move to completion.
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The Bunker
by TimeBandit ini ran across this cool video.
i think it's a parody on some recent jw video series or something.
i'm not up to date on jw news and such.
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NewYork44M
I'll never understood why they didn't turn off the lights.
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How long can this cult remain with only kids becoming members?
by Crazyguy init's become clear that very few from outside the religion are joining anymore.
if only the kids of the people that are already in are the one replacing the members as they die off and 50% let's say of the kids leave then how long can they realistically last before the downturn becomes obvious?.
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NewYork44M
Keep in mind, they want a smaller group of faithful followers. The value of a new follower is less than zero. Each new follower creates risks. The organization is doing fine making money off real estate. They need just enough followers to allow them the tax benefits of a religious organization. Any more than the minimum just creates contingent liabilities.
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I Didn't Belong
by Nihilistic Journey ini remember an art project when i was six years old.
the teacher handed out felt pine trees that we glued to burlap sheets.
everyone then attached little pieces of colorful material to the felt trees.
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NewYork44M
I didn't read your complete post - too sad to digest. What a f*&*ing childhood we all had.
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Just called into the Kingdom Hall, Speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk... Well I was and what a joke
by Greybeard injust called into the kingdom hall, speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk now that everyone uses electronic devices and nobody laughed... well i did!.
he also mentioned when everyone used the bible he could hear the pages flipping and he knew they were following along.
this was really funny to me.
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NewYork44M
"he could hear the pages flipping"
I smell apostates in the midst. Shouldn't these super dubs be looking up scriptures on their iPads? This should be a silent "flipping."
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Special Pioneers drive through flooded creek...destroy ton of literature in boot!
by Witness 007 intwo sisters decided to drive thru a flood creek during a storm so they would not miss a new kingdom hall dedication.
when the water reached over the hood the abandoned the car and swam to saftey.
a ton of watchtower literature the had in the boot for the isolated hall was destroyed.
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NewYork44M
I wonder if they counted the literature as placements. Sounds like a win-win situation.
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Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?
by OnTheWayOut ini don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.
they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.
but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.
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NewYork44M
Towards the end of the time when the overlap generation is near death, they simply say that the GT has started. That will give them an "indeterminable" amount of time. They can then sort it out when that generation all dies out. Then they can have new light and start the game all over again.
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The last video in the 2016 convention...
by problemaddict 2 in...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.
bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.
he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.
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NewYork44M
If anyone doubts that this is a worldly song, play the video and through your iPhone "ask siri" to name that song.
I cannot believe that they stole a song of a wicked - soon to be destroyed - musician and used it as a post Armageddon theme song.
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I just don't understand this, what am I missing???
by Greybeard inas i am watching this video about changes at bethel, the speaker said, "aren't we glad the faithful and discrete slave continues to make adjustments when necessary.
what about this change?
"finally, we examined why jesus’ arrival to appoint the faithful slave over all his belongings did not occur in 1919 but will take place during the great tribulation" that is from this online watchtower article last paragraph: https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20130715/jesus-prophecy-last-days/ .
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NewYork44M
So, are they simply walking away from 1919? And if the FDS will not be chosen until a future time, who are those fat old men of the GB doing?