Posts by Londo111

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Is the year 2020 the new prediction for Armageddon?

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

i have had a conversation this evening with a jw friend i have known since childhood.

he is of the opinion that armageddon will have come and gone within the next 5 years.

are the jws now pinpointing 2020 as the supposed year?

Londo111

In the mind of many JWs, it's always sometime in the next five years. This five years perpetually rolls forward and 40 years passes without them remembering this.

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Scientology: A War Without Guns' on ABC News 20/20 Tonight

by Gayle in

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friends

‘scientology: a war without guns’ airs on abc news’ ‘20/20,’ friday, january 6. posted 1/5/2017 .

‘20/20’ reports on ex-members of the church of scientology: those who are crusading against it and others who still practice outside the church .

actress leah remini sits down with anchor dan harris to discuss her fight against the church.

Londo111

I hope one day she comes after Watchtower when she's done with Scientology.

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Interesting Information: The FBI Wanted JW Leader Joseph Rutherford Arrested - See Document

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/the-fbi-wanted-jw-leader-jo…/.

the fbi wanted jw leader joseph rutherford arrested.

in a memorandum dated march 28, 1941, the director of the federal bureau of investigation strongly suggested that joseph f. rutherford, then president….

Bro Knorrs Notes RE Disfellowshipping & Two Witness Rule

by pale.emperor in

hi guys.

a fellow ex jw shared this with me.

haven't time to read them yet (i'm using my phone to go on internet).

Why not just print the whole quote?

by LevelThePlayingField in

in next weeks bible study session for the cult, it says of a march 15, 1926 watchtower, “the faithful will be volunteers .

to tell this message to the people.” so i got to wondering what the ... was all about.

so i happened to have that watchtower, and this is what it actually says.. “the faithful will be volunteers in the day of god's wrath to tell this message to the people.” .

The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

by sir82 in

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friends

recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

Londo111

http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/topic/27709#.WGwU6C3R9ki

Reading about the million dollar commission a paper salesman got every year in dealing with Watchtower makes me wonder how many are profiting from "Mother".

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"Historical" Announcement This Week?

by headisspinning in

my daughter asked if anyone has heard anything about a 'big announcement' being made sometime this week in congregations in canada and possibly beyond... in her words "it's like a biggggg long thing, they cut out part of the book study for it and people heard it was a historical thing"... any ideas?

could it be the mexican branch closing or the theme of the convention?

or something else?

Londo111

A 90th anniversary of a convention that was the 6th trumpet blast?

This reminds me of the line from Spaceballs, "I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate"

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Mexico branch......Now closing!!!

by krismalone in

a circuit overseer friend of mine serving in latin america called me today to say hi.

i asked him what's new and he dropped the news that they have received notification that the branch in mexico will be closing!!

this branch also called the central american branch (although located in mexico) oversees all of mexico's 800,000+ publishers plus all 7 countries of central america of over 100,000 publishers.

Londo111

I could see a time when as the rumor was years ago, the CO ends up being drawn from a local elders on a rotating basis, a kind of super-COBE who travels within the circuit they live in.

Of course, one way or another, these COs would be accountable to Watchtower. They would not have autonomy. Watchtower fears schisms and keeps a tight reign to keep this from happening.

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Jehovah's Witness / ex-JW Suicide Rate?

by Simon in

it's no secret that both remaining a jw or leaving the wts can take a toll on mental health.

some will suffer from depression and ultimately some will have thoughts of suicide and a few will succumb to those.. but i don't recall ever seeing any hard stats or studies on it though.

i'm sure we all know of some people who have committed suicide but i don't know if, because you may have loose association with a much larger pool of people through the religion, that this only seems higher or maybe not be actually higher than the general population.. what i mean is, you go to a kh here there maybe 100-150 people, you attend circuit and district conventions with many tens of thousands - if any one person commits suicide then you likely hear about it and it becomes part of the anecdotal 'evidence' that is then put forward as a fact that there is a higher rate ... but is there?.

Londo111

I think hundreds of thousands for the blood issue is perhaps too high. Certainly tens of thousands have though.

As for suicides, I wonder if one examines a like group with similar conditions where studies have been done. It would be easy to extrapolate.

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Elders getting burnt up.

by biblexaminer in

the elders in this area are getting burned out.

i have overheard comments that demonstrate this, but in my dealings with them, i clearly see it.

they can't keep it straight.

Londo111

This is nothing new.

Every year there are fewer elders and ministerial servants. And fewer males are "stepping up to the plate", meeting the incredibly steep requirements it takes to climb the theocratic ladder.

That means more work for those that remain.