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  March Broadcast- Jehovah is speeding up the work

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i watched some of the segments on the jw broadcast.

  in the video they showed how they managed their inventory orders for the congregations.

  at the conclusion it was stated by the narrator how god is speeding up the work.. the problem is the system they implemented has been used for over two decades in logistics.

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  Londo111

  "The little one will become a thousandAnd the small one a mighty nation.I myself, Jehovah, will speed it up in its own time.”--Isaiah 60:22

  This verse used to be applied to the growth. But as growth stalls in some places, I wonder if the interpreation will be more than speeding up "the work" instead of speeding up the numbers coming in. As more and more changes occur in the rebranding, they can chalk it up to "the work" speeding up.
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  DC2015 New Release: Brochure "Return to Jehovah" for those who faded/left

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.

  it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.

  the lost one i will search for2.

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  Londo111

  Growth is at a standstill in many places. Most baptisms are children of JWs...and only a third of those remain who were raised JW. There are many former JWs...it would make sense to try to get some growth that they are not seeing from door to door.
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  Return to Jehovah… No Return Address

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  return to jehovah... no return address .

  today i read a small piece of poetic irony.

  im not going to advertise from what web forum i read this, but it was so astounding i had to share it somewhere.

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  Londo111

  I can’t think of any other brochure in the history of the organization that has been dedicated to try to win people back. If this is true, it might be that the Society realizes there is a vast population of former and inactive JWs. In many lands, like the US, growth from recruitment is a bust. Most of the new members are children of JWs and only 1 out of 3 of those remain.
  Many who leave, in particular the inactive, but also those who are DFed, even a few who DAed, still do not know TTATT. They have lingering feelings that it might be the truth. Therefore such a brochure could be targeting to those people. Targetting attritors might be the only way in some lands to mine any growth.
  
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  Mind control.

  by New day in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in a recent thread someone mentioned that the wtbts uses mind control techniques.

  do you think this is a conscious ploy?

  if it is it would mean that the leaders of my religion (i am still an active jw) set out consciously to control people.

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  Londo111

  A person doesn’t become an indoctrinated cult member overnight. It is a gradual process.
  Similarly, many groups did not become a cult (a group that employs mind-control aka undue influence) instantly or even purposely. They evolved from a fringe movement into a high control group over time. The group semiconsciously does what it needs to do to perpetuate itself…those fringe groups that did not evolve withered away into obscurity.
  For instance, whatever happened to Barbour’s group after Russell split off from him? Does his group still exist? If it does, it is very very small.
  Of course, had not WWI happened in 1914, the Bible Students would’ve had a similar fate. Even then, the Watchtower would’ve likely remained an obscure group, like the present Bible Students, if Rutherford had not taken tyrannical control and gradually creating a centralized top-down organization.
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  Awake! Quotes a Well-Known ex-JW Apostate in Support of Their Beliefs!?!

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  konceptual99, referenced this article on another thread: .

  was it designed?

  the inverted retina.

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  Londo111

  Isn't Jerry Bergman a psychologist? This is likely a biologist by the same name.
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  POLL: Will You Be Attending The Memorial & If You Are---Why?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just invited.

  i thanked my old elder friend and he left.

  (i'm not going).

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  Nope! This will be the third one I've missed.
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  With two questions, i recieved two lies from some cart witnesses.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i walked up to a group of cart witnesses and picked up a watchtower.

  i opened the watchtower up to the first page , and asked one of the witnesses if he had read it.. lie # 1... he said he read it.. i ask my second question to a woman witness sitting next to him , who by the way was hard to tear away from her cell phone..... "whats this watchtower about?

  , "........ lie # 2 ... she said she read it , but forgot "exactly" what the main points were about..

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  Sadly, I do remember what I had for lunch last Wednesday: a cheesesteak without the bun or cheese sauce. :)

  But point taken.
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  Can we verify that Watchtower is on lockdown right now?

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a rumor going around that watchtower is on lockdown right now and the news media parked outside, circling like vultures every since the abc nightline report, is there anyone that can verify it true or not?.

  https://youtu.be/ilbvzop6uua.

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  Londo111

  An easy way to tell if a rumor is true or not: it comes from “Six Screens”.
  The National Inquirer has more credibility.
  
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  Londo111

  I've never heard of this practice...

  Of course, I'm in the US.
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  With two questions, i recieved two lies from some cart witnesses.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i walked up to a group of cart witnesses and picked up a watchtower.

  i opened the watchtower up to the first page , and asked one of the witnesses if he had read it.. lie # 1... he said he read it.. i ask my second question to a woman witness sitting next to him , who by the way was hard to tear away from her cell phone..... "whats this watchtower about?

  , "........ lie # 2 ... she said she read it , but forgot "exactly" what the main points were about..

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  Londo111

  They might have read them, or at least skimmed them, but how much did they retain? There is so much activity, meetings and "studying" that retention is a real problem within the org.