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  Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

  do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

  with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.

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  Where have all the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons Gone

  Herald Sun newspaper

  Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  21 April 2017

  "Where have all the Jehovahs Witnesses gone. They used to knock at our door every other weekend, then they stopped that and set up a stall in the carpark at the supermarket . . ."
  

  http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/where-have-all-the-jehovahs-witness-and-mormons-gone/news-story/35adc0d46c1b3c1d7cafca6d69dbb900

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  You know the door-to-door preaching of JWs is in decline when even the media and public notice it. Add to that the JWs are drastically reducing their Watchtower and Awake! magazine printing, conventions, meetings, books, branch offices, headquarters staff, printeries, assembly halls, kingdom halls, etc.

  Ftn. The newspaper article mentions a Bunnings store. This is a hardware retail outlet identical to Home Depot.
  
  
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  One of the key ways to tell if it is a cult or toxic high control group....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife and i were discussing a sure sign of a cult:.

  when one knows more about the society / organization after leaving!.

  lets face it, most of us here on this forum, and ex-witnesses in general know more facts about the history, background, practices, current procedures, scandals, etc than the average "still-in witness"!

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  The BITE Analysis: Ways to Evaluate a Group's Control Over Personal Freedom

  by Steven Hassan, M. Ed., LMHC

  http://www.reveal.org/library/psych/shassan.html
  
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  Damon Wayans was apparently at 2017 Annual Meeting

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from this post on reddit.com/r/exjw, damon wayans was at the 2017 annual meeting.

  the wayans were raised as jw's but i don't think any of them stated.. strange to see him here.

  this is the same man who defended bill cosby from all the sex abuse allegations..

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  Good move on Damon's part. Makes him relevant and an excellent interview source for Leah Remini's proposed series exposing the JWs.
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. social
  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  Watchtower and Awake! two year cycle.

  JW: Would you like a copy of our latest Watchtower magazine?

  HOUSEHOLDER: (looking closer) Hang on. I already have a copy of that magazine. In fact I remember you giving me a copy two years ago.

  JW: Well, yes, but this Watchtower magazine has 'new light' teachings which replace the 'old light' teachings in the Watchtower magazine of two years ago.

  HOUSEHOLDER: What the f¥€#.
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  What The Bible Says About War (Awake 2017 Issue No. 5)

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2017-october/what-bible-says-about-war/.

  the bible's viewpoint .

  war.

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  WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY
  The Israelites worshipped a bloodthirsty “tribal war god.”

  Jehovah (the God of Love) vs Satan (the Devil)

  The battle of the bloodthirsty tribal war gods.

  https://youtu.be/6IrtdLukslY
  
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  Don't expect any more downsizing announcements at annual meetibg

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  expect a day of fluff, more bells and whistles and boasting.

  they are not going to throw shade on their glorious day.

  but shortly thereafter when everyone's feeling good about themselves expect the hammer to come down during a morning worship broadcast..

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  DATA-DOG

  Excerpt from the upcoming Annual Meeting:

  Speaker: Tomo III

  (Nasally voice...)

  . . . [announces new charity giving arrangements and child protection arrangements] . . .

  Standing Ovation.

  Tomo III leaves the platform. The next speaker steps up to platform.

  Speaker: Geoffrey Jackson

  "I have a brief announcement from the Governing Body. Anthony Morris the third is no longer a Jehovah's Witness."
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  Are We In A Computer Simulation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  elon musk believes we are and he's a pretty smart guy that runs spacex, a lot black hole physics may seem to present the 3 dimentional space as a hologram of a 2 dimentional sphere.. i think this is open for serious debate.

  what are the pros and cons?.

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  We are all but puppets. But who is the master of puppets?

  https://youtu.be/hx27NL_iqEM
  
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  Tutorial for Making Donations Electronically

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  tutorial for making donations electronically video will be considered the week of october 16, 2017.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_z32hlqw-0.

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  Awake 9/8/1975 page 26 … unscriptural money-raising schemes

  Glad that point was cleared up. Wouldn't want to confuse the unscriptural money-raising schemes of false religions with the scriptural money-raising schemes of the Watchtower.
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  October 2, 2017 BOE US Re: Contributions Received at the 2017 Annual Meeting

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  october 2, 2017 to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: contributions received at the 2017 annual meeting.

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  jwleaks

  Sounds like governing body will be making a big push for monetary donations during the 2017 AGM and want to make sure that they fleece every last coin from the flock. Having a new label put on each local congregation's own donation box is a real sign of desperation.

  
  
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  What Could Jehovah’s Special Provision Be to Save His People From the Wicked Watchtower Society?

  by MADMARY in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was baptized as one of jehovah witnesses in 1986. then in 2003, i disassociated myself officially with a letter.

  but i did not stop reading the bible or believing in god.

  but i have noticed everyone’s reaction here is very different to the great wickedness of the watchtower society.. some of us do not believe in god anymore, and threw their bibles away completely.

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  Why do jehovah's people have to be within or under the control of the Watchtower Society to begin with? Why can't they be trapped by Sea Org instead of trapped by JW Org? Why can't they be Buddhists for whom the light has not yet gotten brighter?

  The bible says that god will take out a people for 'his' name but we don't know exactly what 'his' name is. Besides, god is the one that will take out a people for 'his' NOT a group of people will decide to take on 'his' name and claim to be 'his' people.