Either that or they are looking to call you out on your loyalty to the GB. Proceed with extreme caution.
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Just got a call from an elder
by nolongerconfused inso i faded over a year ago...i told the elders that if i needed them i would call them.
1 year and 3 months later, today, i get a call from an elder who used to be my good friend...he calls and i dont pick up..he leaves a voicemail, saying "hello ____, please call me back at 444-444-4444 whenever you can".
i was like wow, this has to be one of those calls to get inactive ones back to the memorial.
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Profiling of an apostate
by joe134cd ini must admit when i was in, the idea i had of an apostate, was an angry bitter person who would picket out side a convention.
i was looking on jwservey and found on the respondents to a servey that 54% were either active members or fading members.
this made me wonder is the organisation underestimating the extent of apostasy.
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konceptual99
Steve has it right. Of course, strictly speaking ones can have doubts and if they are quiet about it then they may not fsce any bother. Strictly speaking, apostasy involves some kind of vocalising of doubts or critical comments. They reality is that if the elders suspect that you have any misgivings about the band of 7 then you are very likely to be the victim of a sustained campaign of entrapment.
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Any active jws, without using the phrase "God must have..." Can you prove that Noah's ark actually happened
by DuvanMuvan ini have a number of problems with the noah's ark story that i could never find the answer to in the bible and so i thought i could ask here:.
1.how did noah get animals that are indigenous to areas he could not get to (e,g penguins, koalas, kangaroos, moose etc) .
2.the flood supposedly happened around 4000 years ago but there is evidence of civilisation dating back a lot further.
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konceptual99
I'm willing to bet that in the next 4 years they'll have a flash of new light and declare that Noah's ark isn't literal
Don't hold your breath on that one DuvanMuvan.
The flood is linked to many other aspects of WT theology and doctrine. The literal nature of the event is key to other reasonings, timelines and so on. If they deconstruct that account then it would signal the need to do the same to many other accounts.
It's a house of cards. They know it and will never be the ones to pull out a key pillar from the bottom row.
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Any active jws, without using the phrase "God must have..." Can you prove that Noah's ark actually happened
by DuvanMuvan ini have a number of problems with the noah's ark story that i could never find the answer to in the bible and so i thought i could ask here:.
1.how did noah get animals that are indigenous to areas he could not get to (e,g penguins, koalas, kangaroos, moose etc) .
2.the flood supposedly happened around 4000 years ago but there is evidence of civilisation dating back a lot further.
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konceptual99
In answer to the OP.... No.
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2014 DC Release (Unofficial Rumors)
by WatchTower87 inmi first prophecy:.
friday afternoon: 4:20 teach your children to love gods kingdom!
new book/brochure for children based on the articles "teach your children" (appeared in watchtower public edition).
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konceptual99
I think the Research Guide is the natural replacement for the Reasoning book. Since this has not been properly released and discussed I suspect they will use the convention as a way of promoting it and discussing it's use.
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Heard a rumor: Guy Pierce died this morning
by respectful_observer indidn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
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konceptual99
So when will a replacement be appointed? Will he be even younger than Sanderson?
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Is anyone else completely astonished that they're drawing attention to 1914/2014 - 100 years
by jambon1 ini note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.
someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.
i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.
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Great one Blondie!
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Heard a rumor: Guy Pierce died this morning
by respectful_observer indidn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.
apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.
(completely unconfirmed.
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konceptual99
Posters on jwtalk consider this confirmed and reliable news but nothing official from the org yet.
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Is anyone else completely astonished that they're drawing attention to 1914/2014 - 100 years
by jambon1 ini note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.
someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.
i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.
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konceptual99
As has been pointed out they are simply owning the space. Put something out there to diffuse apostate reasoning.
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JW.Org
by Kool Jo ini've been pondering......with this new "push" to direct individuals to thw jw.org website, even when the dubs are out preaching...what do you think the future will be for the preaching work?.
some time ago i read that the mormons have implemented a live chat feature that allows you to speak with their missionaries....i doubt the borg would do this, but i think they have something up their sleeves.. peace.
kool jo.
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konceptual99
You're right emeth, they don't need to use the mass media for the reasons I mentioned. They have an army of workers prepared to give up large amounts of time preaching in the most ineffectual ways.
These people need to be kept busy and using the mass media (which could never be the society's own) does not achieve that key objective of the ministry.
Most other organisations with that much money looking to get their message out would create a massive marketing campaign and put their message right in the face of the people. Imagine what impact a slickly produced ad during Superbowl half-time could achieve. More than years of knocking on doors. Prime time adverts on TV across the world every week for a year. Full page ads in every newspaper for days on end. Advertising on Google.
Don't think they don't have the money. They do. Getting the message out to as many people as possible is not the objective though, despite what they say.