Topics Started by Bartolomeo

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The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).
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2024 Regional Conventions
by sove in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone have access to available pre-recordings from the 2024 regional convention?.
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Blue Ocean
by Freeorange in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
there’s a term in the corporate / business world known as blue ocean strategy.

the basic gist of it is to stop wasting time in your small, dwindling pool of current customers when there’s a wide open ocean of untapped customers out there.

to achieve this leap is to adapt or transition to a more appealing package of your current business model to attract the masses.
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Former Kingdom Hall is now a Swaminarayan Temple!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
this former kingdom hall is now a hindu swaminarayan temple!

to the far right of the picture, the two tower pillars are obvious by the red and green flags.

https://pdfupload.io/docs/d8e6115a .
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2024-March-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2024-march-s-147-announcements and reminders!.

page 1. https://imgbox.com/c7oswyu6 .

page 2. https://imgbox.com/fzffpoha.
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The Reason Behind Recent Watchtower Changes
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
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So what happens next...
by Farmer Jim1 in
1. jw
2. friends
with what is arguably the biggest change to jw life in recent decades (the scrapping of publishers counting hours) what does this lead to?.

in my mind these are the results;.

1) a massive decrease in 'preaching hours'.
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - November 2023
by DerekMoors in
1. social
2. humour
let's get the fun started and put in our votes for how far down the pumpkin patch lord of the fries will fall in november.. for those keeping score, last month he started at 457 patrons, did some begging and managed to bump those numbers up to 478, but as of this writing he's down to 439.. so, how well do you think the grift will continue this month?

let us know where you think he'll be on november 2. lucky number 420?

will he drop back down below 400?
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If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?
by TxNVSue2023 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

i still belive this is the truth.

i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.
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Were 1st century converts told to knock on doors?
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in jw minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.

(acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to peter and the rest of the apostles: “men, brothers, what should we do?” peter said to them: “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors.

...and on that day about 3,000 people were added.