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  How many here believe the WTS really has has 8.5 million followers / 8.5. million members

  by Hotpepper in

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  2. bible

  i think it's closer to 5 million with all the selling of kingdom hells and branch bethel's all over the world.

  it's even hard to get a hard copy of the lastest craptower or afake mag now in new york city..

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  Well if that is true joe134cd Jw`s are doing a pretty poor piss weak job of making converts to their religion these past 140 ? years they have been on the job.

  And I say this noting the amount of hours spent in preaching and distributing literature worldwide ,the amount of hours it takes to make one convert ,because thats what its all about really making converts.

  And I would go as far as stating that in todays environment with the internet their are more and more JW`s leaving the organization than ever before in numbers that are worrying to the Governing Body.
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  How many here believe the WTS really has has 8.5 million followers / 8.5. million members

  by Hotpepper in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i think it's closer to 5 million with all the selling of kingdom hells and branch bethel's all over the world.

  it's even hard to get a hard copy of the lastest craptower or afake mag now in new york city..

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  smiddy3

  Whats the big deal whether they have 8.5 million 10 million or even 20 million so what ?

  Is that supposed to mean that they have Gods Blessing upon them ?

  Other religions that started up about the same time as the JW`s have as many members and some many more.

  What makes me really laugh is they say Jehovahs Witnesses can trace their beginnings back to Bible times ?

  Oh Yeah ? and you only can count 8.5 million members today ?

  The Roman Catholic Church has a membership in the vicinity of 1.5 Billion members

  Islam that took roots some Centuries after Jesus being on earth can also boast about 1.5 Billion members

  If anyone wants to show figures like this as to whether or not they have Gods blessing then the JW`s are way down on the list in having Gods favour.
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  Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.

  so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!

  ) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.

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  smiddy3

  Definition of an Expert : An Ex is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure .

  What more needs to be said.
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  Franklin Graham event axed

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bbc news: franklin graham's glasgow event axed after council pressure .

  i saw this on the bbc and thought you should see it:franklin graham's glasgow event axed after council pressure - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51302490 .

  hi been looking on here for a while now , been a great help in finding ttatt so thanks for that .seen this wonder if assembly venues aware off jws view and stand on these issues and others like child abuse cover up .

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  So if the Australian JW`s want to hold a convention at a sports venue that could hold 50,000 or so ,it could be a good idea for ex JW`s from anywhere but particulary Australia and point out what could be classed as hate speach,breaking up families etc,etc and took up a petition to have their venue denied to them ,that could work ?

  Sounds like a bloody good idea if you ask me .Where do I sign up LOL ?
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  Wow! I'm tripping

  by OriginalFlower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this old place is still around?

  holy moly what a trip stumbling into this place from the good ole days before the 'new' social media😃.

  i used to have tons of long late night conversations with some good friends here...like 15-20 years ago!

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  smiddy3

  Do you remember any user names you used to talk to back then ?
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  Congregations That May Dissolve Soon!!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from a member of the board asking for this to be posted.. hi.

  i'm pimo.

  could you please let people know about this?

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  smiddy3

  I agree that they would go into a great steep decline and lose many JW`s that have been serving them for years ,however they have millions if not billions of dollars from their sales of real estate that would tide them over for many years yet ,and they would gradually build it back up into a viable televangelistic religion that so many have done to this day and are thriving.

  Dont write the JW religion off just yet ,they can re-write their history yet again.Their lawyers have been tuned in to do this for many decades ,who else do you think is running this show ,the GB are just the figureheads now ,the show ponies ,puppets ,giving the impression its a religious organization.
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  Jehovah Banned in Singapore

  by EverApostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  singapore is a tiny, beautiful and economically powerful country in se asia.

  all religions are allowed there except the jehaovah's witnesses and another christian denomination.

  jws are banned because they don’t serve the military and all singapore citizens are required to serve in the military for a while.. the jws are banned in singapore since 1972. .

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses say they have preached in the entire earth which is a blatant lie.As you say they are banned in Singapore ,North Korea ,Saudi Arabia ,and are severely restricted if not banned outright in many other Muslim Countries and certainly cannot do any D2D preaching.I dont believe they have the freedom to go D2D in mainland China either which has a huge population ,nor Pakistan or Bangladesh .

  These countries must amount to about a third of the earths population at least ,so its a lie to say they have covered the earth with their witnessing.
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  Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.

  so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!

  ) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.

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  This man is an expert in defending cults ? and the WT/GB/JW`s hire him to defend them ?

  What does that say about Jehovah`s Witnesses ?
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  2019 Annual Meeting: more F.O.G.

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after the new construction project is announced, anthony morris the turd gives a talk where he arrogantly tells the audience to 'get over it' and get to work.

  he says relaxing is fine and 'im not trying to put a guilt trip on you' but you all need to get busy.

  no graciousness at all for the endless volunteer labor they demand for whatever new projects they dream up.

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  Yes I too would like a link to this talk to see / hear and judge for myself though I don`t doubt your both assesments of the talks.

  However it is good to see for oneself.
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  The Governing Body Doesn't Wait On Jehovah

  by Afterburn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you ever been told that humility requires waiting on jehovah?i have.

  lots of times.

  for decades.

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  smiddy3

  " whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven " Matt.16:19 So JW`s critisize the Catholic Church for applying this scripture to themselves and then they go around and apply it to themselves ?

  Or have I misunderstood what you are implying ? waton ?