w11 8/15 p. 22 questions from readers - “we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
the governing body does not keep a list of all partakers.. see this - s-21-e congregation's publisher record (2018-12).pdf
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6255453529964544/2019-elders-manual-whole-lot-more.
@ sir82
... not sent to Bethel ...
But with the "wordwide unique Watchtower Publisher ID" on their HUB they have a database with all JWs.
The videos about the Publisher ID have been leaked about 10 months ago:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6681723891875840/publisher-id-leaked-video-clip-1-4
single zipped folderhttps://we.tl/t-uiqj87wimd.
2019-02-02-musical preludeshttps://we.tl/t-zyfpnodizd.
s-21-e congregation's publisher record (2018-12).pdfhttps://we.tl/t-i9qamx3s0q.
@ Atlantis
Thanks a lot.
on saturday 02-02-2019 german jws got there silver sword.
rumour has it that all of europe received the translation yesterday, because gerrit lösch visited the european branch in selters (germany).
can anyone confirm that?.
@ fulano
Exactly what slimboyfat & blondie wrote.
on saturday 02-02-2019 german jws got there silver sword.
rumour has it that all of europe received the translation yesterday, because gerrit lösch visited the european branch in selters (germany).
can anyone confirm that?.
On Saturday 02-02-2019 german JWs got there silver sword.
Rumour has it that all of Europe received the translation yesterday, because Gerrit Lösch visited the european branch in Selters (Germany).
Can anyone confirm that?
i have long collected the older books and magazines that show the jws crazy cult history.
they used to be very cheap and i have had people just give me books.
but now it seems the older stuff that shows the crazy cult history is really going up in price.
What can a JW collect without being disciplined?
The more JW there are, the greater the number of those who collect JW publications. With the launch of the library cd, most have disposed their publications, many regret it and buy their stuff back from the market. The prices point in only one direction.
I also collect the german publications myself. Also the thin-print-publications (very thin bible paper and smaller size) without imprint of the producer for the DDR (Deutsche Demonratische Republik = German Democratic Republic). It's named "prohibition literature" which was smuggled across the border by JWs at the time.
When the border between the GDR and Germany was abolished in 1990, the JWs were again able to move freely in the former GDR and publicly hold their meetings.
It is interesting to note that the branch asked the brothers of the former GDR to hand in this banned literature in the Kingdom Halls and then received the "normal" publications.
Today this banned literature is very rarely on offer - there seem to have been only a few brothers who opposed this order of the branch and did not deliver it to the Kingdom Halls.
january 29th - my baptism date.
can you remember how you felt at your baptism?.
i got baptised because my dad kept frightening me.
Baptized in 1975 at age 15.
Why? In autumn 1975 I wanted to survive Armageddon and then play with pandas and tigers. And I wanted my parents to be proud of me.
The worst is not that Armageddon has not occurred, but that today the WT denies having promoted the year 1975.
Damn liars and hypocrites.
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
@ kevin mcfree.
thanks a lot for all your hard work with the lego dubtown videos.
i just saw your "making of" and now i have a lot more respect for all the work you do with your movies.. please continue with the videos - i am looking forward to further episodes.. the making of dubtown's 'the naked truth' .
Another great Video from dubtown with a quiz that every JW answers wrong due to his indoctrination (thanks kevin):
my name is sophie mueller, and i’m currently in the class ap research.
the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.
for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.
You write:
"Because this sect exhibits mental illness 16 times more than the general population, it is important to find a solution, in order to raise awareness and help people."
Where I can find this information and is it science-based?
new to this forum.
i ran across it when watching lloyd evans videos and searching out jw links.
i left the cult many years ago after a long stint in it.the cult caused me much pain and problems even though i left.
@ toby
Welcome from Germany.
