Admiral Kolchak
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It is sad eagleeye that your religion is going through a metamorphosis and all you can do is stick your fingers in your ears. (Sunday Dec 6 | post #858)
I don't think the Jehovah's Witnesses canvas their neighbors door to door anymore. The last time they canvased our neighborhood was in the 1990s. And we don't live in a gated community. The JWs seem to have switched to opening kiosks in shopping malls. (Sunday Dec 6 | post #856)
Glad you are here and . . . . . . .
Though I am not a Jehovah's Witness I do know several JWs and they want reform and freedom. All the oppressive measures of your Governing Board has done is to create an underground movement within many Witness parishes. Admit it Ramone, even you would love to see your GB abandon their silly Talmudistic rules. (Friday Dec 4 | post #41)
What Happens To The Money You Put in That Red Kettle?
Sounds like the Watchtower. (Wednesday Dec 2 | post #2)
Will the JWs on this forum be going door to door on christmas?
When do the Jehovah's Witnesses come calling Duhboy? I am usually home on weekends like everyone else. My wife and I always turn in at 10:30 PM and are up by 7:00 AM. Don't the JWs canvas neighborhoods during daylight hours on weekends anymore? (Wednesday Dec 2 | post #17)
Most Extensive Watchtower Schism?
Back in the 1920's Joe Rutherford published a book called Harvest Sifting. I believe he admitted that there was a major loss of the membership in the movement which he said was prophesied. Most practicing Jehovah's Witnesses are honest about the loss of membership. But keep in mind that Gareth is not a Jehovah's Witness, so he would not be privy to that. Regarding Watchtower schism. Back in the 1970s the company that I worked for had two JW employees. They both believed pretty much the same doctrines. However, one belonged to a group called Jehovah's Witnesses Independent of the Watchtower. (Wednesday Dec 2 | post #61)
Will the JWs on this forum be going door to door on christmas?
I doubt that there are any practicing Jehovah's Witnesses on this forum. Moreover, in my city even the practicing Jehovah's Witnesses hardly go door to door anymore. (Tuesday Dec 1 | post #2)
how can a religion take back a peadofile becasue he repents
Interesting admission Topsy. I had always thought that you were a Jehovah's Witness. (Tuesday Dec 1 | post #19)
how can a religion take back a peadofile becasue he repents
Apparently the Jehovah's Witnesses consider leaving the cult a greater sin than the sexual abuse of a child. (Tuesday Dec 1 | post #10)
Most Extensive Watchtower Schism?
Looks like you have been up all night Gareth. It must be 4:20 AM in the UK now. (Monday Nov 30 | post #30)
A few years ago the Witnesses invited me to attend their Memorial. I did and it was an interesting experience. There was about 120 in attendance and I was the only one who took communion. Everyone else rejected Christ's Body and Blood. Since I didn't attend the Witness Memorial this year I would not have been counted in their census figures. However, I did attend Easter services at my own church. (Monday Nov 30 | post #30)
Most Extensive Watchtower Schism?
You are correct AuldSoul. Since the Jehovah's Witnesses are a breakaway sect of Russellism, they are indeed apostates. Back in 1995 I talked with a Bible Student historian who told me some interesting facts about the JW history. After Pastor Russell died on Halloween 1916, Joe Rutherford took over the Bible Student Movement and quickly replaced the teachings of Russell with his own. As a result those loyal to Russell's "truth," about 5,000 (30% of the membership) separated from the Rutherfordites by 1919. By the 1926 Rutherford had made so many doctrinal changes that it was no longer the same religion that Russell started. So another mass exodus began which led to the formation of the Dawn Bible Student Movement, which is still active and growing. All in all about 75% of the Bible Students separated from Rutherfordism. Rutherford later changed the name of his movement to Jehovah's Witnesses. (Monday Nov 30 | post #28)
Elders Appointed by Holy Spirit. REALLY?
So what you are saying Gareth, is that it is kind of a crap shoot in the selection of elders. The Holy Spirit may select a King Saul type elder for Jehovah's Witness Congregation X, and a Judas kind of elder for Congregation Y. While Congregation Z gets a good elder. It looks like the Holy Spirit is playing games with the Jehovah's Witnesses according to Gareth. (Monday Nov 30 | post #11)
why does everyone hate Jehovahs Witnesses here?
From what I gather a lot of the posters on this forum have been ripped off by the Jehovah's Witness hierarchy. But if you carefully read their posts you will note that their gripe is with the JW leadership, not the average JW. The rank and file JWs are victims who need our love and concern. (Sunday Nov 29 | post #6)
Jehovah's Witnesses to gather at Augusta Civic Center
There are several Jehovah's Witness meeting halls in my area. But not being a JW, I don't attend their services so I can't comment on their attendance or lack of it. But I do know that locally their door to door sales staff has shrunk to be almost non-existent. In the 1990s the Witnesses called on my home 3 times, about once every two years. I was always friendly toward them and even accepted one of their brochures. They said they would follow-up in a few weeks to see what I thought of their message. Well that was in 1996. Since then my wife and I did have a visit from some Latter Day Saint missionaries, but no JWs in over 13 years. Have the Witnesses given up door to door religious sales for setting up kiosks in shopping malls? Or did the JWs sell the religious sales rights to our neighborhood to the Latter Day Saints? (Sunday Nov 29 | post #27)
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