GB 2025 Update #4

[Tortuga]

When we get Updates like this, it is like a Local Needs talk for the entire organization. Generally there is a specific reason for a Local Needs talk, so I wonder why the GB felt this information about toasting was important enough to make an Update about it now. I wonder why it wasn't put in a WT study article instead.

[LeslieDean]

On 7/3/2025 at 12:43 PM, Dark King said:

Thanks much appreciated 🙏🏾. ❓@jwhessDoes that mean there's a lot more women who going to be in heaven than men? Maybe something like a 8 to 10 ratio or more? I have always wondered about these questions. 

Our CO/pioneer school instructor brought this point out this week. He said look at our class. 11 brothers and 25 sisters. Roughly 1/3 brothers which follows this pattern very closely in every congregation throughout the world. He said it will be interesting to see if that trend continues.

[Derrick_m]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

When we get Updates like this, it is like a Local Needs talk for the entire organization. Generally there is a specific reason for a Local Needs talk, so I wonder why the GB felt this information about toasting was important enough to make an Update about it now. I wonder why it wasn't put in a WT study article instead.

I suspect there will be more info on October 4th.

[Tortuga]

54 minutes ago, Derrick_m said:

I suspect there will be more info on October 4th.

Octoberfest?

 

[Derrick_m]

17 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

Octoberfest?

 

 

[LeolaRootStew]

The "beliefs clarified" page doesn't include these kinds of updates (like beards or slacks); is there anywhere we can look for a full list of these smaller updates?

 

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200277174

[Julsey]

On 7/6/2025 at 2:11 PM, LeolaRootStew said:

 

Just consider how many Native Americans refer to Thanksgiving as "Invasion Day" and you can see that it's clearly a divisive political holiday. The 3rd reasoning point in the update was "how is this viewed in the local culture". In our local culture it is viewed as taking sides on a political issue of "Americans" vs "Indigenous people". Does that sound like something a Christian should be taking sides on? 

 

For further review:

 

 

 

Yes, it has become political/negative with some Native Americans and others, but if you are in your own home, I don’t think they will know what you’re doing. 🤣

Edited 6 hours ago by Julsey