by Mary 88 Replies latest jw friends
Will the WT start putting their magazines online ??
They will *never* do that aside from a few token articles.
No significant study material will ever be made available online because this cult gets new recruits through one-on-one studies. This ensures they can control the conclusion the "student" comes to.
Don't believe me? Ask an elder why new people *must* have a "personal bible study" and cannot join the religion simply by studying on their own.
It all comes down to information control.
Don't believe me? ; Ask an elder why new people *must* have a "personal bible study" ;and cannot join the religion simply by studying on their own.It all comes down to information control.
Yes, but even Jesus had to teach his followers. They have to make sure you are getting it.
Tor
I doubt this rumor. The WT just spent many million dollars (I figure close to 50 million) on new presslines.
It seems logical to me that they'd discontinue the bound volume printing, and not from some sinister standpoint necessarily.
They'll save $$$ on paper, etc. The volumes are large and unwieldy and likely expensive to ship. Plus, the jws obtaining them were likely not donating enough to offset the cost. Most jws are pretty bad at donating to cover the expenses of the stuff they order.
Bethel scoop: The Bethel family would get (I am sure still does) scorned for throwing out so many Awakes and Watchtowers that were pilling up in their rooms/book bags.
These would get placed in a closet type of area where items that were not wanted were placed in, which also included trash and fine vintage clothes.
You would always see stacks of magazines and bound volumes. I mean if the Bethel family throws out books/mags then by all means we should too :-)
You would even see brand new Bibles and Insight books!!!
The presses you speak of are said to be idle much of the time. In addition, while the Society asked for $50 million in contributions
in the KM, they didn't get enough and had to use money from the Furman building sale.
metatron
The presses you speak of are said to be idle much of the time. In addition, while the Society asked for $50 million in contributionsin the KM, they didn't get enough and had to use money from the Furman building sale.
metatron
What? They came out and asked for 50 million in contributions? Where is this at? Thanks, Tor
Contributions were requested in the Kingdom Ministry, as the plan for the new presses were
announced. Can't remember the month.....
metatron
http://www.thepressman.com/Pressman%20March%202003.pdf
- Lithoman Presses For Watchtower Society
The international religious organization Jehovah’s Witnesses has
recently ordered seven LITHOMAN
presslines from MAN Roland, to
be installed in its printing plants in
England, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa,
Japan (one press each) and the USA
(two presses). Delivery of the order
running in the middle of tens of million
Euros are expected to take place from
July 2003.
With the biggest single order of
this customer to date, MAN Roland
continues the series of international
successes in its cooperation with the
Watchtower Society over a period of
nearly eighty years by now.
In 1927, Watchtower USA ordered
the fi rst letterpress machine from MAN
Roland. A second press followed in
1929. By 1976, about 30 MAN Roland
presses had been installed in the United
States alone. This made Watchtower
the biggest customer worldwide for
MAN Roland at that time.
Since 1984, Watchtower in Italy and
the US has been working with a total
of fi ve 32-page LITHOMAN presslines.
The positive experience with these
machines has now led to the decision
to use this press type worldwide. That
means printing quality on the highest
level worldwide.
The new, single-web systems in 64-
page confi guration operate at speeds
up to 45,000 cylinder revolutions
per hour and with a web width of
1,480 millimetres. They are uniformly
equipped with 2:5:5 folder.
In future, the new Watchtower
LITHOMAN presses will be producing a
large propoprtion of the high-circulation
publications such as The Watchtower
with a circulation of just under 25
million copies in 146 languages and
Awake with a momentary circulation of
22 million copies in 86 languages. In
addition, the machines are intended for
use in the production of bibles or books
of biblical exegesis, each in multimillion
circulation.
The new LITHOMAN presses
markedly reduce the age average
of the Watchtower machinery, thus
considerably increasing overall productivity.
Another important advantage will
result from the close cooperation of
the individual Watchtower printing
plants, which produce largely the
same products. When production will
eventually be run on presses of the
same type, Watchtower will benefit
further because of synergies such as
positive cost effects.
Apart from a substantial capacity
increase, Watchtower expects maximum
availability and reliability, high
net output, excellent printing quality and
high effi ciency to result from the new
LITHOMAN machinery, while it looks
forward to continuing and intensifying
the cooperation with MAN Roland
as its partner in printing and press
technology.
