Sobering Reflections on the Planned Reduction in Pages of the Watchtower and Awake!

by steve2 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  steve2

  Both public editions of the Watchtower and its bed-mate Awake! are due to halve in pages from 32 to 16. Those hoping for a reprieve in the outpouring of crap will be sorely disappointed. Here's why:

  Fifty percent fewer pages only means the same old crap is regurgitated less frequently. Nothing else will change. Toilet supplies will not be reduced at all. If you had six stomachs and were reduced to three, perhaps only you would notice you're regurgitating half as much but crapping the same as before. Perhaps a curious monkey or energized bunny would notice this, but no one else of note would. You may not have thought it possible, but once the new reduced regurgitation kicks in, the Emperor will be even more naked and few, if any inside will care or comment.
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  Satanus

  Darn! Less toilet paper.

  S
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  oldlightnewshite

  damn! That means that they'll be cutting out the good stuff like 'the amazing sequoia tree' and 'your brain is amazing'.

  looks like maybe prospective Dubs might not get the >=college education that they got in the past.
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  Satanus

  Seriously though, back in the day they discussed the vision, it was ezekials, i believe, about water coming out of gods throne. As it got further from the throne, it kept on getting deeper and deeper, and wider and wider. Their thought was that the 'truth', their religion would be like that, growing in volume and depth. Seems like it's going in the opposite direction, shallower and less and less.

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  Vidiot

  Both the WT and Awake?
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  JeffT

  Eventually they will reduce them to one page each. And every issue will be the same. The entirely article will consist of the words "Obey the Governing Body, there is nothing else you need to know."
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  Tater-T

  It will make that stack of sh*t to read less..

  it will look like the same stack... only smaller
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  Leolaia

  Why is the F&DS feeding the flock less? Does it figure they need to go on a diet? Even the quality has gone down to the level of baby food. When I was in it, the Society was putting out a Bible encyclopedia, a commentary, a very detailed reference edition of the Bible, etc. Now....it's embarassing to read what they put out now. It's like prison rations right now. Bottom of the barrel....I guess they didn't ration out the food they had properly....they are running out....like the oil in the lamps of the virgins waiting for the bridegroom.....oops.
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  steve2

  I also fondly remember "meatier" books such as the one published in the early 1960s whose title eludes me - it traced the history of humankind (through the eyes of the Watchtower of course), but it was substantial, numbering perhaps more than 500 pages and filled with interesting overviews of past civilizations. I think the title was something like: "Babylon the Great Has Fallen! Get Out of Her My People" - even the title was stirring.

  Unusually I suppose for a Watchtower publication, it widened and even deepened my thinking. Okay, I was a precocious 8 year old at the time but I also recall others in the congregation excitedly reading and studying it.

  Nowadays? You're right Leolaia, it's baby food.
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  Satanus

  Makes ya wonder what their intense training course for elders will filled w.

  S