If the governing body is still discussing the content, we will have the September w on about June 22, but no one knows when the August w will come out, not even the governing body. The note says if it arrives too late there will be further instructions
The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes
by ukpimo 100 Replies latest watchtower bible
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slimboyfat
Giacomo = Commentary on the Letter of James
Yes, Ray Franz even printed the original versus the revised version in one of his books.
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FedUpJW
Read in between the lines.
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I heard nearly the same thought from a Bethel fellow I know who is still on somewhat good terms with me. He said that the saying amongst Bethel men is to, "Don't listen to what the governing body members SAY, listen to what they DON'T say."
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FedUpJW
Maybe they will reveal what happened to Tony and where he is.
It's already happening, very slowly. I heard directly this past weekend from someone in Bethel that as speculated elsewhere on this site it was a health reason, it was his choice to step down, and he is not really residing at the home that is on record here. I am not going to provide any further details at the risk of outing myself.
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slimboyfat
If it was health reasons why remove his videos from the website and his image from photos?
I’m not saying a Bethelite didn’t say that, or believe it was heath reasons and voluntary, but there’s no reason bethel gossip can't be wrong. -
JW GoneBad
...I heard directly this past weekend from someone in Bethel that as speculated elsewhere on this site it was a health reason, it was his choice to step down...
Tony Morris became a liability to the WTBTS as a GB member. He got shit-canned!
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LaFrancia
A Bethelite told me it was removed. However, he did not know whether Morris attended the meetings. Perhaps it has become inactive. The governing body certainly punished him by deleting many of his videos. in one case they eliminated him from a video and replaced him with another GB member. who says exactly the same words
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FedUpJW
Whatever!!
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Journeyman
Putting the evidence together, I would tend to agree with those on here that suspect this delay is due to the GB waiting to see the outcome of some legal case(s) or other.
If it were in their own hands, they would not be waiting like this to print their articles, and certainly not suggesting that they don't even know when the August edition will appear. They've always been pretty rigorous - even rather "anal" - about release dates and output of literature.
The only other possibility I can think of is that there may be a major disagreement within the GB about changes to doctrine or the line to take in one or more study articles they want to feature in that issue. But I would've thought if that were the case, they would simply delay printing them and go with other topics until they resolved the argument, so as not to show publicly that there was a problem. But then again, this current GB is a different breed, and times are very different now to when I (and most of us) first became JWs and got to know what the GB of our times would do.but this case w August 2024 seems one of a kind.
I agree. Whatever the cause of this delay, this is pretty unprecedented. Think about it - not that long ago, they were printing a new magazine a WEEK - two WTs a month - with no interruption or delays, for decades. Now, they can't plan and print just ONE of twelve study issues in a year?
This new GB and Org really is coming apart at the seams.
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NotFormer
Journeyman, this is not your father's GB!
Not getting a WT out on time would have been unthinkable, back in the day.
But, then again, so would have ceasing the door to door work. Yet they tugged the forelock and did what the government said.