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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  The days of the Theocratic Hotel are over.
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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  Welcome to the WT firesale!!
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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  Yes flipper that too!
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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  They need to empty the all bethels of live-ins and set up a regular office with regular paid employees.
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  Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heard 4th-hand, but from a full-on believer, so not likely to be an "apostate lie":.

  apparently, at bethel's morning worship this morning, it was announced that all worldwide wts construction is "suspended" for an indefinite time, except for the new world headquarters at warwick.. also, the "relocation" of remote translating teams is also suspended.. finally, there will be a "worldwide" reduction in bethel personnel.. all this came to me in a non-english language, and,as noted, 4th-hand.

  so it is possible something may have been lost in translation and/or in the multiple steps between bethel morning worship & me.. but if true, it would be quite stunning.

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  Oh the horror 😲Lett will now be begging for money by threatening to take articles of clothng off if donations don't improve.

  Donation Broadcast Strip-Poker. Dear God, someone give them some money, think of the children!!
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  Why did you choose Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by vinman in

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  i'm wondering why ones on this forum initially became jw's.

  if you were born in, why did you make it "your own"?

  if you became one later, what was your draw and driving force?

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  The way I see it I didn't choose JWs they chose me. They came to my door uninvited. Then they set about convincing me that they were on a mission from God and I was young and vulnerable enough to believe them.

  Once they had me in their sights the couple that studied with me were relentless, calling several times a week and telling me how smart and special and loved I was for accepting the study. Looking back now, they were so attentive to my every need it was creepy and stalkerish I should have known it was too good to be true.

  So in a way they chose me.
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  Every appearance of “This Generation” in Matthew, Mark and Luke.

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1. did jesus use the term this generation as a compliment?

  2. was jesus speaking to people living at that time?

  3. was jesus speaking about people living at that time?

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  It's not like the WT is dogmatic about it......is it.....anyone. I mean they have added the tethering word "overlapping"
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  The bridge burning has begun.

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
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  i was feeling particularly hopeless about the whole jws being assholes thing and sick to death of pretending so ....

  i rang my sister and told her that i no longer believe jws have the truth and the phone went silent, when i asked her to say something she just said if that was the case then she would have to hang up on me and then proceeded to indeed hang up..

  so i texted her back immediately with fu..

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  Thanks island man for your insights the JW psyche is a gold mine of dysfunctional thinking that could keep a team of sociology and psyche students researching for years. Religious thugs is what they are!!

  wisdomfrombelow - The reason I rang her is because she lives in a different state a plane ride and four hours drive away. We already had a strained relationship due to her WT fervor and GB worship, like many JWs she is very passive aggressive and manipulative and believe me seeing her in person would have been absolutely traumatic to me. You cannot reason with a religious abuser or an indoctrinated person. As for the FU, I don't normally send them being the lady that I am but she needed to know where we stand in no uncertain terms and FU is so elegantly simple and effective. Thanks for your thoughts all opinions help.

  Thanks for the cyber hugs alive and back at ya.

  You and the Mrs' offer of support means a helluva lot to me Mr Flipper, expect me to take you up on a pm or two.

  Sabin - head towards the exit and get down low and go, go go! Exactly!
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  Every appearance of “This Generation” in Matthew, Mark and Luke.

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1. did jesus use the term this generation as a compliment?

  2. was jesus speaking to people living at that time?

  3. was jesus speaking about people living at that time?

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  Interesting, I partcularly like the idea of "is it used as a compliment" that is a great question.

  Well JWs have clocked up a few "this" generations by now, that the WT call "this overlapping generation" (of assholes) who look for a sign etc blah, blah.

  The biggest problem the WT has at the moment is something I like to call generation creep, which is a bit like what the military call mission creep.

  The next biggest problem for the WT is apostates and others pointing it out to them.
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  The bridge burning has begun.

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was feeling particularly hopeless about the whole jws being assholes thing and sick to death of pretending so ....

  i rang my sister and told her that i no longer believe jws have the truth and the phone went silent, when i asked her to say something she just said if that was the case then she would have to hang up on me and then proceeded to indeed hang up..

  so i texted her back immediately with fu..

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  Thanks ToesUp, or as I like to think of you (little piggies)

  Yeah, fmf, I can think of more fun ways to get exhausted. (I mean like going on a hike or dancing all night, minds out of the gutter please!)