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  Valparaíso, Chile! (jw.org front page)

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  the second in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

  here's valparaíso!.

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  sparrowdown

  I can hear the art direction now " yeah, totally pimp up the colours and make it look busier with extra car and foot traffic but sshh let's pretend the big-ass church isn't there." lol.
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  I'm not the only one who sees the similarity am I?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been thinking this for some time.

  we all know what this picture is.... .

  well, this is dachau concentration camp.... .

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  sparrowdown

  I get the watchtower logo being displayed on an external wall somewhere as a nod to the magazine that made them recognizable but why do they need a literal watchtower, what use would it serve?

  Maybe they made a "note to self" after the Waco incident.
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  Press Release: Jehovah Witnesses and abuse. An aspect unknown in Spanish society. (#AbusosTJ)

  by sp74bb in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  press release, colectivo #abusostj.

  barcelona, nov. 24, 2016 .

  jehovah witnesses and abuse.

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  sparrowdown

  Ditto what Brokeback said.
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  Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

  and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

  i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

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  sparrowdown

  I'd hazzard a guess the guy is an elder and he is at Bethel hence "bethel elder."
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  does the watchtower receive govenment subsides for their learn to read studies in 3rd. world countries?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just wondering.

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  sparrowdown

  I'd say it goes toward them keeping their charity = tax exempt status.

  Quite sickening really that they teach people how to shun family, refuse blood, be homophobic, sexist and be a walking talking billboard for their cult and WT benefits.
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  Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

  and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

  i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

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  sparrowdown

  That choir is like the worst boy band - ever! The back passage boys.
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  Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

  and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

  i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

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  sparrowdown

  Boy, to be a Bethel elder these days you have to be a triple threat singer, actor and ass-kisser extrordinaire.
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  Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

  and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

  i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

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  It's those eyes, with that cold stare, this guy could play a creepy serial killer or Bond villain that tortures his victims by reading them WT publications.
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  JWs kinda admit to not being Christian

  by NikL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the book study which is basically a book all about the history of "gods organization" ©.

  a paragraph that hit me like a ton of the proverbial bricks was this.... 9 first, jehovah’s servants came to have the proper view of the importance of god’s name.

  faithful early bible students viewed the ransom arrangement as the bible’s main teaching.

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  Hell yeah, they definitely put Jesus in the corner. Actually I remember how they used to point out quite regularly that the congregations belonged to Jesus and he was the head of the org, now....not so much - if at all, it's always "Jehovah's organization."

  Plus, what kind of anul-retentive psycho keeps a running total of the times Jehovah and Jesus are mentioned and turns it into a competition? Oh that's right WT.
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  How does an elder become an elder ?

  by Drwho in

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  2. experiences

  i was never a jw , so have millions of questions .

  please, how does an elder become an elder and how much trust does or should a jw put in an elder .?

  simon.

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  How does an elder become an elder?

  As others have pointed out be perpetually "available" for any...any assignment that comes your way particularly ones the other elders don't want to do like volunteering to take the FS group on public holidays. Appear eager to help but not ambitious. And the most important is to put your lips together and suck like your life depends upon it. It also helps to marry a theocratic "it" girl like the COBEs daughter or local pioneer.