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  Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.

  by Lostandfound in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?

  ) of bethelites, over age cos etc, .

  out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.

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  Once the current oldies die off I'd say the era of staying on at bethel until you pop your clogs is officially over.

  It costs them too much to care for the elderly for a start.
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  Anyone think Assemblies will stop?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not completely but the expensive renting of halls or assembly hall ownership.

  maybe with streaming they could have assemblies at the kh and stream the program.

  i bet they cut costs in a lot of ways.

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  I wondered whether eventually, when they have all their evil cult duckies in a row, I figured assemblies might be the only physical meetings they keep, the rest of the "spiritual food" will be available online.
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  Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.

  by Lostandfound in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?

  ) of bethelites, over age cos etc, .

  out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.

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  I agree steve, that's what happens when you volunteer to go to bethel, you are on borrrowed time and one day you will be asked to leave. Whether you are a bethelite, or a mob member the same principle applies; whatever goes around within that group eventually comes around.
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  Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.

  by Lostandfound in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?

  ) of bethelites, over age cos etc, .

  out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.

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  I ran into some bethel "bad batch" rejects a couple in their fifties and the wife was desperately trying to cling to whatever dignity and social cred she thought she still had but the hubbie definitely would have talked more candidly if she didn't keep changing the subject to a more postive tone.

  I asked him what was going to happen to the branch, if they would sell of some properties and he said

  " Of course they will they're not sentimental about it."

  Me : "Well they 're not sentimental about people why would they be sentimental about buildings."

  At about that point the missus quickly changed the subject to how wonderfully they were supported by the congregation. He would have talked more if she let us.
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  Accounts report at Circuit Assemblies to go away

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was at the regional convention and asked an elder why is that at the assemblies their is an accounts report but not at the conventions?

  he said, well actually they got a letter and in it said that in a little while they will do away with the accounts report stating how much the assembly costs for the weekend and just go to donation basis like at the conventions.. my first thought was, "they will donate even less now.".

  anybody else hear about such a thing?.

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  Maybe the deficit report will be replaced by an "encouraging" video or song.
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  People will believe ANYthing no matter how insane

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. humour

  i started watching this guy's videos and it was like trying to eat just one potato chip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdoao1_rf0______https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8447ks90dk_______https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jufm8rtq1d0.

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  Yeah he's good and less creepy than David Blaine.
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  Bridget from AZ (So many JW's hang up)

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  something i have noticed from watching many of bridgets videos is.

  how many jws hang up on her.

  this is what jws are famous for, having the door slammed in their face.

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  Yep, that's the one wake me, thanks for posting it.

  Quite an odd little exchange and Bridget handles it well.
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  Bridget from AZ (So many JW's hang up)

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  something i have noticed from watching many of bridgets videos is.

  how many jws hang up on her.

  this is what jws are famous for, having the door slammed in their face.

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  I listened to one of her phone calls recently where the "brother" answering the phone at the hall claimed he knew JWfacts.com were lies...because ...wait for it... he said he knew the articles on JWfacts were "half truths" because he was a contributer!? Whaaaaaaaat?
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  I Think Their Is A Move Coming From Higher Ups To Get These Insane Idiot Out Of The Drivers Seat Of Jehovah's Chariot

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  look at all the lawsuits, scandals, unsuccessful cover up, contribution shrinkage, stopped building project, and much more.

  these guys are steering jehovah's chariot off a cliff if someone don't put the breaks on these delusional clowns.. so what do you think is there something a foot there at chemical dump clean up site warwick?

  i bet you a coup is in the offing, because you know not everyone close to the governing body believes their bull shit but are playing along until the time is right to keep the wt ship from sinking like the titanic..

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  Plus, none of the GB have enough qualifications between them to run a school fete and granted that might explain the woeful wastefulness of funds that has come to this point but would you seriously leave the likes them to make important business decisions on anything important if WT were your ongoing concern? They serve a purpose because they are useful idiots.
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  I Think Their Is A Move Coming From Higher Ups To Get These Insane Idiot Out Of The Drivers Seat Of Jehovah's Chariot

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  look at all the lawsuits, scandals, unsuccessful cover up, contribution shrinkage, stopped building project, and much more.

  these guys are steering jehovah's chariot off a cliff if someone don't put the breaks on these delusional clowns.. so what do you think is there something a foot there at chemical dump clean up site warwick?

  i bet you a coup is in the offing, because you know not everyone close to the governing body believes their bull shit but are playing along until the time is right to keep the wt ship from sinking like the titanic..

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  Agree with no apologies and berrygerry the GB are talking heads.