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  It Is Official - They Are Shutting Down

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i never it expected so soon - (should have posted sooner, but i was unaware - and i sent in my donation, too.).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkqh3lcgvw.

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  berrygerry

  I never it expected so soon - (Should have posted sooner, but I was unaware - and I sent in my donation, too.)
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwkqh3lCgvw
  
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  Watching the World - Religious Magazines Fold

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake - may 8, 1993.

  two of the nations oldest religious magazines, american baptist and christian herald, have ceased publication, reports an associated press dispatch.

  both the 115-year-old christian herald, started in 1878 and based in chappaqua, n.y., and the 189-year-old american baptist, whose antecedent magazine started in 1803, cited declining circulation.

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  Hmmm.

  Awake - May 8, 1993

  “Two of the nation’s oldest religious magazines, American Baptist and Christian Herald, have ceased publication,” reports an Associated Press dispatch. “Both the 115-year-old Christian Herald, started in 1878 and based in Chappaqua, N.Y., and the 189-year-old American Baptist, whose antecedent magazine started in 1803, cited declining circulation.” The monthly American Baptist, based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, will be replaced by a newsletter. However, another religious journal of that era, The Watchtower, continues to grow. First published monthly in 1879 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a circulation of 6,000 copies in English, The Watchtower is now published semimonthly in 112 languages and has a circulation of 16,400,000 copies per issue.

  Would AP be interested in a follow-up story? (Probably not)
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  First thoughts on "new" meeting...

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .

  sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.

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  berrygerry

  25:20 of video

  Sister Silhouette: "You have a beautiful home here."

  Follow-up statements:

  - Option A - Wouldn't you like to find true happiness by selling your home and donating the equity to Almighty God's chosen ones on earth, and thereafter sponging off of the goodwill of others like I do?

  - Option B - Can I share a Scripture with you? This Scripture clearly shows that all of those that are not worshiping the True God as I say, will be destroyed, but that their property will remain, somewhat like a neutron bomb.

  My family has suffered for this belief, and deeply desire to be rewarded by assuming ownership to your home as a reward.

  Would you like to learn more about this loving arrangement?
  
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  JWs are getting worried about the lay-offs in the ORG.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm upstairs, eavesdropping on a conversation between an eldubs wife and my wife.

  they are hoping for "clarification" on everything that's going on with the construction scene.

  so, rest assured, dubs are talking.

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  berrygerry

  LOL!!! It's so dumb! The dubs are still trying to access the site. Maybe it's just my area of the country? "This isn't good, this isn't good", say the dubs.

  I always wondered about the scenario post-Armageddon.

  No electricity, no cell-phones, no internet, no anything.

  At least Doomsday Preppers are prepared - WTS, not so much.

  (Jurassic World - the kids somehow find a way to charge 20-year old batteries, and then start a Jeep with 20-year-old gasoline. Yeah, right.)
  
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  In the news: Warwick gets more money?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  source:http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20151001/news01/151009998/warwick-seeks-amendment-to-town-code.

  [at the end of the article] does this mean they are getting more money???.

  sweeton also sought a resolution to reduce the performance bond from pledged collateral account control agreement with the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. from $22.6 million to $7.3 million and to authorize the release the difference to the organization.. the watchtower bible and tract society jehovah’s witnesses world headquarters is advancing in its new construction.

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  berrygerry

  Maybe claiming that construction was nearing its end, or saying that whatever construction is left is not as huge or expensive as the previous years.

  A performance bond is just that, a bond that ensures that a project will be completed.

  When a site is "under construction," it is worth far less than if it were virgin land.

  Partially completed concrete structures would be VERY expensive to remove, together with the rest of the work that is "in progress."

  WT must have argued that they reached a point whereby they have reached a "near-completion" point, or a point that, if necessary, a buyer would be able to use the completed work, and finish the project.
  
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  Proof that Armageddon will come in 2020 or 2021.

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somewhat just posted a link to www.jw2016.borg (remove the b ) which is an up-and-running site for 2016 dub conventions.the borg has also registered jw2017, jw2018, jw2019, and jw2020 (all .org)however, they have not reg'd jw2021.therefore, the conclusion in the title.

  (a non-wt has reg'd jw2022.org)( jw2021.org is presently available, wink-wink).

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  berrygerry

  These governments and their supporters oppose God even now by refusing to submit to his rulership.

  How exactly are these governments and their supporters supposed to "submit to his rulership?" Turn over all government direction and control to the WT?
  
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  Proof that Armageddon will come in 2020 or 2021.

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somewhat just posted a link to www.jw2016.borg (remove the b ) which is an up-and-running site for 2016 dub conventions.the borg has also registered jw2017, jw2018, jw2019, and jw2020 (all .org)however, they have not reg'd jw2021.therefore, the conclusion in the title.

  (a non-wt has reg'd jw2022.org)( jw2021.org is presently available, wink-wink).

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  berrygerry

  I remember wondering if the system would last long enough to watch Return Of The Jedi....

  I remember for many years watching a reality show to which I was addicted, and always hoping that the big A would not come before the season finale.

  That was many, many seasons ago.
  
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  Bethel Layoff Notices arrive under Bethellite doors

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just heard from a reliable source that some at the canadian branch have received their lay-off notices under their doors at bethel.

  don't know what the letter looks like.

  probably something like, " the tribe has spoken, bring us your torches"

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  berrygerry

  They were 50 years old when they were laid off.

  Any speculation as to why they were laid off?
  
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  All these changes seem part of the Master Plan

  by wisdomfrombelow in

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  2. beliefs

  bethel reductions.

  special pioneer reductions.

  construction reductions.

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  berrygerry

  People that have commission-based income can develop a standard of living without anticipating changes and / or downturns to their income.

  They can ignore changes or attribute them as being temporary.

  It is not until SOMETHING forces them to face the reality that monthly expenses are higher than income, over a period of time, that something needs to change.

  The change could be to supplement your income (even get a non-commission, regular paycheck job), and / or reduce your income.

  WT strenuously fought the internet (rightly so). Their consultants gave them a plan to embrace the internet (I know that this is contradictory - but also, rightly so).(What bloody entity does not have a decent website ??? ).

  The problem was, and is, that WT and their consultants are like contestants on Shark Tank - we have a concept with a website - please invest with us.

  The "due diligence" should have included the fact that the dot-com-bubble burst back in 2000.

  Someone coming into the game 15 years later, having adherents go door-to-door or standing on street corners doing nothing more than saying: "Hey, OUR CHURCH has a website" is akin to a person on a dating website boasting that "I have a penis" or "I have a vagina," so, marry me.
  

  IMO, WT either paid major bucks to an agency, and received good advice for a 1990's model, or they have done it in-house copying the Mormons,

  No matter how, WT's growth came during times of great adversity, such as the Great Depression, the Great War, WW II, the Cold War and the Arms Race.

  Although there are a handful of areas of conflict, they are only newsworthy because of the lack of anything else to report as bad news. There has not been any global adversity for a very long time.
  

  Rutherford was a marketing genius, but his target market has changed from gung-ho middle-class to impoverished third-world citizens.

  I am hardly opposed to helping the current target market, but as to WT's true goal of financially exploiting them - ummmm, time for a new consulting agency.
  
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  Time for a BK cult purge again

  by Witness My Fury in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  there's too many bk cult threads and operatives on here lately.

  mind you 0 should be the figure at any rate.. here's a simple suggestion.

  you can sniff out a bk cult adherent by flagging certain keywords they are guaranteed to use.

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  berrygerry

  I see BK, I think Burger King ???