WTS Throws Hail Mary Pass with Major Paradigm Shift

by Socrateswannabe in

let me begin by stating that i have no insider information, this is merely my observation.

i believe that some time ago in watchtower land, somebody at hq posed these questions (probably an outside consultant because i don't think the gb is this hip): .

what would happen if we cut in half the average age of the responsible brothers in the organization?

berrygerry

They have definitely consulted for a number of changes - whether Dub consultants or outside, they are not just talking to Bethel ladder-climbers.

Their online strategy has been good. However, online success is measured by sales, not by number of languages. So, their website is successful in a sense, but not in reality.

Metro witnessing and Ipad-video showings seem to be ideas from old-timers reminiscing about the good old days of Rutherford. Rutherford's growth came from selling his ideas to a world in, not just a recession, but the Great Depression, followed by WW II. Not only is today's world not Rutherford's world economically, it is a far, far different world socially.

Lastly, as has been posted here many times, the only growth has been in impoverished countries (I note that almost all Youtube comment apologists, who have photos, are black). As noted in the Tanzania post, WT cannot afford any more loss-leaders.

Giving "privileges" to the young as a cult-carrot? Might work for some, but not for a lifetime IMO.

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Is it worth upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7?

by nicolaou in

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i'm running vista home premium on my dell inspiron.

dell custom build to your requirements and i went for 4gb of ram from the start (almost 2 years ago).

i know vista has been much maligned but honestly, i've had no problems with it.

berrygerry

I'm still running the same laptop with Vista

This makes me laugh - I have a desktop plugging away on XP (hope this isn't a jinx - I expect a blue screen of death every morning).

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Hedge Funds Still Off

by berrygerry in

did the investment guru(s) at bethel pick the wrong fund manager, and hence the big need for cash?.

laggner refers to companies like valeant, sunedison and micron technology as hedge fund hotels, where you check in but cant check out.. i mean they cant get out because they are the market, laggner said.

when they all try to get out, the stock collapses.. valeant is a classic example of a hedge fund hotel in that it has dropped from a high of $260 a share to the $100 range as the stock was obliterated by sellers.

berrygerry

I would have thought that investing in worldly markets would be taking part in the world and therefore an enemy of Jehovah? I guess I was wrong all this time…….

They "hedged" against getting caught as investors with this writing (Oct 8, 2000 Awake):

A Corporate Lottery?
In view of the risks associated with the stock market, is buying stock the same as gambling? A measure of risk is involved in nearly all financial investments. Some people buy real estate, not knowing if the value of a property will increase or decrease over time. Others deposit their money in a bank, trusting that their savings will be secure. While the stock market is more complicated, simply put, one who invests in stocks buys the shares of a company in the hope that the enterprise will prosper and the stocks will increase in value.
Such an investment differs from gambling because the stockholder has purchased part of a company. These shares may be sold to another person or saved in the hope of future growth. This cannot be said of a person who bets money at a casino or on a game of chance. Against the odds, the gambler seeks to predict an uncertain outcome and win the loser or losers’ stakes.
How much risk should an investor accept? That is up to each individual to decide. Of course, it is not prudent to risk more money on an investment than one is willing to lose.

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Hedge Funds Still Off

by berrygerry in

did the investment guru(s) at bethel pick the wrong fund manager, and hence the big need for cash?.

laggner refers to companies like valeant, sunedison and micron technology as hedge fund hotels, where you check in but cant check out.. i mean they cant get out because they are the market, laggner said.

when they all try to get out, the stock collapses.. valeant is a classic example of a hedge fund hotel in that it has dropped from a high of $260 a share to the $100 range as the stock was obliterated by sellers.

berrygerry

Aug 15, 1992 WT - Have You Counted the Cost?

In our time, inflation, stock-market declines, bank failures, and so forth, have caused the ruin of many who put their trust solely in material riches.

Sound Familiar?

by berrygerry in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7gxxirxyc

berrygerry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7GxxirXyc

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Hedge Funds Still Off

by berrygerry in

did the investment guru(s) at bethel pick the wrong fund manager, and hence the big need for cash?.

laggner refers to companies like valeant, sunedison and micron technology as hedge fund hotels, where you check in but cant check out.. i mean they cant get out because they are the market, laggner said.

when they all try to get out, the stock collapses.. valeant is a classic example of a hedge fund hotel in that it has dropped from a high of $260 a share to the $100 range as the stock was obliterated by sellers.

berrygerry

Did the investment guru(s) at Bethel pick the wrong Fund Manager, and hence the big need for cash?

Laggner refers to companies like Valeant, SunEdison and Micron Technology as hedge fund “hotels,” where you check in but can’t check out.
“I mean they can’t get out because they are the market,” Laggner said. “When they all try to get out, the stock collapses.”
Valeant is a classic example of a hedge fund hotel in that it has dropped from a high of $260 a share to the $100 range as the stock was obliterated by sellers. Shares of SunEdison, which was a popular solar energy play for hedge funds, have dropped from $31 to $6. Micron Technology’s stock price has been chainsawed in half.
It will be interesting to see whether a significant portion of hedge fund clients start withdrawing money from the industry. With some of the most prestigious hedge funds down double digits this year, net cash inflows into the industry slowed a little in the third quarter.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/will-deener/20151220-deener-hedge-fund-investors-paying-a-heavy-price.ece

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They did not even use the library!

by GermanXJW in

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mir, a participant in german board http://www.infolink-forum.de reports that he contacted the dag-hammarskjold-library and got the following reply from [email protected].

1. can anybody - following a request and explanation as set out above - use.

the library?

berrygerry

This would probably lend credence to the original post:

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302011018?q=The+Writing+Department+itself+has+a+comprehensive+library&p=par

One of the large university libraries that our researchers use has some five million books, 58,000 periodicals, 5.4 million microforms, and thousands of electronic databases. The Writing Department also maintains a large archive of clippings, experiences, and historical information that is constantly being updated with material from local sources as well as from our branch offices around the world.

Why would you need to go anywhere else?

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Traveling Merchants

by berrygerry in

wt teaches that rev 18:11 applies to "big business" mourning the demise of false religion, as they were essentially losing their best customer(s).. the last reference to this concept that i could find is 1993 wt.

also weeping and mourning over her are greedy men of commerce, traveling merchants .

, who became rich from her.. .

berrygerry

Babylon The Great Has Fallen" (false religion) do they still teach that ?

As we speak. (That's what brought up the question in my mind.)

https://www.jw.Borg/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-march-2016/questions-from-readers/

(Delete the B )

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Encounter with J.W's at wittnessing kart.

by karter in

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me-you allow pedophiles to go d2d and into peoples houses even when they have children.. j.w-no we don't.. me-the one that interfered with a relative of mine does and another i know who raped his sister does in fact he's an elder.. j.w-we cant stop them going d2d.. me- so now your saying they do go d2d you can't stop them,no you don't want to!.

j.w-it happens in all religions.. me- so that justifies sending pedo's into strangers houses.how would you like it if a pedo came to your place and you didn't know.. j.w- it happened to my mother and if he came to my place it knock him out.. me - but you have no problem with anyone from your church going to peoples houses even if they are a pedo.. we argued around in circles with him saying the elders may not know and me saying well i told them and so did the victim and he admitted to it ,then i told him about the r.c in australia and he said that could be anyone claiming to be a j.w could be on the stand ( by this time he was getting desperate)the i said like jeffery jackson?.

i told them to look it up on you tube.. i gave then the names and congro's the 2 pedo's are in and said i'd come back next week and see if they had checked it out.the lady's body language said she knew the elder that raped his sister as they are a well know family they were in the year book a few years ago.. stand by for next week.. karter.

berrygerry

karter

Your username was prescient for this thread

witnessing kart

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Encounter with J.W's at wittnessing kart.

by karter in

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me-you allow pedophiles to go d2d and into peoples houses even when they have children.. j.w-no we don't.. me-the one that interfered with a relative of mine does and another i know who raped his sister does in fact he's an elder.. j.w-we cant stop them going d2d.. me- so now your saying they do go d2d you can't stop them,no you don't want to!.

j.w-it happens in all religions.. me- so that justifies sending pedo's into strangers houses.how would you like it if a pedo came to your place and you didn't know.. j.w- it happened to my mother and if he came to my place it knock him out.. me - but you have no problem with anyone from your church going to peoples houses even if they are a pedo.. we argued around in circles with him saying the elders may not know and me saying well i told them and so did the victim and he admitted to it ,then i told him about the r.c in australia and he said that could be anyone claiming to be a j.w could be on the stand ( by this time he was getting desperate)the i said like jeffery jackson?.

i told them to look it up on you tube.. i gave then the names and congro's the 2 pedo's are in and said i'd come back next week and see if they had checked it out.the lady's body language said she knew the elder that raped his sister as they are a well know family they were in the year book a few years ago.. stand by for next week.. karter.

berrygerry

Play this video on your device beside the cart-keepers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_vbT64nOg

berrygerry

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