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  Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 8, random stuff

  by neat blue dog in

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  this time we get to see a new shot of the interior of the gb's board room.

  this is where the magic happens lol.. .

  here's a picture of a british couple.

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  Maybe it has to do with being self conscious, like everybody's watching you, I don't know.
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  Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 9 (final part), persecution

  by neat blue dog in

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  here's a guy that walks up to a literature cart, and commences throwing the books and magazines everywhere, piece by piece.

  in this screenshot some are headed over the fence.. .

  one more highlight to mention was phillip brumley talking about the situation in russia.

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  Here's a guy that walks up to a literature cart, and commences throwing the books and magazines everywhere, piece by piece. In this screenshot some are headed over the fence.
  

  

  One more highlight to mention was Phillip Brumley talking about the situation in Russia. Speaking of so-called linguistic experts called on by the court to say that JW publications are propaganda, Brumley said, "The concept is that a layperson could read a book, and because he's so simple minded, he doesn't realize he's being mentally manipulated down a certain road, and then by the time he gets to the end of the book, his mind now has been contaminated". He of course is mocking this concept, but that is exactly how the GB treats the rank and file, not trusting them to look at objective information, saying that 'apostate' material is poisonous.
  
  Okay, that's all I got from the videos. It was long and I couldn't pay attention to everything so if anybody caught other significant details please fill us in.
  
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  Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 8, random stuff

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this time we get to see a new shot of the interior of the gb's board room.

  this is where the magic happens lol.. .

  here's a picture of a british couple.

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  This time we get to see a new shot of the interior of the GB's board room. This is where the magic happens lol.
  

  

  Here's a picture of a British couple. They tried to make a joke by showing this picture of how British they are, kind of fell flat on the audience . . .

  

  . . . but then again there wasn't that much of an audience to begin with.

  
  
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  Interview with Giordano an Apostate

  by Giordano in

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  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.

  my mother introduced me to her jw world when i was 12. i had to attend the weekly book study....boring!!!!

  plus the disney tv show was on tuesday eve 8 to 9 and once a month they did a space show......no matter how hard i tried couldn’t get out of that bk study.

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  Your publishers cards were to be sent to your new congregation. Ours were lost.......that was particularly embarrassing for me. Did I mention that I was also the Publishers Card Servant? Till this day I don’t know how they got lost.

  I see Jehovah's hand in that 😉
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  Anyone else visit JDUB'S Brewery?

  by moomanchu in

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  Is this just a coincidence?? 😱
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  interview with an apostate- morpheus

  by _Morpheus in

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  when i saw simons thread and the "interview" series of threads that came from it i really enjoyed reading the life stories of those that shared.

  a bump for newer people seems like a good idea and i figured i would add mine as well.

  again, thanks to simon for the concept of a guided interview thread and the template.. tell us a little about yourself and your family.. hmmm... easy question, hard answer.

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  Thanks _Morpheus, always nice to get to know each other's backstories better. I like to hear from those who have pretty much seen/done it all (i.e. Bethel, elder, etc.) and have done their research and have intelligent reasons for leaving. It goes against JW's narrative that those who leave are "weak" and only do so for selfish reasons. I agree that some overt activism can just make us look nuts or play into the persecution complex, but I did see one on YouTube that was so well done I had to love it. Even if nobody remembered all the specifics of what was said, they'll know that all is not right in the org.

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=529s&v=3weMonz4XmI
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  Reaction to baptism figures

  by neat blue dog in

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  talking about tomorrow's wt study, that mentions over a quarter of a million baptized every year, a jw asked how many that is a day.

  i got out my calculator and answered over 778 a day.

  of course they were amazed at the growth, but immediatly i googled another statistic and read it aloud:.

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  And even out of the ones that are adults, I haven't seen one, not one, in recent years that was a true convert reached door to door. All of them were exposed to JWs as children and they became inactive and/or have JW family members.
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  Reaction to baptism figures

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  talking about tomorrow's wt study, that mentions over a quarter of a million baptized every year, a jw asked how many that is a day.

  i got out my calculator and answered over 778 a day.

  of course they were amazed at the growth, but immediatly i googled another statistic and read it aloud:.

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrL5C4uS1s
  
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  Reaction to baptism figures

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  talking about tomorrow's wt study, that mentions over a quarter of a million baptized every year, a jw asked how many that is a day.

  i got out my calculator and answered over 778 a day.

  of course they were amazed at the growth, but immediatly i googled another statistic and read it aloud:.

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  neat blue dog

  Talking about tomorrow's WT study, that mentions over a quarter of a million baptized every year, a JW asked how many that is a day. I got out my calculator and answered over 778 a day. Of course they were amazed at the growth, but immediatly I googled another statistic and read it aloud:

  'And 360,000 are born every day, and 151,600 people die every day.'

  Nobody said anything, but the sister who asked in the first place was a little annoyed. Instead of addressing it, she asked:

  'Well, how many are baptized in a week?'

  I said 'over 5,000'.

  She said 'Its good to think about it that way, by the week'.
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  Common phrases which are disappearing during my lifetime

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  many common phrases i've used all my life have been made obsolete by technology advancements.

  "roll up the window" (car windows don't roll up any longer with a hand crank.).

  "hold your horses.

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  I agree with _Morpheus, the tech behind the phrases may be outdated but the sayings remain.

  Another one I hear all the time is "tape" in regards to recording audio and/or video, even though most everybody uses flash memory, not tape.