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  Could this be a JW media venture?

  by neat blue dog in

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  i'm wondering if this is another step in wt branching out into attempting to profit through media production.

  last year they already registered their hollywood style company "jw studios" as an llc, unlike their other corporations which are non-profit.. ( more information on that here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5740817149853696/jw-studios-llc-commercial-purposes ).

  now, i see this video of a wt spokesman.

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  neat blue dog

  So it's out of the goodness of their heart then? Seriously, why set up a whole separate entity with obvious plans to offer further courses if they would lose time and money on it? Also P.S. - it is a .com domain, not .org
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  Could this be a JW media venture?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm wondering if this is another step in wt branching out into attempting to profit through media production.

  last year they already registered their hollywood style company "jw studios" as an llc, unlike their other corporations which are non-profit.. ( more information on that here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5740817149853696/jw-studios-llc-commercial-purposes ).

  now, i see this video of a wt spokesman.

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  neat blue dog

  I'm wondering if this is another step in WT branching out into attempting to profit through media production. Last year they already registered their Hollywood style company "JW Studios" as an LLC, unlike their other corporations which are non-profit.

  ( More information on that here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5740817149853696/jw-studios-llc-commercial-purposes )

  Now, I see this video of a WT spokesman

  ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xG8sbR6B8g4&feature=youtu.be )

  promoting a website for legal education called legallearningstudio.com , with an upcoming course about the 20th anniversary of the Stratton court case, hosted by Philip Brumley (WT lawyer) among others. Going to this website, the only course being offered is about JWs, and a link to their YouTube channel has one video, again the one about JWs, with the comment section conveniently turned off. Anyone can watch it there when it goes live, but the website has portals for legal professionals to officially register, which makes me wonder if this is somehow for profit or kickbacks. They also have a section for upcoming courses that hasn't been filled yet, so I wonder if this is a venture from JW Studios, with the "educational courses" being streamed from their new media center in the future, masquerading as a neutral educational body. Looking up the legallearningstudio.com doesn't reveal the owner, saying it was an individual registrant "On behalf of legallearningstudio.com owner".
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  Capitol Attack Hearings

  by shadowclone in

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  hearings are on the schedule for abc, bbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc and nbc.

  not on fox "news".. will you be watching?

  or maybe .

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  neat blue dog

  shadowclone:

  I notice in your second comment you backpedaled and didn't address anything. Any reason for that?
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  Society's list of publications to trash ASAP!

  by RolRod in

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  neat blue dog

  To see it clearer use a Windows computer. Not sure why desktop mode on Android doesn't make it clearer.
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  Preaching the Good News with Rising Gas Prices?

  by truthlover123 in

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  i fear this could put an end to travelling a territory due to rising prices- where i am located in canada, we are now paying $2.08 per liter .

  now since there is 3.79 litres in one gallon that equates to $7.88 per gallon... .

  how many in a car group will kick in?

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  neat blue dog

  That's the excuse they gave for ending the separate Bookstudy.
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  WT resumes public ministries*

  by Smiles in

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  from jw org news alert:.

  breaking news | resuming public witnessing.

  on may 31, 2022, the governing body informed all branch committees that they may now resume all forms of public witnessing with the exception of the door-to-door ministry.

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  neat blue dog

  Yes "house to house" is a mistranslation of "in private homes", which is why Paul used it as a contrast to "teaching you publicly". Maybe they'll finally get 'new light' on the topic.
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  Talk about indoctrination

  by RolRod in

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  saw this while browsing the jw site.

  cartoons of rutherford.

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  neat blue dog

  And the two most important points the GB want the kids to walk away is:

  1: Give us your money

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  2: When the GB talks, it's really Jesus talking

  

  
  
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  Talk about indoctrination

  by RolRod in

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  saw this while browsing the jw site.

  cartoons of rutherford.

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  neat blue dog

  Sickening for sure. Look at this guy in pathetic adoration of Rutherford (minus the cross and crowns of course, and Jesus picture was given a haircut)

  

  
  
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  Worship study this week

  by road to nowhere in

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  since i need to keep up for family's sake i "study"(skim, its not deep).

  worship: pray, study ( wt), go to meetings ( formal, not gathering 2 or 3), preach.

  thrn add helping build halls, donating, and since donations go one way only, give material aid to others.. note construction time isn't for service,( but i may have turned in time for it).

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  neat blue dog

  Yep I feel you, in a similar situation. Just keep in mind that any monthly local excess is "donated" to the WTS, but if your family is aware of donations then I guess there's not much you can do, short of 'redirecting' the funds to a worthier cause.
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  Hospitality for speaker

  by road to nowhere in

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  there seem to be hospitality starting again.

  fully vaccinated and assume masked.

  neither a set in stone rule.

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  neat blue dog

  they could order that special or a Number 5 with fries

  That's too good for 'em! Those meal 'deals' are rip offs, I'm thriftier than that 😅