The only things they can kind of be negative about are things they're given permission to be negative about. For instance: At the annual meeting Tony Morris said something about us having too many magazines to read. Then he said, 'Thats okay, you're not being disloyal'. Sure enough, after the meeting I heard a couple people saying 'You know, I always thought that!' (They actually say this about pretty much any new light, in an effort to convince themselves it's 'always been that way'.)
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Is there anything organizational a JW can be negative about?
by Gorbatchov inabout what organizational aspect are witnesses negative?.
(i can’t find anything).. always positive = irrational = indoctrination.
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Help please
by Akid48 inone of my posts keep re posting when i haven't tryed to post it again.. like a week ago i tried to post i was suck in a loop i tryed three times and it has posted 5 times..
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neat blue dog
Well if it does no worries, most of us will know you aren't spamming. Simon says he intends to modernize the site at some point in the future which will probably indirectly fix these and other glitches.
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Help please
by Akid48 inone of my posts keep re posting when i haven't tryed to post it again.. like a week ago i tried to post i was suck in a loop i tryed three times and it has posted 5 times..
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neat blue dog
I believe that happened to me once. I seen it numerous times, even to the best of us like WifiBandit. Just one of those anomolays I suppose.
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January 2018 Study Watchtower - if only J.W.'s knew the truth!
by The Fall Guy inpage 19, paragraph 12: "with prayerful consideration, the governing body strives to be faithful and discreet with regard to how the organization’s funds are used.".
yeah, i "prayed" too - that more and more j.w.
's would discover that millions of dollars of their hard-earned cash were being misused to shut the mouths of j.w.
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Oh I know it all is ultimately from the same place, I just thought it would be a good opportunity to let those in the hall know where their money is going. So if anybody's planning an exit and has nothing to lose, why not wait til the next resolution time and then raise your hand 😜
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Jehovah's Witnesses and The Empire (Star Wars)
by neat blue dog ini've been reading some of the latest star wars novels that take place around the movies and i can't help but be struck with how the empire reminds me of jws.
(i know it's typical of many high control groups, etc.
but it's close to home.
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neat blue dog
Yeah, if you've ever seen the season 5 finale arc of The Clone Wars, Anakin's Padawan, Ashoka, basically gets disfellowshipped by a Jedi judicial committee. When they later admit they were wrong, she says 'never again' and walks away for good. From that point on she's spiritual but not religious. Here lightsabers are white instead of colored.
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January 2018 Study Watchtower - if only J.W.'s knew the truth!
by The Fall Guy inpage 19, paragraph 12: "with prayerful consideration, the governing body strives to be faithful and discreet with regard to how the organization’s funds are used.".
yeah, i "prayed" too - that more and more j.w.
's would discover that millions of dollars of their hard-earned cash were being misused to shut the mouths of j.w.
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neat blue dog
Yes I was tempted but it isn't an option at this time. When it comes to leaving JWs you only have one shot. After that information control kicks in.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and The Empire (Star Wars)
by neat blue dog ini've been reading some of the latest star wars novels that take place around the movies and i can't help but be struck with how the empire reminds me of jws.
(i know it's typical of many high control groups, etc.
but it's close to home.
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neat blue dog
I've been reading some of the latest Star Wars novels that take place around the movies and I can't help but be struck with how the Empire reminds me of JWs. (I know it's typical of many high control groups, etc. but it's close to home. I'll give you two examples:
1: Today I'm working on Guardians of the Whills, a precursor to Rogue One, and this quote jumped out at me regarding the Rebellion drawing attention to the Empire's abuses of power:
"The Empire, of course, downplayed such things or dismissed them altogether. Propaganda by enemies of the Empire, it claimed. Lies spread by traitors and saboteurs who threatened the order and peace and security the Empire provided."
I could help but think of Stephen Lett's famous video where he called the child abuse situation "apostate lies".
2: Before that, I was reading the Servants of the Empire series. I have no quotes to share because the entire thing reminded me of JWs. It was about a family with a son and daughter. They gushed about the Empire and thought it was an honor to serve them. They're daughter went to train as a stormtrooper and they thought it was a privilege to offer their child to serve the Empire (kind of like missionaries, Bethelites). But then their daughter started to get disillusioned with the Empire. Communication was monitored and eventually not allowed. She wasn't heard from after that (like disfellowshipping). Then her brother decides to become a stormtrooper just to infiltrate the Empire to find his sister (like PIMO's and those who leak information).
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January 2018 Study Watchtower - if only J.W.'s knew the truth!
by The Fall Guy inpage 19, paragraph 12: "with prayerful consideration, the governing body strives to be faithful and discreet with regard to how the organization’s funds are used.".
yeah, i "prayed" too - that more and more j.w.
's would discover that millions of dollars of their hard-earned cash were being misused to shut the mouths of j.w.
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neat blue dog
This was on my mind at the last meeting. At the end, the COTBOE was reading a resolution about sending local money to funds called the GAA (global assistance arrangement) and the COAA (for CO's). He said the GAA was a mass fund to prepare for unexpected expenses and liabilities including those that take place on Kingdom Hall property. Before the voting he said 'Any questions?' and I was SO tempted to raise my hand and ask "Are the millions of dollars worth of child abuse judgements and out of court settlements taken from the GAA, or is that another fund?"
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Trivial stuff about the AGM
by sir82 inlots of good comments already about the content of saturday's agm broadcast.. i just thought i'd add my (trivial!
) comments about the magnificent 7:.
-- loesch - was he intentionally trying to be boring?
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sir82
Spot on impressions of the speakers!
Sorry Sister Lett
You had me LOL 😂
As for Loesch, he ALWAYS gives talks like that. Just look at any talk of his from Gilead, Annual Meetings etc. and it's always a hodgepodge of quotes facts and figures from Watch Tower publications. Copy paste research, just like a rank and file would do. I think he's the least cunning of the bunch, and somehow just happened to get on the GB. Probably follows the lead of Splane and Morris despite being the senior GB member. Morris, yep, he's as opinionated and cantankerous as they come. And as for Splane, he's probably got Fred Franz's picture in his locker.
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When did the recording of prayers stop? Why?
by careful ini was just listening to the annual meeting recording posted here in another thread.
about half way through it, a prayer was offered.
i was wondering if the recorder (and i have no idea if this was a person making an official recording or just some independent person making one) was going to keep the recording device on for the prayer.
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neat blue dog
I don't know why but it's been this way for years. I was just talking about this yesterday with a JW, I said 'So prayers written in the Bible are okay, but video is wrong?'