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  the new TV show, is it just me or is the guy really creepy??

  by purrpurr in

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  purrpurr: ...It really creeped me out! The guy fronting it seems so weird? Like his voice is detached from his body or maybe he's mouthing the words? Also those gestures... Defiantly a work on there brother! Talk about over used hammy hands! It lacks any natural spontaneous reaction. I got the impression he had over rehearsed in the bathroom mirror perhaps!?

  A commentator in the Youtube video " The Irrepressible Mr Lett", said that Lett had a speech impediment, and that he had struggled with stuttering. Over-enunciating would help him , and being super-animated would help him too.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8dB7M5mzQ

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/humour/281859/1/How-to-Wear-a-Pinkie-Ring-by-Stephen-Lett-Governing-Body-Member
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  TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

  by passwordprotected in

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  i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

  and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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  Just the way he said that brother Teddy Jaracz has received his heavenly reward was funny and strange.
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  TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

  by passwordprotected in

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  i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

  and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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  @ hamsterbait: That's exactly it, for the fact that they never studied music (or haven't done any higher education), they've been producing quite some nice melodies.

  By the way, have you seen: Teddy Jaracz's back.
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  TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

  by passwordprotected in

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  i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

  and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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  mana11:What about the music at the end?. is this a wtbs production?

  insidetheKH: @mana11 yes that song is made by JW's

  It is a beautiful tune, that "JW Broadcasting" tune. (They are seen recording it with the orchestra, and that is used as a intro/outro tune.) One has to admit, they really know how to write good music/melodies/ orchestra tunes. And they seem to be getting better every decade that passes by.
  I've got no idea about the current songbook-songs, but the Music of the Videoclibs and Films have well written. Someone there knows how to produce good music.
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  Will firing the DOs be the first step to a new Watchtower?

  by Juan Viejo2 in

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  against my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.

  he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.

  i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.

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  Juan Viejo2: Rumors are that the Governing Body will be expanded to 12 to better match the biblical magic number of apostles, tribes of Israel, etc. That will also reset the 'magic number' to 8 needed to get a majority vote to make a doctrinal change. They think that more things will get done and decisions will come quicker than with the current number of GB set at 8. There are a lot of reletavely powerful and influential men at HQ and in the field who are over 60 and want their chance to be appointed to the GB.

  There has been a GB with the number 12 in 1992 (From the 1993 Proclaimers Book)

  The GB doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote for the appointment of its members. They use the unanimous vote:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/285123/1/The-Governing-Body-doesnt-use-the-2-3-majority-vote-right-At-least-not-for-the-appointment-of-its-members
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  Replacing Guy Pierce—how big is the pool from which to choose?

  by L3G in

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  respectful_observer's thread on guy pierce's death,.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/277198/1/heard-a-rumor-guy-pierce-died-this-morning#.uyq-pv21x1n.

  got me thinking.

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  neverendingjourney : First let's assume GB members are appointed on a 2/3 majority vote basis. Let's also assume that there are important changes that are being held back because a 2/3 majority hasn’t been achieved. That's akin to giving the 1/3 minority a veto. The minority could similarly exercise such a veto if they had reason to suspect a new GB member would not side with them on contentious issues. So there's gridlock until the 1/3 minority feels sufficiently secure that a potential new GB member will side with them in preserving the status quo. Perhaps little heart-to-heart talks with short-list members every now and then to get their view on things. Therefore, nothing really new is ever introduced.

  The GB doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote. They are using the unanimous vote when it comes to appointing a potential new GB member.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/285123/1/The-Governing-Body-doesnt-use-the-2-3-majority-vote-right-At-least-not-for-the-appointment-of-its-members
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  The Governing Body doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote, right?! At least not for the appointment of its members.

  by cj46 in

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  the governing body doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote,right?

  at least not for the appointment of its members?

  (sorry if this is already clear and has been discussed already).

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  The Governing Body doesn't use the 2/3 majority vote,right? At least not for the appointment of its members? (Sorry if this is already clear and has been discussed already)

  I've read a few times that there is a 2/3-majority-vote Rule of the GB, also when it comes to appointing new member for the GB.
  But the official documents from the Austrian (Österreich) branch say otherwise: there is an unanimous vote when appointing new members to the GB! Maybe not for other voting matters but for membership.

  (I assume because of the registration as a religion in Austria (and Germany) and thus the special public-corporate-structures of such religions, they have to publish all documents concerning the structure of the JW religion in Austria, on an Austrian website. The same also in Germany)

  http://www.jehovas-zeugen.at/uploads/media/Verfassung.pdf

  http://www.jehovas-zeugen.at/Rechtsvorschriften.43.0.html

  In the first constitution [Verfassung] pdf on page 1 and 2 they write: "Die Leitende Körperschaft hat ihren Sitz in Brooklyn, New York, und besteht derzeit aus Personen aus verschiedenen Ländern, welche der weltweiten Gemeinschaft der Zeugen Jehovas vorstehen. Die Bestellung von Mitgliedern der Leitenden Körperschaft erfolgt durch Kooptierung aufgrund einstimmigen Beschlusses der Leitenden Körperschaft."

  in englisch (googletransl): The Governing Body has its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, and currently consists of people from different countries, which protrude the worldwide community of Jehovahs witnesses. The appointment of members of the Governing Body is made by Cooptation due to the unanimity [vote] of the Governing Body.

  Anyone heard or read of the unanimous vote through other sources?