Topics Started by Athanasius

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Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

sad because these people expected to be lifers.

now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..
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Voting, why make it easier to vote??
by moomanchu in
1. social
2. current
democrats are always harping on and on about voting rights and how the ability to vote should be easier and access unrestricted.

the most progressive ones want to allow prisoners, and illegals with no voter id the ability to vote along with the criminals, drug addicts, and uneducated low lives who already can vote.. .

after they push for everyone and anyone to be able to vote they then tell us it is a sacred privilege, a duty and honor, and a big responsibility blah, blah ect..... if it is all those grandiose things are true i think it should be harder to vote not easier.
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EXPLOSIVE NEW LEAKED VIDEO OF C.O. CHASTISING ELDERS
by raymond frantz in
1. jw
2. friends
https://youtu.be/np05twylal8?si=wjcdevvpxmlwxb2p.

shame is an ancient form of control.

shame is the mechanism used to control behaviour.
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The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff May 2024
by DerekMoors in
1. social
2. humour
time for this month's patreoff!

the fat one's numbers seem to be leveling off a bit, but we all know someone with his gravitational pull can't keep up momentum for long.. i made up another chart and used 356 for april because that's where he was on the 2nd.

also, this time last year was when he put out his "things are bad and i don't just mean what i look like naked" video and got a +187 bump.
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Im hearing some say that the Org is about to reverse the No Blood policy - about to change...
by BeaverEater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
uh, i wonder if that is true... hearing this from friends within bethel... gonna laugh my ass of if they change this....
10
Inaccuracies regarding pagan origins
by AEnEm in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
easter and christmas have pagan origins.

many of us were told that since birth.

the evidence?
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Alternative Military Service is Now OK
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.

anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.
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Is there really a Bible rule against sex without marriage?
by Halcon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
regarding the poster from jw headquarters, who claimed that the gb would eventually loosen the rules regarding sex.

the question is, is there really a bible rule explicitly prohibiting sex without marriage?

because this would be the only possible reason why loosening those rules would even come up in a discussion.
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The TWO new things to come this year for J.W Org !
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
while having my first strong black coffee of the day, i was thinking about what may be to come next as the org.

rapidly goes mainstream, and this is what i came up with :.

1) they will introduce for sunday, the after meeting fellowship, a time for just chatting but with the added bonus of coffee and snacks.