I have to laugh when I hear the "brothers" say it was the persons fault for great expatiation's in 75. What the "brothers" don't know is that I was the press operator for the awake magazine from 74-76. If you have any old copies I printed them. I could tell stories that would make you double over. How about the congregation in Texas that ordered 12,000 copies of an issue of Awake in '74. Always wonder what happened to them.
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Reel to reel tapes and old Watchtower literature
by lastmanstanding init's been an emotional few weeks going through old watchtower literature, i mean old.
i have saved many things, some you have never seen.
particularly related to 1975, i have wts literature, even a big newspaper article about the 1975 prediction.. today, i started going through the reel to reel tapes.
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Why the change?
by Fadeaway1962 inpossible cancelling the memorial after years of experiences of bro/sis under nazi , communist oppression and many other countries still conducting the memorial under threat of death that the governing body is listening to the superior authorities regarding this virus pandemic.. could it be that after taking control of the k/halls that the branch/governing body would be responsible for any disobedience to the civil authorities and liable for any deaths.. they would have left upto the local body of elders and encouraged obedience to god rather than men and a lack of faith in jehovah to protect his people..
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mann377
It will be interesting to see the count of the remnant this time around. Who's counting anyway?
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Interesting piece about Stephen Lett and family: property developers
by Diogenesister inanother very well researched programme by the blue envelope exploring stephen lett's bio and his family interest in property.
interestingly his parents were pioneering until the new service year 1975 , when they immediately changed tack and began investing in properties along the gulf coast.
once again, highly recommended veiwing.. https://youtu.be/9qh0jbvsdrc.
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mann377
I wonder how that vow of poverty is working for him? Like all the other Bethelites.
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The meek will inherit the Earth- not
by waton intoday's daily text 1-17 2020. .
the other sheep will be tenants, not owners in paradise, they will be only " allowed to live there.
" w 2018 sept page 19, par #8&9.
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mann377
Amazing how far down this narcissistic path the GB has gone. Jesus is their mediator (not ours) + they inherit the earth as they are the meek (not us) + because they were selected by god ( to be the GB) in that they were anointed by him. They tell this is truth because they say so. I keep asking myself how in the world can a group of people get away with this type of BS. But it happens every day in a lot of cults.
To those of you that are on the fence in the org just remember: They can get your body, don't let them get your mind.
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Were / Are the Governing Body "Rock Stars"
by Number 6 inin 1976 when i was a young lad of 6, fred franz came to glasgow and gave a talk in govan a suburb on the south side of the city (for those of you who dont know).
our congregation hired a bus to ferry us all to the hall and it was standing room only.
being only 6, i have only the vaguest of memories other than an old man shouting and bawling from the stage.
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mann377
Yeah I remember Fred Franz.......He used to go to the Spanish Congo in Brooklyn off Atlantic Ave. (1970's). I went to the Times Plaza Congo that shared the hall with the Spanish. Their meetings were after ours and I was assigned to operate the elevator to the 3rd floor. This was the were the hall was located. Several times I stopped the elevator to fast and Freddie bounced like pop corn in the elevator. Funny to watch fred get off the elevator staggering like he had been in a fight. I would help him up off the floor of the elevator and brush him off. I never could get the elevator to operate right as I had never done it before. After a few months I was assigned another duty. Once the elevator hit the springs at the bottom and continued to bounce. You should have seen Fred as he went up and down and the look he gave me would kill. I sure miss the old days.
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Don Adams has passed away
by RubaDub ini received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).
many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.
from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.
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mann377
I liked Don, had him for entrance school. He had two brothers, Joel, and Carl. He always wore sandles with he's suite. Thought this was odd.
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What is the housing / accomodation living conditions of all of the Governing Body Members ? Does anybody know ?
by smiddy3 ini would be very curious to know what standard of living they have .
and what type of housing each member has and what type of accomadation do they have and even what type of areas they are living in .
unlike many of the rank & file members who live in housing estates provided for the low income earners and pensioners ?
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mann377
I know that back in the early 70's at Watchtower Farms that the north end of the top floor of the E building was blocked off from everybody entering. There was a brother at a desk in the hallway that would stop you unless you had permission to be there. It was a couple of apartments, one for Knorr only when he came to visit weekly.
If you look at Warwick on google you will notice some houses back down some drives. Hmmm
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What does "The disfellowshipping of xyz is now rescinded" mean
by cognitivedizzy init has happened somewhere i know.
what is it and what does it mean.
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mann377
I knew of one person that was disfellowshiped for one day. This was at the Farm in the mid 70's. The two sisters that framed him confessed to the lies. No action was taken against them. He was kicked out of the farm and was not let back in.
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Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?
by minimus ini was a jw from infancy.
we had a melting pot type of congregation.
i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.
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mann377
How many different races are there? (hint only three) If you are going to call someone a racist then what race are you identifying that word with? As one poster pointed out ones from different islands did not like the others. Does that make them racist? The word is used out of definition. The correct word is bigotry.
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Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?
by minimus ini was a jw from infancy.
we had a melting pot type of congregation.
i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.
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mann377
"believing that races are genetically different isn't racist" Read exactly what I said. Believing genetically SUPERIOR is racist. Its a given that the races are different. This is not good or bad just different. Its culture that is the issue when someone is bigoted. Like I said I've known many people that are discriminated against because of culture. This is both sides of the aisle (white vs black vs Hispanic vs Asian). This culture bigotry also includes rich vs poor, city vs country, type of job, even clothes one wears.
The news media is the one that has brainwashed and programmed the RACISM mind set that people default to when someone is disrespected.