Posts by tim3l0rd

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Does the W.T have financial problems are are they just rebranding?

by The Rebel in

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it is evident that the w.t has recently re-branded itself, and has become fairly modern in its marketing techniques.

so the organisation is in that respect forward thinking, and the former way of doing things has past.. .

but this rebranding has been done by marketing experts, who maybe realise progress is progress, and that with modernisation many bethelites " even as free volunteers" are possibly no longer required.

tim3l0rd

Money is property, but it's not liquid. They can't do anything with it if it's tied up in real estate. They can't rent it out like other businesses might as they'd be held responsible by the R&F for whatever those businesses did. So, yes, selling high-value property is dumb in a business model, but makes sense if you need to free up cash.

I also think they are looking to isolate bethel workers even more. I've heard many stories of the trouble that those in the big cities would get in to. By moving to a more remote location, they will lower the number of incidences.

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Instagram witnessing

by Thursday in

sorry if this has been covered, but are they now counting time by linking to their website on instagram accounts of jws?.

i keep a casual stalk on my niece and nephew on insta, and have found links to all their local jw youth insta accounts, even their parents have accounts, it seems quite acceptable.

99% of them are private but every single one has a link to the website in their bio and a thing saying "jw" and often a scripture or god reference.

tim3l0rd

You can count video showings, sending links to people, text messages, etc. Maybe they count likes by non-JWs as RVs. Maybe they count the time it took to post and fudge a bit to account for the time that it took to post on multiple sites?

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Watchtower do you know what your shunning is doing?

by clarity in

the human brain has a neural interdependence that underpins the human need to group together.

learn why we need others to thrive and survive on the next episode of the brain with david eagleman, airing tonight at 10/9c on pbs.. watchtower knows that isolation is a killer and yet they enforce it.. they are murdering our brains!.

clarity .

tim3l0rd

Here's a streaming link for those that want to watch it: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365600519/

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Watchtower do you know what your shunning is doing?

by clarity in

the human brain has a neural interdependence that underpins the human need to group together.

learn why we need others to thrive and survive on the next episode of the brain with david eagleman, airing tonight at 10/9c on pbs.. watchtower knows that isolation is a killer and yet they enforce it.. they are murdering our brains!.

clarity .

tim3l0rd

THE BRAIN WITH DAVID EAGLEMAN, airing TONIGHT at 10/9c on PBS.

It already aired in my area... :( Maybe I can find it streaming somewhere.

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Meetings, Ministry and Modification of the Flesh

by slimboyfat in

sociology of the body is a popular topic for critical analysis.

i wonder if a general survey has been undertaken in relation to watchtower's exercise of authority over the bodies of adherents.

it occurs to me they exercise authority over the body in four main ways: appearance, private practice, public performance, and location.

tim3l0rd

Where is the instruction that couples shouldn't hold hands during a prayer. I've searched the WT Library and can't find the reference.

Thanks,

TL

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Pranks to play in the hall...

by purrpurr in

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what pranks could you/would you/ have you played in the kingdom hall?.

i have never but here's two i've thought of, 1) replace the liquid soap with glue 2) smear nutella everywhere in the bathroom!.

what's yours?.

tim3l0rd

If anyone ever reads this from my old congregation, it'll give me away... I had my ringtone set to "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and it went off once during the meeting. I turned 50 shades of red. I didn't live that one down for a while.

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A question about fading....

by Tornintwo in

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i understand that many on this forum are undertaking a slow fade, over months, years even.. can i ask what is the benefit of that instead of a fast fade?.

as i understand it, the elders only have to deal judicially with people who are still active witnesses, known in the community as witnesses, having contact and influence with witnesses etc.

so surely the sooner you stop attending meetings the better.

tim3l0rd

There are one or two elders in my old congregation that I would refer to as bulldogs, one for sure. If he were to catch wind that I might no longer agree with WT teachings, he may not let it go. So I put on a show. I'm also building up "worldly" friends and would like to keep 1 or 2 of the friends in the congregation, at least until they decide to shun me. I can't make friends at work (work at home), so it takes quite a bit of effort to find acquaintances.

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Received a YouTube Hate Message

by cappytan in

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jehovah's witnesses are such loving people with christian personalities, are they not?.

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(ps, yes, i have a youtube channel.

tim3l0rd

Hey Simon, your own post was marked NC-17. Funny!

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A question about fading....

by Tornintwo in

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i understand that many on this forum are undertaking a slow fade, over months, years even.. can i ask what is the benefit of that instead of a fast fade?.

as i understand it, the elders only have to deal judicially with people who are still active witnesses, known in the community as witnesses, having contact and influence with witnesses etc.

so surely the sooner you stop attending meetings the better.

tim3l0rd

I wanted to abruptly "fade". I was determined to. My wife wanted me to talk to the elders about my doubts. After talking exposing to them that I was having doubts, I didn't want to raise any apostate flags by quitting cold-turkey. I went back to a few meetings and to an assembly. My attendance has definitely dropped though. I'd move to another area, but can't right now.

My wife wanted to change congregations, so we're doing that. My attendance at the new congregation will most likely continue to decline.

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Disaster Demonstration in Kingdom hall

by Newly Enlightened in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwr9w_i02di.

tim3l0rd

To be fair. They're not advocating preparing for Armageddon with supplies, at least they didn't in my congregation when they had similar announcements and skits. They are actually being practical and helping the JWs prepare for natural disasters. I actually think it's a good thing and wish other groups would advocate the same idea.

There probably is a bit of selfishness on the borg's part in doing this. If the individual JWs have already set aside disaster supplies, the borg will not have to provide them as much when a natural disaster strikes. Since disaster relief is the only way that the borg is "charitable".