How can the watchtower issue a DMCA takedown on a letter that is not even copyrighted? Also by using fair usage when not for profit.... Oh wait
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Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th
by Watchtower-Free inoctober 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
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Theocratic Ministry School . . . is still there AND longer?
by warehouse inso i made a timeline based on the leaked letter, it is as follows:.
edit: updated chart with color, because the html version was crap.
so i know i might be crazy, but is the theocratic school still there, just called apply yourself to field ministry?
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They started dumbing down the bible reading a couple of years back. The watchtower cannot have the rank and file read straight from the bible. After all, it would only take six months or so to go into complete darkness again. Only jeeeeehovahorg can really teach what the bible means! I jest... -
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Lightbulb Moment ------> Two Witness Rule
by 4thgen inthe jw's always say that there must be "two witnesses before a matter is firmly established".
if that is the case, then why is the account of moses and the 10 commandments or jesus in the wilderness talking to satan taken as fact?
moses and jesus were both by themselves in the wilderness.
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The two witness rule is purely a control tactic used by the org to deture from litigation. There are many cases I've personally observed where one persons hearsay can land another in trouble without two Witnesses. The pioneers were very good at tittle tattle, all they had to do is go to an elder and before you know it your in the back room!
Of course, the rank and file who try to keep their heads down but have no "privileges" were usually the favourite target!
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World Wide Construction comes to a Shuddering Halt - Jehovah's Blessing has Evidently been Suspended!
by Slidin Fast inthe chelmsford project in the uk has already come to a halt and every one has been sent home.
the bethel family in london is to be cut by several hundred.
my impression is that most ambitious youngster in the org dream of being involved with the building program.
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Londo1114 days ago
It wouldn't surprise me if eventually Kingdom Halls were sold and people were told to meet in private homes in preparation for the Great Tribulation.I really think you may have a point here Londo. We only have to look at a few of the latest publications and their photographs of JW's conducting the study in basements. If one wants to truly sell a story or a product, using imagery is the most powerful tool in ones armory. -
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All these changes in the last five years are mindblowing
by truthseeker ini can't begin to count all the changes that have happened in the last five years.. i just read they're getting rid of the theocratic ministry school from cedar's blog.. i remember when they released the new theo school book back in 2001. how times have changed.. it's almost scary in a way what's happening.
there's barely any time to adapt to one change before another change comes along.. there's been more changes in the last five years than the previous 100 years.. i feel like there's some grand puppet master pulling his string.. what if the governing body are not really in charge but just give the impression they're in charge.
could there be someone else behind the scenes?.
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It's bordering on evangelical now, especially with the emphasis put on the music. Not be surprised if one day everyone will be shouting HALLELUJAH after every sentence read out in the watchtower!
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2015 Annual meeting program
by rege brazzy init will include.
indeed ,the reading and explantaion of the releases and adjustements in september 21, 2015 letter.. -reports from selected countries in the field (the world).
-some highlights from past service year(2015).
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What death teaches!
by iconoclastic indeath teaches that nothing belongs to us.
no other teachings have been conveyed so clearly, powerfully, and globally.
yet this is the one that is not taken seriously by people in general.
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Death teaches us nothing other than being dead. Life on the other hand teaches us how to cheat death for as long as we can.
Nature abhors a vacuum!
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Right everyone watch this video its insane!
by username ini'm just watching this video.
now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.
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Personally I don't care what anyone believes in. If I feel uncomfortable with their way of thinking I will simply bow out quietly. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.
Who would have thought we as exjws would be here now after believing a whopper of a conspiracy theory? Back then we would have told anyone who wasn't a JW that they were insane because they didn't believe in the big man in the sky. We were convinced we were all going to have a pet Panda, a house near glacial mountains, and live for eternity. Our utopian lifestyle would come at the great expence as we watched billions die before our very eyes, but we didn't care for we would be delivered into a shiny new earth, we would snigger as we muttered "you had the chance." And as the bodies were not yet cold we would think nothing of taking that beautiful house we always commented on when out on field service with sister pioneer.
Keeping an open mind on world affairs is not a bad thing, in fact it could very well be a life saver in the long run. After all, we are all survivers of the biggest conspiracy theory we have ever known.
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Facebook post by a JW on Pope & President & May 2012 WT
by rosyray inlong time no post.
couldn't help myself when i saw this in my facebook feed.. .
the caption that followed:.
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The harlot is still riding the beast, bwahahahaha. I wonder who's riding who and if they took turns? Haha -
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How will many JW's react ?
by Phizzy ini did not believe i would see the demise of the wt in my lifetime, and maybe i will not, they may be able to ride out their present problems.. but how do you think this will affect the average, loyal, believing jw ?.
usually most things just wash over them, if there is a slight niggle, they use their well-worn way of explaining things to themselves as in "the end is near" or "jehovah knows best" etc etc.
but the huge sea-change in corporate policy that we see unfolding, all construction work stopped, except warwick and maybe their biggest project, chelmsford u.k. huge bethel layoffs, and the lifestyle of the remaining staff reduced to virtual slavery, more bethel closures, spiritual food reduced for the public as well as the r&f, and all of this being the opposite of what they have claimed was evidence of jehovah's blessing ???.
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There are far to many people who put their faith in Cedars when its not justified in any way. I would love to see the Watch Tower fall on its face but it's not gonna happen any time soon, they currently have 80,000 properties in their real estate portfolio, not to mention the shares in some of the most profitable companies on planet earth. My guess is it's another ruse to somehow get out of having to pay millions out in litigations.