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  South park: Jewpacabra

  by darth frosty in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  could not sleep so i watched the latest episode last night.

  this was hilarious they went off on jehovah as only south park can lol.

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  Ill try and find an alternate link finallysomepride, it was a funny episode, especially toward the end.
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  Question for Dogpatch (Randy): What will it cost to produce the new 16-page Watchtower & Awake?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when literature used to be sold d2d, i remember how the society never missed an opportunity to trash other religions for "peddling god's word for profit" while boasting about how the watchtower only charges for the cost of the paper and ink.. in the book "witnesses of jehovah", the author mentioned that randall watters used to be involved in print cost analysis and determined that, while we were selling wt & awake mags for 20 cents door-to-door, it was really only costing the society 4 cents per copy to produce.

  that's a whopping 400% profit!.

  obviously, things have changed... the paper is different, as well as the ink and printing methods in general.

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  Agree with Besty.

  Just last week I past by a KH thats for sale. I remember building this hall back in the late 80's early 90's and the hall was in good shape the last time I was there for a wedding in 03. I cant help but wonder was this hall victim of the KH remodeling scam. I know an old hall I went to before bethel was closed because the congo's could not afford the remodeling scam.

  As long as they keep up the assemblies and DC they will keep a healthy cash flow coming in and they can scale back other operations.
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  Question for Dogpatch (Randy): What will it cost to produce the new 16-page Watchtower & Awake?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when literature used to be sold d2d, i remember how the society never missed an opportunity to trash other religions for "peddling god's word for profit" while boasting about how the watchtower only charges for the cost of the paper and ink.. in the book "witnesses of jehovah", the author mentioned that randall watters used to be involved in print cost analysis and determined that, while we were selling wt & awake mags for 20 cents door-to-door, it was really only costing the society 4 cents per copy to produce.

  that's a whopping 400% profit!.

  obviously, things have changed... the paper is different, as well as the ink and printing methods in general.

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  Yeah the difference between printing 16 pgs or 32 is a flip of the switch. Especially considering the whole reason to get out of NY was they had these brand new presses coming on line that could do so much of the work?!?
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  South park: Jewpacabra

  by darth frosty in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  could not sleep so i watched the latest episode last night.

  this was hilarious they went off on jehovah as only south park can lol.

  link.

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  darth frosty

  no problem
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  South park: Jewpacabra

  by darth frosty in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  could not sleep so i watched the latest episode last night.

  this was hilarious they went off on jehovah as only south park can lol.

  link.

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  darth frosty

  Could not sleep so I watched the latest episode last night. This was hilarious they went off on Jehovah as only south park can LOL

  Link
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  Is The End of the "Preaching Work" Now In Sight?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there may not be any specific plan to end the "preaching work" but that doesn't mean that things can't evolve into such an outcome.

  indeed, i now wonder if such a thing is probable!.

  first, if (and it's a very big if) various nations develop case law that includes liability for volunteers, this will put the watchtower in a bind.

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  There is one problem with ending the preaching work...What will they use to support their non-profit tax exempt status?

  Stole this from Terrys thread:

  This Corporation was made legal in its already existing powers for another purpose entirely. Corporations acquire legitimacy by earning a profit.
  In the case of a religious corporation the "profit" must not appear as mere monetary gain.
  There has to be a public service aspect to generating millions of dollars that will escape taxation! Ordinary coporations must demonstrate to the Board of Directors that cash flow is equitable to investors and a justifiable return on investment has been made. The Watchtower Corporation had to generate a kind of marvellous "machine" you could pour money into and make it disappear in the form of the preaching work.

  They have to have some 'public service' to escape taxation.
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  Anyone in the Detroit area wanna go to the Memorial with me?

  by serenitynow! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i will be partaking and placing some "literature.

  " i was going to go in ohio, but my partner in crime can't make it.

  i also plan to strike up a conversation about the epic fail of a memorial invite that a local congregation put in my door.

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  I just threw away a W&A left in our lunch room by a dub I work with. She also left a memorial invite (with the whole jesus is now a great king theme?!?) that also went in the trash.
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  So what do your Jehovah's Witness friends and loved ones think of the generation teaching?

  by garyneal in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after the little skit at the last assembly where one brother was asking another for understanding about the generation teaching i thought, "wow, these people will believe anything the watchtower tells them.

  " the 'more mature brother' practically said verbatim everything the watchtower said as his explanation.

  evidently, this is one of the sources of the increased 'murmuring' that the talked warned against.. so, has anyone brought this up to their witness friends and/or family?

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  I really dont know how they put up with such non-sense.

  I was just over a good friend of mines (best man in my wedding) and he STILL goes?!?

  He is the only dub I deal with and he knows why I dont go. I pull up as he is getting home from field service...?!? IDK how he can waste his time with the bull and I asked him how? His reply wasn't that insightful and essentially indicated that he never expected much from the org so he did not have the high hopes I had...whatever that means.

  Like I said he is the only dub I deal with and has been a good friend. I have resolved not to question or challenge his dub beliefs, since from what I can tell he doesn't believe and is just going thru the motions.
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  Osiris, Odin, Jesus

  by Chariklo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  osiris died and was resurrected.

  odin hung on a tree for nine days, travelled to the underworld and came back with many secrets.

  jesus we know about.. the echo of the first two has niggled at me for years.

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  The elders want to see me also

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mentioned a few times,that in terms of making my time for the past few months have been really difficult.simply because i cant teach something i don't fully believe...so my service has gone down,i used to comment a lot--haven't done that in a while----meeting attendance like normal but now i don't stay back after...or come early...or help with cleaning..... .

  so some weeks ago the cobo asked me a completely irrelevant and in no way helpful question---"you did't think that i notice how upset you look these days----that's not a fruitage of god's spirit!".

  yeah so today he saw me and asked me a series of question....all which i gave really short answers to...long story short--he says that he would like for me to meet wih the rest of the elders after memorial........ .

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  Oh One thing I wish I had known when I was a struggling pioneer...Lie!

  Lie about your hours to satisfy the elders. If they ask tell them youve turned the college campus into your own territory and have been having a ton of upbuiding convo's with the students and professors.

  You never know they may want to use your experience on an assembly part ;-)