Posts by Dagney

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Anthony Morris III delivers judgement on Branch at Annual Meeting

by Listener in

this is part of the speech that anthony morris iii gave during his time in the limelight at the 2014 annual meeting.. at 3.16.32 of the recorded meeting.

"what role do those with an earthly hope play?

oh oh ho veeeery important role, very important.

Tv.jw.org - Average Jdub reaction? I'm getting NOTHING but Silence!

by 4thgen in

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hello all, as you know, when jw tv was announced, our board went wild.

many comments, much speculation and alot of negative feedback on the quality, etc.

well, what has me concerned is that i have not heard a peep from any of my connections left in kingdom-land.

I the weekend with a friend who just left in the last few weeks and they were very embarrassed by it. They said they couldn't finish watching any of the videos and the guy that was on the streaming was ridiculous. The observation was "who would take the time to watch that? You see it once and you are done."

We visited a wonderful elderly couple, (he's an elder), last weekend and although they were very interested in their new iPads, (puzzles and puppy videos), not one word was said about the tv.jw.org. The husband was working a lot on the computer as secretary, and I could see he was reading official letters...but not one word about the BIG NEW program.

Wouldn't it be funny if this whole thing fizzled.

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One Day assembly in Arizona- $17,000 !!

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.

"rent/extortion) were even met.

$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".

Dagney

Wow.

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TV.JW.ORG is HERE!

by Splash in

http://tv.jw.org/ is up and running.. see bro lett stumble his way through the introduction.

he really does have a good face for radio.. http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodmonthlyprogramming/pub-jwb_e_201410_1_video.

nice sweaty top lip at 15 mins onwards - the pressure is showing!!.

Dagney

Welp, I played a bit of the website as I was working later in the day. Lett is something else. I was thinking he was trying to appeal to 3-5 year olds, but in other talks, his manner is the same. Wow. Something odd there.

So...it's pretty slick, really. Very professional. Even actors portraying Russell, Rutherford and Knorr. That must be a fun department to belong to...

I see Kavelin's song "Make the Truth Your Own" made the cut into the current songbook and into the audio.

There sure is a lot of warm fuzzy in the streaming videos of the international conventions etc.

It will be interesting to hear 6 mths down the road how many will still be watching.

Edited to add: Quickly I run to play a Ted Talk to clear my head of tv.jw.org.

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So the Orkin guy walks into my office...

by Dagney in

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friends

looks at me and says "you look familiar.

" he says, "dagney xxxx" .

turns out he was from my old hall, i remember when "he came into the truth.

Dagney

That is the case with this guy. Always been this way.

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So the Orkin guy walks into my office...

by Dagney in

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friends

looks at me and says "you look familiar.

" he says, "dagney xxxx" .

turns out he was from my old hall, i remember when "he came into the truth.

Dagney

looks at me and says "you look familiar." I say, "you do too." He says, "Dagney XXXX" Yes, I reply.

Turns out he was from my old hall, I remember when "he came into the truth." (Sorry )

So...my co-worker is there and they know ALL about my losing of friends/family shunning/current friends leaving. This poor soul goes on to talk about his marriage and divorce, "Jehovah is good," remarriage...oy, and so much more. I considered telling him I didn't go to meetings anymore...but he was on such a roll to convince me through gritting teeth how wonderful he was, I didn't have the heart. I think he said we are his route, so I'll tell him another day.

My co-worker got to witness first hand the cult speak. So weird. I need a drink.

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the new TV show, is it just me or is the guy really creepy??

by purrpurr in

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friends

Dagney

Oh he's creepy. Really odd choice to be the face to introduce this program. The marketing people need to get these guys some education on how to be on TV etc.

Some will eat it up...but I think many will turn the channel...after all there is so much to see on Roku!

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The Electric Church Turns On!

by Atlantis in

the electric church turns on.

(awake 1981, march 22, pp.5-8).

.. .. the watchtower society knows very well how much money can be made by television preaching.

Dagney

If they can change core beliefs such as:

The meaning of the "generation," the foundation of their apocalyptic prophecies
Who the GB are
Blood policy

They can change anything without blinking an eye. Their whole arrogant attitude has been to elevate themselves and to denigrate literally everybody and everything else. Like somebody pointed out, they would lead you to believe they invented electricity if they thought they could get away with it.

I do agree it is a means to keep the faithful tuned in. I think it's just a novelty to a good percentage, don't know what that percentage is...maybe half would not be interested in an ongoing basis. Instead they will be watching "Homeland" and "Breaking Bad"...of course and binge watching "Orange is the New Black."

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