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  Is there a more recent an update on these corporations of WTS?

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/5138/1/who-is-running-the-watchtower-now.

  some of these were already very old on this list (2000).

  this is aside from the listed gb members.. .

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  Gayle

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/5138/1/Who-is-running-the-Watchtower-now

  Some of these were already very old on this list (2000). This is aside from the listed GB members.
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  Long Time Bethelites Facing Job Insecurity, Old Age, And Poverty, As Watchtower Corporation Downsizes Due To Years Of Wishful Thinking, Failed Predictions And False Hopes

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think many older ones at bethel have a nagging feeling that these new guys that make up the governing body now at bethel don't really give a rats ass what happens to them and that because of all the failed predictions their future is very bleak as the corporation trims all the fat and sends them on their merry way with little hope of material benifits for all years of slaving for the corporation.. the scenario or fantacy cycle for wishful thinking is: a pattern that recurs in personal lives, in politics, in history and in storytelling.

  when we embark on a course of action which is unconsciously driven by wishful thinking, all may seem to go well for a time, in what may be called the dream stage(1874-1914, 1916-1925, 1925-1975).

  but because this make-believe can never be reconciled with reality, it leads to a frustration stage(1975-2014) as things start to go wrong, prompting a more determined effort to keep the fantasy in being.

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  Gayle

  Hopefully,, the Bethelites in their 30s and 40s start developing a Plan B. The ones older (50+) better start making contacts with JWs with possibility with businesses that will possibly hire them and possible relatives or close JW friends that can rent a room out for them. And hopefully the younger ones consider a plan B with the long-run reality of getting a special skill school or colleges.

  There has to be enough going on this way for them to re=consider and re-evaluate.
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  Why the "New Light" in the July 15 Watchtower?

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it seems to me that in the past large flashes of "new light" have come when the governing body was backed into a corner.

  for example the multiple re-defining of what a generation is until it ended up the ridiculous "overlapping" meaning.. what is the reason this time?

  are they worried because the number of partakers has been going up?

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  Gayle

  All 'changes' are for their survival and control.
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  BROOKLYN SELL-OFF

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anybody got information on the amount of money changing hands?.

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/jehovahs-witnesses-sign-agreement-to-sell-buildings/.

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  Gayle

  They don't dare tell their people all around the world that amount. It amazes me that most don't even care to know as most continue to eke out a living. as they make their donations.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: Italy. SCANDAL for drugs stolen

  by Emilio Morelli in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jehovah's witnesses:scandalin naples (italy)fordrugsstolen (eritroproietina) and soldto blackin the parallel marketof the sect.. .

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  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=it&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.campaniasuweb.it%2fstory%2frubati-farmaci-destinati-testimoni-geova.

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  Gayle

  So sad,,JWs, in desperation for their life and health, at risk due to ban of WT about blood transfusion, seek out unethical doctors and nurses willing break medical laws and deception for money from these desperate JWs.
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  "20,000/month being baptized into the organization"

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is something i heard an elder say... .

  is this possible?.

  how many were baptized in all of 2012?.

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  Gayle

  Last year on 2012 Service Year Report worldwide 268,777 were baptized. 268,777/12= 22,398 per month.
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  Witnesses knocking on $375M bldg. sale

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/witnesses_knocking_on_bldg_sale_dgtqywmep5qqbensqrcocn?.

  anyone keeping track of these sold brooklyn properties?

  how many left there?

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  anyone know how many are left after this? Besides 107 & 124 Columbia Heights buildings? Did the former Squibb building(s) sell yet?
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  Crisis of Conscience Book on "Amazon" for sale $12.64

  by Gayle in

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  2. friends

  just looked there as someone i know needed one.

  hope i don't break 'rules" of the site here on this.

  i don't make any money out of this for sure but thought some here would like to know..

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  Gayle

  Just looked there as someone I know needed one. Hope I don't break 'rules" of the site here on this. I don't make any money out of this for sure but thought some here would like to know.
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  Witnesses knocking on $375M bldg. sale

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/witnesses_knocking_on_bldg_sale_dgtqywmep5qqbensqrcocn?.

  anyone keeping track of these sold brooklyn properties?

  how many left there?

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  Gayle

  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/witnesses_knocking_on_bldg_sale_DGtqYWmeP5QQBENSqrcoCN?

  Anyone keeping track of these sold Brooklyn properties? How many left there? One of these 'sold' properties won't have official closing till 2017.

  Seemed there were 33 buildings at one point a few years ago. Maybe half have sold?
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  Will Familiarity Breed Contempt For The Governing Body At Bethel?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all heard the saying 'familiarity breeds contempt' do you think this bunch of new boys on the governing body are breeding contempt with all they rub shoulders with at bethel?.

  i think anthony morris with his 'i'm the corporation atitude' got to rub a lot of people the wrong way, paranoid stephan lett with his xenophobia(fear of strangers) and his wide open big mouth when speaking must cause a lots of contempt for himself, and lets not for get to mention gerrit losch and his hate of sports like football gotta make a lot feel like he's a self-righteous loonie, herd got to be the envy of many black brothers at bethel not to mention his simple mindedness and an eye for good looking sisters.. splane seems to be an irion fist in a velvet glove, the rest just seem to fade into the wood work, but these are just my opinons.. i'm thinking with all this armageddon always close but never materializing many of the old timers just look on with contempt as these new guys do their clumsy half witted best to guide the corporation through these ruff waters of unfufilled expectation and dashed hopes..

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  Gayle

  In the past, one had to be a Bethelite for a 'long' time. Seems to present, one had to be at least a DO for many years.

  Steve Lett was a Brooklyn Bethelite (in late 60s- early '70) but left Bethel, later going on to circuit work, then district work? Don't know if any served in some foreign country Bethel?