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  Remember what they said at the assembly today...

  by lrkr in

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  so, the wife and i are reminiscing today about how when you would leave an assembly- you would struggle to remember just one interesting point.

  usually- you had to look at your notes or the program to just remember 1 thing that struck you.

  all day of talking and less than :30 seconds of information retained!!!.

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  @cc- Yes the American brothers giving talks in foreign languages are notoriously poor speakers of the foreign language. In my experience- that goes all the way up the food chain. I remember hearing Wally Liverance- a Gilead Instructor- speak in spanish. It was like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard!!

  But you cant diminish the fact that the assemblies are more and more just canned, proofread manuscripts without an ounce of reality or actual human emotion. Now- 6 years out- I cant imagine going and listening to a seminar for a full day and walking away not being able to remember a single interesting item.
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  Remember what they said at the assembly today...

  by lrkr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, the wife and i are reminiscing today about how when you would leave an assembly- you would struggle to remember just one interesting point.

  usually- you had to look at your notes or the program to just remember 1 thing that struck you.

  all day of talking and less than :30 seconds of information retained!!!.

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  lrkr

  So, the wife and I are reminiscing today about how when you would leave an assembly- you would struggle to remember just one interesting point. Usually- you had to look at your notes or the program to just remember 1 thing that struck you. All day of talking and less than :30 seconds of information retained!!!

  Wife said- "It was brainwashing- just very poor quality brainwashing!!"

  Was that your experience? Was it just because we were in a foreign language field where the non-native speakers were just ghastly??
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  2012 & 2013 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES LOWER THAN 2011: Strategies for Beefing up the Numbers

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  worldwide attendances at the witnesses' annual memorial in 2012 and 2013 were lower than in 2011. in 2011, 19,374,737 attended, whereas in 2012, 19,013,343 and in 2013, 19,241,252 attended.. true, attendance does fluctuate from year to year - but it is less common for the numbers to show decline for two consecutive years.. given the memorial is touted as the most important "display" meeting on the jw calendar, what additional push will be exerted this year to get the numbers up?.

  reports of attendances at meetings, memorials, district conventions are incredibly vital to the organization's image of itself as a successful answer to christendom's allegedly nominal membership and poor attendance.

  when you criticize other religions in terms of their reported apathy and/or state of decline, you've got a lot of money on your own religious "health" - as shown by numbers, numbers, numbers.

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  My 2 cents- the R&F faithful will always be at the Memorial. Its the "invited guests" that are the wild card. If the attendence was off one year I'd look at what day of the week it was on and what the weather was. That would likely be the reason for any swing.

  Oh-and its god awful boring too...
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  Noah - the Movie

  by Simon Morley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  went to the movie theatre over the weekend to take in jack ryan (not bad) and saw the trailer for "noah" (russell crowe and a solid cast) whats the bet the dubs will be given a rule encouraged to examine their own consciences when attending this movie.

  from what i hear its fairly true to the genesis account, but hey its hollywood with cgi at their disposal.. .

  my guess is they will not be allowed to go until the gb 2.0 attend a screening at loews cineplex, grab some popcorn and pop and give it their blessing..

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  Aliens!
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  personal study to help some one learn TTATT

  by Skinnedsheep in

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  using only the wts publlications what would be a curriculum or study plan you would use to get someone to research ttatt?.

  1914-1919. sodom and gomorrah resurrected.

  generations mt.

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  Read Studies in the Scriptures beginning to end.

  Nuff said.
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  Noah - the Movie

  by Simon Morley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  went to the movie theatre over the weekend to take in jack ryan (not bad) and saw the trailer for "noah" (russell crowe and a solid cast) whats the bet the dubs will be given a rule encouraged to examine their own consciences when attending this movie.

  from what i hear its fairly true to the genesis account, but hey its hollywood with cgi at their disposal.. .

  my guess is they will not be allowed to go until the gb 2.0 attend a screening at loews cineplex, grab some popcorn and pop and give it their blessing..

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  Does it explain how koala bears wound up in Australia and no where else on the planet?
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  Warwick Blue Print!/Rutherford brochures!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when you download this file you will need to wait for about 30 seconds for all the images to come into focus.

  the images should come into view in the pdf right in front of you.

  if you don't wait the file could become jammed and you would need to start all over again.

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  1.2 million sf complex. 100,000 sf of office space. All the rest is support: kitchen, infirmary, laundry, residence, recreation, parking, maintenance, etc, etc,etc.

  From what I understand- the whole point is office space. The ineffeciency of Bethel just gets worse!
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  Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?

  by mrquik in

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  me.

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  Raises hand.

  Ex-elder, ex-bethelite,

  Currently- "freedman"

  (Kept the book)

  Merry Christmas!
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  The Governing Body Have Stabbed Many Old Bethelites In The Back By Not Taking Care Of Them In Their Old Age

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  these guys are real company men when they have mass lay off of older bethelites tossing them to the curb and making the congregation they are assigned to carry some of the load, so that the watchtower corporation can cut costs of providing for these nolonger young people who have devoted theirs lives to the corporation.. they are heartless bastards aren't they?

  i wonder what kind of undercurrent this is causing at headquartes?.

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  While at bethel a friend of mine was in a serious car accident and wound up in a coma. Within a few days, he was "dismissed" from Bethel so that there was no liability for the medical costs- and the state had to pay. I remember they had lawyers to make sure the medicare/medicade agencies couldnt come back after the Watchtower corporations.
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  The Governing Body Have Stabbed Many Old Bethelites In The Back By Not Taking Care Of Them In Their Old Age

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  these guys are real company men when they have mass lay off of older bethelites tossing them to the curb and making the congregation they are assigned to carry some of the load, so that the watchtower corporation can cut costs of providing for these nolonger young people who have devoted theirs lives to the corporation.. they are heartless bastards aren't they?

  i wonder what kind of undercurrent this is causing at headquartes?.

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  I always assumed that when you leave bethel for medical reasons- they gave you some sort of landing pad. After 8 years, my wife became pregnant and we left bethel. Here is what we got:

  - a letter stating that we HAD medical insurance, but that it is no longer active, and there is no COBRA provision

  - a "reference letter" - the most dry, non committal letter you ever read- basically stating that you breathed and lived there for 8 years and didnt burn the place down (that they know of)

  - some recommendations on how to apply for public assistance.

  Thats it! Imagine if we werent young and full of energy. I shudder to think.