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Alarming statement in today's study article in WT...
by Mickey mouse in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
paragraph 15: "as we get nearer to the outbreak of the great tribulation, we may well receive some detailed instructions.

our safe journey through those troublesome days will depend on our keeping in step with other loyal servants of jehovah.

" this in the context of a wt discussing the israelites' exodus from egypt and how jehovah had them into a position where there seemed "no way out".
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About that April 2008 Kool-Aid
by WTWizard in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i read the kool-aid scan of april 2008, and sure enough the first article is about "valueless things".

i thought they were going to all but ban entertainment.

what they did do was tell people that relaxation and fun have their place, but compared it to dessert.
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When is it going to crash?
by Alex Delta in
1. jw
2. experiences
i see allot of people here that is in the know i mean really in the know and am very great full for being in these discussion with you all.

since this is such a large subject to us all and all have different strong points in it, im sure we can come up with some form of hypothesis when this organization is going to implode on its self or when its about to but before it does it bails last minute by changing some doctrine around so it doesnt completely fall but keep enough for them to survive again for it to rebuild, as theyve done so many times in the past.

history for some reason tends to always repeat it self, i truly believe its about that time.
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Feb. 1 mass calling campaign. Will you call?
by Shawn10538 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'm not sure if it was mentiopned.

but i think that we are talking about not just one call from each person, but we are talking about spending a good length of time calling repeatedly.

othrwise it just won't have much of an impact.
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1000 asked to leave bethel complexes
by atpeace in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just heard this - anyone else?

i was curious as to the reason people were given for this.

and i can't help but think of those that will be trying to get a job in this economy, with few skills and probably no college education.
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News from Mother ship
by jefferywhat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1. bethel in ny suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.

2. major organizational changes about to start rolling out, one is changes to the "service committee" and titles, po to be done away with, thats all i know for now.

was told that if you are the sort of person that cant handle changes, you wont stay in the org for long.
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Class Suit Against the Watchtower -- Anyone?
by Dogaradodya in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm inviting former jws to file a class suit against the watchtower for psychological, sociological, physical, intellectual, biological and financial damages.

a. psychological damage:.

1. followers are made to believe that the christian bible is the sole and exclusive word of god.
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Are we too cynical?
by Princess Daisy Boo in
1. jw
2. friends
is it a good thing to look for fault in everything the borg does?

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are we clutching at straws sometimes in our efforts to strengthen our fight and fuel our anger?.
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WTS Higher Education Policy
by besty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a couple of topics recently have made me think about exactly how cynical are the wts when it comes to their higher education policy for the rank and file.. first one was mavie's about her forthcoming jc which prompted me to flick through richard dawkins the god delusion.

dawkins quotes from a study published in mensa magazine 2002; .

"of 43 studies carried out since 1927 on the relationship between religious belief and one's intelligence and/or educational level, all but four found an inverse connection.
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New Yearbook stats for 2007 now out!
by Dogpatch in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the report is out!.

http://www.watchtowernews.org/2007report.pdf.

cooking the books with 3% increase??.