Posts by Gorbatchov

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If You Have Had the CO or DO Stay With You...

by A question in

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for those of you who have had the co/do stay with you for the week:.

how was the experience?.

how did they spend their free time?

Gorbatchov

It should be great to know what the CO or DO and their wifes opinions are about the family's they stayed for some days. That part of the book would be interesting too!

Poor bed's, ugly bathrooms, crazy animals, stinking rooms, bad climate homes (cold / hot), loud television during early night, loud family couple in bed, family that want's to do everything perfect because you are the CO/DO, no privacy, verry pretty / hot daughters you don't know where you have to look at!!

CO or DO (and their wifes) live in a kind of hell, but they can't do anything else, without any education etc.

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Reasoning technique in sunday's watchtower

by Gorbatchov in

i read some great comments on jwd about the illustration in last sunday's watchtower.. does somebody know how this technique is called?

i mean, publish a normal illustration, make a comment that there is something different to see,.

people think "there has to be something special on that picture, so the brother with the purple tie could be not humble or bla bla bla".. or the brother with the big eyebrows is not normal, he is oversexed because he has to much hair in his face.. in some asian communist country's people with glasses had to go to jail or would be killed because it showed they could read!.

Gorbatchov

I read some great comments on JWD about the illustration in last sunday's watchtower.

Does somebody know how this technique is called? I mean, publish a normal illustration, make a comment that there is something different to see,

but there isn't. People think "There has to be something special on that picture, so the brother with the purple tie could be not humble or bla bla bla".

Or the brother with the big eyebrows is not normal, he is oversexed because he has to much hair in his face.

In some Asian communist country's people with glasses had to go to jail or would be killed because it showed they could read!

A cruel psychologic technique!

Because step 2 is watch the brother and sisters in the congregation. And you see a brother with a big eyebrow or a brother with a purple tie.

Or a sister with big inside!

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Costs of Circuit Assembley

by Gorbatchov in

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recent we had a circuit assembley.

we used the jw assembley facility.

it's (the building) totaly payed off without any mortage.

Gorbatchov

Recent we had a Circuit Assembley. We used the JW assembley facility. It's (the building) totaly payed off without any mortage.

Still we (the congregations of the circuit) have to pay 10.000 euro for the use of this WTS building for one weekend!

Our small country beside the Nord Sea has 2 assembley halls and 52 weekend. The WTS maximum income is 2 x 52 x 10.000 euro = 1.040.000 euro.

$$$ Fun isn't it?

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How many Facilities & Farms does the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society now own? $

by Balaamsass in

can anyone tell me how many farms and facilities the watchtower bible and tract society now owns in the usa?

how many assembly halls?.

kingdom halls?.

Gorbatchov

When JW's build new kingdom halls in The Netherlands (Europe) they have a mortage of +/- 1.000.000 euro.

Sometimes the kingdom hall's look like real church buildings.

Fast Building has stopped here, all halls are partly build by external companies and finished by the RBC's.

JW's stopped fast building projects because of the very poor quality of these buildings.

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Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Gorbatchov in

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good news from steven pinker, in the better angels of our nature.. conclusion: the world has become less violent and more peacefull.. that's a great perception and good news, isn't it?.

and contradicts the dark perception of the world getting worse all the time from the kingdom hall platform.. gorby.

Gorbatchov

Good news from Steven Pinker, in The Better Angels of Our Nature.

Conclusion: The world has become less violent and more peacefull.

That's a great perception and good news, isn't it?

And contradicts the dark perception of the World getting worse all the time from the Kingdom Hall platform.

Gorby

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Sitting Still at Meetings has Become an Impossibility

by venusinfauxfurs in

since i know the truth about jw, and still have to go to meetings for family reasons (and because i don't want to leave my friends, either) i get so sick in my chair in the hall.

i can't pay attention, i can't sit still knowing it's all such a waste of time and a big fat lie.

i get weird symptoms like: the feeling that i'm going to almost pass out, very sweaty or very cold, and weak legs though i'm sitting down, and the urge to get up and run away.

Gorbatchov

Hi Veblablabla

I remember having this feelings 15 years ago. It went away when I accepted it was me that was right and the others are part of the cult (so they are wrong).

Step 2 was accepting that i was not right at all because there is no right or wrong. (pff this is a hard part of my accepting stages)

Step 3 was accepting that "they" actualy need us (apoblaba) for feeling all right in their believe. You need an enemy for feeling perfect.

Step 4 is that I can totaly ignore their information in the congregation. I walk in with my family and kids, greeting everybody with a big smile, and one hour later I leave the kingdom hall with the same big smile. (once a month or so). Between walking in and walking out the kingdom hall I play with my 2 kids, walk to the kitchen or the second school-space and give the kids some beverage and see (and hear) the sisters of elders gossip about others in the same room, I just pretend not listening....

Step 5 is a great part of the sunday with my JW family. That's why I'm attending. It's a entrance-card for meeting some fine, friendly people and have some great food and drinks!

That's Gorby's hypocrite world at the moment...!

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The new writing department of the WTBTS

by Aussie Oz in

there is a new writing department in wt land.. us.. think about it, the watchtower/jehovah's witnesses are a reactive 'religion', not a proactive one.. that means of course that they react and modify doctrine, rules and direction in response to what ever may be effecting them.

probably the last time they were proactive was the 40s and 50s but these days its all about preservation rather than growth.. i am sure that the actual writing department have eyes and ears out in 'aposta land'.

after all, who discuss and disect the books, magazines and letters more than we do?

Gorbatchov

Aussie,

I think that you have a good opinion. They read the comments at JWN and use them for their changes. I think the recent 1995 change was one of them.

Did you see the new WT articles about JW's history? They rewrite JW history now and react indirect at the questons reased on JWD.

So you are totaly right.

And the writing department is mentally diseased. (other departments also).

Gorby

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-23-2011 WT Study (PURSUE PEACE)

by blondie in

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review comments will be headed by comments.

comments.

Gorbatchov

Blondie,

Thanks!

Gorby

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My Last Day In Field Service

by finallysomepride in

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was in november 1981, 30th anniversay coming up wohoo.

date: not sure but it was a saturday.

time: 4pm aprox last house.

Gorbatchov

My last day in field service was on a christmas day in 2007. I still know the street and the last door I reached. I watched through the window and noticed a complete family celebrating christmas. I told my wife, there in the front part of the garden, "i'm going home, this is my last time in field service, i can not stand it any longer". We took a small walk to our car en never returned in field service again.

We still attend some meetings...

Gorby

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Overlapping generation segment on the new Circuit Assembly program

by traveb in

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so there i was at the circuit assembly sunday morning with my eyes glazed over as usual when all of a sudden, bam!

a demo with two brothers talking about the new overlapping generation teaching.

the reason it took me by surprise was because it occured during the second talk of the sunday morning symposium, "sanctify god's name by your speech".

Gorbatchov

Thanks for this info. They are so wrong with "This Generation". Took the place of Jesus. "Jesus told us that the NWT cover is green. Allthough it's black, it is green beacuse we say so".

Nice to see how fast information spread on the internet. The demo audio file is added to, thanx.

Gorby