Posts by Beth Sarim

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2016 WT printing reduction - Figures

by Splash in

the wt has been reducing it's printed output of the public wt magazine since 2012.this is how the figures breakdown:.

month ................. wt printing each issue ............. total pages per issue ..... languagesjanuary 2012 ....... 42,182,000 .................................. 1,349,824,000 ...................... 194january 2016 ....... 58,987,000 .................................. 943,792,000 ......................... 254. during 2012 the public wt had 32 pages, so there were 1.35 billion wt pages printed for the public to read each month.1,349,824,000 pages x 12 months = 16,197,888,000 (16.2 billion) pages per year.

by 2016 the public wt has only 16 pages and is being printed only on alternate months.943,792,000 pages x 6 times per year = 5,662,752,000 (5.7 billion pages per year).

Beth Sarim

Interesting an notoriety that such a sharp decline in copies/publications in the last half decade or so.

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Evolution and Creation—both are stories!

by lsw1961 in

there are number of nobel laureates and other great scientists in both the camps defending their respective theories of evolution and creation, which means both are just stories, and both suffer from having no eye-witnesses.

if either of them were true, all scientists would have accepted it unanimously as they do with rest of the laws such as law of gravity..

this does not mean that there is no god.

Beth Sarim

Interesting thread. I guess a person(like myself) can sometimes only accept to believe what they choose. Whether it's evolution or creation.

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Liquidation sale of RBC assets

by Darkknight757 in

got this very interesting email last night and i thought i'd share it.. this is from the local rbc.. "in harmony with our new ldc form we have been asked by the branch to liquidate all current assets of used tools and materials once owned by the rbc.

you are invited to visit the equipment trailers to acquire items being liquidated by the rbc asset team, these items will be offered on a first come bases with voluntary donation.

if you see any item you like please be in position to take it with you at that time, after you return to your congregation then you will make a donation of cash or check in the congregation contribution box designated for the support of the worldwide work.

Beth Sarim

It's gotta be very confusing to the rank and file. That is if they learn about the sale of all the RBC tools and everything related. That May 2014 letter about the extreme need of KH's worldwide, only to be in a massive sale of RBC assets a year-and-a-half later????? Just seems to go contrary to what every JW were to understand 18 months ago. Would not make any sense at all to me.

Very, very confusing to the JW's if they no about this big ''sell-off'''.

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Dictionary definition of "Elder"

by The Searcher in

see under - "accomplice" and "complicit".. noun: accomplice - a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.

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adjective: complicit - involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity.. i'll bet there are a lot of them who are feeling exactly like this - but have no guts to do the right thing!

Beth Sarim

I believe that there are many, many elders like this. But they don't have the conscience to do anything about it. Mainly fear of reprisal from the Borg.

But there are elders who enjoy their position too much. It's almost shameful that the rank and file have really no clue about what the elders are hiding. The vast majority will never, never know.

But then, maybe some day they might!! Who knows?

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1914—The Turning Point in History - Really?

by berrygerry in

1914the turning point in history.

30 from the human standpoint, the world troubles and global wars foretold in the bible were far from the thinking of the pre-1914 world.

german statesman konrad adenauer said: thoughts and pictures come to my mind, .

Beth Sarim

Come to think of it. I remember at the Book Study years ago how they would keep on talking about 70 weeks of years and such to wind up at the year 1914. Just didn't seem to add up from how they would get that year from millennia ago to get to that 1914 date. I remember to they would go by an entire year being 360 days and not 365 days. Strange.

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Largest BOE file in existence - updated as of November 2015

by WTS Archive in

courtesy of atlantis, largest boe file ever compiled has been updated (see previous version here).. to download it, visit: http://www.filedropper.com/1905-2016-boe-file.

click on gray "download this file" button, then solve the captcha and enjoy the massive, 1.2 gb file containing nerly every secret letter and document watchtower society published since 1905 up until now..

Beth Sarim

Yeah, Thanks a million!!

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1914—The Turning Point in History - Really?

by berrygerry in

1914the turning point in history.

30 from the human standpoint, the world troubles and global wars foretold in the bible were far from the thinking of the pre-1914 world.

german statesman konrad adenauer said: thoughts and pictures come to my mind, .

Beth Sarim

It just seems like the WT makes dates up as they go along to fit their agenda.

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Liquidation sale of RBC assets

by Darkknight757 in

got this very interesting email last night and i thought i'd share it.. this is from the local rbc.. "in harmony with our new ldc form we have been asked by the branch to liquidate all current assets of used tools and materials once owned by the rbc.

you are invited to visit the equipment trailers to acquire items being liquidated by the rbc asset team, these items will be offered on a first come bases with voluntary donation.

if you see any item you like please be in position to take it with you at that time, after you return to your congregation then you will make a donation of cash or check in the congregation contribution box designated for the support of the worldwide work.

Beth Sarim

I heard somewhere the Charity Commission, if I can recall correctly.

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If they're just going to emulate Jimmy Swaggart and the like (e.g.: JW Broadcasting), why do they need such a massive compound in Warwick?

by Calebs Airplane in

they're obviously getting rid of the rags, drastically reducing printing of books in general, eliminating special pioneers, etc., etc.. ... what could they possibly need a 1.6 million square feet compound for (not including outside space) in the middle of nowhere?.

just to put things into perspective, 1.6 million square feet is equal to the square footage of roughly twelve (12) costco warehouse clubs.

wtf?

Beth Sarim

It just seems so pointless the Borg building this huge compound in Warwick if they really do believe the big 'A' right around the ''corner''.

You would think they would hold off until after the big ''A'' to build such a compound. If they really believed what they preach about.

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Cliff Notes on Construction Halt/Bethel Layoffs

by neverendingjourney in

i don't follow the board nearly as closely as i did years ago and i've only seen scattered and seemingly contradictory threads on construction delays and bethel layoffs.. anyone care to briefly summarize the latest for those of us who haven't closely followed the various threads?

it'd be greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance..

Beth Sarim

Apparently the elders, right now in the U.S. and U.K., are asked to destroy any personal notes from JC hearings. I believe it is to limit litigation. That is what I have to suspect, but not 100% sure, may just be a rumour. However, if true very disturbing. Such elder who follow such direction, you would have to wonder if they even have a conscience.

What is even more disturbing is the vast rank and file would have no idea whatsoever at all about what their local elders are doing. The ones who they apparently trust and confide in!!! Despicable.