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  "JW Box" $30 Logo Markup Scam!!!! Huge!!!

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  so get this, wt has something they're calling a "jw box" that gives people in africa "spiritual food".

  the best part, they want donations of $75 for it!

  so they don't provide any physical food to people in africa but they can send them "spiritual food" for $75.

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  JeffT

  If they aren't paying a license fee, or have an agreement with the original manufacturer, they're going to be in a world of hurt.
  
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  For those that have published books

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am currently writing a book i started years ago but as in jesus parable 'was not able to finish' lol.

  so llyod evans in one of his interviews on a podcast mentioned he had published through amazon so that evenng i quickly checked out how amazon publishes etc.. for those of you who have written a book i'm curious.

  how would you rate amazon publishing?.

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  JeffT

  I currently have two alternate history novels I'm selling on Amazon. The first one went on sale in April, the second last month. I'm editing a third one now. Sometime in early 2021 I hope to have another novel based on my experience as a JW published. I have been able to find a publisher through regular channels and Amazon has been a good alternative.

  In response to your three points:

  1) Good, you won't be disappointed. I've made about half my car payment every month with money from Amazon.

  2) You can set up with a pen name

  3) Obviously, it takes money to print books. Amazon takes a per book fee based on the size of the book. They send you the rest once a month, starting two months after your first sale.
  

  It's been pretty good to me.

  Make sure you sign up to make your book part of the Kindle Lending Library. It pays a little money (about a dollar for my 300 page books) each time somebody reads it from the library. I think I make most of my money that way.

  Good luck to you!
  
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  Have You Changed Your Viewing Habits Regarding Sports and Entertainment?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you still avidly view sports and entertainment?

  have you been affected by athletes views on racism, the national anthem, white peoples vs. black?

  same question for those in the entertainment industry.

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  JeffT

  A few years ago I got a job that required working Sunday afternoons. No more NFL. I started watching more college ball (I always did watch as much of my Alma Mater as I could). I now like college ball a lot better. I don't like being lectured by a bunch of people who make about 30 times as much as I do about awful their lives are.

  When atheletes and celebrities rant about how the 1% are screwing everybody I want to tell them to face the mirror when they're lecturing.
  
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  Another suspect JW experience

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest jwdotorg experience tells of using video conferencing to hold congregation meetings inside jail for prisoners.

  it says that the prison director himself and his wife have also started attending the zoom meetings and quotes him as saying.

  “these meetings are of great importance for the spiritual and emotional well-being of the prisoners during this period of social isolation.

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  JeffT

  I don't buy the prison director participating

  1) it's probably a violation of prisoner privacy rights

  2) It's a security violation for him

  3) He's an f-ing idiot if he puts his wife out where she can be recognized.
  
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  I'm not into conspiracy theories, but Google FEMA clergy response team. Would WT. throw the R&F under the bus to save it's own skin

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  correct me if i'm wrong but about the same time this was activated was when the wt.

  came out with the "we may receive instructions that may not seem practical from a human standpoint".

  and it has been emphasized greatly regarding covid measures that "we must obey the superior authorities".

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  JeffT

  I've been hearing about secret govenment camps as long as I can remember. The people to be rounded up keeps changing, the surrounding story stays the same.

  First it was going to be communists, then African-Americans, then anti-vietnam protesters, then hippies, then neo-nazis, then the KKK, then Republicans...
  
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  How Long Is Forever?

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine you have a spoon and you dig out one scoop of soil from the ground in central new york.

  then you put that soil in a bag and carry it with you as you travel from there to the grand canyon.

  you repeat these steps until you have created another grand canyon in new york and filled the original one in arizona.

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  JeffT

  Psychologists talk about what they call the "I'll be happy when..." syndrome. It's a common problem, "I'll be happy when I get a better job" "I'll be happy when a buy a new car." "I'll be happy when I get married."

  One time when we were leaving my wife said the JW view of the new system was the ultimate "I'll be happy when..."
  
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  Sports Games Postponed Because of Police Shootings

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what’s your opinion of sports teams postponing games either to recognize or protest a social issue cause?

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  I have a hard time listening to a bunch of people whose income is roughly 1000x mine bitching about the country that makes such a thing possible. Watching this reminds me of a great scene in Mel Brooks "Blazing Saddles" Clevon Little holding a gun to his own head "Stay back or the N----- gets it."
  
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  The book "New Boy" is Free on Amazon For Down Load the Next 4 Days

  by 1234 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few people have posted that i wrote my book to "make money.

  "yes, i have made some money from this book but nothing to the comparison to the 11 years it took to write it and the cost to produce it.money was the last thing on my mind on my list of motivations/priorities in writing of this book.

  my thought was if i could circumvent the pain and suffering that the watchtower bible & tract society/ jehovah's witnesses has caused to just one person's life than the book has served its purpose.i'm happy to announce the book is free for down load on amazon for the next 5 days.enjoy my friends.keith casaronap.s if after reading it, if you could post a review on amazon i would greatly appreciate it.

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  JeffT

  Congratulations on getting published.

  As a published writer (two novels and a few business and academic papers) I can assure anybody who asks that its unlikely you're making enough money to think about. In ten years I've made about $2000.

  Is this Kindle only, or is it available in other formats?
  
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  They are giving a beautiful witness of Jehovah's Organization

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they are giving a beautiful witness of jehovah's organization, now let us see the fruits of their labor blossom.... ...nah i can't say that with a straight face.

  let me back up and explain why i said that.

  as many of you know that my husband's mother had been fighting cancer.

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  JeffT

  My condolences on your loss, and having to deal with heartless in laws as part of your struggle. In some ways they did give a good witness, everybody aware of this situation can see the cult for what it is.
  
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  Do You Think the Federalist System in the US Gives States too Much Power?

  by RubaDub in

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  2. friends

  as time goes on, i keep rethinking this whole thing about states' rights here in the us.

  the more i think about it, i think less states' power may be a way to reduce some of the craziness going on.. as mentioned on another thread, you can't even drive now into some states without them checking your license tag where you are from so you have have to be quarantined.

  states such as georgia are pretty much wide open.

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  JeffT

  People in this country (I'm in the US) think that freedom and democracy mean they can do whatever the hell they want. It doesn't work that way, the word liberty, as understood by the framers of the U S Constitution includes your responsibilities and duties to the society around you.

  If you think that being told to wear a protective mask to mitigate the danger of disease to your family, friends, and neighbors is an infringment of your liberty you need to get a life. And maybe a sense of perspective.