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  Financial Report 2013 and 2014 Australia Branch

  by Listener in

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  oppostate

  So for those two years supposedly they have operated at a deficit.

  How does the WT remain viable? How does the WT spend millions "teaching"?

  Those figures are just "funny" in a weird way.
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  Rutherfords influence on Church of God (7th Day) and Sacred Name Movement

  by oppostate in

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sacred_name_movementthe sacred name movement arose in the early 20th century out of the church of god (seventh day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of joseph franklin rutherford who founded jehovah's witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the hebrew name of god.

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  @dropoffyourkeylee

  You can read the Melton (1992) quote at this address:

  http://books.google.com/?id=KRTGzgpDvL4C&printsec=frontcover#PPA83,M1
  
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  Rutherfords influence on Church of God (7th Day) and Sacred Name Movement

  by oppostate in

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sacred_name_movementthe sacred name movement arose in the early 20th century out of the church of god (seventh day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of joseph franklin rutherford who founded jehovah's witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the hebrew name of god.

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Name_Movement
  The Sacred Name Movement arose in the early 20th century out of the Church of God (Seventh Day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of Joseph Franklin Rutherford who founded Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the Hebrew name of God.[2]
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  What's Sophia doing in Oz?

  by oppostate in

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  sophia either got lost or is playing the role of dorothy!.

  sophia, i mean dorothy, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!.

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b00z89myti.

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  New technology has greatly helped the production of animated films. But there's a certain style, a sort of Toy Story-like style of animation that permeates a lot of animation production these days, in my opinion.

  The WT knows how manipulative the moving picture can be. The brain actually perceives the watching of a movie in the same way as witnessing a live event. That's why we can so caught up in a scary movie--have you ever chewed your fingernails, litterally, while watching a horror flick?

  Repressive dictatorships like to use moving imagery to control the population--like "1984" and "A Clockwork Orange."

  There's not much denying that the purpose of Caleb & Sophia WT videos is to entice the young to follow the Organization. Sort of like training up a boy in the way he should walk, even when he turns older he won't deviate from going in that way.

  Hopefully this over-the-top indoctrination will be too much for the young ones as they grow up and become aware of the mind control.

  Or could the WT adapt anew and produce mind-controlling propaganda aimed at tweens and teens to keep them in?
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  Caleb & Sophia RC badges

  by oppostate in

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  take a look at this caleb & sophia rc badge for children.. .

  what's the motivation to make special childrens' badges?

  i smell indoctrination!.

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  From Russell taking "in" his waif interest, to Rutherfords young lady "nutritionists" and his book Children, to today's Caleb and Sophia, there always seems to be an unhealthy WT hierarchy's interest in children.

  Making children sit through long meetings, with study articles that mention all sorts of sexual no-no's, and stories containing graphic violence and bloodshed, seems twisted and evil minded.

  Now this emphasis on cartoon videos, coercing children into giving up their ice-cream money--they're like the wicked cannibal in Hansel and Gretel, waiting to devour children for their own purposes.
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  Getting it out of my system, a VERY long introduction/outpouring..

  by adimmedlight in

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  warning, novel ahead:.

  after a few months of lurking on this site, i've decided to take the plunge...i don't really care so much about introducing myself, but somehow there is some relief in the thought of getting my little story out there, just getting it out of my system.

  i am the oldest of 5 kids.

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  I too enjoyed reading your "novel"

  What I get from it is that you are resilient and have a good, perceptive mind.

  Learning "the truth about the truth" (TTATT) has distanced me from the JW religion but I'm more than ever, strong in my faith toward God and His Son. In them I find support and a guide in Christ's example. I hope your Christian faith will add light and brightness to everything you do in life.

  Agape'
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  Caleb & Sophia RC badges

  by oppostate in

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  take a look at this caleb & sophia rc badge for children.. .

  what's the motivation to make special childrens' badges?

  i smell indoctrination!.

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  oppostate

  Going after the youth in order to exploit them for cash and mind control has a certain boogie-man connotation.

  Maybe we could illustrate the role of Momma Watchtower with this picture.

  
  

  "See, Gretel," cried Hansel joyfully, "there is (Spiritual) food for us in plenty..."

  He stretched out his hand to help himself... when suddenly they heard a voice call from within :--
  

  "Nibbly, nibbly, mouse!
  Who's nibbling at my house?"
  The children answered quickly:--
  "Tis my Lady Wind that blows,
  As round about the house she goes."
  

  And... they went on eating... better than any sweetmeat Gretel had ever tasted before.
  

  The old woman nodded her head to them, and said: "Who brought you here, my pets ? Comeinside, come inside; no one will hurt you."

  She took their hands and led them into the house, and set before them all kinds of delicious
  (Spiritual) foods, milk, sugared pancakes, apples, and nuts...

  they thought to themselves that surely they had now found the most delightful place in the whole wide world.
  

  But the old woman had only pretended to be friendly and kind, for she was really wicked ... who was always lying in wait to catch little children, indeed, she had built the (...Organization...) especially to entice them in. Whenever anyone came into her power, she cooked and ate him, and thought what a fine feast she had had.

  This wicked murderer had red eyes and could not see far, but she has a keen scent, like animals, and can tell at once when a human being is near to them...
  

  As soon as Hansel and Gretel came into her neighborhood she laughed to herself and said
  mockingly: "Ha, ha! they are mine already; they will not easily escape me."
  

  Early in the morning, before the children were awake, she stood beside them and admired their rosy cheeks and soft round limbs.
  

  "What nice tit-bits for me," murmured she. Then, seizing Hansel by the hand, she led him to a little stable, and, in spite of his cries and screams, shut him up and left him. Then she shook Gretel until she was awake, and bade her get up at once and carry food and drink to her brother, and it must be of the best too, for she wished to fatten him.
  

  "When he is nice and plump, I shall eat him," said the cruel murderer.

  Gretel wept bitterly, but it was quite in vain, for she was obliged to do this evil one's bidding.
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  What's Sophia doing in Oz?

  by oppostate in

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  sophia either got lost or is playing the role of dorothy!.

  sophia, i mean dorothy, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!.

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b00z89myti.

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  Sophia either got lost or is playing the role of Dorothy!

  
  

  Sophia, I mean Dorothy, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Z89MYTI
  
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  To Blue Dot or Not to Blue Dot. That is the question ....

  by Oubliette in

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  so i've been noticing recently that some khs in the area where i live (socal) are putting up the jw.org little blue dot, but others are not.

  i would think this would be a mandatory directive from hq.

  does anyone here have any intel on the matter?.

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  Previous thread on the issue of the JWorg logo trademark.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/280933/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-united-states-patent-trademark-office?page=1
  
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  To Blue Dot or Not to Blue Dot. That is the question ....

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i've been noticing recently that some khs in the area where i live (socal) are putting up the jw.org little blue dot, but others are not.

  i would think this would be a mandatory directive from hq.

  does anyone here have any intel on the matter?.

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  oppostate

  Where the heck does one get a WT approved MEPS font to fabricate the sign according to spec's?

  Seems a bit extreme they'd expect local congregations to make their own signs. Doesn't it?

  Why not just make signs at WT facilities and from there send to the congregations on a donation basis like literature?

  Is it because they don't own rights to trademark JW-dot-Org? The reason they lost this was due to their description of the web site's stated purpose for media streaming downloading, it conflicts with JWplayer's brand and could lead to confusion.

  Read more about it on JWleaks' excellent page on this topic:

  http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/