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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

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  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  I suspect the GB genuinely believe their own bullshit. I reckon they are stressed out trying to make sense of why everything is going wrong.
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  Trivial stuff about the AGM

  by sir82 in

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  lots of good comments already about the content of saturday's agm broadcast.. i just thought i'd add my (trivial!

  ) comments about the magnificent 7:.

  -- loesch - was he intentionally trying to be boring?

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  It was a mistake to let the masses see behind the curtain.
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  Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?

  by cofty in

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  since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

  do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

  with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.

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  Interesting thanks. koncpetual99 it looks as if they still do as much door to door officially but not in reality.

  Snugglebunny I'm going to have that tune in my head today!

  maybe, they distributed your picture as an evil and dangerous apostate Cofty - Suavojr

  I was talking to a JW at a cart in Edinburgh last week while his partner stayed back out the way. Another two JWs arrived to take over my wife overheard one of them saying to him "you shouldn't be talking to him, that's that apostate I told you about."
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  A Korean Tragedy

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the modern history is full of deep, dark tragedies.

  and, my intention, as i sat down to write of those tragedies for a fb page i look after for a macquarie university student society, was to tell the story of these very dark contemporary events.

  but east asia history is complex and i think its helpful to try to have an overview of that history to understand what has happened in the recent past.

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  Thank you. Interesting stuff and great pics.
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  Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

  do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

  with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.

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  I often see 4 or even 6 JWs standing in the vicinity of a cart. Total waste of time!

  Even when you go up and take a magazine off the trolley it's like none of them want to be the one who has to talk to anybody.
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  Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

  do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

  with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.

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  cofty

  Since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of JWs still go door to door like we used to?

  Do they still have meetings for field service on Sat mornings and Sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?

  With the reduction of printing WTs and Awakes what will they offer at the doors?
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

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  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  I am all in with wt - Fishy

  No you are not.
  
  
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  The Watchtower's Real Crisis

  by JeffT in

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  when discussing the watchtowers financial problems, i've generally been of the opinion that they probably are not in a real financial crisis.

  i've come to believe that money may be something of an issue, but its wrapped up in a much larger problem.

  this came to me this morning when reading about the annual meeting.. i think the society's leadership is just plain out of ideas.

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  JeffT I agree. They really have nothing more to say.

  Russell said in his will that no more books were ever to be published after his death but that the Watchtower should continue to be published by committee until the imminent end.

  Nobody foresaw having to say the same things over and over again for more than a century.
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. social
  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  They have given up!

  Loyal JWs will hope there is an intelligent strategy behind all of this. I doubt there is. I think SBF was right, "it's all over bar the shouting."

  Sad and pathetic.
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  Kim Jong-un may have Plans for Columbus Day

  by cofty in

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  october 10th is korean workers party founding day which happens to overlap with columbus day on monday next week.. many of nks previous missile tests have taken place on auspicious dates.

  russia’s ria news agency is reporting that according to anton morozov, a member of the russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee "they are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile.

  they even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the west coast of the united states,” .

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  I fear atomant is right.

  China has began to cooperate with UN sanctions. Despite its political doctrine of "Juche" (self-reliance) NK depends on China for most of its fuel as well as food aid.

  China is in a difficult position. If the NK regime collapses it will be faced with millions of refugees on its border. China will also be less than enthusiastic about any prospect of reunification if it led to American bases in a former DPRK.

  If a long-range test does happen next week it will be interesting to see how Trump responds.