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  No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

  by wizzstick in

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  2. beliefs

  in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

  )- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

  wow.

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  What about the married sisters that prefer short hair? Will they be flagged ?
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  Bygone Days of Old Bethel...

  by freemindfade in

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  something occurred to me last night.

  people that made their pilgrimage to jw mecca (bethel) would often be excited about some silly things, i say silly because for those of you who were there or lived near enough to be involved in these things regularly they lost their magic.

  i am talking about on tours one of the most memorable things people talked about or looked forward to... lunch.

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  The bethel tour is about as exciting as the box factory tour on the Simpsons.
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  Bethel Status Update - Insider Information

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some updates and new information on the downsizing in bethel.

  25% of all bethelites around the world will be sent home.

  in the us over 1,000 will be sent home.

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  hoser

  House cleaning is getting axed. All Bethelites will now be in charge of cleaning 100% of their rooms. Apparently a lot are annoyed at this because it will all have to be done on their time and never during work hours or in place of any other service.

  
  

  Welcome to the real world folks. Myself and mrs hoser have been responsible for cleaning and up keeping our house since we left our parents. And no we can't do it on company time either. After we have worked 50 hours each for the week then we get to clean house, maintain the yard, cook for ourselves, maintain vehicles and still get put down for not doing enough for " the truth".
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  They would all fit on the isle of Wight?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember once asking how the planet could possibly accommodate all the people who have ever lived?

  after the resurrection i mean.

  the answer i was told is that the gb had calculated that all the people who have ever lived could all fit on to the isle of wight?!.

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  hoser

  I was told that everyone could live in Texas with an acre of land each. Texas is big but I don't know if it is that big.
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  No theocratic school or service meeting starting 2016 -

  by MissFit in

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  2. beliefs

  jws from my congergation stopped by my house during their saturday service time to "catch me up on new changes".

  apparently they are totally changing the format of the ministry school and service meeting.

  has anyone heard about this?

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  hoser

  After the meeting last Sunday when they read the letter about the changes mrs hoser said that sometimes change is good. She also said that I probably already knew about the new meeting a long time ago. I said you don't have to worry about doing talks on the school anymore. She laughed.
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  What other Shenanigans can we expect to see in the next 2 years?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its been a little over 2 years since i left the watchtower.

  in that time the magazines have been cut, the birth of jwtv, jw-org.

  carts for preaching, removed district overseers, cut assemblies, demand all the money from the congregations, stop construction and layoff bethelites, change the format of the tmschool .

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  hoser

  I think as a corportion they are more reactive than proactive. They are putting out fires that they themselves start.
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  Merchants of deception

  by alcyone in

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  has anybody read this book?.

  https://archive.org/details/merchantsofdeception.

  it is story of a man who worked for amway.

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  hoser

  We had a relative that did amway that tried to get our family to join. It didn't work though because I guess one cult was enough.
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  Witnesses - Ever Wondered Why You're So Tired After Assemblies/Meetings?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently shared this with me.. they compared the tiredness they felt after attending an assembly and meetings, and noted how much worse it was than actually working and studying hard for hours for their secular employment!

  why were they so exhausted after an assembly/meeting?

  no, it wasn't satan.

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  The amazing part is how fast people forget what is "taught" at the assemblies.

  I love it when snooty pioneers and elders say how encouraging the assembly that we just attended was and then I ask them what points stood out as being important.

  When all they give is well um we learned about Jehovah, Jesus etc I tell them they should have payed better attention to the program. Yes, I'm becoming more of an asshole to these kinds of people every day.
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  Which current GB members are part of the "overlapping generation"?

  by Splash in

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  thoughts triggered from a comment cappytan made on a different thread:.

  cappytan the newest guy in the gang, mark sanderson, is no exception [to being a gb helper at some point].

  - w2013 7/15 p.26 a new member of the governing body"in september 2010, [mark sanderson] was invited to return to the united states, where he served as a helper to the service committee of the governing body.".

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  Sanderson has been partaking since his early 20's.

  But really " overlapping generation". Who thinks this bullshit up?
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  WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

  also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

  anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

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  John Aquilaan hour ago

  Ha Ha, thanks, I heard they lost millions Aug 24 2015 but I have no confirmation. Who was managing their money, some pioneer with a high school diploma?
  
  I heard that reading the awake magazine was the equivalent of a college degree so whoever is running the finances must have never missed an issue.