Now this is weird, ever heard of the "Mandela Effect" ??? What if... ?

by Greybeard in

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now this is weird, ever heard of the "mandela effect" ???

i know how crazy it sounds but i got to tell you, this article about the governing body finally admitting the "faithful slave" was not divinely appointed by jesus in 1919 was epic to me.

like a mandela effect feeling.

FatFreek 2005

I get what you're saying, that it appears that the Society's change from 1919 to the Great Tribulation went over the heads of all folks, JWs and ex-JWs.

And, yes, I'm also certain that most -- even here -- missed its significance. Yes, I believe it's a significant change on their part.

But not all missed it. When that article appeared, poster Legacy brought it to our attention some 3 years ago in the topic, "

July 2013 WT Sunday ? Who is now the FDS ?

at the following link:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/260965/july-2013-wt-sunday-who-now-fds?size=20&page=1

Keep on truckin!

Len Miller

ps: Your Mandela Effect theory may have been too much of a distraction to the bulk of your audience to get engaged in such an important Watchtower change. Just sayin'.

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Godzilla has aching feet in door to door activity. Requests mobile cart.

by FatFreek 2005 in

enjoy.. .

len.

Godzilla has aching feet in door to door activity. Requests mobile cart.

by FatFreek 2005 in

enjoy.. .

len.

We give more to the Watchtower Society than for our local KH

by James Jack in

i have been doing the accounts for our local congregation now for 3 years.

i just thought, wow our local expenses total just $500 a month, yet we have an ongoing expense each month of $600 for the kh expansion work(ie:world wide work), $60 for the traveling overseer insurance and $54 for the local kingdom hall insurance, in addition to the operating committee expense of $525.. so, our one congregation sends $714 a month plus what the publishers contribute towards the world wide work usually between $600 to $700 per month.

in other words, we are at least sending, for our little congregation of 75 publishers, $1314 a month!

FatFreek 2005

James Jack. I hope that you've disguised that set of 9 numeric variables because one of headquarter's IT folks can put the ones you've here disclosed into a computer search expression that can pinpoint your congregation -- hence, you.

Len

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Are J .W`s elligible for the Guinness Book of records for the most flip flops on doctrines ? In their 140? or so year history ?

by smiddy in

would the jehovah`s witnesses be a shoe in , for the most about face , flip flop , of doctrine , beliefs , and practices in this 21st century , to have previously strongly held beliefs and then for them to be discarded in their 140 ?

year history ?.

i think they take the cake .. smiddy.

FatFreek 2005

7 flip flops, 8 positions, on a single doctrinal teaching surely takes the cake. Check out for yourself The Great Watchtower contradiction.

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I'm ready to get my first Powerball ticket -- NOT!

by FatFreek 2005 in

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it's up to some 800 zillion dollars now and hasn't suckered me in yet.

i've been out of watchtower for some 38 years now and i suppose the lottery is one of their nonoze.

i have nothing morally wrong against it or anyone who enjoys doing it.

FatFreek 2005

It's up to some 800 zillion dollars now and hasn't suckered me in yet. I've been out of Watchtower for some 38 years now and I suppose the lottery is one of their NoNoze. I have nothing morally wrong against it or anyone who enjoys doing it. I hate restrictions and being told what, or what not, to do.

I don't gamble because Charles Dickens book The Old Curiosity Shop made such an impact on me.

If you do win, how much of the winnings will you bequeath to Watchtower's Worldwide Fund?

Len

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just bobbed on to see if any links for new wt library?

by tezrichmond in

is there any links about for new jw library?

is it on dvd this time?

FatFreek 2005

Thanks, wifibandit. The link worked perfectly. 2015 is now installed.

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Well known cartoon creator artist of SpongeBob -- was he a JW?

by FatFreek 2005 in

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was i dreaming that he posted here a few years ago?.

len.

FatFreek 2005

Thanks all. There are several interviews with Vince. He seems like a jovial guy, must be multi-lingual (for which I'm jealous), is charismatic and is extremely knowledgeable. The interview I watched is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOpDEJhaapc&feature=youtu.be

The interviewer Eric is very skilled as well. Is it, by chance, our member SixOfNine? They bear some resemblance and I met him at a fest in Dallas several years ago.

Len

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