Having experienced both, indeed disfellowshipping multiple times, I would say that isolation is nothing like as harrowing. You at least are able to communicate to your loved ones and although self-isolation is horrible you know it is a positive thing, has a limited span and is not a punishment.
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Self-isolating JW's will at least get a taste of what disfellowshipping is like..
by mikronboy inhumans are basically social animals.
see most any isolated mammal, whether in a zoo or even an outcast of its pride and you'll see one mentally disturbed creature.
maybe, after this pandemic has faded and humans are able to interact once more, some jw's might think twice before being so quick to shun.
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15 yrs ago Jehovah needed $50 million for new printing presses
by Hotpepper inwhat happened to all those new printing presses?
the wt said they were going to double the amount of mag's every month.
i wonder what ever happened.
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Here is a press release from 2003 from the supplier MAN Roland who had an order for 7 of these humongous presses. Where are they now?
http://whattheythink.com/news/17031-watchtower-society-orders-seven-lithoman-presslines-man/
And then a printing industry article mentioning the worldwide purchase of 7 more of these machines and the fact that the London based one was put up for sale. Oh dear!
https://printbusiness.co.uk/news/Jehovahs-Witnesses-close-north-London-web-offset-operation/110571/
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15 yrs ago Jehovah needed $50 million for new printing presses
by Hotpepper inwhat happened to all those new printing presses?
the wt said they were going to double the amount of mag's every month.
i wonder what ever happened.
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Well, my memory is that they "invested" in several huge all singing, all dancing high speed presses whose output would put half the trees in the world under threat. They bought one for London and it was off the scale mega. They were made by MAN Germany I believe.
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MANUAL!--2020-04 SFL.
by Atlantis in2020-04-addendum letter.. https://docdro.id/n0hm6tg.
2020-04 shepherd the flock of god elder manual.
https://docdro.id/llechtz.
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Nice to be ahead of 99.9% of those it was intended for. Thanks Petra
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2020-04-10 Congregation Donations by Electronic Funds Transfer!
by Atlantis inwell as usual, the watchtower wants to make sure the rank & file keep the money coming in.
even if the jw's have nothing to eat.. 2020-04-10--congregation donations by electronic funds transfer.
https://docdro.id/himg31q.
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Shameless.
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Italian Bridges
by Simon inwhat is it with italy, should it really be so risky driving across a bridge in a developed country?!.
i know there is china virus happening, but bridges haven't just gone to shit in the last month.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52213898.
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I suspect the influence of organised crime having sucked the quality from these civil engineering projects and converting it into corrupt cash. I know that is a sweeping generalisation but overall I believe that is a factor in Italian public life.
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Coronavirus lockdown HYPOCRISY
by The Fall Guy inhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52171712.
the bbc isn't even covering this story - it's merely publishing the front page of a newspaper which is!
why not bbc?.
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She' gawn. She' gawn.
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Today’s nauseating WT
by Slidin Fast ini am sitting at home, trying not to barf as this wt paragraph by paragraph tries to character assassinate those who have the temerity to take the emblems.
the unwritten, unspoken subtext is that they, the gb, the now distinct and separate “slave” are above all this.
they, the gold standard are immune to this questioning.
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I am sitting at home, trying not to barf as this WT paragraph by paragraph tries to character assassinate those who have the temerity to take the emblems.
The unwritten, unspoken subtext is that they, the GB, the now distinct and separate “slave” are above all this. They, the gold standard are immune to this questioning.
Absolutely sickening.
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How much will Life Change after its all over?
by Slidin Fast inthis period of crisis seems endless and absolutely weird but end it will.. in the mean-time people are working successfully from home, the skies have cleared, international meetings are held on line.
lots of frustrating commuter journeys are just not necessary.
the world is cleaning itself almost visibly in days, the skies are clearing.
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Cofty, I certainly agree about the social aspects of things. I certainly still want to travel and enjoy my retirement and see people and places.
On the other hand, I may be more careful about how I do that.
I was talking to a financial services professional yesterday who is now totally set up to talk to clients from home, he told me that they had thought of closing a satelite facility in another city that was really not essential but had not. They now have three expensive office buildings attended by one person for 4 hours a day and the company is working well. There is a massive profit incentive in cutting down that expensive space to a smaller more prestige HQ and not sitting in traffic coming and going there. Money talks.
So, multiply that by the thousands of other firms around the globe, just a small shift in that direction could make a big difference to life.
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Done With It!
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara ini am so done with this pressure and the covid.i am not just sitting here while i wait for gt to start.i can see some of the signs now!
sorry all i am going back to jehovah.i was wrong all along.this world is in its final stages!.
better late than never.. (happy fools day).
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Mate, I was really upset there for a minute.