Posts by factfinder

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How Often Do You Come To JWN? How Often Do You Post?

by minimus in

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friends

do you check this site, daily?.

do you post very much?.

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BORG running low on $$$??

by fader77 in

dear brothers:.

re: personal literature supply.

reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.

factfinder

respectful_observer,

back in the 80's and 90's the km had inserts about the use of magazines and mentioned there were major differences between the number of magazines produced and the amount reported as placed.

I remember parts on CA programs discussing this. They ackowledged there must be a large number of magazines in pubs homes and book bags that need to be placed or the number ordered should be reduced.

Remember too, that only literature placed with non witnesses can be counted in fs reports. When they had personal subscriptions none of those copies were included on FS reports.

Having pubs report tract placements makes sense too as the society can monitor how many are shipped/reported as placed, and adjust the amount printed and shipped to congs accordingly.

The volume they print is enormous, most years the total Bibles, books, tracts, brochures, magazines and booklets produced comes to between 2.5 and 3 BILLION!

I cannot imagine all the work involved and logistics of having all of this work done in over 700 languages, much of it simultaneous with English and shipping it all out on time to reach all of the congregations during the same week.

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BORG running low on $$$??

by fader77 in

dear brothers:.

re: personal literature supply.

reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.

factfinder

Thanks for sharing this info with us!

What they are doing makes sense in a financial way and it is a push to get more of the literature distributed to the public.

It will be interesting to see what the revisions are in the books, also as mentioned in the letter, they will be using quotations from the revised NWT in them.

They know now how much literature was produced during the just ended 2014 SY, thus saw an increase and want to get the number requested reduced if possible, while not restricting what publishers want or need for themselves or their fs.

They have had articles in the past in the km about publishers making good use of publications and not wasting any and that congs should reduce the amount of mags requested if there is a large surplus of left over copies.

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What does semimonthy mean

by bobld in

yes,i know what it means however,the gb of the wbts does not.they said the study edition apears once a month and is not offered to the public.the study edition(has 32 pages) and the public edition(has 16 pages) of the watchtower are not two different magazines.per their wt of jan.15/2008.. on page 2 of their oct.15/2014 public wt they say it is published semimonthy.

page 3 they say nearly 46 million copies of each issue are printed.also their study edition is published semimonthymy understanding, the public issue is on the 1st of the month and the study is on the 15th month only one copy of ea issue.someone please explain the discrepancies.. .

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factfinder

It is deceitful the way they do it. They mention The Watchtower as the magazine with the largest circulation of 45 million without including the study edition.

In the article on jw.org about their printing operations they mention the 16-page magazine but make no mention of the 32 page editions. They say they produced over 1.3 billion magazines in 2012, thus over 108 million per month, if you subtract the 16 page w and g that leaves over 17 million for the 32 page editions.

Yes, if a non-witness reader bothers to look and see that the magazine is published semi- monthly he or she would wonder where the other issue is, why are they receiving only one issue each month.

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Cross & Crown Logo In New WT.org Video For Children?

by SAHS in

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friends

the following photo is a still frame captured from the latest semi-animated video on jw.org called caleb and sophia visit bethel:.

here is the direct link to this video:.

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/caleb-sophia-visit-bethel/.

factfinder

Should those children be left alone with Anthony Morris the turd? Of course at least one gb member has to be shown, they want to be worshipped.

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Cross & Crown Logo In New WT.org Video For Children?

by SAHS in

jw
friends

the following photo is a still frame captured from the latest semi-animated video on jw.org called caleb and sophia visit bethel:.

here is the direct link to this video:.

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/caleb-sophia-visit-bethel/.

factfinder

pages 104-105 discuss the witnesses use of the cross and crown in the new book God's Kingdom Rules!

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What does semimonthy mean

by bobld in

yes,i know what it means however,the gb of the wbts does not.they said the study edition apears once a month and is not offered to the public.the study edition(has 32 pages) and the public edition(has 16 pages) of the watchtower are not two different magazines.per their wt of jan.15/2008.. on page 2 of their oct.15/2014 public wt they say it is published semimonthy.

page 3 they say nearly 46 million copies of each issue are printed.also their study edition is published semimonthymy understanding, the public issue is on the 1st of the month and the study is on the 15th month only one copy of ea issue.someone please explain the discrepancies.. .

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factfinder

They create confusion too, I think, by claiming The Watchtower is just one magazine, both editions are The Watchtower and are semi-monthly, but... they only include the printing figure for each issue of the public edition. In actuality they are printing over 60 million copies of The Watchtower each month.

Why do they only give the circulation figure for the public edition?

I imagine the simplified edition and braille editions are the same as the study edition, 15th of the month issues. (fit in as such, same with the large print editions).

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Remember the reason for the study edition

by bobld in

today they advertise and encouage the public to download it via their web site.why!.

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factfinder

I thought the reason for creating a seperate study edition was to cut costs since they print over 45 million of the public edition but only around 14-17 million of the study edition.

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Watch Tower Society holds GOVERNMENT SHARES!

by LennaB in

securities and exchange commission: http://www.sec.gov/archives.... name: the watchtower society .

class a shares owned: 5,073,200. percentage of class a shares owned: 44.94%.

rand cam corporation - developers of cold turbine engine project, funded by the u.s. military (navy).. what happen to 1.having no polictical/government affiliantion?

factfinder

I had recieved a similar explanation from the society about Rand Cam years ago. I can not scan it, can't even find it.

I don't have the capability to scan anything onto this site nor do I know how, but I too had recieved a similar letter.

As for the UN/NGO thing, that shocked me when I first discovered information on it about ten years ago. The society sent me a letter explaining they just wanted to use the UN Library/ Media facilities , which we know is bs.

I saw behind the wt curtain. my eyes were opening and it led to my discovering the tatt .

There is no excuse for the society to have been involved in any way with the UN. Yes, hypocrasy on their part and proof the gb do not trust in Jehovah's protection or obey him. (IF he even exists.)

Most witnesses still don't know about these things and my jw brother does not WANT to know. It is good that such things get brought up here so those who don't know will find out.

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How old were you when baptized?

by Coded Logic in

i was baptized at the age of 11. like most of us, my commitment wasnt to honor god but rather i was gang pressed into the service of the wtbts.

and, at such a young age, it was impossible for me to appreciate the enormity of my actions.

honestly, how could i possibly have known any better?

factfinder

I was 20.