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I went down in the first Round!

by John Aquila in

there is a visitor brother in town and from what ive been told, he has been a missionary for many years and they were having a get together for him.

i took my mom to that get-together yesterday and stayed for a few minutes.

i heard a group around a table with the visitor brother talking about how hard it was getting in the world with so many distractions and that many of the brothers were falling into the trap and leaving jehovahs organization.

Listener

A possible comeback would be to ask whether or not that scripture is a prophecy or not, to be fulfilled in our time. If the answer is no then he is simply speculating and we can say anything could happen when we speculate.

They seem to forget that these stories all led to the one outcome, their demise and the bible goes on to tell us it was completely replaced by something far greater, by Jesus himself. Did God set up this new kingdom arrangement only to see it partially fail like the old arrangement?

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Wallkill, Patterson, Warwick etc - A Beginner's Guide Please?

by cofty in

could anybody give us a brief summary of what these facilities are please?.

brit who has been out for 20 years is confused.

thanks..

Listener

Does anyone know how many bethelites work there?

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Removed from JW.ORG: Warwick Photo Gallery 3 (January Through April 2015)

by wifibandit in

the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.

also pulled: .

wallkill photo gallery 2.

Listener

There is no insult it's highly unlikely that a great number of them would be qualified unless the org went on a special recruitment drive specifically for females.

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Removed from JW.ORG: Warwick Photo Gallery 3 (January Through April 2015)

by wifibandit in

the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.

also pulled: .

wallkill photo gallery 2.

Listener

I am a female and don't mean to suggest anything offensive about females. More and more females are becoming involved in building work these days but males still far outstrip them in numbers.

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Removed from JW.ORG: Warwick Photo Gallery 3 (January Through April 2015)

by wifibandit in

the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.

also pulled: .

wallkill photo gallery 2.

Listener

Under one of the photo's is a comment that states females make up 35% of the workers. Thats got to mean a lot of unqualified workers.

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E-Mail, Just recived. About Bethell adjustments.

by DwainBowman in

i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.

here is the email: .

---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.

Listener

They laid off a lot of bethelites a few years ago. That seemed to have little affect on anything.

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SING NO SAD SONGS FOR EX-BETHELITES

by steve2 in

what happens to ex-bethelites is really of no concern to the gb.

and equally no concern to us as ex-jws or those who question jw organization.. layoffs have happened at headquarters and elsewhere for many, many years - although the scale this time is larger than previously, being an all time high: 1,600. .

for the record, we should spare any sympathy/empathy for those who are about to sent packing this time.

Listener

Providing ex Bethelites with 2 weeks living costs for every year of service would be the morally right thing to do.

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Right everyone watch this video its insane!

by username in

i'm just watching this video.

now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

Listener

If he is talking about the Riley fund, there is plenty of information about it already discussed on this forum and other places.

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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

by sparrowdown in

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friends

my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

Listener

On Cedars video he suggests that it is someone within Bethel has leaked the information and makes an address to the GB stating that they have Brothers at Bethel who are prepared to leak information and to remember that these are people that they sit down to a meal to eat with.

Surely the letter has already been printed and ready to send out, I don't see why someone in the printing department, who isn't high up, would not have easy access to this.

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Is Warwick still being built?

by Coded Logic in

does anyone know if this new freeze on all construction projects includes the new headquarters being built in warwick?.

if it does apply to it, then this really makes no sense whatsoever.

the society is poised to make hundreds of millions of dollars (perhaps even a billion) by selling the properties they currently occupy in brooklyn.

Listener

They've sold a lot of the properties off in New York already, they will have a set deadline for having to move Bethelites out of there.

If they have been relying on volunteers to build Warwick there might be things that have been going wrong, I don't think they've tackled such a large project with so many volunteers. Some posters on places like reddit have stated that work has to be redone because it is not up to standard and who knows what sort of other problems they have been running into.

But the deadline is there. It may be that they have to start looking at engaging worldly contractors to help with the Warwick build and because it hasn't been costed in, it will be a huge cost.