Breakfast of Champions...... I recognized one person also. She is a girl I dated back in the 70's. I wasn't spiritually mature enough for her so I was dumped, sometime after that she married a bethelite so her whole adult life has been in bethel. I think it is sad she never experienced adult life outside of an institution....a home, family, career, friends from all walks of life, working with husband to financially earn your own way through life, even having pets. She missed out on a lot-----but she did get about 3 seconds in a Wat propaganda video.
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JW Bethel Video - long version
by Esse quam videri inlistener gave a link to a short version.
not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
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JW Bethel Video - long version
by Esse quam videri inlistener gave a link to a short version.
not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
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Who was this made for, who sees it? They use to have Bethel recruitment meetings at conventions for anyone interested, do they show it there? -
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East Coast Blizzard 2015
by breakfast of champions inwhere we're at, we won't get it as bad as nyc, long island or new england.
even so, my university is closed until wednesday morning, and we're expecting well over a foot of snow.. anyone else out there "hunkering down"?.
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Elders in Spain Steal Millions from Congregation
by cappytan inthese men are appointed by holy spirit,.
here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php.
basically, if you don't know spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what i've read).
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It's not like a scam has to fly under the radar to be carried out. In this area we have near WTF a motel that was originally built by bothers that invested their own $$ into it and it caters to people visiting the farm. Nothing shady about that. Some time ago wasn't their a post here on JWN about a retirement home being built for witnesses or ex-bethelites that could afford it? Now if they ran off with the money that's a different story. So I would question was this presented as a Wat Society project with money being collected in the KH's and the project being spoken about from the platform or was it spoken about person to person like here's an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a great private non Watchtower investment. If it was the latter I believe it could be pulled off, we know how JW's love their get rich don't have to work for it schemes.
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What's so great about the Elder's School???
by DATA-DOG ini have a friend who is an eldub and he just completed elder's school!
what did he learn?
as far as i can tell, he learned:.
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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee
by opusdei1972 intoday i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.
she told them that she will confirm if she will go.
however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?
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Stuckinarut2-----That sounds like a great way to handle it. Puts the ball back in their court. It's what I'll do when/if my invitation to a judicial comes, but after over four years now I think they have pretty much given up on me. -
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Explaining away the increase in anointed
by lurkernomore inso i was just informed by my wife that her grandmother (who's also out) has been told by a 'sister' from her old hall that during their most recent circuit visit the co said something along the lines of:.
isn't it faith strengthening that the number of anointed is falling in relation to the increase in publishers?
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Since there is no indication in the bible that 144,000 were needed to rule future mankind before A & E sinned, why the need for all those "kings" now in paradise plan B. Always wondered about that. Guess Jeh and Jesus are into big government and Wat is getting everyone ready with big taxes. -
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Who Benefits from the Multi-Billion Dollar Real Estate Empire that is WT?
by TTATTelder inthis thread is to formally address this subject.
this is for forum members and especially for lurkers (current witnesses reading this in secret).
please feel free to post any additional points.. there are a lot of changes happening in wt land.
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Add to what was already well said. I never had a circuit overseer, district overseer, or GB member turn down a green handshake. pontoon Hudson Valley NY -
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Pagan Origins
by tinker ina currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.
after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.
he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.
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Poster country flags and privacy
by Simon inthe new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).
before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.
first, the reason i think it should be shown:.
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