...that district overseers are now being used as circuit overseers!!
that was a comment at the wt study program.
another great comment was this: " you can go to bethel and have zero skills.
Funny you say this. We all see this as an obvious downsizing move, just like any corporation would do. But after the announcement my MIL commented how they must be doing this "for all the new circuits being formed."
And exactly where are these new circuits?
i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
Welcome!
well... as they say on talk back radio "i'm a long time listener, first time caller"(poster in this case!).
i have been a "lurker" for several years, but never had the courage to take the step and join up...until now.. i really want to thank everyone for their insights and comments throughout the forum.
although i have not contibuted to discussions, i have benefitted very much from all of your comments and observations on all topics.
Welcome!
i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.
with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.
i wonder why.. .
I always find it interesting how "in the truth" they have meetings that are ABOUT meetings.
interesting article on cnn blogs http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/20/does-the-big-bang-breakthrough-offer-proof-of-god/?hpt=hp_t4.
i have a similar belief so far.
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OUTLAW -
I know it's a journalist who wrote the title of the article, but any self-respecting scientist would refrain from using the word "proof" as it is used here.
There is evidence. . . it is probable. . . yes.
Proof. . . No.
As one of my professors said, "Other than using the word 'proof' in math or logic, remove the word 'proof' from your vocabulary."
i was wondering why they're so uptight about magical things (cough cough sparlock cough) and was just remembering some quotes in the publications about demons and stuff i saw on another thread and i seriously think that they believe this stuff is real.. once i asked my mum why previously she said not to watch magicians because they're bad blah blah when it wasn't real, hence the term magic trick.
she admitted that while most of them are probably innocent, she still thinks some of them (anyone heard of dynamo?
) have some demonic power behind them.. i seriously wanna hear some other views on this .
Start questioning the existence of "real" magic, and you're on your way to challenging other 'supernatural' forces such as god or a devil.
Plus all of the scary magic talk scares everyone into the arms of Jehovah/the cult.
she called last night to say it's online now, front page.
it'll be in the print version sunday.. not everyone's cup of tea, at first consideration: she is slightly embarrassed to be featured in the modern love column in the style section.. the times people asked to make a short video of her article "fight or flight".
they went to her bronx apartment to talk to her.
Very nice piece!
against my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.
he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.
i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.
Interesting. Thanks for posting that.
That is a great quote, JGNAT
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boe district overseers- confidential pdf: http://adf.ly/glwdn.
Also, if they're demoting all DO's to CO's AND they unveil their plan to unvoluntarily "retire" COs at 70, how many DOs you think are near or over 70? I wouldn't be surprised if most were in their mid to late sixties, if not early 70s.
I think they just want to get rid of them entirely.
