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  WBATS = MCDONALDS

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  wbats operations are comparable to any fast food organization, namely mcdonalds.

  just a for fun post but it does make you think.... .

  watchtower bible and tract society = mcdonalds.

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  new light - product development (i.e. McRib sandwich)
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  BOE Letter: New Adjustments

  by pixel in

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  2. beliefs

  **this was predicted from some members here**.

  to all congregations .

  re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .

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  It will be interesting to see how they define regional conventions. There was a thread the other day suggesting that the society is doing away with district conventions. So, I guess that was a true rumor. The big question is what will the society do to decrease their cost and increase the burden on the r&f?
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  This is hillarious!! Have to see... the JW Motto... YOLO!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhl-x1u0cua.

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  yolo!

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  Great link. Thanks. A beautiful young lady with a great mind and attitude.
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  two overlapping generations of anointed blah blah blah question

  by SnailsPace2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read the watchtower article on this "new light.

  " has any information on how "this generation" turned into two overlapping generations of only anointed people been printed?

  the word "evidence" was thrown around a lot in the article, but none was provided unless something has been printed since then and i have missed it.

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  when ever you hear or read the word "evidently" beware.
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  German "JW's" just after WW2

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was growing up in the religion i heard a number of times that immediately after ww2 many jw's in germany left the religion.. i was told that this was, despite their courageously opposing the nazi regime, and enduring concentration camps etc, after the war , they fell prey to "materialism".. there was much shaking of heads as to how this could happen.. whilst reading an old thread the other day, i read there that these ones who left did so because they did not agree with doctrinal changes that had gone on whilst they had been cut off by the nazis and the war, "materialism" was nothing to do with it.. is this another case of watchtower revisionist "history" ?.

  does anyone know the truth about what happened at this time ?.

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  Phizzy, if you are looking for numbers, I think that will be difficult. In part, because I think the society has always overstated the number in concetration camps.
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  It's official too: I will be DF'd... probably next Wednesday

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i will write my story soon... .

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  Mark Wednesday February 19 in your calendar. It represents the first day of the rest of your life. Congratulations!
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  German "JW's" just after WW2

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was growing up in the religion i heard a number of times that immediately after ww2 many jw's in germany left the religion.. i was told that this was, despite their courageously opposing the nazi regime, and enduring concentration camps etc, after the war , they fell prey to "materialism".. there was much shaking of heads as to how this could happen.. whilst reading an old thread the other day, i read there that these ones who left did so because they did not agree with doctrinal changes that had gone on whilst they had been cut off by the nazis and the war, "materialism" was nothing to do with it.. is this another case of watchtower revisionist "history" ?.

  does anyone know the truth about what happened at this time ?.

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  in a free country they realised there were other alternatives to communism or JWism.

  Exactly. Freedom is a wonderful thing - it gives a person options. Instead of black and white, a person is able to visualize a whole spectrum of colors.
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  China Fashion then - and now (See the Chinese girls at Sochi)

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  not so long ago everyone (sort of) in china wore the ubiquitous 'mao suit.

  ' it was really a misnomer as that style was adopted by the guomindang (kmt) in the decade after the collapse of the qing dynasty.

  communist party members also started wearing it, after dr. sun yatsen invited the communists to join the guomindang.

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  Asian women are beautiful. which is one reason why I married one.
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  German "JW's" just after WW2

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was growing up in the religion i heard a number of times that immediately after ww2 many jw's in germany left the religion.. i was told that this was, despite their courageously opposing the nazi regime, and enduring concentration camps etc, after the war , they fell prey to "materialism".. there was much shaking of heads as to how this could happen.. whilst reading an old thread the other day, i read there that these ones who left did so because they did not agree with doctrinal changes that had gone on whilst they had been cut off by the nazis and the war, "materialism" was nothing to do with it.. is this another case of watchtower revisionist "history" ?.

  does anyone know the truth about what happened at this time ?.

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  I think the same thing happened in 1980 with the Mariel boatlift from Cuba. Many "brothers" were removed from Cuban prisons and put on a boat to South Florida. I think those of a certain age remember this.

  Once they were free and in a free country, many explored options and decided that the jw religion was not for them. At the time I was, by marriage, very aware of what was going on in S Florida and can confirm that the society lost many who came as martyrs from Cuba.

  So, not to hijack the thread, let me make a comment to bring this back to the original discussion. In the depth of a state of persecution there is no doubt that individuals can maintain a resolute attitude. But, it is much more difficult to do this in a free flowing environment that occurred after WW2 and after the Mariel boat lift.

  Perhaps this is why the society is always talking about persecution. This is a key to their success. If you take away persecution, you got nothing.
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  The Judicial Committee videos in english

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if this has been posted but the jwsurvey site received the videos in english from someone.. this crap is pathetic to watch.

  how to counsel someone who is suicidal... really.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/doubts-over-organizational-solidarity-as-disturbing-video-on-handling-suicide-is-leaked.

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  I am sure the internal workings of the watchtower is none too happy about this leak. This is a major leak and shows how out of touch the society is about just about everything.

  I am sorry but I could not stomach listening to the whole thing. I gave up when the words "I I I committed fornication with a worldly girl..."

  Do people really confess to stuff like that? I though elders only found out when someone ratted them out.