NewYork44M

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  READ THIS and you'll finally know . . .

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if you have never read this, please sit down, brew a cup o' tea and relax with your laptop.. you'll be at it for an hour.

  it just gets better and better as you go along.. you could call this, "everything you always wanted to know about the character of c.t.

  russell".. http://archive.org/stream/somefactsandmorefactsaboutcharlestazerussell/1913_some_facts_more_facts_about_russell__djvu.txt.

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  NewYork44M

  Marked. I don't have an hour right now, so I will be back.
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  The "Preaching" Work As A Dead Parrot

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.

  inspired by a car salesman.

  as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.

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  NewYork44M

  I meant to say 70-80 percent of the Witnesses are brought in by auxiliary service

  I suspect that any increase that we see related to the born in. The only exception is less developed countries. The problem with growth in these areas is that they require resources. As we know the society is trying to cut costs, which is hard when the only recruits interested in the message have no monetary advantage to offer.
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  just what am I supposed to believe now??

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while i'm glad i found this site, it has also crumbled to bits everything i've believed in my whole life.

  i feel like the certainty, magic and wonder has gone out of my life.

  this has left a huge hole in my soul.

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  NewYork44M

  purrpurr, "what am I supposed to believe now?" I have been there, done that, and bought the t shirt.

  So where do we go from here is the eternal question, and one that is thrown out to you as a challenge. Keep in mind the Watchtower hopes you don't take the challenge.

  But the answer to where do you go from here is - anywhere you want to. You have found a freedom that very few people enjoy. Take advantage of this freedom and explore without committing. I can assure you that within a few years you have found your purpose that will sustain you for many years.
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  The "Preaching" Work As A Dead Parrot

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.

  inspired by a car salesman.

  as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.

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  NewYork44M

  Met, power = money and money = power. But in the end it is all about power. I am reading for the umpthing time The Fountainhead; our conversation has forced me to recount multiple times the Ellsworth Toohey speech to Peter Keating about how to rule the souls of people.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppgg_vF3Z-0

  If you don't see this as the playbook of the GB, I don't know what is.
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  Stay Alive till '75

  by John Chapman in

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  2. friends

  "stay alive till '75.

  " remember that?

  note: this is the year 5774 not 2014. why didn't they tell you that in 5735 (1975 ad?

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  NewYork44M

  A little focus would help. As I tell my students, if you don't cite, it is simply your opinion.
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  The "Preaching" Work As A Dead Parrot

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.

  inspired by a car salesman.

  as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.

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  NewYork44M

  Met, I think we are saying the same thing but only disagree about the degree. I think it is "ALL' about money. It sounds like you suggest it is "mostly" about money. Time will tell.
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  Just an old illustration from "Religion"

  by wifibandit in

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  NewYork44M

  I always visualized Eve with larger breasts. But nice ass.
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  Apostasy: Not For True Christians

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fyi interesting article.

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  apostasy: not for true christianshttp://jehovahstrumpet.com/apostasy-not-for-true-christians/.

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  NewYork44M

  I have embraced my aposticism.
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  Sorry but you're not a JW so you don't matter

  by Pete Zahut in

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  2. child-abuse

  too bad these nice folks are part of babylon the great and are doomed followers of satan.. http://jesusdaily.com/cardboard-mark-11/#wsvtkf7bbaywgdyc.01.

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  NewYork44M

  Yea, this woman, mother Theresa, and Hitler - all part of Satan's world and doomed follers of Satan.
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  The "Preaching" Work As A Dead Parrot

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.

  inspired by a car salesman.

  as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.

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  NewYork44M

  My point here is: why did they cut assembly days? why have they chopped magazines down to a pathetic 16 pages? why have they told people to print your own Daily Text and Calendar?

  Of course the answer to all of this is the money. Follow the money and you will find your answer. The field service used to be a revenue center - selling magazines. Now, it is a cost center - every magazine given away is a cost. Thus, the goal is to get rid of costs. Do away with anything that costs money.

  They have found the next cash cow - real estate. We see how the focus is now on selling old building at market prices and building with free labor. Great gig.

  To a point I attempted to make earlier - any changes to the preching activity will be driven by reducing costs and without consideration to how it impact the r&f.