I suspect decisions are made well before the issue is presented to the GB. They probably make the decision between A and B. But the decision as to what is presented is made long before a sanitized presentation is made.
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What exactly do the Governing body(TM) do?
by punkofnice ina genuine question really.. do they actually make desicions or are they simple sock puppets for the lawyers?.
are they just a front (like the queen is in the uk), with little or no desicion making input?.
do they just give talks and make appearances?.
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That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inleaving the university with my degree!.
exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.
i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!
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NewYork44M
Congratulations Billy. Best wishes for your continued success.
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TMS schedule for 2015?
by PlatinumFix injust a question - has anyone seen the tms schedule for 2015 yet?.
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Very mysterious.
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Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"
by Wasanelder Once inhow many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?
that always bothered me.
i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?
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NewYork44M
I guess they had a point. I no longer attend and I have "fallen away."
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JW.org: " One Hundred Years Ago1914"
by rebel8 inhttp://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2014-yearbook/one-hundred-years-ago-1914/.
all links and content are posted here for critical review in compliance with copyright laws.
the be thou faithful unto death countdown card was used by some in their resolve to remain faithful to the end.
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NewYork44M
This is a quite sanitized description of history.
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Didnt Jesus kick satan out of the heavens 100 years ago for the watchtower yesterday?
by Joliette ini was at my friend's volleyball game when i looked down at my clock on my cell phone and realized its been 100 years since jesus starting ruling from the heavens and satan was casted down to earth.
wasnt it october 1st 1914 when jesus decided to kick satan out of the heavens?.
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We are waiting with bated breath for the next announcement. Isn't the annual meeting tomorrow? Perhaps the earthly representatives of Jehovah will add insight into the exciting fulfillment of this prophesy. I sense that we are very close to the grand climax of this prophesy.
BTW, I always like the term "Grand Climax," not sure why...
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NewYork44M
What is illustrated by these comments is the significant risk related to the Watchtower when deciding late in the game to embrace the internet. People will surf the internet and find - way to easily - TTATT.
While they may be able to convince diehards not to type the complete name into a search engine, they can't do the same with those who potentially might be converts.
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Kid charged over $500 to a game
by skeeter1 inyesterday, i got our credit card statement, and looked at the charges.
over $500 to itunes.
questioned everyone, and it's for "jewels" for a kim kardashian game my 13 year old charged.
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Minors can not enter into a contract.
Exactly! I would be on the phone with the credit card company.
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The Gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day.
by Londo111 indear jw,.
on october 2, 1914a hundred years ago todaycharles t. russell announced, the gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day.
for almost 40 years, among other predictions for that year, 1914 had been looked to as the end of armageddon, false religion, and all governments, and the beginning of paradise on earth and the resurrection.
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NewYork44M
You should include Barbara Anderson's website:
It is a great single focused site on the topic of 1914-2014 the end of an error.
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Attention Governing Body: October 2, 2014 is only 940 days away...
by Alfred inin 1823, john aquila brown (a man who is not mentioned in any wt publication) came up with a bizarre mathematical calculation which totalled 2,520 years (in an unauthorized attempt to predict the end of the gentile times).... several religions recycled this bizarre calculation, including the adventists and the bible students... when armageddon didn't come on the variety of early 20th century dates predicted by several "dooms-day" religions of that time (including charles taze russell's bible students who predicted that the big a would start in 1914), they all finally realized that this 2,520-year calculation was nothing more than arbitrary mathematical speculation derived from erratic biblical extrapolation.... except for the bible students who continued to move up the date for armageddon 2 more times (1918, 1925) and then decided to use wwi as the starting point for the "last days".. all the while, one thing that seems to remain intact is the october 2, 1914 date.
oddly, for the watchtower bible & tract publishing cult, this particular date still marks the end of the 2,520-year period (that john aquila brown referred to in his bizarre 1823 book "the even tide")... again, no mention of this in any watchtower publication.
but, for jws, that date still remains the starting point for the period of time often referred to as the "last days" or even "the generation that shall not pass".. because of this, the governing body has been forced to change the definition of "the generation that shall not pass" countless times since the early 1970's.
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NewYork44M
Funny how time flies. 100 years of failed predictions. Ouch!