Posts by NewYork44M

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1969 Awake on Education - A Sore Spot for Me

by NotBlind in

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my father would have started college 49 years ago this week.

about three months earlier, the week he graduated high school, the awake!

magazine came out with some very clear direction to teenagers.

NewYork44M

But I thought you received a college education by reading the Awakes.

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why the watchtower is so short of money

by pepperheart in

the watchtower is so short of money because they have to pay for all the upkeep of so many branch offices around the world.because so many of the branch offices are in very poor countries and they are not balancing the budgets.

NewYork44M

I am not sure "short of money" is the correct assessment. There appears to be an issue related to operating cash. Operating cash relates to paying the day-to-day expenses. The reasons the decline in operating cash include all the issues identified in this threat. What appears to be happening is that they are supporting day-to-day operations through the sale of capital assets (i.e kingdom halls).

From an accounting perspective, this is a highly alarming event. Using the sale of capital assets to pay for operating expenses is typical of the declining phase of an organization's life cycle. Navigating an organization through this lifecycle phase is extremely difficult. Probably not a skill set any of the governing body possesses. I wonder how much they are spending on high priced consultants. My guess is a lot.

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It is now 2003.... Where is Armageddon?

by Nosferatu in

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i find it extremely amusing how each year is passing without armageddon.

"for the year 2000, i visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise!

but i don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. we are living in the last days of the system of things.

NewYork44M

Thanks for resurrecting this thread. Wow, I cannot believe that I made a few substantive comments to this thread 16 years ago. As a side point, I was in a strategy meeting at work today. We were planning a project with preliminary goals for 2024. I kept thinking that this aligns with 110 years (and one overlapping generation) since the start of Christ's reign. But the end is near.

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Smart Phones and Tablets Turning JW's Into Dummies

by scotoma in

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look up the article in the wall st journal "how smartphones hijack our minds".

a flood of evidence has come in that people are outsourcing their thinking to their electronic devices.

when you feel you will always be able to look up important information on your cell phone you simply don't remember it.

NewYork44M

I cannot imagine how difficult it is to stay focused at a meeting when you have a smart tablet in your lap with easy access to emails, facebook, newspapers, and etc.

I am jealous.

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How Would You Prove To A JW That They Are Wrong?

by minimus in

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what could you say to prove to a witness that they simply do not have the truth?.

NewYork44M

Any proof that you come up with will be called "fake news." So, why bother.

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The great 1914 turn around

by Sour Grapes in

i must say there is no other religion in modern times that has lied more to their cult followers than the watchtower company and no more brain dead, gullible cult members than the jdubs.. just three examples.

when russel was in charge 1914 was prophesied to be the end of the system of things with armageddon and the earthly paradise.

that didn't happen and poof now 1914 was not the end, oh no, it was the beginning of the end.. the second example, the generation that saw 1914 would not pass away before the end came, which meant in all jdubs minds that paradise had to be here in the late 1990's.

NewYork44M

Did anyone take notice if 1914 was at all mentioned in the current regional conventions? I'll bet, if it was mentioned, the number of times the date was used has dropped significantly as compared to 10 or 20 years ago.

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MUST WATCH! Watchtower's Shocking Admissions

by Newly Enlightened in

watchtower's shocking admissions.

NewYork44M

You stated: "People shouldn’t make videos when they’ve been drinking."

I disagree, I suggest we do a double negative

"People shouldn’t make videos when they're not drinking." A little alcohol makes any video more interesting

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Tonight’s meeting

by lastmanstanding in

this post is for the lurking dub.

the pimc (physically in, mentally confused) lurker dub.

the guy who reads the watchtower stuff and scratches his head, sure something is amiss but not sure of what’s really happening.. it may also be of some interest to those curious of the nuts and bolts of watchtower’s methods of scripture twisting.. in tonight’s “digging for spiritual gems: (8 min.