Posts by Foolednomore

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Oh boy: 1,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses reach out to Super Bowl fans in Las Vegas

by Tahoe in

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/02/09/1000-jehovahs-witnesses-reach-out-super-bowl-fans-las-vegas/ .

1000 lit-up carts at 50 strategic locations near the stadium and on the strip.

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Foolednomore

Watchtower would love it if Taylor Swift becomes a Jdub. They like to get their hands on that cash.

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Oh boy: 1,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses reach out to Super Bowl fans in Las Vegas

by Tahoe in

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/02/09/1000-jehovahs-witnesses-reach-out-super-bowl-fans-las-vegas/ .

1000 lit-up carts at 50 strategic locations near the stadium and on the strip.

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Foolednomore

I see them at the airport and rail stations. Pretty Pathetic. No one approaches them.

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FOND FAREWELL TO THE BI-MONTHLY AWAKE!

by steve2 in

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with the jw congregations about to be informed that the ubiquitous awake!

magazine is to be issued just once a month from january 2006, now is an apt time for interested parties to share brief memories and/or impressions about the bi-monthly awake!

magazines, whether poignant, hard-hitting or humorous.

Foolednomore

What Happened to reading the Watchtower and Awake as good as getting a college degree?

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Were JW Celebrities Ever An Asset To The Organisation?

by NotFormer in

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just wondering if the rich celebrities that occasionally were aligned with the wt gave enough to the 'tower to be a worthwhile presence within the organisation?.

my gut instinct is: "no".

i imagine that the jackson family gave a fair bit, but it was obviously never enough to buy michael the right to be held as being in good standing.

Foolednomore

Watchtower is all about Money! They love money, they need money, lots of it. A famous person comes around it's icing on a cake.

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Were JW Celebrities Ever An Asset To The Organisation?

by NotFormer in

jw
friends

just wondering if the rich celebrities that occasionally were aligned with the wt gave enough to the 'tower to be a worthwhile presence within the organisation?.

my gut instinct is: "no".

i imagine that the jackson family gave a fair bit, but it was obviously never enough to buy michael the right to be held as being in good standing.

My Dad was a VP at a major oil company. The " Brothers " where always hitting my dad up for money. On time someone from New York came asking for money. I believe that's when my dad put his foot down and starting saying no. Of course he lost his privileges.

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Conversation with old friend

by LongHairGal in

i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.

we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.

i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.

Foolednomore

Lucky- My wife is a nice women who is from Malta and is not a Jw, does want not anything to do with it. Made fading easy.

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Conversation with old friend

by LongHairGal in

i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.

we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.

i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.

Foolednomore

LHG- when I was single and well to do because I had education/career, I would have single sisters and some with children try to get into a relationship with me. It was encouraged in my Khall. On top of that endless local needs talks on materialism and not doing enough for the Org $ wise after I show up to a meeting in my Benz. To me it's just a car, it's Overrated and over priced. But reliable.

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Patterson New Visitor Centre & Museum Announced

by raymond frantz in

https://www.jwupdates.com/post/new-patterson-visitor-center-and-first-century-museum.

january 1, 2024, marked the official opening of the patterson visitor center, located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, new york, u.s.a. the feature museum of the visitors’ center is entitled “first-century bible village.” brother isaiah miller, who works in the museum department at bethel, said: “the bible village was designed to provide everyone with a realistic and educational experience.

studies show that interactive learning has a powerful effect on people of all ages.” after her tour, one visitor exclaimed: “this museum made me feel like i had been transported back to the land of ancient israel.

Foolednomore

I wonder if they would display the Letters Rutherford wrote to Hitler?

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The New Busy Work

by NotFormer in

for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

that avenue is drying up.

and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

Foolednomore

The Jw's can work their jobs, overtime because of shorter meetings, No more hour requirements. The Borg needs more money! It's their main motivation.

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JW profit from disasters

by enoughisenough in

some time back i questioned about jw making money from doing relief work for disasters.

i found this story on reddit and also noted some of the replies.

it makes me wonder how many would have left their own jobs and paid their way, giving free labor and some supplying free materials if they had know what was going on behind the scenes.

Foolednomore

I have seen some real shifty building practices done on WT jobs.