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What is this?
by Achille in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this image is from "the watchtower" july 2024 (study edition):i can't figure out what that object is that is between the sleeping apostles.wath is it?

a stick, a scroll of the scriptures?

....
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What is the current Watchtower "rent charge per publisher" for Kingdom Halls in the USA???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was following a few threads in reddit from current pimo jws complaining about local announcements regarding halls being short on their per publisher "rent payments".

third gen and i have been out pomo for a while...so how much is this charge now?

could this be part of the recent push to get people to "come back" or get re-instated...if it even is online and 15 minutes of service per month?
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"Johnny The Bethelite" - VINDICATED!
by Nathan Natas in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
years ago rick fearon hosted on his six screens podcast a person identified as "johnny the bethelite" who talked about goings-on in watchtower headquarters.. johnny talked about the experiments with cart work.. johnny talked about pedophiles and child pornography in jw headquarters.. people claimed "johnny" was a fraud.

a fake.

cart work is everywhere.
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I think I may be becoming an X-X-JW
by joe134cd in
1. jw
2. experiences
i think i may be moving on shortly.

i officially joined this web-site 12 years ago as pimo about to exit the organisation.

i had spent about a year before that, as just a none commenting member.
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New GB member Judy Jedele critizing Job's "humility" while wearing $20,000 Rolex, gold cuff links, coloured suit. Incredible!
by WingCommander in
1. jw
2. friends
i swear, you can't make this shit up!

for years and years growing up in this cult, i had to constantly hear from my parents, from the stage, in the literature, about "keeping your eye simple", not being "materialistic", not "having a showy display of one's wealth.

" of course, this never seemed to apply to the wealthy business owning elduhzzzz who ran and lorded it out over the congregations, but i digress.
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The Governing Body have a lack of self awareness in this discussion
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
david splane's infamous pandemic "land of the living" speech will be shown at the midweek meeting in 2 weeks.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/jw-meeting-workbook/march-april-2025-mwb/life-and-ministry-meeting-schedule-for-march-3-9-2025/.

in this item,.

7. demonstrate trust in jehovah’s organization.
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When JW's say they are 'In the truth'...
by Ron.W. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
where did this phrase 'in the truth' come from?.

it's been around as long as i can remember.

is it from the time they were promoting 'the truth shall make you free' book back in 1943?
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"Mailing Tracts" from 1919
by vienne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for a research project, i need clear scans of all of the 1919 small-sized tracts meant for through the mail witnessing.

can you help?
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Characteristics of a Cult - Heaven's Gate
by dropoffyourkeylee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
chacteristics of a cult - by my count, wt ticks 9 of the 12 boxes.

last night i watched a really interesting video (link below) put out by an ex-mormon site discussing the heaven's gate cult.

the person interviewed had a unique perspective in that he had firsthand contact with that group, specifically the house they lived in and the aftermath.
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144,000 + 1 kings
by moomanchu in
1. jw
2. friends
i wonder why so many kings are needed for the millennial reign?

the almighty governing body says 24,000,000,000 people combined from those resurrected and the survivors of the big 'a' could make it into paradise.

that gives you 1 king for every 166,665 persons.