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Pictures in the Watchtower
by Sour Grapes in
1. jw
2. friends
after sitting through last sunday's watchtower i got so sick of seeing the bobbing/nodding heads when talking about the pictures.

they act like god himself took the picture.

there must have been 10 comments about the group in service and the one brother was looking at his phone with a smile, which is a dead give away that he was reading something interesting.. what got me was how the older brother in the posed picture had a bible in his hand had a stern look on his face looking at the young brother.
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Video: 607 & 1914 Why These Dates Matter to Jehovah's Witnesses
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a great video.

i think it's his best work so far.

everything you ever wanted to know about 607 in 30 minutes.
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Crisis of Conscience- World Wide Cease & Desist
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.

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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
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Raining before the Flood?
by GrownMidget in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember at my teen years when i was studying with a brother that he said to me that there was no rain before the flood.

instead there was this mist that you have.

never before or after this have i heard something like this.
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Does the Federal employment law requiring notice of 60 days of mass layoffs apply to Watchtower Corporation?
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
yes, bethelites are unpaid volunteers/employees.. this mass firing of bethelites in the us will prove to be a drain on state and local government finances as many of these bethelites will seek government assistance.. can it be said that the federal employment law applies to bethel?.

a federal law called consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act ... act (warn) requires larger employers to give employees notice 60 days before an ... layoffs, which are defined the same as above but occur in stages over a period of 90 days.. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/layoffs-plant-closings-know-rights-33596.html.

notice requirements.
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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???
by Olivia Wilde in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

only men?....

has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain in
1. jw
2. experiences
there were always all types of speakers in the org.

myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.

other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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Dubbers now sitting in flea markets to count time. Dont even try to pawn mags.
by dogon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
every flea market i go to a group of idiots sits under a tent top with a few mags on display with a cup of coffee playing on a phone with as much interest in pushing the cult as a teenage girl at the check out line has in bagging your groceries.

when i was in the cult we had to work for our time.

now its like sitting at the coffee shop bsing with the other cult idiots counting time for your pioneer status.