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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
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a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

The situation is different today even if someone dobbed in the naughty witnesses for going against direction, it doesn’t seem to matter these days.
Look how many are going against direction by not keep getting the vaccine anymore to stay fully vaccinated.
Most JWs think for themselves these days and won’t follow direction without thinking it through themselves. What are the elders going to do if publishers don’t go and get a vaccine or don’t go and stay in the expensive hotels they want them to?
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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

I wonder if those who are staying at the banned hotels will be shocked it’s full of other naughty witnesses
thry may have thought they are the only ones🤣
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Geoffrey Jackson goatiegate Part 2
by Tahoe in
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from ske graduation this past weekend.

(sent from a pimi).

from ske on zoom: .
ElderBerry

I never thought goatie would be acceptable when they said beards were allowed
all the pictures they showed were proper full beards
now if anyone criticises a beard they can just tell them look the Br Jackson
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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

Bethel definitely make a profit. They are not doing it to help anyone they are doing it for financial gain.
The hotels they want you to pay for are more expensive and further away. They are making it more difficult
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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

The Hotels were right when they said they feel that delegates will book the hotel regardless.
That is exactly what has happened.
This is a classic example of the sea change that rank and file are slowly becoming JWlite and ignoring direction if they don’t agree
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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As a committee we send you our warm greetings as we look forward to the ‘Declare the Good News’ Regional Convention in 2024. More information will follow in the coming months, but in the meantime we wish to draw your attention to the following.

As in previous years, the branch has negotiated competitive rates at many of the hotels for the convention weekends. Unfortunately, the onsite hotels are unwilling to negotiate and offer competitive rates as they believe that delegates will book the hotel regardless.

Therefore, please support these arrangements by only selecting hotels recommended from the approved hotels listed. This will strengthen the negotiating power of the organisation for future conventions.

May we take this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.

Warm Christian love,
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Doctrines and Bible Interpretations
by IWant2Know in
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i would like to know if ex's and formers who are not church christians, believe that many of jws' doctrines and bible interpretations are correct, or do you feel that they aren't?

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ElderBerry

Anony has anyone ever put together a list of JW doctrines and where they came from before Russel said they were his ideas?
I would like to see again the pre JW idea of 607 77weeks to 1914
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Geoffrey Jackson has a beard now
by Tahoe in
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ElderBerry

If Jackson really had a beard there would surely be more photos leaked?
I think it’s a fake picture but a good one
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General Amnesty For Disfellowshipped
by NotFormer in
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future gb: "please come back!

all is forgiven!".

would it work?
ElderBerry
- No Zombie that is happening to an extent with JWlite. We are making our own religion and can still use all the infrastructure already in place.
  Ignore all the GB and their helpers and make your own mind up. Just be subtle about it.
  Im sitting in my lawn chair watching the org crumble and it’s going to be better having ring side seats. That’s why I’m staying physically in to an extent but it’s pretty obvious to anyone that I’m mentally questioning or mentally out.
  Im the perfect example of a Jwlitalite. I even say it to peoples faces that I think the GB may be wrong about the vaccine and many other things including 1914. In the past PIMOs would have been to scared to voice this out loud but things have changed to such an extent these days.
  Forget bethelites, young ones should want to be JWlitelites when they grow up!!!
  There are many many who ignore the shunning direction and have family and friends association who the GB say should be shunned.
  So if they relax it they will find many have been doing the new relaxed way anyway. This is happening all the time now, look at all the brothers with beards already. It’s like the GB are trying to catch up and pretend they thought of it first.
  Same with not shunning anymore, loads are doing it anyway and soon the GB will try to catch up with Jehovah’s chariot and come and say you don’t need to shun anymore. Then Steve will come and and tell everybody how they should feel, “some may be feeling vindicated as you have been doing this all along” is that correct? “Not really”
  this is exactly what happened with beards
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Hotels for convention
by ElderBerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
ElderBerry

I’m going this year just to see how many beards there will be.
But actually it’s really great to catch up with old friends. I don’t spend that much time sitting listening to the program
it’s interesting asking a few key questions to get an idea who is on the way to being PIMQ or who is already way past it and now PIMO