I think Jan might be referring to the picture, and I'll ask the same question: are men expected to keep the Kingdom Hall tidy, or is that the one "privilege" that the sisters get?
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2023 ...Are you marriage material?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | december 2023. study article 52. young sisters—become mature christian women.
18 you may choose to get married.
the qualities and skills that we have discussed will help you to become a capable wife.
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2023-10-16-Announcement!
by Atlantis inpage 1. https://imgbox.com/7rdmnb8f .
page 2. https://imgbox.com/puqfpzmd .
atlantis!
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NotFormer
"Get excited by the stimulating artwork" is a nice touch... 😺
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A look back at Watchtower's Brooklyn real estate sales in the New York Times 1/29/2016
by Balaamsass2 intoday, my google search for jehovah's witnesses, delivered this result from the new york times.
great coverage and photos of all the real estate watchtower sold in new york city.
a great look back.
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NotFormer
An interesting overview of the WT. Insular, opportunistic, lacking in any loyalty to community. I wonder if they fixed up the park they promised to upgrade?
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Further questions
by Gorb ingoeby's wife asked "if love instead of hours is the motivation why do pionieers and co's have to count their time?"..
i don't know.... and, if people in an organization are instructed and trained years over years that works and counting time is making them good a good christian and acceptable for jehovah and for saving their live, how will they feel now???.
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What form do you have to fill out to prove that you are motivated by enough love?
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Steve Lett doesn’t look well
by Teddnzo inas soon as you see steve letts talk at the agm you think to yourself “oh my, what’s happened to him?.
his hand has plasters and his skin doesn’t look healthy, like he has inflammation or something serious going on.. he had put on weight and is all bloated and puffy .
his skin really doesn’t look good, the kind of inflammation many people notice after the experimental covid vaccines.. there have been very high numbers of people reported inflammation after the experimental covid vaccines.
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NotFormer
Those are interesting posts, Vidiot. Perhaps being in the rarified atmosphere of Bethel leads to people really believing that they are God's special people. But it's not just the GB who have to believe it, but everyone in the Bethel circle. The GB members had to believe it when they were lower level Bethelites, and the Bethelites upon whose shoulders they now sit must believe it too. It just goes to show that insular and insulated thinking can be very powerful.
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Sparlock Toy
by NotFormer ini wasn't around when the sparlock thing hit about 11 years ago, but it became such a meme that that debacle still gets mentioned from time to time.
one thing that came up in conversations of the time was about how dumb the name was; that someone in bethel could have come up with a less lame name.
i think that that bethelite was trying to be clever by using "warlock" as the stem and dropping the "w".
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NotFormer
A different thread about it suggested that it was very "The Onion" in style. It's written too much like it's by an exjw. The Simpsons wouldn't risk defaming a GB member of a minor religion with deep pockets. And the Simpsons viewing public would have no idea who or what was being lampooned.
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Sparlock Toy
by NotFormer ini wasn't around when the sparlock thing hit about 11 years ago, but it became such a meme that that debacle still gets mentioned from time to time.
one thing that came up in conversations of the time was about how dumb the name was; that someone in bethel could have come up with a less lame name.
i think that that bethelite was trying to be clever by using "warlock" as the stem and dropping the "w".
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NotFormer
I wonder if Groening was having a lend? I can't find any reference to it being an actual episode beyond the rumours. If it had been real, there would be clips of that episode all over YouTube, I'm guessing. Maybe it was an April 1st joke by Groening that wasn't reported on until later? 🤔
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Six minute video of WTBT$ begging for money, now on JWBorg website
by EasyPrompt insix minute video of wtbt$ begging for money, now on jwborg website.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/accomplishministry/pub-mwbv_202311_1_video.
"thank you for 'setting something aside'" robert butler.
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NotFormer
TonusOH: 😁😸👍
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Carminante: "No they are not lightening up. I believe that the idea of the cover picture is about the diversity of people in the territory to whom the publishers are preaching."
If that's the"before" picture, what does the "after" picture look like? 🤔
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Bribing the children to serve--by request!
by Atlantis inbribing the children to serve--by request!
request from researcher: is it true that children in the early years of the watchtower society, were bribed into the field ministry work to make a profit to have money to spend?
if this is true, would you know where i could find that information?
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NotFormer
Fascinating! 🖖 Child labour built into the system and even provided for in the early literature! At least in the early days they allowed for the kids to get some compensation for their services. When did the articles start coming out that children were to be as much labourers for the kingdom as the adults? I assume the hardline stuff about forcing kids into service would be Rutherford era. Were kids expected to lug phonographs around everywhere?