"I'm pretty sure they have a valet in addition to the (necessary) secretary."
'No man is a hero to his valet'
That would be the guy(s) to spill the dirt on the organisation. Imagine if a GB valet left Bethel and became an exJW! 🙀😱
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The FDS Photoshop
by Vanderhoven7 infor those interested in the latest version of the faithful slave.
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from the february 2024 watchtower .
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slimboyfat & blondie made news on newshub.com
by LevelThePlayingField ini know, how do i find this stuff, right?
the article is long, so just do a ctrl-f then type in your name... also jehovahs-witness.com mentioned in this article.
"theocratic warfare" is a contentious theological doctrine of the jehovah's witness (jw) movement in christianity.. .
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That's very good advice, Vanderhoven 👍👏
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The FDS Photoshop
by Vanderhoven7 infor those interested in the latest version of the faithful slave.
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from the february 2024 watchtower .
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Perhaps they fear assassination attempts if they all meet together at the same time. Maybe the GB are like the Coca Cola and KFC executives who know the secret recipes; they never travel together.
Not being serious, BTW 🤣.
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February 2024 Study Watchtower -
by BoogerMan infebruary 2024 study watchtower p. 2 par.
2 - "however, a question may arise: 🤣 what will happen to christ’s “other sheep” who will be serving jehovah faithfully on earth during the “great tribulation”?
(john 10:16; matt.
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"That's because anti-xmas is a Rutherford implementation..
Dubs who despise xmas and who cant stand the holiday season through the years,,,are under a Rutherford trance.
He us the one who put the kibosh on holidays and birthdays."
He must have been a miserable old sod. Fancy abolishing parties because they aren't about you! 🙄
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Manners and Respectfulness
by IWant2Know ini would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?
but i hope this question isn't offensive to this forum.
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Meanmrmustard: "The other day I was at the grocery store. And sure enough, the automated checkout, used for 20 items or less, was blocked by a lady with two carts full of food.
On a hunch (because all exjws ... you know) I asked if she used to be a JW. Of course she was...
Confirmed again."
ExJWs are Karen's! 😱
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Quick builds
by moley inwhat was the standard of quick builds.
did they cut corners, ignore building regulations, were they unsafe .
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ThomasMore: "Many Brothers who were used extensively were discarded when they were unable to have high field service hours AND be at builds every other weekend."
It always struck me as being nuts that JWs weren't allowed to count any "kingdom" work performed towards their hours. The GB don't do field service, do they? I bet they count their GB duty hours! Or do they just tick "active" now? 🙄
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JW Restrictions on Children
by NotFormer inissues raised in this thread:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6496820625145856/non-jw-parent-dating-jw-who-wants-children.
i'm trying to list all the things jw children are not allowed to do, or are discouraged from doing.
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Issues raised in this thread:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6496820625145856/non-jw-parent-dating-jw-who-wants-children
I'm trying to list all the things JW children are not allowed to do, or are discouraged from doing. Feel free to correct me if wrong, or something is somewhat more nuanced than suggested here, and please feel free to add to the list. The list begins:
Birthdays and holidays
Extracurricular school activities and clubs
Charity drives (walkathons and bake sales, etc. to raise money for charity)
Scouts and similar organisations
After school community youth groups (YMCA, PCYC etc.)
Church youth groups
School dances, prom, homecoming etc.
The school band
School plays (do schools do "Waiting for Godot?)
Chess clubs, gaming groups at the local games store
Sporting clubs
Certain hobbies (please add examples if not mentioned above)
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At least ten hours each month...preaching
by MacHislopp ini do hope that all its fine with you, and allow me to post.
an example for someone special:.
"w61 6/15 p. 373 § 20 progressing toward maturity.
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NotFormer
Pardon the anachronisms: neither the Colosseum nor weekends* were a thing in Paul's time.
*It's nuanced: the two day weekend during the seven day week that would have been familiar to JWs in 1961 didn't yet exist.
1961? Millions then living are now dead! Note the urgency about the New World Society.
Interesting side note: New World Supermarkets were a chain in Australia in the 1960s. Coincidence? I think not!
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Literature Carts
by NotFormer inwhenever i see a photo of a literature cart, they all look the same to me.
are they a standard design?
who makes them?
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New Day: the WT is such a bunch of arseholes!
Can the publisher take out public liability insurance off their own bat?
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Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York - Balance Sheets
by BoogerMan incan anyone reveal the "mothership's" income/expenditure stats for any recent year?.
in the uk, charities must be transparent and publish their annual financial information, but in the u.s. it's not so clear..
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NotFormer
They didn't even have to absorb the tax. They could have just done what every other business does and passed the tax on to the customer. So your 40c magazine (the price they were selling at in Australia before they stopped charging for them) is now 45c: so what! It wouldn't dent sales, and the householder would still get change from a dollar for two magazines.
They were a successful publishing business and they threw it all away because of some stupid aversion to paying taxes to "evil government". In this case, believing their own propaganda (well, part of it; they didn't believe the "render unto Caesar" part) ultimately destroyed their underlying business and sowed the seeds of their current demise.