Posts by NotFormer

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WATCHTOWER OCT '24: HOW TO BE A HAPPY WINDOW CLEANER

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/sbh213gbedo?si=ceeaip451t6i0zjp.

so as they say one picture is as strong as a thousand words and here you have it guys in the latest study edition of the watchtower for october 2024 that has just been posted on their website a middle aged jw window cleaner dreaming of the new system where things will get better.

why does the watchtower need to talk now about jws on minial self employed jobs?

NotFormer

"Seems to me they don’t want you earning money but if you have made lots of money they look the other way when you miss meetings to earn some more"

I wonder if GB meetings deliberately set out to make self-contradictory policies. It'd explain a lot.

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WATCHTOWER OCT '24: HOW TO BE A HAPPY WINDOW CLEANER

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/sbh213gbedo?si=ceeaip451t6i0zjp.

so as they say one picture is as strong as a thousand words and here you have it guys in the latest study edition of the watchtower for october 2024 that has just been posted on their website a middle aged jw window cleaner dreaming of the new system where things will get better.

why does the watchtower need to talk now about jws on minial self employed jobs?

NotFormer

"What do the gb or WT pay for tax?? Hmm?"

Do they draw a stipend of any kind? That would probably be taxed.

Even if they subsist entirely on the free room and board (punctuated by an occasional green handshake*) what about fringe benefits tax? Does it exist in the USA/state of New York?

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Was anyone removed from Bethel for suggesting the Governing Body were the "Faithful Slave"?

by Brainfloss in

i remember reading somewhere a reference to ones at bethel being removed for suggesting that the governing body was the faithful and discreet slave, years before the org.

made this change.

am i wrong about this?

NotFormer

I only just discovered this and brought it BTTT. I had no idea that they were so vehement in denying that the GB alone was the FDS. Especially in light of the 180° turn. White is black and black is white and the faithful JWs are expected to follow along and get run over on a pedestrian crossing.

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Mark Sanderson's ''ROCK STAR'' fake Gilead Graduation program experience

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

https://youtu.be/lkwl5frew08?si=qj_gvlhfc4bkspbh&t=91.

mark sanderson's fake and vivid imagination experience starts at the 1 minute 30 second mark:.

goes out with local brothers and sisters in door to door service.

NotFormer

I know that the GB say that it's okay to lie, but surely this is pushing the envelope beyond the limits of sanity! Do PIMIs really buy these outright porky pies?

Now I'm waiting for the story of the GB member crossing a crocodile infested river, while being protected by his African brothers. 🙄

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Celebrities Who Hate Jw's?

by Ron.W. in

do you recall any?.

i was told that john denver hated jw's with a vengeance - any truth in that?.

also, annie lennox - i was told before a concert she asked any jw's present to leave?.

NotFormer

SydBarrett: This! "How can we make our small group look important on the world stage?" 🙄

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Celebrities Who Hate Jw's?

by Ron.W. in

do you recall any?.

i was told that john denver hated jw's with a vengeance - any truth in that?.

also, annie lennox - i was told before a concert she asked any jw's present to leave?.

NotFormer

"Jw’s do work in the industry, it’s a big industry."

I just thought that Hollywood and the broader industry might be a bit morally ambiguous* to attract the average JW.

https://www.jw.org/open?docid=2015649&prefer=lang&wtlocale=E

*And requiring a lot of time better spent elsewhere 🙄

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"Slave" is confused about the start of judgment!

by BoogerMan in

(1 peter 4:17) "...it is the appointed time for the judgment to start with the house of god.".

w04 3/1 p. 16 par.

15 - "....christ jesus...in 1918, he came to god’s spiritual temple and fulfilled peter’s words: “it is the appointed time for the judgment to start with the house of god.” (1peter 4:17).

NotFormer

Thanks, BoogerMan!

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Awake 1976 - Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?

by Ron.W. in

awake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.

somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.

anyone remember it?.

NotFormer

"I'm sure the real reasoning behind that article was more medical quackery intimating one shouldn't have anything electronic too near your body bits - hint hint! 🍆🍒"

"Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?" ...or are you just glad to see me? 😻

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Celebrities Who Hate Jw's?

by Ron.W. in

do you recall any?.

i was told that john denver hated jw's with a vengeance - any truth in that?.

also, annie lennox - i was told before a concert she asked any jw's present to leave?.

NotFormer

"The “Johnny Carson” epilogue where Johnny kicks John off the stage for hating JWs was pure JW fantasy."

The idea that there would be that many JWs working in Hollywood is pretty damned far-fetched in its own right. Luckily, they've got their own Hollywood now. Well, they will if they ever get it built.

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JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention

by dropoffyourkeylee in

attended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .

the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.

there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.

NotFormer

In honour of 1914, a lot of attendees attended "invisibly".