Posts by NotFormer

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Bethelites' favourite pop song!

by BoogerMan in

i'll bet the org's "watchers" on this forum will be humming this for the rest of the day!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spgvej4ekww .

(lyrics at 50 seconds).

NotFormer

The Peter Kay Comic Relief version is both amusing and disturbing. It features a lot of British media celebrities who were current at the time this was made. At the 1:18 mark, on walks the vile Jimmy Savile! Given Bethel's reluctance to protect children from predators, this clip should be much cherished by the Bethelites. It just goes to show that some organisations, in this case the BBC, will cover for you until you're dead.

https://youtu.be/rFguq39y99E

On a lighter note, it features Parkinson, Ronnie Corbett and Mr. Blobby

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Jeffrey Jackson: Too much excitement got in the way for the ''false dates''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

annual meeting 2019—talks and 2020 year textthe governing body members are nothing but a bunch of weasels.

here is a talk by jeffrey jackson on how the governing body ''the slave class'' has remained spiritually awake over 100 years and alerted its members.. he looks back on the ''faithful and discreet slaves'' false dates over the 100 years: '' but at times, we look back over 100 years, and there were times they got excited about a certain year or time, and the end didn't come at that time.''.

he makes the comparison between the ''slave class ( who disappointed others when the end didn't come ) to a barking watchdog ( who in his enthusiasm barks at nothing in the middle of the night and wakes up the owner).

NotFormer

The analogy is wrong. This is not a dog that occasionally barks at the wrong time. The GB claim to be speaking with direct authority from God and lives are ruined by their wrong interpretations of world events. This dog is attacking family members unprovoked, so should definitely be put down!

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GB on same level as Almighty God and Jesus

by enoughisenough in

i was watching a video of a co new talk...posted by warwick pimo on youtube.

the speaker was saying there were 3 people who would never lie to you-always tell you the truth : jehovah, jesus, and gb ( faithful slave ) ( uncouth, but insert gag!

) the talk also mentioned the fine instruction during the pandemdic ( choke!

NotFormer

"why take down the spiritual food at the proper time he shared?"

Same reason they will disfellowship if you continue to follow "old light", which was perfectly fine, right up to the point where it wasn't.

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Customers being frozen out of their bank accounts for political views is a very worrying trend ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

yeah, so i know nigel farage is a bit of an abrasive twat.. he no doubt holds views that other people disagree with.. but that doesn't mean his bank can just tell him to sod off and freeze his accounts.. such a thing might go on in commie china or authoritarian russia.

no doubt hitler closed lots of jewish people's accounts in nazi germany, too.. but the fact that it is happening here, in the yew-kay, is pretty chilling when you consider this country is supposed to champion freedoms, including the one to hold and express varying political views.. this seems to be part of a trend to delegitimise and cancel people who hold certain views.. i remember looking at a yt video of richard dawkins questioning muslim journalist mehdi hassan about his belief in flying horses and muhammad.

all fair analysis and criticism by dawkins until he suggested that hassan shouldn't be a journalist because of his beliefs.

NotFormer

"If , for example we had a political figure akin to Oswald Mosley in the last century, would you say the same about his right to bank with royalty.?"

Given that he was part of the nobility: yes!

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Current Member Stats/Numbers

by NotFormer in

i remember that the wt used to regularly publish their membership and memorial attendance numbers.

was that in the watchtower?.

how would i find the current numbers by country?

NotFormer

Jeffro, that is pretty well the format that I remember! Thanks 👍

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Jeffrey Jackson: Too much excitement got in the way for the ''false dates''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

annual meeting 2019—talks and 2020 year textthe governing body members are nothing but a bunch of weasels.

here is a talk by jeffrey jackson on how the governing body ''the slave class'' has remained spiritually awake over 100 years and alerted its members.. he looks back on the ''faithful and discreet slaves'' false dates over the 100 years: '' but at times, we look back over 100 years, and there were times they got excited about a certain year or time, and the end didn't come at that time.''.

he makes the comparison between the ''slave class ( who disappointed others when the end didn't come ) to a barking watchdog ( who in his enthusiasm barks at nothing in the middle of the night and wakes up the owner).

NotFormer

You don't shoot the dog, but you do stone false prophets.

Nice of them to admit they're as smart as a dog that barks at nothing!

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Current Member Stats/Numbers

by NotFormer in

i remember that the wt used to regularly publish their membership and memorial attendance numbers.

was that in the watchtower?.

how would i find the current numbers by country?

NotFormer

Punk, no they do not!

The yearbook makes sense. I was never in, so I never had access to one. But I do remember a comprehensive list of countries and their publisher numbers in something handheld, I.e. paper copy. I'm wondering if it wasn't an annual list in the January Watchtower. It was at least 2 decades ago, so going back a while!

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Current Member Stats/Numbers

by NotFormer in

i remember that the wt used to regularly publish their membership and memorial attendance numbers.

was that in the watchtower?.

how would i find the current numbers by country?

NotFormer

I remember that the WT used to regularly publish their membership and memorial attendance numbers. Was that in the Watchtower?

How would I find the current numbers by country? Anyone got a link?

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2023-August-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

page 1. https://imgbox.com/32tnfnel.

page 2. https://imgbox.com/f8jh7e0m .

page 3. https://imgbox.com/chjmr4km .

NotFormer

Boogerman: A very big "if" indeed! For example, take The Gambia: one of Africa's poorest countries. The number Witnesses is 280. The minimum legal wage is 50 Dalasi a day. To put that in perspective, that is about $1.25 Australian, or a bit less than $1 US. To be fair, the daily wage is more likely to be 200 Dalasi. But since 60% of the economy is subsistence agriculture, even 50 Dalasi a day may be above the real average daily income. In the WT's favour, the number of JW in The Gambia about 20 years ago was about 55, so at least a fourfold increase!!

Why bring that up? WT puts great stock in anecdotes about "African brothers" walking 50 miles through crocodile infested swamps. African growth is (or was) one of the few bright spots in the otherwise bleak prospects for the WT. Swapping African growth for Western decline is not a sustainable funding model.

BTW, is the suggested figure of $10.75 weekly?

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Can the org's finances be viewed?

by BoogerMan in

does anyone know where to view the wtbts of new york and pennsylvania's financial records?.

i mean, they are registered charities aren't they, so surely their income/expenditures must be open to scrutiny?.

NotFormer

Thanks 👍

Nothing in there about the caretaker's death or cash being flown to the Bahamas, though.

Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't doubt anything bad about that rotten organisation, given plausible proof. Having sources to throw in their smug faces next time they are at my door is important to me.