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  Real reasons behind this change?

  by Gorb in

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  just a good conversation at home about the hour report change.. we think the change was not impmemented because the gb are such a lovely bunch of old grandpa's having the best in mind for us individuals.. there will be only, and we say only, an organizational reason for it.

  a legal reason, to protect jw.org and it's officials and wealth.. next step?

  maybe selling more kh and when jw hollywood studio's in rampoo are ready a change to tv subscription.. what do you think?

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  NotFormer

  "Maybe they've discovered how lucrative televangelism can be. Just keep listening to us and sending us your money and we'll give you all the tools you need to survive Armageddon"

  I remember the old Hour of Power and similar shows offering a "free gift" for donations above a certain amount. It might be one of Robert Shuller's books, or some "inspirational" frippery with some "possibility thinking" message. If the GB started being less judgemental on the outside world and started writing more "inspirational" stuff (and got a charismatic front man), they could perhaps pull off something similar. If the sales tax issue doesn't stop them from doing it, that is.
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  Betty Georges - The Female Helper to the Governing Body

  by MillennialDawn in

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  betty georges is listed as a helper to the governing body service committee, according to this page on the website: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body-jw-helpers/.

  anybody know anything about her?.

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  NotFormer

  enoughisenough: " name him Bill, George, anything but SUE!"

  In an episode of the Partridge Family:

  Sioux: Hi, I'm Sioux

  Rueben: A boy named Sue??
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  Real reasons behind this change?

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a good conversation at home about the hour report change.. we think the change was not impmemented because the gb are such a lovely bunch of old grandpa's having the best in mind for us individuals.. there will be only, and we say only, an organizational reason for it.

  a legal reason, to protect jw.org and it's officials and wealth.. next step?

  maybe selling more kh and when jw hollywood studio's in rampoo are ready a change to tv subscription.. what do you think?

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  NotFormer

  Morley: "I suppose now they will really start to push people to be pioneers"

  That is probably the only way to compensate for the backlash from this change. (If you ever believed that hours were important, that is!)
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  "A good REPORT invigorates the bones." (Proverbs 15:30) 🤣🤣🤣

  by BoogerMan in

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  yesterday's annual meeting "report" was soooooooooooo invigorating!.

  memories:.

  km 1/97 p. 7 question box - why should we report our field service activity promptly each month?

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  NotFormer

  Are car groups still likely to be a thing? Have they been a thing since COVID?
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  Did Anyone Have Fun With Their Field Service Reports?

  by NotFormer in

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  now that there is new light on reporting hours in field service, it's raised a few questions for me, who was never in the jws.

  did any of you ever have fun with the field service report slips, by finding creative ways of reporting time without raising suspicions in those who oversaw the collection of those slips?.

  also, can anyone upload an image of what the slips looked like, or point me to a post that gives uploaded examples of the sort of paperwork that was familiar to jws in good standing?.

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  NotFormer

  Now that there is new light on reporting hours in field service, it's raised a few questions for me, who was never in the JWs. Did any of you ever have fun with the field service report slips, by finding creative ways of reporting time without raising suspicions in those who oversaw the collection of those slips?

  Also, can anyone upload an image of what the slips looked like, or point me to a post that gives uploaded examples of the sort of paperwork that was familiar to JWs in good standing?
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  Hailstones (2)

  by NotFormer in

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  with the change to reporting field service and now allowing people to repent during the gt, presumably up until armageddon, i'm assuming that the "hailstones" message is now permanently on hold.

  can someone explain this to me; am i understanding this right?.

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  NotFormer

  With the change to reporting field service and now allowing people to repent during the GT, presumably up until Armageddon, I'm assuming that the "Hailstones" message is now permanently on hold. Can someone explain this to me; am I understanding this right?
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  How to stirr up the poor into digital online business

  by Gorb in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-november-2023/hulda-reached-her-goal/.

  what about this watchtower article?

  in my jw time i felt not comfortable about this kind of "devine education".. poor sister works above her self to get a device.. jw.org hypocrisy for going full digital.. g..

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  NotFormer

  The change from paper to digital must have been huge to most JWs. Is there a thread about it from the time it was implemented?
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  Real reasons behind this change?

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a good conversation at home about the hour report change.. we think the change was not impmemented because the gb are such a lovely bunch of old grandpa's having the best in mind for us individuals.. there will be only, and we say only, an organizational reason for it.

  a legal reason, to protect jw.org and it's officials and wealth.. next step?

  maybe selling more kh and when jw hollywood studio's in rampoo are ready a change to tv subscription.. what do you think?

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  NotFormer

  If donations are now, or about to become, the focus, should we be expecting the GB to release further "new light" ? About a new donation arrangement, perhaps?
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  JWs and Conscription/ Military Service

  by NotFormer in

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  matthew 5:41 (nwt) "...and if someone in authority compels you into service for a mile,* go with him two miles.".

  a member of the roman occupying forces could command a local to carry their pack for a mile.

  the local was thus pressed into a form of military service.

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  NotFormer

  If a government requirement is imposed, Jesus said do more of it. Stop defending your evil organisation! They now allow service in lieu, but sent people to jail and gave them criminal records before they changed their idiotic minds.
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  With no reporting necessary do they still need a territory guy?

  by carla in

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  now that they no longer have to report hours do they still need a territory guy?

  maps?

  etc...?.

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  NotFormer

  Are territory maps a form of data collection?