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  The Reason Behind Recent Watchtower Changes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.

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  They'll fold like a seven high poker hand.
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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has ''Jumped the Shark''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  what does jump the shark mean?.

  the phrase “jump the shark” is a term in pop culture that originated from the tv show “happy days” and is used to describe a decline in quality.

  it refers to the moment when a tv show or other product has reached its peak and starts to decline in quality.

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  All these alternative euphemisms for jumping the shark reminds me of the dead parrot sketch:

  "E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!

  "'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!

  "'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!

  "'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!"

  I look forward to some future time when we can say all of the above about the WT! 🥂🍾🍻
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  Christians Encouraged to Read 'Pagan' Works

  by peacefulpete in

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  clement of alexandria.

  the stromata, or miscellanies.

  book vi.

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  NotFormer

  St Basil wrote a letter about the value of reading Classical Greek literature.
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  The Reason Behind Recent Watchtower Changes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.

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  NotFormer

  TL:DR?
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  The New Busy Work

  by NotFormer in

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  for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

  that avenue is drying up.

  and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

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  Actually, I forgot a key 🗝️ element of busy work from days gone by, the Kingdom Hall quick builds. They don't even have that to keep the sheep occupied anymore.
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  Has The Interpretation of the Beast Changed?

  by NotFormer in

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  my understanding* is that the un is supposed to be the wild beast of revelation.

  the un only came into being after wwii, so what was the beast before the new light came about?

  i can't see a speculative organisation like the wt not having an interpretation of the beast before the un came into being.

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  In the 70s , when there was a resurgence in interest in Bible prophecy, particularly after Hal Lindsay published The Late Great Planet Earth, most prophecy speculators from mainstream Christianity (usually independent purveyors of their own books and videos; the churches generally kept out of such speculation) decided that the beast was the EU (ECU back in the day). Their reasoning was usually that the beast had ten horns and ten crowns, and it would only be a matter of time before there were ten EU members. When Greece joined in 1981, I bet they all wet themselves!

  I never followed those guys much after that. I wonder how they spun Spain and Portugal joining in 1986?
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  When The 'Tower Is Mentioned In A Will

  by NotFormer in

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  i assume someone from wt attends the reading of the will.

  an elder, a co, some especially selected person from the branch under whose purview this sort of thing is maintained?.

  what is the procedure?.

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  What about in the USA? Who turns up at the will reading to represent the WT?
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  The New Busy Work

  by NotFormer in

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  for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

  that avenue is drying up.

  and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

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  KerryKing, what a nice idea! 🥲
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  The New Busy Work

  by NotFormer in

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  for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

  that avenue is drying up.

  and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

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  NotFormer

  Phizzy, correct, they need more busy work to keep the sheep from having time to think. When they were a publishing corporation , the publishers were door to door sales people, the Kingdom Halls were distribution warehouses, the meetings were product familiarisation seminars and the busy work was all about shifting product.

  Now that they don't sell stuff door to door, what do the 8 million former sales staff do?
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  The New Busy Work

  by NotFormer in

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  2. beliefs

  for a hundred years the slaves were kept from having the time and energy to question anything and associate anywhere where they might be exposed to alternative views by having to keep up the busy work of going door to door.

  that avenue is drying up.

  and policy is changing.. the wt needs new busy work to keep the sheep engaged without thinking.. the wt fancies itself as an up and coming movie studio.

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  NotFormer

  nowwhat? Of course it's a dumb idea. It's a tongue-in-cheek "what if?" scenario. There's no way a high control group like the GB would allow even the slightest involvement of the R&F in what is their sole fiefdom. The original post was meant to stimulate discussion as to why it would never work, not an invitation to personal abuse.