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  The New Busy Work

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  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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  Blondie, just as Sauron would rather have Hobbits as miserable slaves than happy and free, wouldn't the GB rather have JW time taken up by working "for the kingdom" than spent lying on the beach?
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  Is The GB Paranoid? And Should They Be?

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the gb seems to have a bunker mentality, that they are special, and that the world is out to get them, so they tend to keep within their tightly controlled, protective environment.

  bottlegate proved that there is some danger outside of the rarified atmosphere of their echo chamber; you never know when a camera might be trained on you, or that someone might recognise you as being something more than plain old "joe citizen".

  further, tm3's new address was quickly found and distributed, and (as i understand it) someone drove to his gated community to tell the security guard that tm3's "ass is grass".

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  Blondie, I'm not sure that verse applies to people who are being persecuted for covering up CSA cases...
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  Fleegle Calls The GB Meeting To Order

  by NotFormer in

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  2. humour

  i still can't believe that fleegle is a member of the gb!.

  here he is in prime form:.

  https://youtu.be/o0ow8rzc8i4?si=b4wulfd1hpkqhfop.

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  pepperheart2, 😸

  Diogenesister, I was 5 when this came out and I absolutely loved it!

  Yes, the secret password is a very PIMO thing to ask...

  Randall Watters sounds like Drooper?? That makes me respect him even more: Drooper was my favourite character!
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  Jehovah and Pleiades

  by James Brown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone remember seeing old watchtowers in their kingdom hall library before they destroyed them all, of the watchtower annoucing jehovah from pleiades kingdom.

  i am 72 years old and i remeber seeing these old magazines somewhere..

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  Blondie, one of those incidents where, rather than letting a doctrine simply fade away, they officially put it to rest.

  I wonder if it was actually causing trouble behind the scenes?
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  Fleegle Calls The GB Meeting To Order

  by NotFormer in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i still can't believe that fleegle is a member of the gb!.

  here he is in prime form:.

  https://youtu.be/o0ow8rzc8i4?si=b4wulfd1hpkqhfop.

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  NotFormer

  I still can't believe that Fleegle is a member of the GB!

  Here he is in prime form:

  https://youtu.be/o0OW8RZc8i4?si=b4Wulfd1HpkqHfop
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  The Reason Behind Recent Watchtower Changes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  NotFormer

  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  clement of alexandria.

  the stromata, or miscellanies.

  book vi.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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

  1. watchtower
  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

  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.