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  Are They Cynically Shutting Down The Organization?

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  i've raised this idea before but recent events seem to support it.

  changes in the watchtower may be guided by more than a need for cash flow: they may simply be liquidating/shutting it down as discreetly as possible.. of course, this doesn't mean they stop working on their upstate ny country club - but it could mean that the throrough going exposure and disproof of their beliefs on the internet, when it emerged, took many of them by surprize, as it did many of us!

  after awhile, they generally gave up trying to make any sense of their doctrines - and coupled with cash flow issues - moved towards a quiet retreat.. take a look at a few things:.

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  doubting bro said

  I think the GB makes the decisions and they are surrounded by uncreative yes men who tell them what they want to hear.

  I think this is the winner. Most corporations suffer this. The problem lies with who is promoted in their organization. Workers are not promoted based on intellegence or creativity. The exact opposite is true. People are promoted based on their ability to follow instructions and to obey.

  General motors, Chrysler many many corporations come to a point in time where the people running the show are just followers and the whole business has to be restructured to survive or it will go broke. The entrepenuers who started the business are long dead and people afraid or unwilling to make the hard decisions are in charge. Whisleblowers are fired.

  The largest challenge is staying relevent and profitable in a changing business climate. What worked 50 years ago no longer works. Today, things change so fast that what worked 1 or 2 years ago is no longer profitable.

  Private companies have a hard time existing past the 3rd generation. Most of them cease to exist at this point. This is where the Watchtower is today. The innovators in this religion are long gone. They surrounded themselves with yes man followers unable to make any significant changes. The door to door salesman business model of the 1900's doesn't work in the internet age. It will be interesting to see what they have to do to survive.

  One company that will be interesting to watch is Apple. Now that Steve Jobs is no longer with us, will they be able to survive or will they end a slow painful death like so many other tech companies.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-18-2012 WT Study (KNOW DAY HOUR)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  day or the hour of the end?.

  knowing the exact day or hour when the.

  5. how may not knowing the day or the hour.

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  solomon

  Thanks Blondie. I found this study was full of guilt inducing weasle words. They seem to be getting desparate.
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  Rare find: WTS endorsed 4-page pamphlet, The Broadcaster. Bet you never heard of it before now!

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/documents/1920-1949.html.

  to see twenty issues of the rarest of the rare wts endorsed pamphlets (or brochures), click on the link above and then scroll down the column on the left of the page to the date 1924 - 1925 where you will find listed the words, .

  the broadcaster - wts endorsed-must read *new*.

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  CANADA: Sawdon Estate v. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada (July 2012)

  by jwleaks in

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  2. scandals

  sawdon estate v. watch tower bible and tract society of canada.

  court judgment can be downloaded from the jw leaks web site:.

  http://jwleaks.wordpress.com/canada/.

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  Greedy ba$tard$. I have renewed faith in our justice system.
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  F&DS New Light Official JW Statement

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new light (tm) is on jw.org.

  not had time to digest it but it's looking pretty much whathas been divulged already.

  looking forward to seeing the responses from the forum and the brothers and sisters now it's in the open.

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  I have just read it quick. I think they have opened a box full of many questions with this new light and have backed themselves into a theology corner.

  They are creating a third class in their heirarchy. The fds(gb), regular joe and jane partaker, and the other sheep. They will have to rewrite many books.
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  can we earn our salvation by preaching?

  by solomon in

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  2. friends

  are you trying to earn salvation by your door-to-door ministry?no.

  we engage regularly in our door-to-door ministry, but we dont believe that we earn our salvation by doing such work.

  (ephesians 2:8) why not?.

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  does not anyone see the hypocrisy here? This article is for the public to see, but at the kingdom hall the message is that if you are not a pioneer you may not survive armageddon.
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  can we earn our salvation by preaching?

  by solomon in

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  are you trying to earn salvation by your door-to-door ministry?no.

  we engage regularly in our door-to-door ministry, but we dont believe that we earn our salvation by doing such work.

  (ephesians 2:8) why not?.

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  not according to jw.org

  Are You Trying to Earn Salvation by Your Door-to-Door Ministry?

  No. We engage regularly in our door-to-door ministry, but we don’t believe that we earn our salvation by doing such work. (Ephesians 2:8) Why not?

  Think of this comparison: Imagine that a benevolent man promised an expensive gift to everyone who showed up at a certain location on a given date. If you really believed the man’s promise, would you follow his instructions? No doubt! Likely, you would also tell your friends and family about the opportunity, so that they too could benefit from it. Even so, you wouldn’t earn the gift by following the man’s instructions. The gift is still a gift.

  Likewise, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe God’s promise of everlasting life for all who obey him. (Romans 6:23) We endeavor to share our faith with others, hoping that they will benefit from God’s promises. But we don’t believe that we earn our salvation by engaging in our ministry. (Romans 1:17; 3:28) Really, no human could ever do enough to merit such an astounding blessing from God. “ He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. ”—Titus 3:5, Contemporary English Version.
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  Another Bethel report on Hurricane Sandy

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  i posted this a couple of days ago:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/241645/1/report-from-a-bethelite-after-hurrican-sandy.

  as i know you've all been waiting with bated breath, here is another report courtesy of our non-apostate friends at jwtalk:.

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  The wt will always spin the story so that they weren't affected as badly as the "worldly" people in order for it to appear that Jehovah is protecting them.

  It is a well orchestrated publicity campaign.
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  Health - has anyone else suffered long lasting health effects from years with the Borg?

  by Chariklo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone else feel or know that jehovah's witnesses damaged their health?.

  i know many have emerged with depression, and i'm very relieved that i am not one of them.. but, being the age i am, (a large tribe of grandchildren) i was nonetheless pressured to go out door to door in steep countryside often in bad weather, and because i was doing my best to keep up that ended in an injury which has proved to be long lasting.. and that's not counting the stress-induced consequences...i won't cite them all here, but physical.

  a few days in hospital and a summer spent on compulsory almost complete rest can all be laid at the watchtower's door.the trauma of actually extricating oneself from the borg is not stopped when one has finally written that letter that disassociates oneself from them.

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  I know many brilliant Witnesses who said "I don't want my mate to take anti-depressants and become a drug addict.

  they may not need the pills. they need to leave the pressure cooker congregation
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  Missionaries in Tiawan asked to give salaries back to bethel...one resigned!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  a friend from australia's first "ministerial training school" was excited to go to asia as a missionary....only to return in disgrace!!!

  the government lets them stay if they become "english teachers" and except a part-time job for a salary {which is generous}.

  bethel told him that the money he earns on the side while a missionary belongs to them!!

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  this is their vacation time that they work for a relative. It does suck and they know it but are still too indoctrinated to quit. They are or used to be heavy drinkers too. they are special pioneers assigned to a remote territory