There was a Bethel contingent in attendance at a seminar in the Bloomberg headquarters office, to which subscribers to the company's $20,000-per-year financial analysis/news terminal were invited. One of them handed me his business card with the title" International Cash Manager." The WT has more than one of these dandy little real-time monitors which empower large-scale investors with state-of-the-art bond analytics.
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The Watchtower Society Hedge Fund
by TJ Curioso inthe watchtower society hedge fundseveral weeks ago it came to my attention via the e-jehovahs-witnesses discussion board that the watchtower society had devised a new money raising scheme.
the scheme is to beg and borrow money from each individual congregation account, which they deem to be in excess of the congregation's actual expenses.
i half jokingly responded to the topic then that the watchtower has become a hedge fund.
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Black Sheep,
If they had buried him there, they would have had to exhume his body before any sale of the property. That would have been fun!
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Unrest in the Governing Body
by JWFreak inone of the many questions that i am asked is what are the current gb members like, who are the hardliners and who are more moderate.. because of my previous job, at a european bethel, i had dealings with most of them with the exception of sam herd.. these are my observations of my conversations with them and how others who had dealings with them.. other ex bethelites may have contrary views to mine, but i would be surprised.. i had spent a lot of time with splane, lett and morris.
hardliners.
david splane, without doubt the one who commands the most respect and attention.
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The wording in recent WT articles referring to the writers/contributors as "representatives" of the GB suggests that none of these guys does any writing. It's clear there's no one in the house anywhere close to Freddy or Karl Adams in exegesis or infusing the literature with insightful argumentation or perspective. It seems clear the current GB is focused simply holding things together while hoping against hope the Big A arrives in time to rescue them.
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In a bad situation - blood
by Joey Jo-Jo inmy jw mom had a bad car accident, she has neck problems and she might need a transfusion, so this is what ray means when illusion meets with reality, anyway i need to voice my opinion on the matter without pushing her away..
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Has she recovered from the accident and now needs corrective surgery? If so, it would appear that the WT has left open a "crack in the door" with regards to the use of autologous blood (one's own blood drawn and stored prior to surgery) .. The October 2001 WT mentions recourse to one's own blood if it's used as part of "current therapy." This for them is a significant liberalization; I read it on a thread somewher, maybe Marvin Shilmer can help here.
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I'm So Pissed I Can't Go To The Convention!
by Philadelphia Ponos inseriously!
i've been planning on going to this foreign langauge district convention for over a year and because some genius in new york planned it on july 4th weekend all the hotel prices have been jacked up making it impossible for me to attend.
f**k!!!!!
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C'mon Philly,
Surely you can think of a more attractive way to get exposure to your second lanquage; how about movies with subtitles?
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-29-2011 WT Study (JEREMIAH)
by blondie in1, 2. why is jehovahs keeping awake associated.
message to nations and kingdoms.
people today appreciate what about the preaching.
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Thanks, Blondie. Once again, they've twisted the entire theme of the book Jeremiah into a pretzel. Even a cursory review of its contents show that Jeremiah's God-given denunications were directed at the annointed leadership of HIS OWN PEOPLE, notably the king and the priests, the higher-ups of that "typical theocracy."
It would therefore seem more apt to identify as today's real "Jeremiah class" the so-called "apostates" that call into question the accountability of the self-congratulating, arrogant Governing Body, often at considerable personal cost to themselves, i.e. the severance of cherished family ties and life-long relationships. For them, as for Jeremiah, it takes guts.
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New understanding of 144.000
by Newborn inhi ya'll !.
haven't been posting in a loooong time and perhaps this has already been discussed but i've heard that they're coming with a new understanding of the 144.000. that it should be taken symbolically and not literally!?.
i guess they have to change it since so many more apparently belongs to the anointed ones..... well i hope this will make a few of them think and leave.. thx.
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no way... its' the GB's foundation of their power
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July 15th WT- Don't Research " False Stories " - Inspired by Satan !
by flipper ini know the poster lost generation made a fantastic thread on this july 15th apostate article, however - i noticed some very powerful points on pg.
17 paragraphs 9 - 11 which weren't brought out that i feel needed to be touched on.
as was brought out in his thread this article told jw's to avoid apostates because they are " mentally diseased " allegedly and to avoid their web sites, not read their literature, watch t.v.
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The entire purpose of the "kool-aid" edition of the Watchtower is hard-core indoctrination and crowd control, away from the prying eyes of the uninitiated.
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Whatever Happened to The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures?
by Chalam inwhatever happened to the kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures?part 1. print/download: pdfdoc.
the watchtower says on page 5 of the 1985 edition of the kit:.
there is no definite article in the greek before the word god in john 1:6, yet the wt translates it god, with a capital g!.
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The KIT is offered on eBay for $150-$200
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Any God that let's baby's and children die is not my God
by Star tiger in.
i working in an old peoples home and i can understand that after a long life they die, but not in this horrible way of not knowing their family lost somewhere in their mind.. worse than that is the thought of children dying it angers me extremely that a god of love would allow this on the basis of his own ego!!!.
star tiger.
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Bravo, WontLeave; well said.