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  Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick

  by sir82 in

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  heard 4th-hand, but from a full-on believer, so not likely to be an "apostate lie":.

  apparently, at bethel's morning worship this morning, it was announced that all worldwide wts construction is "suspended" for an indefinite time, except for the new world headquarters at warwick.. also, the "relocation" of remote translating teams is also suspended.. finally, there will be a "worldwide" reduction in bethel personnel.. all this came to me in a non-english language, and,as noted, 4th-hand.

  so it is possible something may have been lost in translation and/or in the multiple steps between bethel morning worship & me.. but if true, it would be quite stunning.

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  never a jw

  Billy,

  Great point!
  
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  never a jw

  "Kingdom" Ministry gone. Slowly but surely getting rid of millenarian connotations and replacing them with more mainstream titles like "Christian life"
  
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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  "Governing Body announced that a total of 1600 Bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to Warwich when the last property is sold in Brooklyn and all Kingdom Hall building projects are on hold for at least a year"

  Possible Interpretations:
  

  • administrators discovered waste and are correcting it.
  • the coffers are running dry
  • some people are preparing to pull the plug on Jehovah organization and are planing to make out like a bandit, quite literally.
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  STAY ALIVE 'TIL 2132! -- Generation (X′+X″) <= (1914+λ[A′]-α[A′]+λ[A″]-α[A″]-x) <= 2132

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  generation x+x=generation why?

  already bringing "great tribulation" on watchtower readers.

  the watch tower society has got some splane-ing to do.

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  never a jw

  Keeping Occam's razor in mind, I decided to reduce your formula to its bare minimum

  1914 = C+R+A+P
  
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  The Last Time I Set Foot in a Kingdom Hall

  by Oubliette in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  saturday, september 19th, 2015: .

  earlier today snugglebunny posted a pic of today's "daily text" which is based on a paragraph from the november 15th, 2013 article.

  that magazine contains the now infamous maxim: .

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  never a jw

  Thanks for being an educator, not just in the classroom, but everywhere; not just in the traditional secular issues, but in religious issues. Don't let those kids fall into the trap of organized religion.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  never a jw

  More on my brother... he is determined to continue his loyalty to the WT until the end... of his life, but it's obvious that his zeal to preach is gone. He is just continuing an old habit, Sunday preaching for an hour or two, attending most meetings and all the assemblies. And his more recent goals, as he indicated to me, are to stay healthy by eating well and religiously going to the gym every morning, enjoy life by spending lots of his free time with his wife, and help his two adult sons with their new enterprise in which he is investing a big chunk of money and plenty of time... but he "will never abandon Jehovah".

  This is a new breed of JW's, even more strange than the previous one. It is more die-hard loyal to the borg, but more willing to attend to "Satan's temptations", and quite uninterested in doctrine.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  never a jw

  Oubliette
  

  I have become convinced that deep down, most--maybe even all--JWs are cowards.

  You and me.

  And yet, many will refuse a blood transfusion and die. Others will be imprisoned, even killed just for adhering to their doctrines and beliefs in absolutists regimes.

  Let's review...
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  never a jw

  My brother (a well respected Jw for more than 30 years) does not say whether he believes the doctrine of this generation or not, but he claims that he does not expect that the big A will happen in his lifetime. He is 50 and got possibly 30 more years to go. I think what he is saying is that he doesn't believe it, but it doesn't matter. I actually got a confirmation of my inference when he said in a recent conversation "I will never abandon Jehovah". "Jehovah" put in the context of our conversation actually meant the borg.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  never a jw

  Data Dog,

  I just added dislike number 10 for no other reason than you brought it to my attention so I had to scroll back to your previous comment. It was just punishment for delaying my bed time.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  never a jw

  John Aquila,

  How do you do it? I am assuming you have faded or at least not regularly attending, and yet people come to you and trust you with stuff they wouldn't trust another brother in the faith. You certainly have a knack for getting the kind of stories people want to hear. You are just like the best sellers fiction writers. You know what the public wants.