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  2024-08-August-Edition-of-Watchtower!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was translated so make sure everything looks ok.. 2024-08-august-edition of watchtower magazine.. .

  https://smallpdf.com/result#r=c90d948913ed99d72872c0a1c609f388&t=share-document .

  leopold.

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  FedUpJW

  Are there any legal consequences if the Borg continue to use the old term?

  I would think there would be.
  

  Judicial: adjective 1: of or relating to a judgement, the function of judging, the administration of justice
  
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  Kingdom hall cleaning

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  2. friends

  what are your memories of hall cleaning?.

  i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.

  the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.

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  The elduh's always managed to do the least amount of work. Kids dusting, and of course the 'sisters' had to do the only thing they were JW qualified for and scrub the toilets. I remember my mother one time voicing her displeasure at the consistent puddles of urine on the floor under the men's urinal and all around the sit down toilet, including on the wall beside it. I made a cardboard sign and taped it to the wall which said, "Brothers, if your hose is short and your pump is weak stand close or you'll piss on your feet!" It was ripped off the wall almost immediately. But at least I had a laugh, BITD.
  
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  Coming soon: Governing Body Update #4

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the upcoming governing body update, set to be released on friday this week, will feature a bearded samuel herd.. jwtalk website revealed the leak, so this thread will be used to speculate the content of the update and discuss the actual contents after its release..

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  If Watchtower is reading this, get your act together and order a shutdown of the JWTalk forum, as this link and code leaked from there.

  They won't do that. Anyone that has read the drivel on that site knows they are all a bunch of sycophants. They slobber and get all starry eyed at even the mention of "governing body". It is truly puke worthy to know there are people like that who claim to be the only true religion.

  And anyone from WT who reads that forum will let the human praise go to their fat heads!
  
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  Donald Sutherland RIP. THE Donald

  by Slidin Fast in

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  certainly amongst the best actors ever.

  probably the best.

  kelly's heroes and don't look now a couple of my favourites.

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  Invasion of The Body Snatchers.
  
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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  Whatever!!
  
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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  Maybe they will reveal what happened to Tony and where he is.

  It's already happening, very slowly. I heard directly this past weekend from someone in Bethel that as speculated elsewhere on this site it was a health reason, it was his choice to step down, and he is not really residing at the home that is on record here. I am not going to provide any further details at the risk of outing myself.
  
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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  FedUpJW

  Read in between the lines.

  This /\ /\ /\ /\ /\.

  I heard nearly the same thought from a Bethel fellow I know who is still on somewhat good terms with me. He said that the saying amongst Bethel men is to, "Don't listen to what the governing body members SAY, listen to what they DON'T say."
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  First video from the convention is all about FEAR

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/cdzydtuoblw?si=tyr8hgdgaiyn7c4h.

  this was leaked only few days ago and it's a small segment of the video from the 2024 convention that has already started.

  the video shows a jw logo down while worried jws are watching it as a news item on their tv screens, others are seen hiding from the police, others driving is the countryside to escape the authorities.

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  Have they also dialed up the whole “be ready to do whatever we tell you, no matter how weird it sounds” thing?

  I have it on good authority that the answer is a resounding "YES".
  
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  Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

  even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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  Upper Midwest (USA) Two I remember as being particularly loathsome were named Martin Harfman, and last name Smeltzer. Both instrumental in starting me on the path to freedom from the hamster wheel of JWism.
  
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  Education video this midweeks meeting

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is an item this week all about yang ones leaving school.. the two brothers go to a career advisor seminar.

  one brother thinks it’s good to work hard full time while you are young and tries to encourage his friend to as well.. his friend (who is the good jw trust the gb no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.. the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.. then he reads the scripture in proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.. this infuriates me.

  how many of us are now struggling because we were told to get menial part time jobs and we were told the end would have been here by now.. i will never tell a young person to listen to the gb advice on this.

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  I think it’s very good for a young person to work hard full time while they are young and have the energy to do it.

  Growing up my father advised me to get good employment and invest as much as I could throughout my working career. He had a saying that I have passed on to others, "Savings and wise investments are stored labor." I have seen way too many who followed the idiotic (IMO) advise of the users at the top of the JW hierarchy to only do the minimum amount of work to scrape by, and they are still doing that when they are crippled old people and finally drop dead in the harness.

  I followed my father's advice, and was able to retire in my mid forties and still live comfortably. My investments are providing me with the same income every month now that I was earning when I was employed full-time. I've also seen that the following scripture is true for most JW's who obeyed the "don't get any extra education, don't work full-time, don't store up treasure on earth (savings) are having the same end results.
  

  (Proverbs 6:6-11) 6 Go to the ant, you [uneducated] JW; see its ways and become wise. 7 Although it has no [governing body, governing body helper, or elders] 8 it prepares its food even in the summer; it has gathered its food supplies even in the harvest. 9 How long, you JW, will you keep refusing to get an education or a good job, or savings? When will you rise up from your recliner? 10 A little more study, a little more preaching, a little more washing of the windows in your desire to obey eight men in New York, 11 and your poverty will certainly come just like some rover, and your want like an armed man.

  Edited to reflect the way I view today's typical JW