Topics Started by HappyHappyHappy1914

30
What are the economics of cart witnessing?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
on another thread shepherdless sketched out the past business model of jws and its demise.

until 1990 they were a straightforward publishing business with the tremendous advantage of free labour in production and free distribution agents.

since then they've been relying on donations for literature to keep the old model going.
32
Peer presure to use Ipad
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
earlier this season i advised my retired father to ignore the use of a tablet during his kingdom hall congregational visits.

his response was hopefull, but between the lines i could hear he had no choice.. yesterday he showed me his new 600 euro 64 gb ipad air 2. he had no clue what he has to do with it, he told me one of the elders will install the jw.org apps.. so, i feel he had to deal with presure to buy this ipad and i think he is not the only one.. do you recognize this?.

gorby.
43
Beards galore at the Assembly
by Truthexplorer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.

not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.

is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?
15
I bought property, not that far from Watchtower land in Warrwick NY.
by Dunedain in
1. jw
2. experiences
i wound up buying 26 acres of land in upstate ny, a few years ago.

i bought it strictly as an investment, due to rumors of there going to be huge development of the area.

it seems like casinos, walmart, and tons of building have started in the area, or are now breaking ground, since i purchased it.
50
Coordinator of Elders Problems in One Southern England Circuit!
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
information just passed to me.

let's hope this becomes even more widespread.

i wonder if the britain branch suspects a conspiracy?
52
CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.
32
What more do they need to see?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so bethelites are being decreased...bethel homes even sold off.... special pioneers no longer being funded.. magazines getting smaller and published less frequently.. building work stopping or being reduced.. no large conventions and renting of venues.. etc.... so, money is not coming in anymore to cover the "expenses"??.

didnt the first ever watchtower said that when this occurs, it would be evidence of god no longer blessing the activity....

oh, and throughout the years, we have constantly been told that the "growth of the org and the projects such as buildings and contributions" etc were evidence of gods blessing.... .
30
Pledge for Global Assistance Arrangement - $15 per publisher!
by nmthinker in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
last night our congregation read a letter for the global assistance arrangement combined with the traveling overseer assistance arrangement.

the "recommended" amount was $15 per publisher, which was well over $1000 for our hall.. it seemed steep.

our congregation does not have this type of money.
137
Something interesting!
by John Aquila in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

we both served as elders for years.

he is in his late 70s.
33
Video: "Iron Sharpens Iron"
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joehewofiba.

is this supposed to placate the ones who have been recently fired?

is this a sign of the aging jw leadership?