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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  john.prestor

  Tony's gonna stumble all the way back to his room (apartment?) if he cracks those open in the parking lot.
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  The subtle , yet massive change of Matt 5:32 in the "New" New World Translation

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i noticed this change in the text of the new silver nwt compared to the older nwt at matthew 5:32. old nwt:.

  "however, i say to you that everyone divorcing his wife , except on the grounds of fornication makes her a subject for adultery...etc" .

  new nwt:.

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  john.prestor

  I don't see much of a difference either.
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  Something different about the memorial invitation

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

  i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

  but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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  john.prestor

  In my understanding campaigns like this serve little more purpose than busy work: they're recruitment drives where Witnesses hardly recruit anyone if anyone at all. They also invite faded or inactive Witnesses to keep alive their hopes their dear son or daughter will survive Armageddon (if they pick back up worshipping and obeying the Governing Body, of course).
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  john.prestor

  They get a monthly stipend of what at Bethel, 200, maybe? He spent half a yearish of his salary on booze... but I doubt that's his money he's spending. Sophia's ice cream money goes a long way.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  john.prestor

  That's a lot of money he just spent on liquor, I think it speaks volumes about how he sees himself that he drinks top shelf liquor. Don't get me wrong I'm a little jealous, I would love to break open one of those bottles. But I'm not the guy who goes on television and tells other people to simplify their life and work part-time and not store up treasures on earth.

  And yeah, it's suspicious to say the least that when he ought to be at a meeting by everything we know about when congregations meet he's buying expensive booze. And correct me if I'm wrong, he drove to a pretty distant liquor store?
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  Preparing the sheeple for finally abandoning the significance of 1914

  by under the radar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know the society would love to get rid of all the problems caused by clinging to 1914 and all they claimed it meant for the last 100+ years.. it looks like they are laying the groundwork for easing away from the whole concept of 1914. this would also let them do away with the ridiculous "overlapping generation" bullcrap.

  what a diaper load that has been.... anyway, the following is from their super secret marching orders for april, 2019. draw your own conclusions.... "3.

  “100 years of faithfulness”: the coordinator of the body of elders, or another elder, should be invited to read the following special announcement.

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  john.prestor

  Atlantis, thanks for pointing those out.

  I reread the letter and now I'm skeptical too. What caught my eye is where it says something about 'ascertain the meaning of prophecies.' Ascertain is a very large word for Watchtower. The rest of it on a second reading also doesn't sound like Watchtower... it's hard to explain why, but I get a different sense from it than I do from letters to the body of Elders, which always comes across like cheery well-polished propaganda, this seems more slapdash, it doesn't flow as nicely from sentence to sentence, it's awkward. And the spelling errors is very unlike Watchtower.
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  Something different about the memorial invitation

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

  i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

  but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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  john.prestor

  The memorial invitation says reach out for the real life. The real life? Try the isolated life of repression resentment shame and fear, filled with indoctrination and worship of the Governing Body.
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  Bethel Life

  by Holden Caufield in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is life like for those in bethel?.

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  john.prestor

  Right, some people do get good jobs in the writing department, translation, animation and photography, but by the sounds of it most men and women get stuck doing manual (or menial) labor that they're supposed to really appreciate 'cause it's for Jehovah.

  It's worth mentioning that in countries on the global south the standard of living at Bethel is probably higher than elsewhere, which explains why people would want to work there. In The Proclaimers book they they published pictures of what baffles worldwide look like back then, some of them look kinda nice, especially for Africa and the Caribbean, where many people live in shantytowns or shacks.
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  Preparing the sheeple for finally abandoning the significance of 1914

  by under the radar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know the society would love to get rid of all the problems caused by clinging to 1914 and all they claimed it meant for the last 100+ years.. it looks like they are laying the groundwork for easing away from the whole concept of 1914. this would also let them do away with the ridiculous "overlapping generation" bullcrap.

  what a diaper load that has been.... anyway, the following is from their super secret marching orders for april, 2019. draw your own conclusions.... "3.

  “100 years of faithfulness”: the coordinator of the body of elders, or another elder, should be invited to read the following special announcement.

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  john.prestor

  I don't see any difference, maybe I need to read the article, but it sounds like business as usual. They deny ever making prophecies about specific dates, they direct you to their publications, they sing the Governing Body's praises, same old same old.
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  SaySorry.org | AUSTRALIA | By Steven Unthank and Lara Kaput | National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  summary and blog about last years national apology and the attendance by victims and survivors of jehovah’s witnesses.. personal account by steven unthank and lara kaput.. https://saysorry.org/2019/03/31/national-apology-to-victims-and-survivors-of-institutional-child-sexual-abuse/.

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  john.prestor

  Actions speak louder than words. The Governing Body could not care less if children get abused, they just want to make sure they look good.