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  Using Illegal Means for Righteous Activism

  by John Davis in

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  i wanted to get people's opinion on something.

  how do you feel when people use illegal means while performing their activism to shed light on the watchtower.

  there have been people who have illegally recorded conversations with elders and with branch offices or at meetings.

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  jp1692

  JD, that thread you linked to is 5 years old. Why bring it up now?
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  Organizational Accomplishments - Building a Solid Digital Foundation

  by wifibandit in

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  organizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.

  organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.

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  Sparrowdown, He had only one line and he really blew it, didn't he?

  Maybe he had a hair or something else in his mouth that prevented him from spitting it out!

  Seriously, how did the editors let that one get by? Intelligibility is one reason why professional actors routinely to automated dialog replacement (ADR).
  
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  Organizational Accomplishments - Building a Solid Digital Foundation

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  organizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.

  organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.

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  SD: Yeah, you're right, the guy with the girly-man voice actually says "...with Jehovah's erection" strange use of the word.
  JWGB: He'll be counseled on using proper enunciation

  He probably meant to say, "Jehovah's direction," but that all important "d" at the beginning of the word is completely missing. It just isn't there. It's not audible at all.

  Could be a Freudian slip. The "d" was there, on the tip of his tongue, but it just didn't come out!
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  Organizational Accomplishments - Building a Solid Digital Foundation

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  organizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.

  organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.

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  Sparrowdown: Jehovah the God of Websites, the only true website, he will crush and put an end to all other false websites

  That is TFF!!!
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  Organizational Accomplishments - Building a Solid Digital Foundation

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  organizational accomplishments - building a solid digital foundation.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aai46ng2f74.

  organizational accomplishments—building a solid digital foundation video will be considered the week of september 11, 2017.

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  Wow, God got a computer! And now he's teaching us to use the internet. Oh, boy!!!

  This organization is so hopelessly behind the times technologically and yet they strut and crow like they invented the damn stuff. And their so controlling about it even George Orwell would shudder. Note this comment @ 7:27"

  • "Back in 2008, 25 individuals were approved to receive email on their mobile devices."

  And of course, this is all on a closed, in-house system that can be monitored by the WT leadership. Paranoid much?

  There is also a very curious comment by the man speaking at 8:45"

  It's probably NOT what he meant, but it sure sounds like he is saying:

  • "The future looks even more promising as we continue to humbly seek Jehovah's erection ... "

  Well now. Things are really, ... ahem ..., looking UP!

  Listen for yourself and see what you think!
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  Anyone recall someone disfellowshipped for gluttony???

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???

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  I wonder how many of the GB members are obese, that is with a BMI of 30 or higher?

  For a man that is 5'11" that is only about 215 lbs (97.5 kg). From pictures I've seen of ToMo III, Mark Sanderson and Sam Herd, I would suspect they'd all tip the scales north of a BMI of 30.
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  Anyone recall someone disfellowshipped for gluttony???

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???

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  No I haven't, but there sure are a lot of JWs that are extremely obese. Not that obesity and gluttony are one and the same, but there is certainly a strong correlation.

  And I'm not must saying a little overweight, I mean morbidly obese.

  It's noteworthy that the WTBTS has avoided that particular "deadly sin." Here's an interesting "confessional" on the subject by a Christian pastor:

  • 5 Reasons Why Pastors Don't Preach on Gluttony by Joe McKeever, Pastor
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  What religions/organizations aren't a cult?

  by Jules Saturn in

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  so we've already established that most religions can be classified as high control groups, we can name the wbts, church of scientology, lds, etc.

  the list goes on and on.

  but are there any religions or organizations that aren't classified as a high control group or aren't as bad as the ones i've just mentioned?

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  To BBW:

  • Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source

  
  
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  Using Illegal Means for Righteous Activism

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to get people's opinion on something.

  how do you feel when people use illegal means while performing their activism to shed light on the watchtower.

  there have been people who have illegally recorded conversations with elders and with branch offices or at meetings.

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  jp1692

  JD: I also did not intend to focus solely on the recording of conversations

  Perhaps, but it was the very first issue you brought up in your OP.

  JD: do you think that the ends always justify the means? [Bold addd]

  Not always, but certainly sometimes. Again, the use of the world "always" shows that problematic black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking that I and others on this thread have repeatedly cautioned against.
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  How to Record a Judicial Meeting

  by 00DAD in

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  introduction: this subject came up on another thread and seemed important enough to justify its own thread:.

  judicial hearing procedure, chapter 7. recording devices.

  "recording devices should not be allowed.

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  jp1692

  Bumping it for John Davis who asked the question below on this thread:

  • Using Illegal Means for Righteous Activism

  JD: I wanted to get people's opinion on something. How do you feel when people use illegal means while performing their activism to shed light on the Watchtower? There have been people who have illegally recorded conversations with Elders and with Branch offices or at meetings. They have done this in states or countries that require two party consent to record conversations and where the penalties can be a criminal prosecution.