I am certainly no lawyer, but my guess would unless the document explicitly stated somewhere else something to the effect of "The Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, hereafter referred to as 'Watchtower'", it wouldn't have any legal weight.
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GB’s WIGGLE
by Hairtrigger inhttps://youtu.be/gpd453rzdzu.
if this has been posted before i apologize.
this about sums up what the grovelling body is looking to do!
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Museums growing at the branches especially Warwick
by benny ini am not sure if this has been discussed but last night mid week meeting about organisational accomplishments really got my goat as the example of the temple was used.
people contributed to the building of the jewish temple and now the museum and bethel in warwick.
this supposed .be evidence of god s guidance.
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eyeslice2
What on earth are they putting in this museum? Presumably, not all the old books and the mad ideas they contained.
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GB’s WIGGLE
by Hairtrigger inhttps://youtu.be/gpd453rzdzu.
if this has been posted before i apologize.
this about sums up what the grovelling body is looking to do!
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eyeslice2
Maybe it is just me, but I am confused by the term 'Watchtower'.
There was a post here a while back listing nearly a 100 different legal entities. Is there a legal entity simply called 'Watchtower' as opposed to, for example, Watchtower Bible and Tract of Pennsylvania, or Watchtower Bible and Tract of Great Britain, etc. 'Watchtower' alone just doesn't sound right.
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Cause of Mass Shootings Mental Health?
by blondie ini have been sad to see so many groups and individuals say that the cause of these events are the mental status of the shooters.
i have looked over the backgrounds of these shooters, and few had medically identified mental health issues.
it is too easy to think that people shoot or kill other people because they are mentally ill.. actually, many or most people with real mental illnesses are most likely to be the victims of others.. i have been a volunteer with the organization called nami (national alliance of mental lillness) for 25 years now.
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eyeslice2
Interesting debate, with some insightful comments.
I agree, 'normal' people don't shoot people. At the same time, I can't understand the situation in the USA with easy access to weapons. Its just crazy.
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New HuB logo
by MrHappy inso the organisation has developed a new software for the coordination of nearly everything!
i just want point out a few things i notice about the new hub icon logo.
the image contains twelve pillars with the 2 at the front being the prominent.
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eyeslice2
I doubt that they wrote this from scratch themselves. I would go with Poztate's they are using a 'cloud' based solution. This would provide all the basics and a framework on which they build using their own code.
In the video looks to me as if the guy is writing some T SQL server code, i.e. database code. In coding terms, I guess they have had to create hundreds of new 'theocratic' entities - CO (extends Elder), Elder (extends Publisher), etc. I could be well in to it - lol.
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This week's Watchtower study - Really, really, really?
by eyeslice2 ininteresting to see how they home in doctrines that are impossible to defend, even solely from a bible point of view, and state them as facts that only satan would question.. no same sex marriages - really?.
don't celebrate christmas and birthdays - really?.
refuse a life-saving blood transfusion - really?
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eyeslice2
Here is the actual quote from paragraph 16 of the article entitled 'Overturn Every Reasoning That Is Against the Knowledge of God!'
Satan continues to ask the same question he asked Eve in the garden of Eden: “Did God really say that . . . ?” (Gen. 3:1) In the world under Satan’s control, we often hear challenging questions, such as these: ‘Does God really not approve of same-sex marriage? Does God really not want you to celebrate Christmas and birthdays? Does your God really expect you to refuse a blood transfusion? Does a loving God really expect you to avoid association with disfellowshipped loved ones?’
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This week's Watchtower study - Really, really, really?
by eyeslice2 ininteresting to see how they home in doctrines that are impossible to defend, even solely from a bible point of view, and state them as facts that only satan would question.. no same sex marriages - really?.
don't celebrate christmas and birthdays - really?.
refuse a life-saving blood transfusion - really?
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eyeslice2
Interesting to see how they home in doctrines that are impossible to defend, even solely from a Bible point of view, and state them as facts that only Satan would question.
no same sex marriages - really?
don't celebrate Christmas and birthdays - really?
refuse a life-saving blood transfusion - really? (Watchtower just said blood transfusion - won't admit could be life saving)
avoid association with family members - really (Watchtower speak for shunning)
The Watchtower, as always, states these as givens, with no real supporting arguments to defend these.
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Will directing people to jw.org actually prove counter productive?
by eyeslice2 inthere was a time when the society was very skeptical about the internet and the so-called lies and apostate information that was out there.
it sort of was something to be avoided.
over the past ten years, however, it seems they have taken to it with a passion.
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so how does all this work in coutries with little or no internet---and the populace couldnt afford a tablet or phone anyway ?
I think you would be surprised just how ubiquitous mobile technology is nowadays. Most developing countries are simply skipping the phase of telephone lines into private houses and going straight for mobile solutions. India has something like 800,000 mobile contracts. So, even the poor have mobiles, albeit at present not 'smart' phones. The same is true of the rest of Asia and Africa is going that way too.
All of this is why the society pushes jw.org. Print is going out of fashion and so they want to be on the bandwagon.
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Will directing people to jw.org actually prove counter productive?
by eyeslice2 inthere was a time when the society was very skeptical about the internet and the so-called lies and apostate information that was out there.
it sort of was something to be avoided.
over the past ten years, however, it seems they have taken to it with a passion.
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eyeslice2
Also, the society is printing less and less literature. Many presentations the publisher says something to the effect of, 'I'd like to show you how to download a book you can read'.
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Will directing people to jw.org actually prove counter productive?
by eyeslice2 inthere was a time when the society was very skeptical about the internet and the so-called lies and apostate information that was out there.
it sort of was something to be avoided.
over the past ten years, however, it seems they have taken to it with a passion.
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eyeslice2
There was a time when the society was very skeptical about the internet and the so-called lies and apostate information that was out there. It sort of was something to be avoided. Over the past ten years, however, it seems they have taken to it with a passion. Publishers even are told as part of their door to door presentations to encourage householders to visit jw.org, but will this actually turn out to be counter productive?
The internet is there to be explored, and if it were me, I may check out jw.org but at the same time just google 'jehovah's witnesses' and find a stack of information about the witnesses, including this site. So, whilst the died in the wool witnesses may continue to avoid the lies and apostasy, I can't see many converts being made with this approach.