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  New December KM with changes all over

  by pixel in

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  is not on the public website yet, but here it is, full more changes:.

  to the 2015 school:.

  bible highlights: brothers as- signed this part will have two min- utes to consider one interesting and practical scriptural point from the weekly bible reading.

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  Richard_I

  Few people, other than the holy rollers, were prepared for offering bible studies on the first saturdays of the months (i know my family never prepared), so it makes sense they got rid of it.

  I often wondered if they would do a #2 with brothers and there it (kind of) is. i imagined the old elders i knew that hated being together, up on stage doing a #2 and its such a funny mental image to me and the fact that its a reality now is even more hilarious. but honestly, nobody is going to enjoy those new #3 talks.
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  2014 JW News!

  by Atlantis in

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  these posts came from a jw website.. .2014, new pocket size bible.. .it was released today the small pocket bible in english at the.... .keep seeking first god's kingdom audio.. .2014 regional convention 'keep seeking first god's kingdom!

  ' audio recorded on august 22-24, 2014 at twickenham, london, united kingdom.. .. new governing body committees lists.. .new governing body committees announced.

  info released today at.... .. witnesses in ebola areas..witnesses in liberia many brothers ask us about our situation in.... .. 2014 jw broadcasting tv station.. .private tour of the new jw broadcasting tv station!!

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  Richard_I

  There we go, the heaviest of the "bethel heavies", this is what I always wanted. ty very much for this ->

  

  The committees and their helpers are the guys who run the org. these guys and the legal team are the top brass, i'd say the average age of these comittees to be in the 60's to 70's. if there's a new gb member, he'll be one of these guys
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  Watchtower encouraging members to go and preach in Israel

  by wannaexit in

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  an odd letter was read at last nights' meeting.

  it was in regards to a special campaign for next year arranged by the governing body to go and preach in israel.

  the call is going out to anybody that speaks hebrew and english.

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  Richard_I

  this letter was read at my meeting here in canada. doubt anyone would go on their own dime. they want you there for at least two weeks. ya right. you don't need to know hebrew either, the letter said english or hebrew publishers are invited due to much of israel being english
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  How many born ins actually stay?

  by lostinthought in

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  i was wondering if anyone know sany statistics of the amount of born ins that actually stay in the orginization.

  i think i have read it before on here but i can't really remember what it was.

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  Richard_I

  most of the born-ins i know stay in, i'd say its like 90%.
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  JW.Org Google Ranking Not Looking Good for WT!

  by JW GoneBad in

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  Richard_I

  jw.org is first for me when i search both jw and jehovah's witnesses

  http://i.imgur.com/Aqtd4Sw.png http://i.imgur.com/nw4tKzF.png

  as DwainBowman said, results are not always the same across multiple computers because Google tailors results based on your previous searches and ads you click and other stuff, but jw.org should always be #1 simply due to wt's seo
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  CO's visit ends with a bombshell!!!

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  at the end of his final talk he said of the gb: they are telling the higher ups , "start getting ready we're not going to be around much longer!

  " and we expect the angels to release the four winds any day now!

  " my first thought was why are you building a corporate country club then?!

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  Richard_I

  This isn't a bombshell, this has been regularly spoken about for a long time. I remember my CO in my pioneer school saying the GB "can feel the end is near" and that was in 2009. Hell, Wayne Johnson, a DO, said right from the platform in an assembly with over 400 people that he expected armageddon within six months and that was more than 5 years ago too.
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  Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

  by Londo111 in

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  2. scandals

  from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

  it seems that the wts legal dept.

  has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

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  Sounds like BS (actually, I know it's BS), I actually laughed out loud when I read this. They don't even take down their own videos off of YouTube, which violate their copyright. They don't give a shit about apostates and never will. They don't look at the forums, they don't have a team that "surf FB and YouTube daily" (again, they would be removing the full videos from YouTube if this was the case) and they already know all the major problems within JWs which seems to be porn, masturbation, fornication, and adultery. These three things are the most popular disfellowshipping acts and all the counsel is solely focused on sexual activity, look at all the stupid porn articles that they shoot out and in a WT last year said you can be DF'ed if you regularly look at porn
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  What has happened to the District Overseers in the UK

  by usualusername in

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  is dave algar in bethel?.

  has michael purbrick become a pioneer again?.

  just what are these guys doing now?.

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  In Canada, DO's have been reassigned as COs if they are under 70. If they are over 70, they are sent to a congregation (I think around Toronto) as special pioneers (on the infirm list so hours don't matter but they keep the fancy title), so they are still supported by bethel. I don't know if some were assigned to Bethel though. It's one or the other.
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  2014 Annual Meeting not being streamed worldwide?

  by Richard_I in

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  i haven't heard a peep about the 2014 annual meeting being shown worldwide (or at least across north america) like it was last year.

  they made a big deal with the am last year, congs had to get the projectors and screens for the showing, and we were told in advance of the time and location to attend.

  but i have heard absolutely nothing this year, at least here in canada.

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  Richard_I

  I haven't heard a peep about the 2014 Annual Meeting being shown worldwide (or at least across North America) like it was last year. They made a big deal with the AM last year, congs had to get the projectors and screens for the showing, and we were told in advance of the time and location to attend. But I have heard absolutely nothing this year, at least here in Canada. Maybe there's nothing new being announced this year?

  To those still attending, has your cong been invited to a stream or something? It just seems odd that that last year was such a big deal and this year... Nothing.
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  Current circuit visit

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  as we are into the third week of the new circuit visit arrangement, i was wondering if any had experienced it yet and whether there are any changes.

  what is done with the spare evening?

  anyone tried to get an appointment through with the c/o doing the appointing?

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  Richard_I

  I can confirm there's no change at all, its just your typical CO visit with one less meeting, which is kind of odd since the Friday meeting focused on the congregation and was supposed to be the CO "encouraging" (aka scolding) the congregation. Now its just a generic Tuesday talk, public talk and then concluding talk about how "wonderful" the organization is. Just a bunch of BS. Also I guess the Friday evening is supposed to be Family Worship instead.