This is also now being shown to Elders (again) and ministerial servants at circuit visits.
Posts by 88JM
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by Watchtower-Free inwatchtower minions have pulled down jwsurveys links .
here's another one .. the gb should be held liable for this crap.
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.
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WITNESSES FEAR THE TRUTH - WIKIPEDIA
by The Searcher inevery time i submit the following update to wikipeda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kingdom_hall#funding - some poor deluded individual/s keeps deleting.. i wonder who it could be?????????.
"as of may 2014, the funding of kingdom hall construction around the world has changed, as per the instructions of the governing body's letter to all congregations, downloadable from this link - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/279067/1/2014-03-29-boe-confidentials-pdf-adjustment-to-financing-kingdom-hall-and-assembly-hall-construction-worldwide.
the previous form of funding was facilitated by entirely by voluntary donations.
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88JM
You could always try start a discussion on the talk page for the article?
I don't really have much experience with the politics of Wikipedia editing - from what I know, it's like a cult all of it's own.
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Look! It was very good or: Evil in the Animal Kingdom
by TheOldHippie ini have fed a number of birds regularly thru winter, and among the species were some doves.
this spring, two of them took a liking for each other and teamed up.
for a couple of weeks, extensive construction work was jointly done and resulted in a nice little nest, undoubtedly a cosy home for the small family which expected to multiply.
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88JM
It's been mentioned before, but see also - gestation of the tiger shark: http://www.livescience.com/29198-shark-embryos-cannibalize-others.html
Or jewel wasps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_cockroach_wasp
All part of God's wonderful creation, folks!
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A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement
by TTATTelder inthe gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.
you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?
well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.
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88JM
I'm from the UK, so it's not just being rolled out in the US but other places too. Maybe worldwide?
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New Hall Funding Arrangement
by thedog1 inwell our local needs part on this went very uneventfully.
the brother read it out in such a way that the main thrust was the new arrangement with only two donation boxes in the hall.
then, almost as an afterthought to the proposed resolution to send exactly what we used to send as the loan repayment, he casually mentioned that we would no longer be paying a loan.
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88JM
Much the same experience at the hall here too - the real meaning of the change was totally lost in all the waffle.
My comments here on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/279525/6/A-serving-elders-take-on-the-new-tithing-arrangement#5007283
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A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement
by TTATTelder inthe gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.
you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?
well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.
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88JM
So I'm just back from the meeting where the letter got read.
After reading the full letter and the post-script here online, I was ready for quite a shock in the congregation. However, you always forget that people hearing it only and for the first time don't have time to deciper what is being said, especially if the reader is bad and the important bits get buried in all the waffle.
I would say the reaction of the audience at the time seemed to be boredom and/or confusion. One long-serving sister almost had her head in her hands - either in confusion or disappointment - it was hard to tell.
The elder doing the local needs part was the worst reader here - at the best of times he is quite a jittery and nervous guy, but I swear he was almost visibly sweating reading this letter - maybe because he knows what it really means for the congregation.
There was no mention of taking individual anonymous surveys here - maybe they will go for the "calculate a number" approach. I don't think anyone got the full meaning of the letter, and of course, most of the important stuff is buried in the post-script anyway.
The elder did a brief intro before he read the letter - how blessed we are etc. and even said how lucky we are that we are not like other religions: "we don't pass a plate and we don't do tithing". I found this quite sickening, because at that point he was just outright lying to a room full of people. He even referred back to Exodus 25:2 from the bible highlights which was also mentioned then as well, but with a positive spin about "how nice it is that we are like that" etc.
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Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...
by TTATTelder indear brothers:.
we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.
dom halls and assembly halls.. .
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88JM
After the reading of the first letter tonight during the local needs, the brother mentioned that they had also recieved another letter yesterday asking for photos of and details about the current condition of each Kingdom Hall. I don't think that is the "additional" letter being referred to in this thread - does anyone have the one I'm talking about?
There are apparently also letters about each kingdom hall getting internet access and projectors as well - I don't mean assembly halls getting that, I mean individual kindgom halls. I'm aware of previous letters about assembly halls getting such facilities, but it seems they want to extend that now to individual congregations?
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Have I Missed Something? Boko Haram.
by Joe Grundy ina group of bastards, in the name of their islamic religion, under the name 'boko haram' (or 'western education is forbidden') have kidnapped hundreds of youg girls from their school and are threatening to sell them - not least because in their religious view the girls should be married, not pursuing education.. .
have i missed the wt public statement condemning this?
or that of other religions, come to that?
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88JM
Celebrities including Angelia Jolie have spoken out on it too:
The media in general has been way too slow on this though - it was way down the running on TV news for the first week or two at least. The governments have also left it way too late.
When you contrast that response to the immediate, international effort that went out when the Malaysian Airliner went down, it's really quite shocking.
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How to become an MS in no time
by Batman89 inthe method i used lol.
1) be a good servant and make sure your wt and pub are always underlined every meeting(great for appearances).
2) comment every meeting(a "sure way" to know someones "spiritually qualified").
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88JM
Totally agree Just Kidding - I must have been doing the bare minimum and the small congregation still appointed me. I was actually quite shocked when they told me.
I only wish I had found JWN before then, because I would have certainly turned it down if I had known. They didn't really even give me the opportunity to refuse, just ambushed me in the back of a car before the meeting.
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Speculation on why now?
by Crazyguy inin the last couple of years the org has gone money crazy, selling off over a billion dollars worth of property and now a new tithing program.
just wonder what every one thinks is the reason for all this now?.
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88JM
I did suspect it was maybe for legal reasons myself. During cases they fight in court, it seems judges can have assets frozen or have to put money aside at least, like they had to do with the Conti case. Maybe that scared them and they don't want to have their hands tied like that again?