Posts by Barrold Bonds

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January jw-tv broadcast with Lett

by bohm in

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lett is back with a vengance!.

* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.

* since last may "so many good things have happened".

Barrold Bonds

I don't want to watch the whole thing, but what's the time stamp for when he says they need more money?

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Kim and mikeys chanel on YouTube they uploaded a video of more singing and dancing

by Crazyguy in

on their chanel they are showing a video of a special assembly day in belgium i believe.

the jws are dancing dressed in black and red, satanic colores.

singing and playing worldly songs and kingdom melodies.

Is the Pioneer School being eliminated?

by wannaexit in

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i heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.

it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.

then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.

Barrold Bonds

Yeah what Socrates and Magnum said. It was just the COs giving their personal opinions as dogma.

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of course, no one could ever fully replace "our oracle for over 50 years" (ray franz quoting karl klein or someone else on the gb back in the days of gb i in cofc somewhere ), but i have to wonder just who on gb ii has come to fill fred franz's shoes the most.

it seems like it is david splane.

he appears to be in charge of the writing department, proposes and pushes thru the gb most of the doctrinal changes (he announces them so they're his baby), and like ff, fancies himself musically inclined.

Barrold Bonds

The best part of the Fred Franz legacy is that the vast majority of his stuff isn't even considered doctrine anymore.

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What are the economics of cart witnessing?

by slimboyfat in

on another thread shepherdless sketched out the past business model of jws and its demise.

until 1990 they were a straightforward publishing business with the tremendous advantage of free labour in production and free distribution agents.

since then they've been relying on donations for literature to keep the old model going.

Barrold Bonds

Man, if I were still in and pioneering, that shit would be so easy. I'd buy the cart myself and just park my ass on the corner. Pop in my headphones and listen to podcasts all day while racking up the time.

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Chaos at Brooklyn Bethel 12/2016

by James Jack in

this was how it was described to me yesterday by a brother who has been there for some 40 years.

"everyone is about gone; the governing body is set to leave within 2 months; the kitchen and laundry personnel are gone and i have to fend for myself now.".

"also the aggravation of 4 to 5 business men in suits with clipboards daily checking out the watchtower properties.

Barrold Bonds

From what I've seen, if the guy is stuck in 'middle management' at Bethel, he's getting the axe. I knew a ton of Bethelites who were there for 20+ years and in that middle run. Bethel elders overseeing a department or sub-department. They were all sent packing.

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Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO properties the Jehovah's Witnesses haven't yet sold: Part One

by wifibandit in

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/30/brooklyn-heights-and-dumbo-properties-jehovahs-witnesses-havent-yet-sold-part.

21 clark st.. .

80 willow st.. .

Barrold Bonds

they'll definitely sell those buildings. Towers (Clark st) is beautiful and in an amazing location. One of the Willow St. properties was renovated relatively recently.

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JW Real Estate Owned

by badcompany in

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i just spoke to my dad who's been an elder since ~'72 and still is.

he told me about a meeting he just had about kh annual maintenance.

whoever led the meeting (not sure who) announced the world leaders in re locations owned:.

Barrold Bonds

most of those locations are going to be fairly small buildings. If you factored in the square footage and acreage of ALL the branches, assembly halls, KH's, etc, that MAY be true.

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