AndDontCallMeShirley

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  JW.org shows that the society doesn't really want to talk to people who aren't witnesses

  by Skinnedsheep in

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  2. friends

  i find it fascinating to see how quickly the society has about faced on the use of the internet.

  interestingly they still have not adopted two way communication channels such as facebook, twitter, instagram.

  etc.. if you are lurking....why do you think that is?

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  Interestingly they still have not adopted two way communication

  WT is not famous for two way communication. They speak, you listen. That's it.
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  Local Elder wins hot tub.

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an elder in my cong.

  test drove a new a car and was entered in this contest to win a new hot tub.

  i don't know if he had to enter to was just.

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  Vidiot: Frankly, at this point, I have a hard time visualizing you not pulling things out of your ass

  I actually can't argue this point.
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  Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so said the co last night.. apparently a jw was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from pixar and when the man from pixar heard that he was a jw the pixar man just gushed over what great work that the watchtower has done in producing the caleb video's.

  he siad he only wished pixar could do such great work.

  the co said we are able to do it because we have free labor and jehovah behind us.. my husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the co said in his talk.. the co also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period.

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  @ skeetr1 : What did the Pixar guy say about the deaf video?

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  Pixar had nothing to say about the WT masterbation video...but Carpal Tunnel surgeons absolutely love it!
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  Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so said the co last night.. apparently a jw was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from pixar and when the man from pixar heard that he was a jw the pixar man just gushed over what great work that the watchtower has done in producing the caleb video's.

  he siad he only wished pixar could do such great work.

  the co said we are able to do it because we have free labor and jehovah behind us.. my husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the co said in his talk.. the co also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period.

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  I was recently sitting next to the CEO of Nike, and he is really jealous of the "JW.Org" assembly tote bags. He wishes Nike could think up really cool stuff like WT does.
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  Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so said the co last night.. apparently a jw was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from pixar and when the man from pixar heard that he was a jw the pixar man just gushed over what great work that the watchtower has done in producing the caleb video's.

  he siad he only wished pixar could do such great work.

  the co said we are able to do it because we have free labor and jehovah behind us.. my husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the co said in his talk.. the co also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period.

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  @ Magnum: I'd love to know whether the Pixar incident really happened at all and if it did, how the conversation really went.

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  The CO happened to be in the same airport as a guy from Pixar. As they sat in the waiting area, here's what happened:

  CO: "Hi. I'm a Jehovah's Witness. You probably didn't recognize me without my literature trolley parked 30 feet away while I sip a Grande Starbucks Frappuccino. But I do have a "JW. Org" lapel pin. See."

  Pixar Guy: "Yeah, I've heard of JWs. One of the janitors in the home office is one of you."

  CO: "Has he shown you our latest animated feature that we take full credit for producing but we actually hired it out to a worldly firm?"

  Pixar Guy: "Yes, I've seen it. You get what you pay for and JWs work for free, right?"

  CO: "True."

  Pixar Guy: "At Pixar, we know in order to get the best, you must hire the best, and that means paying our people big bucks. I'm glad that we at Pixar do not have to rely on slave labor to do what we do. Actually paying people makes all the difference in the world."

  CO: "Care for a sip of my Frappuccino?"
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  How do you measure a Jehovah’s Witness?

  by Londo111 in

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  2. beliefs

  im just thinking outloud and, of course, you are welcome to think aloud with me.. (1) there are the metrics used in the yearbook totals.

  the average publisher count measures only those who reported time.

  likely, most of those who attend the memorial are those inactive or somehow associated in some way, shape, or form.. (2) there is meeting attendance.

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  The way JWs measure themselves is with an invisible ruler.

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  To your point, since WT is by all definitions a secret society, the truth will most likely never be known.
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  Local Elder wins hot tub.

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an elder in my cong.

  test drove a new a car and was entered in this contest to win a new hot tub.

  i don't know if he had to enter to was just.

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  And once again, I am never invited to those parties.....................;-(

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  consider yourself invited....
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  Local Elder wins hot tub.

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an elder in my cong.

  test drove a new a car and was entered in this contest to win a new hot tub.

  i don't know if he had to enter to was just.

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  @ DFTS: he thought that JW's could not participate in the stock market because that was no different than gambling at a casino

  By that moronic reasoning a JW should never buy a house either.

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  @ DoC: As I recall hot tubs lead to over drinking and swinger parties.

  Why do you think I bought one?

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  @ Vidiot: I don't know what's weirder...these four scenarios you just pulled out of your ass, or the fact that I can actually visualize them being used in demonstrations at an assembly.

  I think what's weird is you visualizing me pulling things out of my ass . Which, by the way, would make for a great assembly demonstration.
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  How much did the other countries pay for the 1000 kingdom halls in the philippines!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ref: http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/1000-kingdom-halls-philippines/.

  while looking at the article one thousand kingdom halls and counting on jw.org, it immediately made me think: ahhh, this is where a large portion of the funds for the construction projects must go.

  clearly, the philippinos are all poor and they need the financial support of richer countries.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  What is it with Catholic countries and the JWs?

  WT has always had a hardon for the CC and holds some permanent angst against it. Simply put, WT condemns the CC only because the CC got there first and WT hates being runner up.

  To the OP: WT operates much like government bean counters. It can turm losses into gains, failures into triumphs all by creative accounting tactics. Despite the fact that the number of JWs is allegedly increasing, and the number of hours counted annually is increasing, while baptisms simultaneously stall or decrease, is creatively turned into growth and "progress" by WT.

  Since WT has no transparency whatsover and cannot be audited by a neutral party, all one can do is speculate as to what's really going on. Short of outrightly fabricating the numbers (think: Enron) anyone with a fifth grade education can run the numbers and see WT is at the very least fudging somewhere along the way.
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  Local Elder wins hot tub.

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an elder in my cong.

  test drove a new a car and was entered in this contest to win a new hot tub.

  i don't know if he had to enter to was just.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  His options at this point:

  1. He will refuse the hot tub because hot tubs are fun and make life more enjoyable. A definite "no, no" for a JW. Time spent soaking in a hot tub is time stolen from Jehovah™, the God of Minutiae and the consummate Party Pooper.

  2. He will accept the hot tub and immediately sell it. The proceeds will go to WT, where it will be used towards the new steam room in the Warwick Country Club spa and gymnasium facility.

  3. He will see winning the hot tub as a test of Satan. Will he succumb to Satan's crafty ways and soak? Or will he remain faithful to Jehovah and not soak?

  4. Despite the elder suffering from chronic back pain and neck stiffness, using the hot tub may mean alleviation of his muscle pain...but shows a clear lack of faith that Armageddon is coming "soon". If he waits just a little while longer for the Paradise Earth to fix his pain, instead of Satan's hot tub, he will be able to brag to Moses and John the Baptist that he was a JW of exceptional faith in the "Last Days".