Oubliette

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  Reworked video where Sophia re-thinks giving money to the WTBTS.

  by notjustyet in

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  it looks like sophia is starting to wake up,.... if this video does not embed, will someone more int he know please take the url and fix it in a post below.. thanks, .

  njy.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmfhkzm0fm4.

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  Oubliette

  Funny.

  It's probably even protected under the parody provision of US Copyright Laws.
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  I just called Brooklyn Bethel about construction shut down

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  i just called brooklyn bethel service dept.

  they said they had not heard anything about a worldwide shut down of construction.

  i asked if he had heard about london bethel shutting down construction.. he said no that it was a surprise to him.

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  WF, thanks for sharing your call.

  The brother that answered your call clearly did not deny the rumor, he just said he hadn't heard it and wasn't in a position to comment.

  The fact is: anything other than a confirmation is pretty meaningless. Even a denial wouldn't mean much. It's not like the WT leadership has an unvarnished record of honesty and transparency.
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  How do we know the WTS monitors this site? Can anyone tell me for sure?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  i keep hearing this in threads.....

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  It's an interesting question.

  If they do, the control freaks that run the WTBTS must be absolutely livid at all the leaks that are coming out of their own sinking ship!
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  Just 'phoned London Bethel!

  by The Searcher in

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  i asked if the new britain branch construction had stopped, and i was told that "the governing body instructed us to cease all work on the project.".

  "earthquakes" in one place after another!.

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  Searcher and Bohm, thanks.

  This is really interesting!!!
  
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  A simple explanation for the financial changes

  by JeffT in

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  as i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.

  i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.

  i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.

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  LisaRose: Maybe it's just a temporary cash flow issue, or maybe they have some hits on their investments, or maybe there are lawsuits we don't know about, it's hard to say.

  Or maybe the people that are REALLY running this scam cashed out and are now MIA: adios, sayonara, so long, ciao.

  
  
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  A simple explanation for the financial changes

  by JeffT in

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  as i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.

  i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.

  i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.

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  JeffT: there is no big (or little) plan, there is nothing to figure out because they don't know what they're doing.

  Thanks for supporting what I've been saying for years.

  You have seven uneducated yahoos that actually believe "God chose them" to lead his people.

  They're complete fuckin' idiots. They were handed on a silver platter a growing religion (aka real estate and publishing empire) and they drove it into the ground because they are stupid.

  Yes, that's right: Tight Pants Tonny, Ol' Rubber-face Stevie, Sammy the Bigot, Davey the 'splainer, Jack-me-off Geoffey, Douche-bag Lösch and Marky-mark the Wannabe-Underlapper are all a bunch of fuckin' delusional, paranoid idiots.

  Any god that would pick these guys for anything oughta' have His head examined!
  

  Let's review children: It's a cult!
  
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  Massive Bible contradiction of the Draw Close to Jehovah book. Or Jehovah is not loving.

  by Island Man in

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  "love...does not rejoice over unrighteousness.

  " the new english bible here reads: "love...does not gloat over other men's sins.

  " moffatt's translation says: "love is never glad when others go wrong.

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  Island Man: Contrast the text I highlighted above from the Watchtower publication with what Proverbs 1:23-27 says about how Jehovah feels toward those who fare badly because of not following his counsel

  Yeah, Jehovah's a petty little tyrant.

  Feel free to tell him I said so.
  
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  I just put the first ten paragraphs of Chapter 1 from the Bible Teach book through a Gunning fog Index calculator.

  Here is the result: The Gunning Fog index is 6.125

  The index estimates the years of formal education needed to understand the text on a first reading. In other words, this book is written at approximately a 6th grade level.

  So they're simplifying that. This suggests that the WT leadership is lowering the bar on their expectations for their converts.

  Maybe they think that people aren't smart enough to understand "the truth." The problem is that their beliefs aren't hard to understand, it's that they don't make sense!

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick

  by sir82 in

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  heard 4th-hand, but from a full-on believer, so not likely to be an "apostate lie":.

  apparently, at bethel's morning worship this morning, it was announced that all worldwide wts construction is "suspended" for an indefinite time, except for the new world headquarters at warwick.. also, the "relocation" of remote translating teams is also suspended.. finally, there will be a "worldwide" reduction in bethel personnel.. all this came to me in a non-english language, and,as noted, 4th-hand.

  so it is possible something may have been lost in translation and/or in the multiple steps between bethel morning worship & me.. but if true, it would be quite stunning.

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  The Comet: I think they're in major financial trouble, long-term.

  I guess they forgot about Luke 14:28:

  • For example, who of you wanting to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expense to see if he has enough to complete it?

  
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  Evidently, the GB boys didn't first "sit down and calculate the expense to see if [they have] enough to complete it.
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  So now they have a simplified version of the simple book?

  Yeppers, It's Jee-HO-vah's edjucashional program.