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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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  Oubliette

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Oubliette

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

  Yeppers, It's Jee-HO-vah's edjucashional program.
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  More Conditioning in Sunday's Watchtower

  by Socrateswannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  have you read the article, "this is our place of worship" in the july 15, 2015 study edition of the watchtower?

  it is the study article for this coming sunday.

  note the brainwashing techniques they're using to condition the jws to a total takeover of their kingdom halls, in the excerpts below.

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  Oubliette

  Socrates, great observations!
  
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  Impression of Leaked Letter Regarding Annual Meeting

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the letter that watchtower free put up was very interesting.

  here is my impression.. the watchtower is becoming more and more geared towards idiots.

  the midweek meeting has a stupid name, and the parts sound equally dumb.

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  Oubliette

  sir82: In less than 10 years, the Awake magazine has gone from 768 pages of content per year (24 issues x 32 pages each) to 96 pages of content per year (6 issues x 16 pages each). That's a 87.5% reduction in content.

  THAT is a very astute observation!!!
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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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  Oubliette

  Wow, those are a lot of changes!

  Mostly they seem like change for change sake. A lot of rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic.

  It must drive the GB guys crazy that this stuff is getting leaked before the Annual Meeting!
  

  "a new 224-page publication entitled What Can the Bible Teach Us? [that] will be useful when studying with individuals who need to have the truth presented in a simpler manner"

  A 224 page book for simpletons.

  Clearly, the WT leadership has no clue about good teaching, even after all these years.

  
  
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  "Standing Firm" But For Whom?

  by DNCall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a musician friend of mine had listened to the score i wrote for one of the organizations videos.

  i actually split the assignment with another composer who is now in residence in patterson.

  i had mentioned to my friend that i was really conflicted while working on this project and she asked me to provide the back-story for my work on jehovahs witnesses stand firm against nazi assault.

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  DNCall: Rutherford knew well the value of persecution in galvanizing his followers and winning support from outsiders. ... To that end, Rutherford tested the German Witnesses' obedience to his directives, under the pretense of obedience and exclusive devotion to God. In reality, he was sacrificing them to gain recognition and publicity for the Witness organization as a whole.

  It seems clear that Rutherford was only interested in one thing: Rutherford.

  Since his time, this organization clearly became a legalistic machine designed to promote and achieve the desires of whoever was at the helm, no matter the human cost.

  A friend of mine once said, what the WTBTS has done to its own is a crime against humanity.

  
  

  
  
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  Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  K99: as far as he was concerned there is loads of LDC work underway and coming up.

  Where?

  Where exactly is all of this work "underway and coming up"?

  A survey of sources on this forum from all over the world reveals these alleged "building projects" are always happening "somewhere else."

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  Is the WT SLOW-ly Changing the importance of the Door to Door preaching work to something more profitable?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its been a couple of weeks since a new c.o.

  was appointed to the circuit and im starting to hear tidbits of his talks..

  one brother told me that in one of his talks he asked the question; .

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  Talesin, nice find from the July 2015 WT. That confirms my assessment on page 2 of this thread!
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  Is the WT SLOW-ly Changing the importance of the Door to Door preaching work to something more profitable?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its been a couple of weeks since a new c.o.

  was appointed to the circuit and im starting to hear tidbits of his talks..

  one brother told me that in one of his talks he asked the question; .

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  xjwsrock: They are also handing out titles like "remote bethelite" to people that are doing remote programming and drafting work for these construction projects.

  You forgot: "Commuter Bethelite"