Brokeback Watchtower

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  Infighting at the top?

  by JeffT in

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  9 years ago

  we've all been trying to decipher what is going on at the top of the watchtower organization.

  clearly, the game's afoot, we just don't know what game we're playing.

  item: the constant harping about money and donations.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  I think the money talk and grabbing may be about controlling the assets, rather than some actual shortage of funds. It's possible that the money is ending up in different parts of the organization, under the control of different individuals.

  I really think the money shortage actually exist the reason being that these CEOs/GB are really uneducated and have been making bad business decisions for decades especially from the time they switched in the 1980s to a complete donation basis for their main product printed material. Being that they are delusional CEOs they have been slow in making the need changes to their corporation to make it profitable, but due to the lack of transparency we have no idea about how long they have been operating in the red or in negative cash flow which has been slowly eating away at the surplus from the heady years of profit and expansion.

  Also since they are in deep denial over any negative facts and steeped in wishful thinking I'm sure they have brought themselves to the nightmarish stage of wishful thinking in which everything goes to hell in a wicker basket.

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  What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

  by nicolaou in

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  9 years ago

  here in the uk new drinking guidelines have been issued which suggest "no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine.".

  another piece of the advice which is getting a lot of attention is that "if people drink, it should be moderately over three or more days and that some days should be alcohol-free.".

  already people are making cries of "nanny state!

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  About 2 drinks a day beer mostly.

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  Governing Body perks

  by Lostandfound in

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  9 years ago

  i had heard that gb members flew first class, does anyone know if this is so?.

  also, bethel living accommodation, do they have same standard as all bethelites or do they get luxury quarters.. same for cars, are they provided luxury cars as was once the case?.

  or are they all sharing in the downsizing, who cooks for them, cleans and does laundry.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  I can't hardly see the GB doing their own cooking.

  Maybe AM#3 can make them up some of those burnt hot dogs he was talking about when he was in Vietnam?

  I wonder how everybody at Bethel is enjoying their assignments now that they have to work more picking up after themselves and if the rooms are looking like a real mess. It sure don't have the makings of a spiritual paradise any more. Will they have the same arrangement at Warwick?

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  Thinking

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  9 years ago

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdguruc99zc

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  What are Strangest Grounds For Disfellowshiping You Have Heard Of?

  by new boy in

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  18 years ago

  in 1961 my father was disfellowshipped for not doing to the kingdom hall he was assigned to.. if i'm lying...my dying!.

  it was the glendora california congeration.

  the committee was.. john smoley.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  Speaking against the Organization was my DF'n reason.

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  Is the Watchtower organisation facing the biggest crisis of its history?

  by slimboyfat in

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  9 years ago

  recent developments make me think they might be.

  the problems they are facing are not just lack of funds but also draining authority, and the two could be a heady and explosive mix.

  one of the best analyses ever written of the watchtower was a book called "trumpet of prophecy" by sociologist james beckford in the 1970s.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  I think the situation is very grave for the corporation and the 15% increase in funds for the last 2 months a out right lie or produced by some creative book keeping.

  Also I wouldn't trust the organization figures about growth because they are in serious denial of anything negative happening to the corporation. Their tract record of lying and misinterpretation of situations needs to be brought to the table when analyzing anything they put in print or say. The fact that they are putting a halt to all these project should be a very real indicator that they are in serious trouble, which is no doubt exacerbated by their own denial to face the facts and a deep retreat into their delusional appointment by a supreme Deity(believing their own bullshit hype).

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  General health after learning TTATT

  by Darkknight757 in

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  9 years ago

  4 months ago i was conducting the watchtower study along with a long list of responsibilities that come with being an elder in a very goofy congregation.

  during this time my health was going down hill.

  i've always had a low blood pressure,(102/65 or abouts) but for the past year it had creeped up to 135/90 range.. so 2 months ago after learning ttatt, i'm still considered an elder because the brothers won't let me step down, but i haven't done anything in that time except comment once at a meeting a few weeks ago.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  I'll have to say that the day-to-day stress of life has been much relieved since knowing what is really going on though.

  Could be that your cognitive dissonance has been lessened which creates discomfort. I'm sure it is a multiplication of things having a good effect once you learn TTAT . I'm sure results can vary depending on set and setting when one learns TTAT.

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  Thinking

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  General health after learning TTATT

  by Darkknight757 in

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  9 years ago

  4 months ago i was conducting the watchtower study along with a long list of responsibilities that come with being an elder in a very goofy congregation.

  during this time my health was going down hill.

  i've always had a low blood pressure,(102/65 or abouts) but for the past year it had creeped up to 135/90 range.. so 2 months ago after learning ttatt, i'm still considered an elder because the brothers won't let me step down, but i haven't done anything in that time except comment once at a meeting a few weeks ago.

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  Brokeback Watchtower 9 years ago

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-j-mann-md/stress-and-hypertension_b_2517600.html

  .....Over decades, thousands of studies funded by hundreds of millions of National Institutes of Health dollars have been performed. It is long past time to ask: What has this enormous body of research taught us regarding the understanding or treatment of hypertension? Should further money be poured into mind/body research in hypertension? In this two-part blog, I will address these questions, based on what research tells us, and based on my own research and clinical experience.
  It is clear that in most cases, genetic factors and health habits (diet, weight, salt intake, lack of exercise) are the major contributors to hypertension. In my professional estimation, about 40 percent of hypertension is attributable to genetic factors, and another 40-50 percent to health habits. Healthy diet and exercise have been consistently shown to lower blood pressure. In some they normalize blood pressure, but in many they don't, either because of genetic factors that don't respond to these measures, or because of inadequate adherence to healthy habits. Here, medications will usually do the job, and, in fact, 50 of the 75 million Americans with hypertension are taking medication.
  What, then, is the role of psychological factors? Psychological studies in hypertension focus on identifying psychological causes, but not on the proportion of hypertension that is attributable to psychological factors. My research and experience suggest that psychological factors do not play a major role in most cases, but are very relevant in about 10-15 percent, and that research attention should be focused on that 10-15 percent and not on everyone with hypertension. ........

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