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  How Detached Are The Governing Body From Members Of the Bethel Family Where They Live?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  well consider for a moment the layoffs at bethel?

  the gb simply reassigned them out in the field for after many years of service it seems with out batting an eye with no real severance pay.

  now to me that spells detachment and lack of any real concern for those who served loyally for years.. spain is trying to get some type benefits for the people/citizens in their country who served the wt corporation for years and are no longer of any use to the corporation.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Great comments.

  I was at bethell in the mid 70's when the dropped the 4 year requirement after Knorr's power as president was cut in two by the forming of committees made up of GBs in 74 i believe and I think that was when I first herd of making bethel a career and I got out of their in 76 after only a year in a half at the place, because I could see the big difficulty I would be in if I stayed their for very long and got kicked out for something and had absolutely no money.

  This batch of GB's seems to be the most detached GBs ever, except for perhaps Knorr, I herd all kinds of comment about how he as prez would always do the text and many old timers were glad to see him not doing the mourning worship. He had to be a real prick.

  Anyway that was 40+ years ago.
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  How Detached Are The Governing Body From Members Of the Bethel Family Where They Live?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well consider for a moment the layoffs at bethel?

  the gb simply reassigned them out in the field for after many years of service it seems with out batting an eye with no real severance pay.

  now to me that spells detachment and lack of any real concern for those who served loyally for years.. spain is trying to get some type benefits for the people/citizens in their country who served the wt corporation for years and are no longer of any use to the corporation.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Well consider for a moment the layoffs at bethel? The GB simply reassigned them out in the field for after many years of service it seems with out batting an eye with no real severance pay. Now to me that spells detachment and lack of any real concern for those who served loyally for years.

  Spain is trying to get some type benefits for the people/citizens in their country who served the WT corporation for years and are no longer of any use to the corporation. The WT is doing everything in it power not to fairly give those workers anything that will cost the corporation money bottom line.

  Massive layoffs of workers at headquarters where they are given short notice to pack their bags and leave the premises I think spells out just how much they really care about those close to them as neighbors and friends living in the same building.

  Now they make a showing display of love to the bethel family while they live in their ivory tower aloof from the suffering of those that serve them there at bethel.

  At some point it must become noticeable to those not completely brain dead from eating all that spiritual food at the faithful and discreet's table.

  The F&DS/GB are bottom line company/corporation men whose main concern is financial prosperity of the corporation no matter what or who may stand in the way.
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  What Comes After the Watchtower Collapse?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was going to put this in my thread about pyramid schemes, but i thought it's discreet enough to warrant its own.

  1) there are many faithful jws.

  2) there are many men and women who could take control and fill the void if the watchtower collapses.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I'm of the feeling that these guys on the GB are so delusional that they just might by their own vainglorious stupidity sink the whole printing empire by means of idiotic business decisions. It could come in a decade or two.

  I think some splinter groups might form but quickly fizzle out due to lack of interest because of poorly developed sermons and no ridged enforcement of corporation policies. My estimate is in about 40 years all traces of the WT empire will be gone as in they disappear into nothingness.
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  How can anyone who is truly spiritual-minded attend Bethel and not realize it's all a scam

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  not that i was any better(lol - but as i sat back and thought about the time i spent there, and the things i saw i feel disgusted.. i could literally write a thousand stories about the discrimination, favortism and all out dishonest that took place but i doubt anyone would actually care.

  the one thing however that really sticks out in my mind is when i was in a nice room with my roommate that he kind of inherited after his previous roommate left.

  it actually had a bathroom and we both had space for real beds(not those dang trundle beds like we had in standish).. .

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  In answer to your question I guess it depends on basically what you mean for the term 'spiritual minded' the idea that this is a mind control cult that has power over the definition of words so that the term 'spiritual minded' carries with it the idea of heavily indoctrinated.

  My idea of spiritual minded is probably different than yours. Since I'm a introspective introvert my idea of spiritually minded would be someone like a Zen monk that spends a good portion of his day gazing inward by meditation to gain/on a quest to permanent enlightenment.
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  Janet Jackson before and after pics

  by moomanchu in

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  2. friends

  guess she is a muslim now, golly.. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/janet-jackson-spotted-first-time-9106989.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Well I feel sorry for her in some sense because she is a public figure, and she is definitely brave to be exposing herself like that. I don't think she has been performing for quite some time, she's got lots of money and she married wealth so brave might not be the right word. More or less this might allow more freedom from the paparazzi in time as a person no longer of much public interest and the more privacy that comes with it.
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  The Psychology Of Trolling

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2640059937&feature=iv&src_vid=hv9weqlebuo&v=5gqhtlbp6iy.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2640059937&feature=iv&src_vid=HV9WEqLeBuo&v=5gqHTlBp6iY
  
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  Petr Muzny: A Law Professor Explains His Faith

  by konceptual99 in

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  this is absolutely feckin' priceless.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/viewpoints-origin-of-life/petr-muzny-law-professor/.

  in yet another appeal to authority, jw.org has trotted out a professional to vouch for creation.

  this guy is a law professor.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  What a fucking educated moron. Expert on human thinking my ass! If he's an expert on human thinking what the hell is he doing in a printing/religion/charity scam mind control cult?

  Apparently he needs some refresher courses on 'delusional thinking' so he can expertly spot it in the Governing Body who's asses he been kissing to become their highly educated poster boy in their battle with evolutionary science.

  How stupid! If he's a professor some one ought to report him to the university he works at because some one that stupid should not be a college professor. Especially considering all the legal trouble the WT is in these days why would someone in that profession want to become their public advocate?

  Let's forget the GB has publicly put down getting a higher education and this clown still mention his education as if it were a badge of honor, and there he is right on a GB sponsored video,, is this guy completely oblivious to this fact. He may specialize in human thinking but it doesn't seem to be doing him any good.
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  The Unknown Secrets of the Bible - Documentary

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lonvoxug14a.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lonvoxUG14A
  
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  WTS Rich or Hurting for $$$

  by Zeds Dead in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  seen a few discussions asking if the wts are hurting for $$ or still sitting on a mountain of gold.. regardless of their child abuse legal fees and ongoing broadcasting for more dough, i believe they have piles and piles of cash.. talked with a diff'd accountant who sat in the accounting dept.

  at the conventions for years.. a football stadium (or the like) costs them about $70 - 90,000 to rent for a 3 day dub show.

  they take in $400,000 in donations from the r&f.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  If we look at the child molestations lawsuit as draining their money assets the possibility may exist but not from that alone, what must be factored in is the loss of reputation and it's effect on the rank and file as they are selling their Kingdom Halls out from under them to offset financial losses. The dried up support and lack funds there of will deplete even faster with a Zero credit rating spells real trouble coming at them at warp speed reguardless of how far they string along the gullible into believing they are God's official line of communication for the earth.

  The recent selling of KHs is a death knell for them financially they will never survive in the information age they are doomed. I don't think their is an accountant that could help them out now I'm afraid, it will be divide the spoils in court as every one wants a piece of the pie in recompense from fraud with a capital F.
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  Major congregational quake in Southern California

  by Hecce in

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  2. beliefs

  this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.

  a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.

  the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  This new arrangement from the WT corporation to sell & consolidate should be considered its Death Knell!

  Once they start selling KHs out from under the rank and file bad feelings will start to form no matter what type of "encouragement" they give to "adjust' them towards complete acceptance. Once this starts happening it will spread like wild fire further drying up contributions, and slave labor volunteers.

  They need to wake up and smell the coffee is all.