The dubs have used and overused the "special" so many times it's become annoying. Remember the big deal hype about the special release coming at a district convention....? It turned out to be Kingdom News 16(?) a 4 page tract for another special door to door campaign and of course it was followed by more specials of some sort. Does anyone even remember the content?
SadElder
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Special Talk just prior to the Memorial
by Acluetofindtheuser inis the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.
is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?
they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..
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New World, New World Order, New System of Things
by blondie inthe wts has used to above terms, over the years, some more preferred in certain time periods.
more though, but these occurred to me first.
also the terms "new world" and "new world order" have been used by some us presidents and other leaders..
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SadElder
The Watchtower has always been hung up on terminology. It's not this it's that and so on. It's not a bulletin board, it's an information board.
Always straining at the nat.
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Did Watchtower Really Teach That Armageddon Was Coming in 1954?
by Jerome56 inin the march 2025 jw broadcast david splane in his morning worship talk mentioned that "some thought" that armageddon would come 40 years after 1914. such statements are usually meant to shift the blame of their own false predictions on to their members for speculating.
however, i was unable to find anything in print showing that such a thing was indeed taught by the society.
was this really a thing?.
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SadElder
"David Splane" me the overlapping generations, sees himself as the dub's seer of our time I think. Maybe he himself thinks that's what was believed in 1954 and he's covering it over.
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Will They Change the Memorial Talk This Year?
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/o5almnehew4?si=kdgrjgbiutjkvcxe.
i’m hoping the memorial talk will be different.
change the talk!
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SadElder
I hated giving the Memorial talk. It's hard to do anything but quote drivel. Deviate one inch and you're in trouble.
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New GB member Judy Jedele critizing Job's "humility" while wearing $20,000 Rolex, gold cuff links, coloured suit. Incredible!
by WingCommander ini swear, you can't make this shit up!
for years and years growing up in this cult, i had to constantly hear from my parents, from the stage, in the literature, about "keeping your eye simple", not being "materialistic", not "having a showy display of one's wealth.
" of course, this never seemed to apply to the wealthy business owning elduhzzzz who ran and lorded it out over the congregations, but i digress.
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SadElder
When I did some extended temp work in the early 80's I got some flack from a few over my Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust and my rings. Too bad for them. If they knew what it is they would really squawk over my white gold Rolex Daytona that I also have now. Unless you know you wouldn't know it's an expensive watch.
Remember Mr. Coffee going off on some people, "another new suit this one has, $14 dollars a month, suckers, robots"?
Wonder if Jodi still has real estate holdings?
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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry inmy only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.
etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.
) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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SadElder
Regardless of outcome I believe a boob will win
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1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it
by neat blue dog inhe will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.
a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.
generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..
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SadElder
Don't forget their fallback position if they can't find anything else.... did they do it with greediness? DF for sure
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storm Helene-help plans?
by enoughisenough inout of curiosity, i went to the jw website to see if they had posted anything about helene, it's damage, and what their relief plans may be, i any.
i looked in the news and in video sections to see if there were any postings.
i couldn't find anything.
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SadElder
They haven't figured out how to pocket some money from any relief effort they might launch.
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U turn in vac mandate
by ElderBerry inso now they don’t want defib machines in khalls because it shines a light on the increasing blood clots from the shots that they said were safe.
https://youtu.be/yvvyiuqv3nm.
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SadElder
Crooklyn is always looking to eliminate liability. No picnic tables at the Kingdub Hall.... liability. Kingdub Halls are not to be used as relief areas... liability. Book study in private homes.... liability. No publisher is a representative of Watch Tower or Watchtower or Jehovah's Witnesses... liability, each publisher is performing their own ministry as they see fit. No food service at conventions... no liabilty, And so on.
Scared of their own shadow.
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Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.
the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.
i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.
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SadElder
Can you imagine if they still had the 7 or 8 day marathons now? Went on until 9 at night sometimes. If Knorr was pontificating he knew noting of staying on time and droned on and on.
Some dubs came to my house just as I was heading out and left an invite to the Kissimmee (Orlando) one this weekend. They looked like bums and didn't speak as I got in my SUV. Weird