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  Do JWs Get Excited About WT Publications Any More?

  by NotFormer in

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  memory from long ago: my old mate from high school lived next door to a jw and was often "treated" to the latest jw literature.

  when the "you can live forever in paradise on earth"* book came out, this neighbour waxed lyrical about how good this book was and how powerful the message was.

  he acted really keen about it, like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

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  SadElder

  Have the dubs actually published any new books other than fluff books? The last book releases I see are in 2022.

  Do the rank and file really read stuff?
  
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  What is is your favorite REDICULOUS JW falsehood? :)

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i get a few good laughs from the ex-jw facebook site: " ex jw humor will set you free".. i was laughing over dinner with 3rd gen over this post tonight: "question for the audience: i was driving around today and it hit me...there are big falsehoods (armageddon etc.

  ) that we were told, but also ridiculous falsehoods.

  what is your favorite ridiculous falsehoods?

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  SadElder

  Turning one scripture (Matt 24:45) into an entire belief system and thereby setting up the GB as some type of royalty.

  Remember when they applied this to the entire 144,000 still on earth?
  
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  Need help identifying a book

  by oncebitten in

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  2. friends

  hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.

  it was an older book when i read it.

  i wish that i could recall more than i do.

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  SadElder

  Published in 1959. It had a folksy narrative weaved throughout to cover some dub history.

  
  
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  Wanting advise on a draft copy

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i’m just curious what you think.

  this is in its draft stages.

  so excuse the mistakes and grammar.

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  SadElder

  They'll scan it and add it to a digital file under your name and forget it. They aren't interested and like the folks in the field will slam the proverbial door in your face.
  
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  Is there “new light” on 1914?

  by wallsofjericho in

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  2. beliefs

  i’m hearing paraphrasing like “we just don’t know” .

  is this regarding 1914?

  or micheal the arch angel?.

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  SadElder

  If Jesus was not enthroned as King in 1914, what does this do to the faithful and discreet slave appointment of the modern day governing body? The entire belief system is wrecked for them.
  
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  Hotels for convention

  by ElderBerry in

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  2. beliefs

  a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

  they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

  this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.

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  I don't know about now but in times past when booking rooms for the conventions we asked the hotel sales agent or manager how many comp rooms would we get. It was based on the number of rooms booked in. Those comp rooms either went to visiting 'dignitaries' or if unused would be put out to dubs who would pay the convention for the value of the room.
  
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  Hotels for convention

  by ElderBerry in

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  2. beliefs

  a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

  they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

  this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.

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  SadElder

  They will post uber elders to watch who goes to the blocked hotels and then harass the dubs for going there.
  
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  the slaves might be revolting

  by pepperheart2 in

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  2. bible

  on the watchtower website it says that most of the work that will be done fishkill will be out sourced to non jws .i thought that jws always used to build everything them selves.

  this might explain what happend to ramapo they put an appeal out for free labour and people said no .

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  SadElder

  In Brooklyn in order to appease the unions among other things, they used to use an outside contractor for any major construction that was outwardly visible. Sorry the contractor's name escapes me.
  
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  Have Kingdom Halls ever been used as evacuation centres?

  by no-zombie in

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  while our attentions has been drawn many times to kingdom halls being used as distribution centres (often distributing government supplied relief goods), during a local disaster.

  i can't remember reading or hearing of, kingdom halls being opened to house displaced witnesses during these times.. can any one else?.

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  I seem to remember some instruction to elders on this quite a while ago. I think the tenor of the blurb was don't open Kingdom Halls for such use. Something about insurance as well. They always fret about insurance since they are self insured until the umbrella kicks in. I'll look though my old files. Maybe someone else recalls this.
  
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  2023-10-16-Announcement!

  by Atlantis in

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  page 1. https://imgbox.com/7rdmnb8f .

  page 2. https://imgbox.com/puqfpzmd .

  atlantis!

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  NotFormer I think it's another kind of bull.