Posts by wifibandit

samuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.

some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.

in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .

TheListener Did you ever befriend food service guys? They had keys to the kitchen and could sneak food. Their fridges were always stocked.

Waiters made great roommates. They had unlimited white dress-shirts pressed, so you could always borrow. They had weird working hours, so less time for housekeepers to snoop in your stuff. They didn't have table assignments, so no table head keeping tabs on them.

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

by slimboyfat in

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.

wifibandit

It may have been a reference to India and Tanzania.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5931185226121216/tanzania-news-update

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What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

by nicolaou in

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!

wifibandit

I served at Bethel. Need I say more?

All joking aside, I'll have a few beers or mixed drinks. Not every night, not every week. I don't get drunk, just a slight buzz, then I stop.

I used to drink too much when I left Bethel, had income, and was trying to drown my cognitive dissonance.

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CO Pet Peeves, and cowering eldubs & others!

by DwainBowman in

i have seen many over the years.

a new co comes to town, and during, after or just before his next visit, often little pointless things change, sometimes big ones!

and most of the time, there is no to very little of anything in the wt or bible to justify it.. the one that popped to mind while reading another post is this one!.

wifibandit

At Bethel, we used to keep the DVD's and CD's in locked cases or boxes. I kept them in my locked car trunk!

Then came iPods and smart phones that lock. Who knows what movies or music you have on your encrypted and locked laptop?! (not to mention Netflix or Torrents via VPN)

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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?

by TakeOffTheCrown in

jw
friends

samuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.

some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.

in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .

January 2, 2015—Residence C

One of four sample rooms. Members of the headquarters staff have begun selecting their individual residences. Although some of the furniture and appliances shown here will not be installed in the residences, furnished sample rooms help staff members to see how completed rooms might be laid out and decorated.

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Can you guys help me? I need to find all the recent articles on the WT's most recent stance on education and carreers

by macys in

i am at work talking to a current jdub and i am making progress (i think) with her and right now the theme is education.

she says that the wt no longer looks down on education and is claiming that the wt no longer says we are close to the end!

tia!

wifibandit

Ha! Your friend is wrong.

Look at this video, on their official site, aimed at teens:

http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/VODTeenagers/pub-jwbai_201507_1_VIDEO

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BOE 2016-01-05 Re: Index to Letters for Bodies of Elders

by wifibandit in

letter.

index.

wifibandit

Letter

INDEX

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just bobbed on to see if any links for new wt library?

by tezrichmond in

is there any links about for new jw library?

is it on dvd this time?

wifibandit

Yes, there is a thread on the topic.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4876393569583104/watchtower-library-2015

Watchtower Library 2015 English
This is an ISO file. You can use it to make your own dvd. You can also "mount" the ISO file, as if there were an actual DVD in the computer and install from there.
If you have access to WTLib2015 any other language, please contact me.