Posts by catchthis

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The Watchtower's Bribery Dilemma ( April 1 '05 Watchtower)

by metatron in

in recent years, some witnesses in former soviet territory got their names in the papers.

for supposedly trying to bribe officials to stop harassing them.

in response, the watchtower.

catchthis

I wonder how the WTS would explain the fact that when they wanted to build the Patterson facility they were able to get all of the government approvals they needed after giving the city a shinny new fire truck.

Actually, the reason for them buying the Patterson FD a new truck was because of the population increase that Patterson brought along with its building structures. The existing fire truck(s) were not able to provide enough water coverage to put out any possible future fires that the complex may have had. The town told them that the complex buildout would not be able to go forward without the purchase of a new farther reaching water truck. As any good corporation with a lot of money would do, they bought them the truck that they needed. Corporate campuses such as Microsoft and Motorola would have done the same thing.

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YESTERDAY'S WT STUDY

by Mary in

jw
friends

oh lordy, at yesterday's botchtower study, paragraph 17 (i think) asked what we personally found "encouraging" about the 2004 stats that are listed by country in the wt.

anyway, someone finally put up their hand and remarked about how wonderful it was to see that ethiopia had a 5% increase......ya, i guess if you're starving to death, who wouldn't want to hear that paradise is right around the corner.

one bro put up his hand and actually mentioned the fact that there was 0% increase in virtually all the industrialized nations, but that we "shouldn't let that discourage us".

catchthis

*catch, putting his corporate hat on*

As with any corporation, employee morale must remain at a higher than average level. If employees see the ship sinking, many will jump off and head to another ship.

The 2004 WTS report is pretty close to the same as any 10K report which is put out by any publically held company. 10K's, by their nature, are scary documents for investors and employees to read through. They outline all of the negative aspects that can affect a company's bottom line. Usually when a 10K comes out, (amateur)investors sell off due to a simple knee-jerk reaction. After a day or two, it typically evens out again....unless the company really has some major problems. The WTS has some major problems. They know it. The only way to retain their "investors" or "employees" is to pull an Enron or Worldcom. They simply need to doctor the numbers. I would imagine that they are already doing this to some extent.

Another way to 'hide' these numbers from the general public is to eliminate them altogether. Yes, I know. The WTS has a hard-on when it comes to blowing their own horn regarding statistics. But if they truly want to remain a going concern, they need to get rid of the annual numbers to keep up the morale. JW's will get depressed and may possibly develop a bad attitude due to thinking: "I spent how many hours last year in field service??? And what do I have to show for it??? Nothing!!"

But there is one other little problem with this scenario. If they do away with the annual numbers, then what is the point in having the dubs turn in their time each month? Afterall, that is how one's spirituality is judged.

I'm not sure what they will do, but in the very near future, prior to any significant decrease, they will HAVE to doctor the numbers or completely get rid of them. Morale must remain high or else more people will begin to leave.

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

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You know you're a JW when....

by Preston in

you know that d.c. isn?t the capital where the president of the united states lives .

a pioneer isn?t an 1800?s historical figure who traveled the west.

the majority of books in your parent?s bookshelf have years on them.

catchthis

...you are in school and the other kids look at you funny when you speak of historical years in terms of C.E. and B.C.E instead of B.C. or A.D.

...your boss threatens to fire you for not putting up the holiday decorations in the store or office.

...you're the only one that leaves the classroom at the teacher's request while the flag salute or national anthem is played over the intercom.

...you get really bummed out for 'losing your privileges.'

...you manage to attend the Sunday morning meeting even though you are still hung-over but want to appear outwardly spiritual to the rest of the congregation.

...you refuse to donate a dollar or two into the company's bulk lottery ticket purchase, but will happily join in on the March Madness basketball pool.

...you see pictures of a burnt down church in the newspaper or on the TV and say to yourself that 'it was bound to happen pretty soon anyway.'

...your worldly relatives don't speak to you very much while you are a witness because they think you are a loony, but as soon as you are df'd or da'd, they call you every other day for no apparent reason other than just to talk.

...a kid from school who is the main bully picks you as his next victim and you literally take your jw parent's advice and let him beat the crap out of you without fighting back.

...you wonder why you've never received a jury duty notice and then one day figure out that only people who register to vote get them.

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OMG! Revelation: A Grand Climax at Hand!

by Swan in

jw
friends

i've been out longer than i thought.. when did they publish this book?

what a title!

how freudian!.

catchthis

You have been out for a while. I think it came out sometime in the late 80's to early 90's. I believe we studied it around 3-4 times too.

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The Watchtower's Bribery Dilemma ( April 1 '05 Watchtower)

by metatron in

in recent years, some witnesses in former soviet territory got their names in the papers.

for supposedly trying to bribe officials to stop harassing them.

in response, the watchtower.

catchthis

Jeez. Even with many, if not all major corporations, employees are not allowed to accept "gifts" of any kind from other companies that they do business with. The obvious reason is that the party giving you the gift is relying on you to allow them to provide their services to your corporation. All it takes is one person in a position of authority to make the decision. This one person might even have enough friendly ties to others higher up in the company to influence them to accept these services.

Of course, as long as the person receiving the gift(s) does not say anything, they probably will not be terminated. Many times though, the recipient gets free golf outings, spa treatments, dinners, strip clubs, etc. with no actual gift to take home. Many of these "gifts" are the loophole with several corps. They are simply viewed as a friend taking another friend out just for the heck of it. One time with an old company I used to work for, a boss who was two up on me was going to be let go because of a strip club "gift" from a vendor of ours. It was found out and when HR got involved he had a great excuse. He said he had won the basketball pool for March Madness --- he signed up with this other company's pool. Instead of taking the cash prize, he told them to take him out to some fancy gentlemans club. Mind you, that isn't what happened at all. The vendor took him out to influence his decision on purchasing future equipment(he was always hitting the strip clubs). He just managed to lie about the circumstances surrounding the gift.

Government agencies are even more hardline. Gifts are not tolerated AT ALL.

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Developers: Question about .Net Windows Services

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

last night i decided to start messing around with a windows service.

it is very simple, all it does is monitor my computer?s ip address and if it changes the new ip address is ftped to my web server in a small xml document.. i thought this could be very useful considering my cable modem changes its ip address every now and then and i like to remote desktop into my home pc quite frequently.. now the problem... like i said, the program is very small and simple and the actual exe is 28 kb and has an accompanying dll that is 52 kb.

very reasonable.

catchthis

Else, what Doc said about dyndns.org isn't for your hosted domain name. As its name infers, a dynamic dns resolution service does exactly what you are trying to do. Quite simply, if you go to dyndns.org and sign up for their free service, you are allowed up to five subdomains. They have a list of 20-30 domains to pick from. You could use a domain name such as "elsewhere.homedns.org" or something like that. And then download one of the several dynamic ip resolution programs that are available. I use a free one called DynDNS Updater by Kana. It sends out a HTTP GET message to dyndns.org to check your public ip address and then modifies it with dyndns.org if it changes. Very easy to use.

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Do You Enjoy Reality Shows??

by minimus in

jw
friends

i hate them.

and i find them boring......what's your take?

catchthis

Apprentice here. Erin from this season is hot hot hot. There's something about her eyes and hair that just pulls me right in. The producers probably think the same thing and will 'influence' Trump to keep her on until the end to retain the male viewers.

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Soft drink damage

by MegaDude in

jw
friends

i was in a deposition today and one of the parties told us about her friend who was a heavy user of soft drinks.

for years she drank around five to seven a day.

she had been having bone pain and went to the doctor and was told "your bones have the consistency of lace.

catchthis

How about the other uses for Coke? Someone already mentioned how meat dissolves in Coke...Did you ever do the experiment with a nail? Coke will eat right through it. Its uses as a cleaner are remarkable. Pour a little over your car battery terminals to get rid of the acid build up. Pour some on your garage floor, scrub a little, and then mop it up. Does wonders. I'll drink a 12oz soda maybe once a week. My main drinks are: water, [iced]tea made with Celestial Seasonings - not Lipton, wine, beer, and homemade mojitos.

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Supposing The WT DOES Monitor This Site..

by Englishman in

how can those doing the monitoring not be affected by what they read here?.

how can anyone not be affected by the paedophilia scandal, the un scandal, the 1975 debacle?.

how do they find someone to read here and still stay a jw?.

catchthis

check your pm's, under

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Supposing The WT DOES Monitor This Site..

by Englishman in

how can those doing the monitoring not be affected by what they read here?.

how can anyone not be affected by the paedophilia scandal, the un scandal, the 1975 debacle?.

how do they find someone to read here and still stay a jw?.

catchthis

just because people are DFd for posting her doesn't necessarily prove that the WTS monitors this site on a continual basis. It could have been local elders who did the snooping and caught the "apostates" in action.

Without going into further details, the WTS were the ones who "caught" me. And without giving out too much info, certain web logs showed an "ns.watchtower.org" browsing through a certain website and then almost immediately followed by an Anonymizer user. I wish I could elaborate a little more, but I still need for this to be kept under wraps.

I bet the WTS goon who was responsible for tracking me got a nice little pat on the back for breaking my cover.