Posts by slimboyfat

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11-5-17 Warwick Protest Photos
by thebrokenkite in
1. jw
2. experiences
let the reader use discernment:.

i was disfellowshipped in june of last year.

while i've been awake for nearly a year, i still often feel groggy.
slimboyfat

I guess I'll use my imagination.
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My unbelieving husband was offended by the WatchTower just studied
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it was the paragraph talking about people who don't want to be j.w's being executed, and it being an act of compassion from jehovah towards his witnesses..
slimboyfat

executing them will be an appropriate expression of God’s compassion for the righteous, whom he will preserve.
Charming little comment right there.
Plus "appropriate" is one of their favourite words. They consider themselves the world experts on what is "appropriate", from when it's "appropriate" to ignore family members to when is an "appropriate" time for God to act. I'd like to do a search of WT literature for "appropriate" occurrences. They are especially good at telling God what is appropriate.
How would we ever know what is appropriate without Watchtower to tell us?
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November 2017 monthly program affected by apostates??
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i recently watched a video about a kingdom hall demonstration from a link on this site, and in the comments on youtube somebody said this: .

i understand that the "apostate" activity this week has caused the wt/gb to change the content of the november jwbroadcasting episode and will delay its release until they can figure out how to spin this activity.. .

has anybody heard of this or is there any truth to this?
slimboyfat

Splane is the most wooden presenter imaginable.
The later speaker says:
"The apostates are talking about, the media has picked it up, others have also picked it up..."
I wonder who he means, "others have also picked it up" apart from "apostates" and the "media". The Australian Royal Commission, maybe? Or maybe he didn't have anything in particular in mind. Just a sentence filler. JW speakers have a distinctive way of speaking that is especially devoid of actual information.
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October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.
slimboyfat

Didn't I read somewhere that they're going to dig a hole in the ground and store the machines down there in case they need them again later? Maybe that was a dream.
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October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.
slimboyfat

I just wonder, if peoples worst fears about Brexit are realised and imports carry a tarrif, could they come unstuck with this?
What imports? WT will probably stop printing altogether before too long. Selters will be the next to go.
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October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.
slimboyfat

It’s amazing that they don’t explain what the purpose of the new branch will be without any printing.
When they announced the new branch they said it was necessary because magazine production is expanding and Britain is the key branch for magazine production. That was only a couple of years ago they said that. I wonder if they will delete the video.
https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/VODActivitiesConstruction/pub-jwbrd_201508_2_VIDEO
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Stagnation of JWs in Britain
by darkspilver in
1. jw
2. friends
this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

darkspilver: .
slimboyfat

Thanks Earnest, yes I think I remember that special pioneers had even higher hours at some point - 160 hours?
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Stagnation of JWs in Britain
by darkspilver in
1. jw
2. friends
this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

darkspilver: .
slimboyfat

I think the fact they’ve reported increasing partaker numbers for around a decade is pretty surprising. And perhaps indicates overall honesty in the numbers. (So far)
But I doubt they’ll keep publishing the numbers much longer.
I used to love poring over the figures in the KM in the late 1990s. I lost interest in going on the ministry around the time they stopped publishing the detailed monthly figures.
If they stop publishing the numbers, will JWs still be motivated to submit reports? If they stop requiring JWs to submit reports will they still go on the ministry? If JWs stop going on the ministry can the religion survive?
Pull at one thread and perhaps the whole unravels.
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Witness Royalty and the last day at the "Towers"
by Lynnie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my uber elder cousin and his wife got the "privilege" of having one last "toast" of wine at the rooftop garden at the towers in nyc since the jw's are vacating to warwick.

his oldest daughter and son in law are quite high up in the inner circle so they get invited to all the "inner circle" activities.

even though they aren't supposed to toast to anything it was pretty darn close.
slimboyfat

I wonder if they'll mention the farewell party in the Yearbook.
Oh yeah, no Yearbook.
It's like last orders on the Titanic.
Did they invite the GB to the party?
Or are they too busy heading for the lifeboats?
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Stagnation of JWs in Britain
by darkspilver in
1. jw
2. friends
this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

darkspilver: .
slimboyfat

Yes and going back further I think pioneer hours were once 100 hours, and further back still, even more than that, maybe 120 or so.
Elders are allowed to count various activities including giving talks, I believe. I have no idea how longstanding that “allowance” is.
No statistical categories are stable or straightforward.