I'm sorry brodan I find the signing bibles thing hard to believe.
baltar447
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Bethel Entrants' School Lecture 2-D
by Marvin Shilmer inbethel entrants' school lecture 2-d. .
the watchtower organization requires that all new full-time workers at its world headquarters or other facilities attend an entrant school.
attendees are provided worksheets that are outlines for lectures at these events.
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The Next Change: What Are Publishers Worth?
by metatron inonce upon a time, i invested in an electronics company that increased its profits by over 200% by reducing its customer base!
this counter-intuitive result came about because they realized that most of their revenue came from a few customers who needed more support.. fast forward to the watchtower: whether they admit it to themselves or not, change will come because they are piling up huge numbers of publishers that are almost useless.
worse, they eat up published resources without contributing for them...... and they drag the organization down in multiple ways and create more problems.. they have a "growing" problem - with increasingly useless growth.
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baltar447
Interesting thought.
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WT to release tablet computer at next convention?
by moshe inthey could make a lot of money with this business model.
by selling their own dedicated hardware, new e-books wt literature, selling profitable internet service through their own "safe" proxy servers that screen out all dangerous material, and the jws can show catchy pre-loaded wt sales videos to householders at the door or in their studies.. i wonder if they can get a chinese knockoff tablet computer, like the hapiad, down to $99 and still make a big profit?
it comes with wifi - and is preloaded with the wt cd , some videos and other wt junk.. how much could they sell wt approved internet for?- going through their wt proxy screening server to keep us out.. books at conventions- they will have an e-reader version of books for sale immediately- those who want print versions will have to wait- and pay more.. they can bring their wt haipad to the meetings and read the wt lesson on it, don't even have to print them out.. this could have downsides, too - like when the kids figure out how to jail break them in order to watch what they want.. i could be wrong, but i think they could sellout a limit of 1000 $99 tablet computers in one hour after they are released- they would have to have mob control to keep order at the counter.
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baltar447
This would require thinking outside the box, which is something they aren't used to doing. Those sub $200 tablets are all junky btw. They'd be much better off with a WT app for iOS and Android. That although unlikely is much more probable than their own hardware.
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so a brother can't just be a publisher...
by african GB Member inwell atleast not for a long time without getting the elders' attention, either to give him priviledges or to suspect him of having committed a sin and not coming out.. .
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baltar447
I don't think so. Many brothers just aren't well liked or what not and NEVER get looked at for privleges.
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I've posted a few of these pictures related to a young boys trip to bethel in connection with make a wish
by therevealer inbut why would the idiots do this one??.
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baltar447
Why use the Make a Wish foundation for this? Couldn't the mother call bethel and describe the situation? Wouldn't they jump at the chance to let this dying young christian boy get a special tour of bethel? Maybe she tried to call but had to use the Make a Wish foundation to get this accomplished? Idk, maybe I'm getting cynical.
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Jan. 15th WT- Go to Meetings to Fight the Blues- Eliminate other Activities
by flipper inour jw contact sent us the " witness only " wt's again and i just had to make a thread on this mind numbing article.
starting on pg.22 in the jan.15th it deals with " coping with discouragement ".
it seems lots of jw's are under intense stress these days ( can you blame them ?
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baltar447
Mr. Flipper, since the koolaid WT came out they're really gone out of their way to exercise control and put more emphasis on the GB as the faithfil slave's representative. It smacks of idolatry IMO.
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Background Checks????
by iamwhoiam ini was talking to an elder friend of mine.
he says they got a letter in that makes it more strict for a brother to reach out as an ms. if there was ever a letter written on the prospected brother regarding past wrongdoing, he is now practically turned down without question by the circuit overseer.
elder friend said society may even impliment background checks on anyone reaching out.
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baltar447
If this protects from sex offenders gaining positions of responsibility, then great. Although what after that? Sorry, you've got bad credit how could we trust you with accounts?
Once again their desperation from brothers to serve is in opposition to their increasingly higher qualifications.
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Content is King- Why the Meetings Fail
by LostGeneration inone of the big sayings for those that run websites is that "content is king" it makes perfect sense, as sites like this one have entertaining content for the targeted audience.
even better, more content is added everyday bringing users back repeatedly.
poptular tv shows and movies are loved because they entertain customers for a low cost or free.. on the other hand, you have the content provided by the watchtower bible and tract society, delivered though the pages of the watchtower and through weekly meetings.
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baltar447
I don't think it's necessary to be entertained constantly but I do agree that the endless repetitive content and business like nature of the meetings causes many to be fatigued about attending them.
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Did you ever find the meetings refreshing?
by highdose ini can remember one pompous elder asking me "how can you be depressed after sittiing through such a wonderful meeting?!!".
i only ever felt relief at getting away, what about you?.
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baltar447
The only reason you're refreshed after the meeting is because ITS OVER.
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LINUX-users left in 'the dark' with Watchtower Library CD's ??
by linux-user inhi, i was wondering why there isn't any native linux-version yet of the watchtower library cd's available?
because i(as many others) don't use windows, but the free ubuntu-linux( http://www.ubuntu.com/ ) on my computer, and can only view those cd's with a free 'emulator', called 'wine', but that is not always 'working good' .... so, please, can there in the future be a possibility to get a native linux cd ??
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baltar447
You can get it to run under wine, also you could always run Windows in a VM. They don't even have a Mac version, either and arguably there would be more demand for the Mac version.