Sir82: My thoughts exactly. 15% for *two* months, duh. I bet donations went right back to normal and the current e-begging campaign is going to have less of an impact.
Posts by bohm
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78January jw-tv broadcast with Lett
by bohm inlett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
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January jw-tv broadcast with Lett
by bohm inlett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
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January jw-tv broadcast with Lett
by bohm inlett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
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bohm
Sorry, the link to the broadcast is here:
https://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=MP4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201601
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January jw-tv broadcast with Lett
by bohm inlett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
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bohm
Lett is back with a vengance!
* The last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud
* Since last may "so many good things have happened". This is: They continue to feed bethelites, they fund the construction project at bethel, various construction projects & purchase of video equipment at convention centers ("Seeing the participants up close holds our attention and enhances our learning experience"), and build kingdom halls & remote translation offices.
...but they still need more money...
* Quote: "The governing body has re-analysed ways to cut back at all branches to re-direct money to the field. including long-standing Bethel routines and services". Layoffs not mentioned directly but implied.
* Lett is surprised some people do not believe in god in sweeden, lol.
* Various things they spend money on is mentioned to demonstrate the donations are used well.
* Song is about getting your children into the religion and generally giving "your very best" to the religion. ugh.
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Is the Pioneer School being eliminated?
by wannaexit ini heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.
it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.
then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.
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bohm
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Michio Kaku: can universes form from "nothing" ?
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlchmi0cc00
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bohm
Prologos: this is only true for a generic theory (there is a multiverse) however a true theory with many implications can be verified -
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Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015
by TheListener inthere has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.
south africa.
united states.
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bohm
Thanks for the update!
still hoping for news about the scandinavian bethel
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Chaos at Brooklyn Bethel 12/2016
by James Jack inthis was how it was described to me yesterday by a brother who has been there for some 40 years.
"everyone is about gone; the governing body is set to leave within 2 months; the kitchen and laundry personnel are gone and i have to fend for myself now.".
"also the aggravation of 4 to 5 business men in suits with clipboards daily checking out the watchtower properties.
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Michio Kaku: can universes form from "nothing" ?
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlchmi0cc00
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I think it came across confused bc of the editing and bc he had to explain something very difficult which must encompass several mutally contradictory theories.
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Michio Kaku: can universes form from "nothing" ?
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlchmi0cc00
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bohm
I could explain it better, even though this guy probably knows way more than I do.
Well, perhaps :-)
Quantum mechanics predicts that completely empty space is unstable and via statistics and probability, lumps of energy and mass will coagulate within that space. As a result of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, that will result in more space and time, which will in turn result in more matter and energy. This is the mis-named "big bang" which is really just a big expansion.
Ipad version: I dont quite recognise this explanation. If we accept inflation, an account for the origin of our universe must account for the origin of the inflationary state (field) which is thought to be different than coagulated matter (i am not sure what the coagulation refers to). Right now there are two main contenders. one is quantum gravity where space itself is quantized and thus quantum fluctuations will ( very simplified) correspond to the origin of new space in some accounts in an inflationary state.
the second main account is guth-lindes theory of Chaotic inflation where the inflationary field undergo local quantum fluctuations and thus keeps creating universets with different properties (laws)
Both accounts reflect many different variants (past eternal or not etc) and none are known to be true.