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  Bethel downsizing is still coming

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

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  bohm

  ;Thanks. Afrika of all places. Properly the worst place to be laid off :-(.
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  Bethel downsizing is still coming

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

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  bohm

  Hi and welcome (Don't remember seeing you around). can you say which region of the world this was in?
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  At the assembly as I write

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's utterly boring.

  jung from the canadian bethel is drooning on.

  may be the worst assembly ever.

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  bohm

  I feel for you. Do you know how many attended and got baptized?
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  Hello all, RC video convention times and duration

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have no choice but to go to the cool-aid fest rc.

  my question is this....do any of you know on what days the videos will show, for how long and which ones?.

  my plan is leave my seat with my son's when the bunker video comes on and more videos that are stronger with the.

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  bohm

  Counting together the baptism rates and attendance at the conventions would make a lot of sense for later reference. If they are still experiencing growth, there got to be conventions with a lot of baptisms right? I mean, isn't conventions one of the main times where witness get's baptized?
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  From Reddit - RC Baptism Count: Cornwall, Ontario, Canada June 11, 2016.

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  attendance: 2298.

  baptized: 4.

  enjoy looking at the math on that one.... .

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  bohm

  Jehovahs chariot is on the move!
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  Man I hate this F'ing cult!

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the nicest and kindest jw's seem to be the ones who are the least connected and active in the congregation.. i've been trying to fade and been missing quite a few meetings.. of course my wife still loyal as ever if not more so since i've awoken to ttatt.. every mid-week and sunday meeting i miss she gives me the silent treatment.. she's become more and more friendly with a regular pioneer younger than she is and wife of an elder, this to the letting go of regular contact with best friends in the 0rganization, whom she was closest to but were and aren't as active and regular at meetings and field service.. it's a crying shame, i'm closer and kinder to her old friends, keeping in touch through facebook posts now and then, encouraging them through the hardships, rejoicing with them during happy moments, graduations, welcoming a new child to the world, marriages, new jobs and what-not.. she has become a serious shunner, staying away from a lot of folks we were close to because they're not good association.. she's drunk the whole cup of kool-aid and anything i say that's remotely negative towards the 0rganization is met with stern retorts and accusations i'm apostate sounding.. and yet, she's still the kind hearted, loving person she used to be.

  it's like she has a wt hat she dons and it changes her mind, her outlook, her behavior.

  when dealing with neighbors, with people outside the kh, she's as nice as could be and i know this kind-heartedness is genuine--but it's been hi-jacked by this f'ing cult.

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  bohm

  Yah, she sounds like she is in good contact with her Cult personality. Try to think about situations where she is not in Cult mode and remind her or get her into those situations. Like, can you ask neighbours over?
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  Have you ever stopped and noticed anything about the world?

  by TheRevealerOfTruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is one of the last things you are expected to do.

  in a society that creates you to go home and watch the kardashians.

  in an economic system where the currency trust is wavering on a private banking system.

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  TROT: I think it all made perfect sense. I wish you were representing some kind of organization I could donate my money and resources to.
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  New commentary on revelation coming up?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard through the grapevine about a forthcoming book:.

  together through the great tribulation - come to jehovah's mountain.

  still awaiting solid confirmation though.

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  bohm

  Even if the cover/diagrams are fishy, I think it would make a lot of sense to make a new revelation book which simply omitted a lot of the embarrassing stuff. The dropping of the types/antitypes a few months back could be seen as gearing up to a new take on the book of revelations where everything was not deemed significant and dumping down the message would just be continuing the trajectory they have taken the last few years.

  I predict it will be a fairly slim book which only focus on what's most important from their perspective (Armageddon is coming really soon and it will be really bad). JWs can then decide for themselves if everything said previously is old light or if it is still current light; that way everyone wins.
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  Gorby wishes you a happy convention! (picture)

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  gorby has been offline from jwd for some weeks, and it made my situation not better, have had some serious problems with the fading, much pressure, i have nothing new to say, it must be very similar to the situation of many faders here.. so, i had so much pressure, that we have had to change our holiday booking so we are able to visit the convention, due to family reasons, you all know what i mean.. please wish me (and us) much luck for this summer.

  it is not my best summer season in life.. this is how i feel:.

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  bohm

  brilliant work with the captioning Pete and Robo.
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  JW TV, this month about evolution

  by bohm in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this month the last segment is about evolution.

  one is with a sister with a university education in biochemistry who (presumably) teaches at a highschool or public school.

  she says that left handedness of amino acids indicates life was created because "if it was a random process half would be right handed and half left handed" (paraphrased).

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  bohm

  Vidiot I was shocked too but I am really sure I transcribed it correctly. But it was said by someone with a PhD so witness can either accept it (he is a really smart doctor man derp) or if they google some of the many transitional fossils they can just say he is not speaking for the org...

  If someone was saying that to me in real life I would immediately ask him to imagine how a hypothetical transitional fossil whale might look like..