october 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
Then: 24 issues X 32 pages each = 768 pages per year
Now: 6 issues X 16 pages each = 96 pages per year
That's the math alright. Add to that all the digital stuff replacing hardcopy at every level, plus postal savings due to digital distribution of all those letters and other stuff (shipping costs way down!).
october 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
Very much a "thing" among homeschooling JWs
That's amazing! It also explains a few things I've noticed about home-schooled pupils. I had no idea that standards were so lax to accept this sort of thing!
october 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
All the home school moms that counted the Ministry School as part of their curriculum are going to be bummed about this.
Are you joking? That is legit? Some are/were really doing this and it was accepted by authorities?
i am noticing that when some of the ads run, the page keeps scrolling upward towards them.
this is annoying and should be addressed, as it makes some threads almost impossible to read.
have same effect on two different oss, (same browser type, firefox).
the letter that watchtower free put up was very interesting.
here is my impression.. the watchtower is becoming more and more geared towards idiots.
the midweek meeting has a stupid name, and the parts sound equally dumb.
Smart JW's seem to have a tendency to become smart xJW's.
That's true, except for those with financial or power interests in remaining within the JW sphere. I've seen plenty of the likes of these. But when something happens that disrupts the power path or money flow they quickly becomes exs.
i just texted a very good remote worker friend, said i heard that there is a reduction in force coming at bethel and i hoped he wouldn't be affected.
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he said its true, its not a rumor.
Oh, and one other thingy...
These days the stuff published out of Watchtower is, for the most part, Dick and Jane level material. And the minority of stuff that attempts to be "deep" is pathetically transparent stupid (think: generation overlap). It's so stupid you wonder if they're not doing it on purpose to thin the flock! At least in Franz's day the "deep" stuff was mangled up aplenty that it took a dozen reads and re-reads to figure out it was nonsense, and when you tried to explain why it was nonsense the average JW was left dizzy! Not any more! These days they just put sh_t on the plate and serve it up!
i just texted a very good remote worker friend, said i heard that there is a reduction in force coming at bethel and i hoped he wouldn't be affected.
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he said its true, its not a rumor.
"Public edition of The Watchtower and Awake!: Beginning in January 2016, the magazines for the public will be published bimonthly, that is, every two months."
Does that qualify as cutting the spiritual diet in half?
This religion is not what it used to be. It's changing fast. Very fast!
It's unimaginable what it will look like 10 years from now.
heard 4th-hand, but from a full-on believer, so not likely to be an "apostate lie":.
apparently, at bethel's morning worship this morning, it was announced that all worldwide wts construction is "suspended" for an indefinite time, except for the new world headquarters at warwick.. also, the "relocation" of remote translating teams is also suspended.. finally, there will be a "worldwide" reduction in bethel personnel.. all this came to me in a non-english language, and,as noted, 4th-hand.
so it is possible something may have been lost in translation and/or in the multiple steps between bethel morning worship & me.. but if true, it would be quite stunning.
The remote translating offices is just code so they can buy houses and other real estate buildings that don't fit the kh or assembly building template and not cause ones to wake up. I don't think the intent was ever to build just buy these properties as investments.
That is a very astute observation, Crazyguy.
so i was fooled by the witnesses.
what can i learn from that?
not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.
THE END.
Please let it be true!
today i added a new article to my blog.
it includes a not-yogi berra quote in memory of a beloved man.
oh, and it includes a two image depiction of how watchtower has but hasn't changed.
I don't know if that is your stick-man ish cartoon Marvin, I guess it is ...it's bl@@dy hilarious !!
It's an original of my own concoction. One of the funniest parts (to me) is the clock and ice cream for lunch detail. But all of it was inspired by true events, including the tedious bowtie wearing member with the outstretched arm!
