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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

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  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  I remember the food at the Conventions and Assemblies. They made Money until it was changed to a donation for the food.
  All of sudden, they were losing money for the lack of Donations.
  Food Program ended, problem ended!

  Yep. That's how it was.

  Back in the good ole days the assembly and convention gigs were considered major annual revenue drivers! The medium sized district conventions would clear well over $100,000 dollars, and the more local circuit assemblies tended to clear around $15,000 (twice per year) and that was after giving Watchtower it's cut/tax, which would tend to be in the $10-20,000 range (twice per year).
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
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  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  So now they have a simplified version of the simple book?
  Good grief!

  Why not? Franz is gone! Just think they have Splane, who makes about as much sense as screen doors on a submarine talking about the generation double-lap!! They have little choice but to simplify the simple!!!
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  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!).
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  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!
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  Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  october 4, 2015. to all congregations.

  re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.

  dear brothers:.

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  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?
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  Recent Ads on this site - Simon this needs some fixing

  by done4good in

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  2. friends

  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).

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  The only browser that works worth a hoot for me on this site is Chrome. I have problems galore with all over brands. On Chrome I don't experience the ad issue of the OP.
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  Impression of Leaked Letter Regarding Annual Meeting

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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.
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  Rumor Confirmed!: Bethel Downsize First Hand

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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!
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  Rumor Confirmed!: Bethel Downsize First Hand

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  "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.
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  Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  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.

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  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.