Marvin Shilmer

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  Rumor Confirmed!: Bethel Downsize First Hand

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
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  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

  1. jw
  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.
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  Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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?.

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  THE END.

  Please let it be true!
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  Ages, Generations... Different island same Sh_t

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.

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  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!
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  Anthony Morris explains how God gives Decrees to man! New video edit.

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i took the most recent video on "obey" and edited it down to its core.

  here tony explains that the decisions of the faithful slave are arrived at "collectively" but are not a "collection" of man made decisions.

  it would be comical if it weren't so sad.. tony video.

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  I think you captured it!
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  Ages, Generations... Different island same Sh_t

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
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  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.

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  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.
  

  See: Age and Ages, and Half of Generations

  See yous at the ballpark!
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  New Trey Bundy Article Discusses "Theocratic Warfare"

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-can-hide-the-truth-in-court-to-protect-religion/.

  another great article by trey.

  hope it gets a lot of publicity!

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  I don't know how anyone with decent knowledge of Watchtower's inner workings could possibly believe Mr. Toole's testimony claiming ignorance of Watchtower's theocratic war strategy doctrine! The man worked for Watchtower's Service Department for nearly 10 years in a high capacity and during that very period Watchtower admits in written correspondence that the doctrine was then not only valid but currently practiced!!! Of course, the same letter exclaimed that Watchtower did not want this particular doctrine to become a subject of general discussion among "the brothers".

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  For those of you that are disfellowshipped, How Far Would Your Faithfull JW Family Go To Stay Loyal to The WT?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ive seen jw parents shun their disfellowshipped children for 20-30 years.

  ive seen parents remove disfellowshipped or fader children from wills and give the inheritance to the watchtower..

  if your country got run over by some form of government like the nazi regime and started a process of eliminating any groups or individuals who it considered a threat.

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  There are members of my family who I think would be willing to stone a person to death if Watchtower doctrine dictated it and it were legal to do so. And, why wouldn't there be? Religiously inspired capital punishment has a long-held tradition among humankind, and in some societies is practiced to this day.
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  Does anyone pray and if so to who?

  by duc007az in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been years since i've prayed and the last one i prayed to was the god known as jehovah.

  just wondering.

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  Marvin Shilmer

  Recently I saw a cartoon of a little boy riding a bicycle. The little boy exclaimed, "I thought about asking in prayer for a bicycle but realized God didn't work that way. So I stole this one and asked God for forgiveness, in prayer of course."

  Like so much else, knowing how the system works is often the ticket to getting there.