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  Can all 7 members of the Governing Body ride in this elevator at the same time?

  by Alfred in

  1. social
  2. physical

  in case the picture didn't load.... i'm referring to an elevator with a (quite common) weight capacity of 1,500 lbs.. would the 7 members of the governing body exceed this weight limit??

  david splane: 195 pounds.

  stephen lett: 205 pounds.

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  I bet this gravy-sweating, fat f*ck deep fried his hands before biting those nails.

  I had no ideas that fingernails have such a high calorie count.
  
  
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  Side effect of Downsizing......$$$

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here is a tidbit you will all just love!.

  we all are hearing of the trend right now to ¨downsize¨ the congregations...ie... eliminate by combining, in order to blah blah blah... .

  here is what you didnt know: every time a congregation is dissolved, for whatever reason, including merging or dispersing, wt makes money!

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  The GB should be teaching a finance strategy course. They have combined austerity (reducing expenses) with a revenue-generating strategy (selling excess real estate). This is Win-Win!

  These people are financial geniuses. So, tell me who says the end of the organization is near?
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  You are a Jehovah’s Witness or you are nothing at all…

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this morning i got a call from a friend of mine who i was actually roommates with at bethel in the 1990’s.

  he left that organization about 3 years ago.

  he was crushed because it was the 10 year anniversary (for lack of a better term) of the day that his brother took his life after being disfellowshipped many moons ago and not being reinstated.

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  When a person learns the TTATT impacts the reaction. I cannot imagine learning TTATT at an age where there are few options. I suspect that if I was at the age I am now (60) when I learned the truth my reaction would be very different than what actually happened. I discovered that I was living a lie in my late 30s. It took 10 years to disengage from my cultish past.

  I made decisions with the mindset of someone that had enough time to make significant life changes. I made very tough decisions - all of which I am happy with. However, I could never engage in the same strategy as a 60-year-old man. I really understand how some react to that moment when they learn TTATT.
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  In theory, can one be disfellowshipped for attempted suicide?

  by Saename in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was recently reading the reasons for disfellowshipping as listed in shepherd the flock of god.

  the handbook is available online here: https://thetruthofjehowaswittness.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/jehovas-vitner.pdf.. on page 59, point #4, it lists attempted suicide as a reason for disfellowshipping.

  has it ever been removed?

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  Yes, I am aware of someone disfellowshipped for attempted suicide.
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  February 2018 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  note the picture on the top right hand side.

  the little boy in green is standing between the man's legs (jesus), face forward.

  the picture is not appropriate at all and suggestive.

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  it was just bad art work

  That is my assessment.
  
  
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  What can the leadership at Watchtower do to turn things around?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's play devils advocate here.. put yourself in the governing body's shoes.

  they are well aware of all the issues they are facing.

  they know their numbers (they 'do the math' as they say in the us).

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  I believe there will be a total rebranding of the religion. But this rebranding can only take place after the likes of us are dead.
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  What can the leadership at Watchtower do to turn things around?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's play devils advocate here.. put yourself in the governing body's shoes.

  they are well aware of all the issues they are facing.

  they know their numbers (they 'do the math' as they say in the us).

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  They have a two-pronged strategy - sustain assets and wait. If they wait 20-30 years they can re-emerge with a new message. No one who remembers the past will be alive.
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  Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

  it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

  one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

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  Sex isn’t “dirty,” but it is usually messy.
  If it isn’t, you’re not doing it right!

  I guess that means I am doing it right.
  
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  How many watchtowers do the witnesses receive each year?

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my question is how many watchtower and awake magazines do the witnesses receive thru the year?

  my mother and i stop going about 30 years ago, my sister does attend still, and she says that they will receive 3 watchtowers and 3 awakes a year.

  is that true?

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  My parents had a huge stack of them piled up in the laundry room.

  Everyone had a stack of magazines. The Watchtower promoted the fact that the printed millions of magazines every week - they attempted to create the image that the magazines were the most widely read magazines in the world. However, most of these magazines went no further than the proverbial stacks found in each publisher's home. This is a classic description of a fraud scheme called "channel stuffing."

  
  
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  Today's W.T when it mentioned Depression and Anxiety

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our co-ordinator put his hand up and commented saying that people who go on about how depressed or anxious they are just need to stop giving in to impulses and show more self control without letting their emotions rule their lives.. if anyone from the media, a government agency or some other public body heard a comment like that, they'd have a hard time exercising self control over the rubbish this elder spouted, which my friends and family with genuine depression found insulting..

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  Why is happiness a competition? Happiness is not a zero-sum game. The Watchtower seems to think that they are "the happiest people on earth." Even if that might be true, their happiness has nothing to do with my happiness. Guess what - we both can be happy!