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  Something that doesn't get discussed all that much...

  by Vidiot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...but i believe is relevant:.

  just how much is the watchtower organization's "business model" dependent on its tax-exempt status?.

  is it truly sustainable without it?.

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  Londo111

  Evidently it was important enough for Watchtower to stop selling its magazines and books in 1990.
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  Do You Trust The News Media?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obviously, trump doesn't.

  but do you?

  do you think that they are generally fair, unbiased and honest?.

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  Londo111

  It's not perfect, it makes mistakes, but overall, yes.

  Unlike in Russia, there is no one entity that is "the media", but many independent venues. When fact checking, these independent sources known as the "media" are more trustworthy for the most part, as opposed to fringe "media" outlets that cater to telling audiences what they want to hear.
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  Pope Francis Orders Vatican Archives to Reveal God’s Name Ending Centuries of Secrecy

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's from 3 weeks ago.

  my mum told me about it.

  but is this real or fake?

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  Londo111

  Kevin? Didn't he leave the Truth during the Great Tribulation?
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  The Bible Texts Watchtower has never commented on

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the watchtower library is a great tool to learn more about the watchtower itself.

  for example, answering the question "does the word "organization" ever appear in the bible"?

  is easy to answer using it.

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  Londo111

  I remember counting up the numbers in the book of Numbers, lots of time they didn't match the total. I think the explanation given is "scribal errors".
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  Went to the assembly..some.personal thoughts on it.

  by integ in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been as honest as i can on this forum throughout my time bouncing in and out..and been jumped on for saying anything positive about the "truth" or my experiences at the hall, but it's been a few years now since i have been attending meetings.

  i go to the memorial for family reasons and went to the assembly today for the same reason...but one observation i have to make is most of us have all dealt with years of hearing how gawd awful "the world" is and how the only happiness is going to meetings and out in service.

  now that is total bs.

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  Londo111

  I miss people as well. But most of that "loving brotherhood" was as real as monopoly money. The currency reveals its worth when you walk away from the game.
  

  Any dualism of the JW organization vs the World is an illusion. The organization is as part of the world as anyone else...it participates in it and could not exist without it.

  Being in the JW organization does not shield a person or provide relief from any problems in "the world". It just adds a special set of problems and pressures on top of it.

  When looked at in the long view, while having severe problems, the world has never been better in human history and continues the upward slope of improvement.
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  The Danger of Settlements

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was pondering the recent influx of lawsuits against wt, specifically in regards to the child abuse cases (ie.

  conti, fessler, lopez, etc).. in each of these, wt has settled for an "undisclosed" amount, assumed to be in the millions of dollars each.

  i know there are many many more cases, subject for a different thread i'm sure.. i was reading something completely unrelated a while back that mentioned the dangers of settlement agreements for a large corporation or business (not just wt).

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  Londo111

  The Conti case was eventually settled.
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  Warwick Tour Brochure

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we had this posted in the mega topic thread... wt: warwick world hq tour brochure.

  the new world headquarters of jws, located at warwick, new york, will open for tours on monday, april 3, 2017.. in anticipation, a new eight-page glossy brochure about this facility has now been released:.

  download pdf: https://download-a.akamaihd.net/files/media_cmsassets/70/fo_s-whq_e.pdf.

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  Londo111

  That's all forgiven since they've one token black guy on the GB!

  I now bristle at reading or hearing the word: warmly

  They've made it so saccharine.
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  Sample Disassociation Letter please?

  by LifesNotOver in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i want to send a disassociation letter to the elders at my old congregation.

  how do i address it and what wording do i use?

  i know it's not something i have to do, it's symbolic for me.

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  Londo111

  Cult leaders:

  I disassociate.
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  Observations from an Ex-Elder Part 2 - Cart Work

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  up until i left recently i was participating in the cart work.

  in the location where we used to set up near our local mall we never had one person stop and take literature or stop and chat - other than fellow brothers.

  i thought maybe it was just a bad location or something.

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  Londo111

  I remember when it was all about "not counting time but making the time count".

  In street witnessing, for instance, I wasn't allowed to just stand there. I had to actually approach people. Sometimes walk with them while giving my presentation.

  I would have loved this cart "witnessing".

  I do wonder whose brainchild on the GB this idea was.
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  Convention program 2017 AM3

  by George One Time in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2017/friday/.

  why would our beloved gb member be on the top picture of the program?.

  any ideas?.

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  Londo111

  Maybe they drew straws.