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  New Instructions?

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i may have missed it, but i just heard from a local elder that there are "new" instructions for how the two one day assembly's are to be conducted and handled......fifty-nine pages worth.

  he said they will now all be put on the same as the regional conventions.

  did i miss that letter/orders from "mother"?

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  Londo111

  Conventions and assemblies are moneymakers.

  I thought that perhaps one day circuit assemblies would only be held one day a year, but then it was pointed out that the Watchtower would lose a huge stream of revenue.
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  New Instructions?

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i may have missed it, but i just heard from a local elder that there are "new" instructions for how the two one day assembly's are to be conducted and handled......fifty-nine pages worth.

  he said they will now all be put on the same as the regional conventions.

  did i miss that letter/orders from "mother"?

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  Londo111

  In a way, I suppose change is inevitable. In fact, one future day, circuit assemblies and the religion will be no more. In the meantime, things will be in flux.
  

  And lately, the rate of changes has increased as they seem to be rebranding. The floodgates have been released and it is not the same religion I grew up in. Who ever thought that the Theocratic Ministry School and Service Meeting would be thrown out the window and be turned into something else?

  I keep thinking now they've moved into their new HQ, they might feel comfortable enough to even drop a doctrinal bomb at this year's annual meeting.
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  New Instructions?

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i may have missed it, but i just heard from a local elder that there are "new" instructions for how the two one day assembly's are to be conducted and handled......fifty-nine pages worth.

  he said they will now all be put on the same as the regional conventions.

  did i miss that letter/orders from "mother"?

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  Londo111

  No matter what I'm still not attending.
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  LDS leader James J. Hamula excommunicated

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. current

  lds leader james j. hamula excommunicated.

  http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/faith/lds-leader-james-j-hamula-excommunicated/article_bc1f3f66-b315-5f2d-bf6e-473eef082209.html.

  in a rare action taken by the senior leadership of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, a disciplinary council was held for general authority seventy james j. hamula, and he has been excommunicated from the lds church..

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  Londo111

  So this guy seems to be the equivalent of a Branch overseer, or perhaps a District overseer? Not sure the exact JW equivalent.
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  Getting your WT files deleted (UK)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the uk are tightening up their data protection laws to make it easier for individuals to get hold of the information organisations hold on them and to get it deleted.. i think paul grundy (jwfacts) went through this with wt once and found it very time consuming and difficult.. will wt now abide by the law and hand over or permanently delete the records it keeps when requested?it would mean every uk exjw could have their report card info, personal file with age, sex, baptism date, judicial information, appointment/deletion/disfellowshipping dates, letters of disassociation, letters of recommendation when you move, phone number and address permanently removed.

  anyone acting for the wt (elders) who retain this information, eg your phone number in their phone or the secretary keeping your historical monthly report details, will be in violation.

  failure to comply will incur a fine.. expect a letter to all boe's any time soon explaining why this does not apply to them.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40826062.

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  I wonder love to have my information extracted and destroyed, but I am in the US.

  For those not in the US, I wonder, does the US HQ comply with a request abroad to redact in their records? Or would they fall outside that country's privacy and information laws?

  Of course, due to theocratic warfare, I do not trust that Watchtower would truly destroy their records on a person. It would be impossible to prove.
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  Getting your WT files deleted (UK)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the uk are tightening up their data protection laws to make it easier for individuals to get hold of the information organisations hold on them and to get it deleted.. i think paul grundy (jwfacts) went through this with wt once and found it very time consuming and difficult.. will wt now abide by the law and hand over or permanently delete the records it keeps when requested?it would mean every uk exjw could have their report card info, personal file with age, sex, baptism date, judicial information, appointment/deletion/disfellowshipping dates, letters of disassociation, letters of recommendation when you move, phone number and address permanently removed.

  anyone acting for the wt (elders) who retain this information, eg your phone number in their phone or the secretary keeping your historical monthly report details, will be in violation.

  failure to comply will incur a fine.. expect a letter to all boe's any time soon explaining why this does not apply to them.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40826062.

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  Londo111

  Unfortunately, this doesn't help us over here across the pond.
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  JWs Reaction to BBC Report

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for months i have been telling my friends - very devout jws - about the problem of child abuse in the organization but it wasn't until they saw the bbc report that they finally believed it.

  (i made mention of their reaction in an earlier post.).

  today they have emailed me to say the bbc report has hit them really hard.

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  Londo111

  Of course, few JWs actually want to go out in "field ministry" anyway.

  But this is good news.
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  What kind of toppings do you like on a Pizza?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i want something different on my next pizza!.

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  Londo111

  Today the Little Caesars chain is another bottom of the barrel quality (along with Pizza Hut, Dominoes, ect).

  But I remember when they first opened in my area when I was in my teens, they served this Sicilian style pizza with fresh tasting ingredients. I'd never had anything besides Pizza Hut and it was mindblowing.

  Of course, over the years, Little Caesars eschewed quality for quick and cheap.
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  Lorenz Reibling weighs in on Trump, Money and Real E$tate

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lorenz reibling (known as brother reibling to some...) - owner of taurus investments* - spoke in munich, germany october 2016.. *taurus investments bought property from the wt - story here:.

  http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=5&id=23669.

  it seems like reibling has been spending most of his time in germany these past couple years.

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  I wondered if he helped with the deal to sell Watchtower HQ to Trump's son in law.
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  What kind of toppings do you like on a Pizza?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
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  i want something different on my next pizza!.

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  Londo111

  My favorites are all local...never a chain restaurant.

  In my area (Richmond, Virginia): Leonardo's, Maldini's, Mary Angela's, Nonna's.

  My favorite places which closed long ago were Pacino's and Roberto's. I still think back on them longingly.

  I don't care for Pizza Hut either...I can't remember the last time I've been there. It's probably been over 10 years, if not 15. I grew up eating that because that's what my parents got, but like the religion they raised me in, I didn't know anything else.

  My wife orders Papa John's and sometimes it's okay. But it would never be my preference. Of course, right now, I am dieting, so no pizza for me from anywhere unfortunately.

  I would love to go to Chicago one day and have a real Chicago-style pizza.