Posts by Londo111

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Bethel downsizing is still coming

by dropoffyourkeylee in

i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

Londo111

What I meant is after 2016...not layoffs as part of the current migration to Warwick. The other upstate facilities seem redundant as things rebrand from print to video and internet.

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Bethel downsizing is still coming

by dropoffyourkeylee in

i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

Londo111

Glorious contraction is now taking place...

I keep wondering when they will get around to selling Patterson and the Farm.

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Preaching cart business

by sp74bb in

jw
friends

another excellent business for jw.org : providing preaching carts .our sources have been very quick to act.. source:https://m.alibaba.com/product/219854131/metal-napkin-display.html?spm=a2706.7843667.1998817009.15.hmpurw.

nearly 40000 units confirmed by buyers related with jw.org.

soon 4 containers come to europe.. cost of every cart, less than 2 € from.

Londo111

Are these JW owned or invested businesses?

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JW Witnessing Trolleys. To approach or ignore what is your preference and why?

by KateWild in

i saw two brothers this morning next to the main train station in liverpool city centre this morning.

they were not actively approaching anyone.

what i found strange was that they were from a cong that has different territory, so i don't know why they were there.. anyway i knew them both, and they know i was df'd, i was in my car and couldn't park up for a chat, but i did beep and wave to them as i drove passed and they waved back.

Londo111

Perhaps it's my shyness, but I generally don't approach strangers and speak with them if I don't have to. Maybe a few years ago, but it's been years since I did door-to-door, street work, parking lots, phones...I'm out of practice in confronting strangers and telling them why they are wrong about something or another like I did when I was a JW.

I saw a cart in front of DMV last month...I said hello as I passed by, conducted my business inside, and then went to work. I didn't have much time to spare on them. Maybe one day I'll have the time and the mood will strike me and I will give them some food for thought.

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Think for Yourself: Reform Judaism Uses JW Blood Issue For Shavuot

by David_Jay in

as the jewish holy day of shavuot (pentecost) begins this weekend, the reform judaism site publishes an interesting article entitled "judaism teaches: question authority, think for yourself.".

the article employs a jewish doctor's recollection of a jw patient who refused blood and died as an example of how both religious traditions greatly differ on how they see and apply god's law.. shavuot is the day jews recall god's giving the law to israel.

the article is significant in that it demonstrates how jews see the giving of the law as a call to questioning authority, including divine revelation itself whereas the death of the jw patient is contrasted as a slavish interpretation that misses the point behind jewish scripture.. for more see the article at:.

Londo111

Awesome interpretation.

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Are the witnesses really False prophets?

by MrTheocratic in

when you read the following statements from the wt.

organization... do they satisfy you?

or better stated...... should you be satisfied by there answers?.

Londo111

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSNQUubKHo&list=PLyNx0oM_bmgAxVYyFIhblMu4Mo1PeMxn1&index=8

And Acts 1:6 is not a get out of jail free card either...the apostles did not proclaim a false date, they simply asked a question...

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Jehovah's Witnesses new world HQ nearly complete. From The Chronicle.

by ToesUp in

warwick article.

Londo111

Didn't much of the work by these volunteers have to be redone two or three times? And wasn't there a crane accident?

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Are the witnesses really False prophets?

by MrTheocratic in

when you read the following statements from the wt.

organization... do they satisfy you?

or better stated...... should you be satisfied by there answers?.

Londo111

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/jehovahs-prophet.php

Watchtower has claimed be a Prophet when convenient and demands the authority of a Prophet, while at the same time claiming not be be an 'inspired prophet' when convenient, but 'spirit-directed'. It's like getting to have one's cake an eating it too.

"So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? .These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet? ... This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses."--Watchtower April 1, 1972

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Jehovah's Witness Mentos Commercial Parody

by WatchtowerReviewz in

i made this quick little parody to showcase how simple and ridiculous the jw "cure all" solution is to all of life's problems.

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pray, read watchtower, and recruit more members = solution.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4ig_zu4fi&feature=youtu.be.

Londo111

I love it!

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"Shunning" - now a Watchtower word?

by slimboyfat in

i know jws have long used the word "shun" in a general sense, as in "shun what is bad".

but i think they have long avoided using the word in relation to disfellowshipping.

in external media or literature wherever the word "shunning" was used in a piece about jws it was usually a good indication it was critical of watchtower and not a neutral or supportive commentary.

Londo111

I believe Watchtower PR people would say, "shunning is a myth". And that was echoed by an elder in court.