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  The Governing Body Doing The Math As Corporate CEOs

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  lett announce to his braindead indoctrinated rank and file masses the wt corporation is short on funds and so they have money problems.

  he made light of his role and the rest of management's predicament by saying on a public broadcast: "in doing the math we found that the amount of money flowing out will be much greater than the amount of money coming in at this time".

  clearly the guys on the gb have very little business sense to let things get so out of hand with tons of projects in the works and having to close all of them except for warwick, and one in england.. i have to wonder just what type of math these dead heads on the gb even know or consider when making all their plans for the future of the corporation they have leadership over.

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  When did "The Last Days" of JW Organization Begin? Will This Generation See It End?

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a growing discourse on this forum has been around what "the end" means.

  as jws, many here spent varying proportions of our lives waiting for the end when an unsettling realization was that the end that approaches is more likely to be from old age than the world's end.

  through the centuries, group after group, has claimed it has "inside" information on the end of the world, drawing in the desperate-for-comfort like moths to flames.

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  The Chinese have a saying which means "Wealth never survives three generations." Similar meaning phrase exist in other cultures as well, such s the Italian saying "from the cowshed to the stars and back to the cowshed."

  Inheriting wealth, or position, does not mean you created wealth or earned your position.

  I believe Watchtower and JW's are currently, more or less, in their third generation of leaders, with a little overlap between each.

  1st generation - Russell / Rutherford

  2nd generation - Knorr / Franz / Henschel

  3rd generation - current governing body

  Changes to Watchtower eschatology that started in the mid 90's after the death of Franz, such as the "generation" teaching and "sheep / goats" teaching were simply a band-aid approach to maintain power against the back drop of failing predictions.

  The year 2000 saw big changes after the death of Henschel. A great focus on lawyers and wealth creation became more important that eschatology. Watchtower was divided up and the flood gates were open which resulted in the creating of numerous legal entities that no one knew who was what. Everything seemed to be focused on the protection of money.

  Ridiculous teachings and ideas were endorsed by the third generation of the governing body, even to the point of trying to reinvent the religion, such as with TV evangelism and trolley cart preaching. Foundation teachings of the JWs, such as the "faithful and discreet slave class" were dropped, and power was consolidated into the hands of the governing body.

  The death of Ted Jaracz and former governing body member Ray Franz opened the way for even more bizarre changes and reversals of teachings, such a no 'evil slave' and the abandonment of types and anti-types. Prophetic interpretation fell to the wayside. The King of the North and King of the South were literally shelved as too were the interpretations of the prophecies in Revelation, Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, and so on. To interpret a prophecy simply meant that one day that interpretation would be proven false. There is over a hundred years of Watchtower precedents to support this.

  Every generation, and overlapping generation (no pun intended) of governing body / Watchtower leaders have traditionally reinterpreted bible scriptures and prophecy in such a way that it always pointed to themselves as the guardians of doctrine and cleansers of the temple.

  The current governing body and Watchtower leaders are, not only incompetent, but are in crisis. It's quite possible the events of 9/11, which they got to witness from their offices across the East River, greatly affect them. So close to home.

  Whether or not Watchtower is in financial crisis is not worth speculating beyond the fact they they are selling off their assets around the world, draining congregation funds, and cutting back their overheads on an unprecedented scale. Which ever way the governing body spin this it is never convincing. Their body language speaks more than their words.

  In the past the Watchtower mantra was "Advertise, Advertise, Advertise, the King and his Kingdom." Now the mantra in "Donate, Donate, Donate, to the King and his Kingdom."

  In 2000 Watchtower started creating a plethora of legal entities all of which appear to have one purpose - protecting money. The bible teaches that "shrewd is the one that sees the calamity and proceeds to protect himself." In 2000 Watchtower saw the calamity, the 'writing on the wall' and started to protect itself. The calamity is now here.

  This current generation of governing body members and Watchtower leaders are the third generation of leaders. They inherited the wealth and the teachings (of hope and the last days) that created the wealth. Then they go and dump the very teachings that created the wealth. The net result is they are crying poor, and they probably really are.

  I read an article many years ago about the car manufacturer Ferrari. At the time the company admitted that it could not survive as a motor vehicle manufacturer without the sponsors and royalties it derived from merchandise sales that it generated through its Formula 1 racing team. This was its bread and butter that allowed for the cream - the street cars. Ferrari would never kill off its F1 team to save money.

  Watchtower have in effect cut off their income stream - hope for the future and genuine christian love. This has created a vacuum which is now filled with no hope, no future, no good news and no financial security.

  I would put 2000 as the stat of the "last days" for Watchtower and the governing body.
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  Picture in latest Watchtower . . . What is it?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??

  it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.

  am i missing something?.

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  The picture on the left is how everybody in the world sees a JW wielding the silver sword. The picture on the right is how JWs view themselves wielding the silver sword.
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  Married Jehovah's Witness is caught stripping in a stranger's living room as his horrified wife watches by live video link

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  only in the uk.. a woman who was worried her jehovah's witness husband was cheating set him up and then watched in horror as he was seduced after knocking on someone's door.

  the honeytrap was laid for the suspicious wife with the help of youtubers to catch a cheater.

  they arranged for an actress to wait at one of the houses on the husband's outreach round and try to seduce him.

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  Thanks for the link to the discussion. Had to laugh. Plausable though. I know of one JW door knocker who . . .
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  Married Jehovah's Witness is caught stripping in a stranger's living room as his horrified wife watches by live video link

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  only in the uk.. a woman who was worried her jehovah's witness husband was cheating set him up and then watched in horror as he was seduced after knocking on someone's door.

  the honeytrap was laid for the suspicious wife with the help of youtubers to catch a cheater.

  they arranged for an actress to wait at one of the houses on the husband's outreach round and try to seduce him.

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  Only in the UK.

  A woman who was worried her Jehovah's Witness husband was cheating set him up and then watched in horror as he was seduced after knocking on someone's door.

  The honeytrap was laid for the suspicious wife with the help of YouTubers To Catch a Cheater.

  They arranged for an actress to wait at one of the houses on the husband's outreach round and try to seduce him.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5058729/Married-Jehovah-s-Witness-seduced-actress.html

  Does this satisfy the requirements of the "two witness" rule?
  
  
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  Could You See A Kingdom Hall Getting Shot Up?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i would never want to see that happen but i’m surprised it has not occurred at this point.

  there are many disgruntled people who have had bad experiences with the witnesses..

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  According to the bible the first terrorist attack on a place of worship was carried out by none other than jehovah himself when he had Samson kill thousands of peaceful worshippers along with their little children.
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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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  Watchtower is always following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church for ideas. The below image is the 1970's logo for the Catholic Church's Archdiocesan Youth Commission.

  
  
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  Some more background information on Geoffrey Jackson

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  born in 1955 jacko was baptized at 13 years of age in 1968.his life story, printed in the august 2015 watchtower doesn't state the year in which he married, it's fairly general when talking about it.

  hmmm, i wonder why?i've come across a recording of an interview with jacko at a hall dedication in another part of the us in 2009 which provides some further information.he married his first wife, jenny, in 1974 at the grand old age of 19. no wonder they didn't want to print it in the watchtower.unfortunately his first wife, jenny, was diagnosed with cancer in 1999.in 2003 jacko was sent a letter from the gb stating he was being transferred to hq and his wife would be given appropriate work.

  he initially didn't know why they were being called to hq as he felt they were being very productive in their fijian paradise, he states that they brought 75 people into the truth.

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  Geoffrey Jackson is a fraud. He knows it. I know it. And he knows I know it. Beat you every time Jack.
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  Outside JW World They Barely Exist

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is anyone else staggered by the fact that outside of the organization most of the general public seem to know very little or nothing about jw’s?

  when i was in i was led to believe that 99% of the worlds population had been giving sufficient warning, knew what it was all about and were stubbornly sticking to their immoral ways.

  the reality seems to be that the entire jw universe is barely noticeable to the masses.

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  10 million people are born every month. It is mathematically impossible for JWs to preach to the entire world and simply keep up with the birth rate.
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  The Extremes of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Scoiety

  by The_Seeker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been reading through the posts over the last few days and something occurred to me, an epiphany, if you will.

  people don't leave the jw's, especially those raised in the religion, simply because it is easier for them to continue to believe a lie even when faced with the truth.

  the ability to think critically is something that most jws lack, we all know this to be true, but i truly believe many of them are simply too lazy to try anything different.

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  There's a reason JWs refer to themselves as sheep. Sheep have an IQ less than the biblically unclean pig.