When the 1942(5?) charter was instituted, the monetary value was eliminated from the voting shares.
dropoffyourkeylee is correct: "The current structure dates back to about 1944 if memory serves."
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Cooperate Members of the Watchtower Society
by James Jack ina older sister in miami florida has told me that the special pioneer couple who got their walking papers last week said they are also voting members of the watchtower society.
also his stock share is valued at $800,000!.
i did some research and spoke to some longtime witnesses and found out that there are 500 voting members of the society and they are also called shareholders.. has anyone ever of someone selling his share?.
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Cooperate Members of the Watchtower Society
by James Jack ina older sister in miami florida has told me that the special pioneer couple who got their walking papers last week said they are also voting members of the watchtower society.
also his stock share is valued at $800,000!.
i did some research and spoke to some longtime witnesses and found out that there are 500 voting members of the society and they are also called shareholders.. has anyone ever of someone selling his share?.
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And who are the mysterious board of directors?
Don Adams is president of the WTBTS of Pennsylvania and has to be re-elected every three years.
- President: Don A. Adams
- Vice Presidents: Robert W. Wallen, William F. Malenfant
- Secretary/Treasurer: Richard E. Abrahamson
- Directors: Danny L. Bland, Philip D. Wilcox, John N. Wischuk
Some of them also serve on the committees:
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/helpers-governing-body-committees/
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Cooperate Members of the Watchtower Society
by James Jack ina older sister in miami florida has told me that the special pioneer couple who got their walking papers last week said they are also voting members of the watchtower society.
also his stock share is valued at $800,000!.
i did some research and spoke to some longtime witnesses and found out that there are 500 voting members of the society and they are also called shareholders.. has anyone ever of someone selling his share?.
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Wait a minute, they vote?!?
Yep since Russell's day. In his day there was 4 428 voting shareholders.
After Russell/Rutherford post 1942: No less than 300, no more than 500 voting shareholders.
But the voting is basically just a rubber stamp to re-elect the board of directors.
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Heroes
by done4good inin jw land having such was verboten.
who are some of yours and why?.
1. nikola tesla - greatest inventor ever, and the only one i know of who was a true scientist as well.. 2. elon musk - there is a reason he chose the great inventor's name for his masterpiece work...also has a serious pair.... 3. jim morrison - brilliant and mad poet.. 4. mike krzyzewski - the epitome of success.. 5. maya angelou - brilliant humanistic poet and writer.. 6. albert einstein - do i actually have to qualify this?.
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1. Isaac Newton
2. Joseph Fourier
3. Thomas Edison
4. Chuck Peddle
5. RuPaul
6. Norman Ernest Borlaug (Saved more people than Jesus)
7. Thomas Jefferson
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Barbara Mcclintock
10. Anton Lavey
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Its Halloween today... and they're here! UFO/spooky/creepypasta thread
by Saintbertholdt inok i'll start.. one of the best and most credible cases of a ufo sighting is the 1976 tehran ufo incident.. at approximately 0030 hours local time (2100z), 19 september 1976, the imperial iranian air force command post at tehran received four reports by telephone, from civilians in the shemiran city district, of unusual activity in the night sky.
the callers reported seeing an object similar to a star, but much brighter...at 0140 hours, a ...f-4 was scrambled, piloted by lieutenant parviz jafari and lieutenant jalal damirian.
jafari would eventually retire as a general and participate on 12 november 2007, at a national press club conference demanding a worldwide investigation into ufo phenomena...while the object and the f-4 continued on a southerly path, a smaller second object detached itself from the first and advanced on the f-4 at high speed.
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Ok I'll start.
One of the best and most credible cases of a UFO sighting is the 1976 Tehran UFO incident.
At approximately 0030 hours local time (2100Z), 19 September 1976, the Imperial Iranian Air Force command post at Tehran received four reports by telephone, from civilians in the Shemiran city district, of unusual activity in the night sky. The callers reported seeing an object similar to a star, but much brighter...At 0140 hours, a ...F-4 was scrambled, piloted by Lieutenant Parviz Jafari and Lieutenant Jalal Damirian. Jafari would eventually retire as a general and participate on 12 November 2007, at a National Press Club conference demanding a worldwide investigation into UFO phenomena...While the object and the F-4 continued on a southerly path, a smaller second object detached itself from the first and advanced on the F-4 at high speed. Lieutenant Jafari, thinking he was under attack, tried to launch an AIM-9 sidewinder missile, but he suddenly lost all instrumentation, including weapons control, and all communication. He later stated he attempted to eject, but to no avail, as this system, which is entirely mechanical, also malfunctioned.
..the Defence Intelligence Agency ...assessed the quality of the report. The form indicated in checked boxes that the content was of high value, that the report was confirmed by other sources, and that the utility of the information was potentially useful to them. The form from the DIA also stated the following:
"An outstanding report. This case is a classic which meets all the criteria necessary for a valid study of the UFO phenomenon:
a) The object was seen by multiple witnesses from different locations (i.e., Shamiran, Mehrabad, and the dry lake bed) and viewpoints (both airborne and from the ground).
b) The credibility of many of the witnesses was high (an Air Force general, qualified aircrews, and experienced tower operators).
c) Visual sightings were confirmed by radar.
d) Similar electromagnetic effects (EME) were reported by three separate aircraft.
e) There were physiological effects on some crew members (i.e., loss of night vision due to the brightness of the object).
f) An inordinate amount of maneuverability was displayed by the UFOs."
They're here...
...and we're doomed... DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!
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Introduction
by shattered_origins ini joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.
i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!
i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.
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Welcome.
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Prince: How the rock legend turned his life around
by Dogpatch inwhat is your opinion of prince nowadays?.
one of the worlds raunchiest rock stars, prince is in his stacked heels and flamboyant suit strutting from house to house around an ordinary suburban estate.. from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/07/06/prince-how-the-rock-legend-turned-his-life-around-115875-22384807/.
flanked by minders, he goes up a garden path, knocks on a door and politely asks the householder: would you like to talk about god?.
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I like his early stuff like 'Dirty Mind'
Its a very groovy track.
Seems that a rep for the show claims that it was a joke.
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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post
by StarTrekAngel ini am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.
i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.
it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.
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Personal attacks are unnecessary and cheapens any debate.
I haven't seen that too often on the forum.
What I have seen is that there are 'sparring partners'. People who have engaged each other in the past and jump on each others comments. Well you can usually detect it a mile off and you can either ignore it or pass the popcorn and relax while you watch it unfold.
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The thousand mile bullshit stare
by bohm inanyone else tired of this wt cliche?.
"a certain young man named eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep.
as paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead".
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Bah my pic didn't have a thousand mile stare... wait wait...
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New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)
by Daniel1555 inthe following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".
7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.
for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.
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done4good,
There is some serious loaded language in this article, almost brazen. For those of you that point out this is a more disturbing article than usual, it is not your imagination...Providing an example of what to write in a letter to a dis-fellowshipped relative or friend and how to handle a non-JW funeral is not only over the top, these are deliberately placed control mechanisms. As reprehensible as the WT is, this was not the norm not too many years ago.
Yep its gotten down to prescribing not only exact actions but exact wording also. This is some seriously repugnant shit.
