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  Steve Let has been cloned

  by JohnR1975 in

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  he looks completely different and he doesn’t do that raised eyebrows and funny mouth that he used to.

  and something is going on with his hair.

  is it a combover or a wig or is that even him?

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  SadElder

  Looked back at some of his previous videos. He looks a little heavier, medication perphaps?

  He's wearing glasses which he haven't had previously.
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  Am I a Return Visit?

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i'm still processing this one.

  saturday morning just gone.

  my wife says: "there's a man in a suit at the door!

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  SadElder

  You gave him some extra time to count driving back to the KHall to get the book. Gotta get those hours in you know!
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  So how do I get to "attend" a zoom meeting

  by greenhornet in

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  do you have to be invited?

  is there any way of listening in on the kh meeting?

  it's been about 30 years since i have been to a kh and they would have a conference call of 4 people on the phone together because they were sick.

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  SadElder

  And you must be considered among the most holy of the locals to get the code. I understand they change it periodically.
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  Hotel Bossert, a storied hotel on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, was sold

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  memories..... a 1970s-1980s meetup location to grab a ride to local trips on the subway...or a bite on montague st.. brooklyn heights hotel to be turned into homes.

  the hotel bossert, a storied hotel on montague street in brooklyn heights, was sold to someraroad, a new york city and nashville-based real estate investment and development firm.. bk reader staffmay 31, 2025 10:00 amjun 2, 2025 9:20 am.

  photo: supplied/jim.henderson via wikimedia commonslisten to this article00:01:23. .

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  SadElder

  I remember staying in the Bossert for a for about a week in the early 80's while on a "special assignment". The place was full of roaches. There were still "worldlies" living in some rooms pending their vacating at some point. I had several more visits scheduled and told them if they couldn't put me in cleaner roach free environment then I wouldn't come again. The next visits I was stowed away in the Towers and went without incident.
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  Why Bother?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we who actually look at wt history know that they just changed 1874 to 1914 without a fanfare.

  setting up the potential for changing any dates to new dates because "holy spirit" told them to do so.. which makes me ask, why do we bother to watch what they do?

  i mean, we don't care having escaped their greedy little claws.

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  SadElder

  I doubt the dub of today can even give an explanation of their beliefs. It's more about membership in the tribe or club. Let's call them "PIMU" Physically In, Mentally unaware. They wander along blissfully in their self-righteous state.
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  Youths who gave up amazing lives

  by JohnR1975 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was growing up i remember many young people interviewed on the platform at assemblies.

  the ones who really stood out are the talented ones who gave up amazing lives to pioneer.. i remember specifically when i was a boy in the 70s and 80s some who were very good at sport or something.

  their teachers begged them to get professional training use their talents to the full.

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  SadElder

  This post immediately reminded me of an Awake cover article displaying the pictures of young people that died after refusing blood. It still makes me sad,

  I looked for the article but I'm headed out to an appointment I'll have to look later.
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  Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was doing some research on the taxable status of money being gifted to co’s and travelling missionaries and was surprised with what i found.

  i had assumed that it was not taxable income in australia.. it is taxable income in australia and it‘s likely that the same rules apply in some other countries.. a registered religious institution only receives tax free status on donations because they have been endorsed by the australian tax office.

  travelling overseas and missionaries are not in this category.. there’s a tax ruling that goes into great detail.

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  In the USA the receiver of gifts is not subject to income tax (unless there is a gift tax in their state) though it must not be a "gift" for services such as performing a wedding, baptism, or funeral as then it becomes taxable as earned income. The giver of the gift however is subject to certain limitations, here is a comment from H&R Blocks site:

  How much can a person give to another person tax-free?

  Gradually making smaller gifts: Each year, taxpayers can gift up to what is called the “annual exclusion amount” (in 2025, $19,000 per donor per recipient; $38,000 for married couples) without incurring the gift tax.
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  Special Talk just prior to the Memorial

  by Acluetofindtheuser in

  1. watchtower
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  is the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.

  is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?

  they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..

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  The dubs have used and overused the "special" so many times it's become annoying. Remember the big deal hype about the special release coming at a district convention....? It turned out to be Kingdom News 16(?) a 4 page tract for another special door to door campaign and of course it was followed by more specials of some sort. Does anyone even remember the content?
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  New World, New World Order, New System of Things

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wts has used to above terms, over the years, some more preferred in certain time periods.

  more though, but these occurred to me first.

  also the terms "new world" and "new world order" have been used by some us presidents and other leaders..

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  SadElder

  The Watchtower has always been hung up on terminology. It's not this it's that and so on. It's not a bulletin board, it's an information board.

  Always straining at the nat.
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  Did Watchtower Really Teach That Armageddon Was Coming in 1954?

  by Jerome56 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the march 2025 jw broadcast david splane in his morning worship talk mentioned that "some thought" that armageddon would come 40 years after 1914. such statements are usually meant to shift the blame of their own false predictions on to their members for speculating.

  however, i was unable to find anything in print showing that such a thing was indeed taught by the society.

  was this really a thing?.

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  SadElder

  "David Splane" me the overlapping generations, sees himself as the dub's seer of our time I think. Maybe he himself thinks that's what was believed in 1954 and he's covering it over.