self-praise is no praise, brooklyn!
however, having skimmed over this latest offering - which was neither researched nor written by the f.d.s., according to geoffrey jackson's sworn testimony in oz - here is my favourite statement: .
p. 26 par.
that JW publications are not written by the FDS?
But the GB always read and approve all material to ensure it's scriptural accuracy and that sources are correctly quoted Data Dog. So we should all feel very secure in their self promoted role of "our slaves". Ha!!
self-praise is no praise, brooklyn!
however, having skimmed over this latest offering - which was neither researched nor written by the f.d.s., according to geoffrey jackson's sworn testimony in oz - here is my favourite statement: .
p. 26 par.
bennyk Then you will see that it is in the appendix and not in the body of the work. Therefore, it is well hidden, for how many people do you really know who go on to read the appendix of most books. Well hidden Be'Duhn. Very cunning.
Interesting Fascinating. In his book Truth in Translation, BeDuhn has an entire section in the Appendix explaining why the word "Jehovah" as found in the New World TranslationNew testament is incorrect....
witnesses are not supposed to stand for the national anthem but can stand for a flag salute.. you can't say bless you if someone sneezes, good luck!, or " you too" if someone says, happy holidays.. it is a religion of cannot dos.
everything is pagan and worldly.. what are things that are unacceptable to jehovah's witnesses that really are no big deal to everyone else?
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Can't take a paedophile JW to court. Can't protect a child from paedophile without at least two witnesses to the actual crime.
Can't be a strong woman with a good eduction. Can't speak your mind, belly dance, sing worldly songs, create art from the heart.
Let's say..........JUST CAN'T!!
check his signature... it looks kind of childish/feminine (at least in my part of the world)... is this a grown man's signature for you?.
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.
I can't believe he slinked away after his sycophantic creepy approach to the RC, then in the safety of his "castle" allowed his lawyers, 30 helpers or whatever.......write up this complete rebuttal to all he had so "humbly" considered to be "good questions" during his testimony.
I am disgusted, furious, I hate them all for the liars they are. Do they really think they will get away with this? I will push for banning. I'm sick of this lying. Bring him back out of his "safe place" force him back to remain in Australia at the RCs pleasure to "assist" with ongoing investigations.
I say bring the bastard back and don't allow him to leave until the two and a half years of investigating are done. What a whack job. Let me get my hands on him, chain him to a chair and play Deep Purple really loud, or Ramstein, Linkin Park, Metallica....torture him with awfully non biblical music. "Yello", with Dieter Myer and Boris Blank should do his head in..... with all the lights blaring. Then I'll sit infront of this jerk and read tarot cards or play with crystal ball (not his). Perhaps perform and exorcism on him " along with a few concerned with this spiritual well being friends" All dressed in black robes and cowls ..........I'm feeling very nasty about this whole GB mob. Jackson should be forced to return if he has left.................
Phew, that was a furious bit of a rant wernt it?
an update on the canada branch hasn't been made (i think).. year-over-year, canada's equity decreased by 11 million in 2012, 17 million in 2013.. however, the 2014 report shows a huge increase (20 million) in the cost of "purchased supplies.
" with the shrinkage of the mags, and the push to online, how the heck did this go from 39 million to 58 million?.
even with this number, the equity in 2014 went down by a staggering 56 million.. what the heck is going on?.
So Brooklyn (Warwick) is not only taking all the US congregations money but also the foreign branches as well..
Exactly
an update on the canada branch hasn't been made (i think).. year-over-year, canada's equity decreased by 11 million in 2012, 17 million in 2013.. however, the 2014 report shows a huge increase (20 million) in the cost of "purchased supplies.
" with the shrinkage of the mags, and the push to online, how the heck did this go from 39 million to 58 million?.
even with this number, the equity in 2014 went down by a staggering 56 million.. what the heck is going on?.
Very very interesting material. I recall about two years ago or a little less, that all kingdom hall loans were "forgiven" in Australia.
But the forgiven loans were a ruse. It was made very clear that the same amount of money as the so called forgiven loan, was to be donated. (This on top of the weekly donations always made by the congregant's)
All members were given forms to take home and fill in. They were asked to budget a portion of their income to include a regular donation that would be counted up at the end of their fiscal month.
This left some very bemused people who were in Halls that were paid off decades ago. These properties had gained in value in a huge way. And some were sold off. Quite a few but I don't know the number. That money went somewhere, but no one really knows where. (your' suspicions are as good as mine)
Congregations were merged to allow up to three meetings in some instances.
WTBTS Australian send a good portion to America, and from there it is allocated to ...who knows where.
Ironically, it has backfired in some ways for this reason. Having made this promise of a certain pledge per family. It became evident that this pledge was not always going to be met. In many cases people had things to fix in their own homes, or kids clothes to buy for school....or perhaps the family car broke down. It is basic human nature in normal families to take care of the kids, have some small luxury.........normal things. If that meant not being able to stick to their "anonymous" promise, then they didn't or couldn't.
Money via donations has dried up to some degree in Australian...I am told that we are the least religious place in the world......or close to it. Hedonistic bastards that we are.
This year the WTBTS cannot afford to hire the large facilities that have always been a feature of JW life in yearly assemblies. No more large conventions, unless you are personally invited to some other country and provided you have no disabilities....
This is my view from Australia. I think it ties in with all the other observations made regarding NGO and the attempts to evade future taxes, fines, scrutiny........who knows?
are you interested?
looking for a team of armchair activists;.
purpose: to connect everybody to everybody and to get them to connect the big picture about wtbs which is that it is suspected that watchtower has a child pedophile/child porn ring within it.
mrmagic, don't get me wrong by the way. If there is some evidence, I would jump on it. This sort of thing is very very hard to prove and takes expert tracking, legal proofs, computers, and on it goes...There have been some truly gifted police who have worked with other authorities globally from Australia to American and Sweden to name a few of the channels they had to plough through. It sometimes took from months to years to gather all the evidence, before there was a well co-ordinated, evenly planned ....can't think of the bloody word.....Sting?
Then the detectives and various other squads would make sure they acted in tandem so that no computer information could be wiped and multiple arrests were made.
We've had some really good interactive "attacks" between Australia the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany.....even American and the Philippines happen. Very impressive coordination from all fronts...
So please don't get me wrong. I'm just wary about calling the WTBTS a paedophile ring. I just think they are terribly guilty of being cruel and sacrificing children and young ones to keep a "clean organization"..
are you interested?
looking for a team of armchair activists;.
purpose: to connect everybody to everybody and to get them to connect the big picture about wtbs which is that it is suspected that watchtower has a child pedophile/child porn ring within it.
Important to give some real evidence of this. It's a bit different from having badly handled sex abuse cases.....but a paedophile ring?
Any hard evidence. Paedophile rings are something else again, we have all seen the horrific cases from time to time, that literally span the globe and make money from this crime......
i have no interest in pontificating on this matter which to me seems so straightforward.
however, since i continue to see newbies and others periodically post in error stating that the wts "owns" tobacco company stock i believe that this should be corrected and the matter put to rest, hopefully for good.. .
facts:.
Phizzy..
..TrueEden is not debating a future pension. It about hypocrisy on the part of a religion that claims, presumptuously to be the FDS and god's mouth piece on earth...
i have no interest in pontificating on this matter which to me seems so straightforward.
however, since i continue to see newbies and others periodically post in error stating that the wts "owns" tobacco company stock i believe that this should be corrected and the matter put to rest, hopefully for good.. .
facts:.
Oh! Go Terry go.....yes!
I hate corruption and lies, especially when under some religious banner...
