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  New Watchtower Corporation Formed !!!

  by xjwsrock in

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  2. beliefs

  to all congregations in the united states branch territory .

  re: jw congregation support .

  dear brothers: .

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  berrygerry

  It's probably so they can divert money into that corporation and keep it separate. That way, when they get sued, they can say "look, we don't have any money! Sure JW Congregation Support, Inc has money, but they are their own thing over there. You can't have their money".

  This is Corporate Asset Management 101.

  Eg. if a corporation leases out equipment, the equipment is owned by a separate corporation than the the corporation that does the lease agreements.

  An extra layer of insulation against lawsuits.

  JW Support only OWNS the buildings, and leases to the congos.

  What takes place inside is the responsibility of the congo, not JW Support.
  
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  A small update on the ongoing investigation by the Royal Commission

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i think you people would like to know that since the public hearing has finished.

  there has been ongoing contact made to me by the staff at the rc.

  they have been inundated with calls and the same experiences or similar ones are being related.. the staff are not backwards in coming forwards with insights that they have shared.

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  I don't know what sort of shepherding is being done. It may be with a cattle prod for all I know. I think the RC just caused a bit of a reaction here in that they may be looking up some of those "women or men" who suffered or have faded. Not sure at all......still, in all it's good to know things are ticking along......

  That would be my guess.

  That, in order to appear more concerned, the branch is starting to follow-up on their existing files.
  
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  CO layoff buzz. Anyone heard anything?

  by freemindfade in

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  2. scandals

  heard of some co's being "let go".

  anyone else heard anything like this in the last few days?

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  berrygerry

  This wouldn't make sense unless they were older IMO.

  I cannot imagine anyone with the necessary skillset that would ever want to be a CO.
  
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  Buddhism Anyone?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, i have recently been delving in buddhism and i must say it all makes sense!

  like, the philosophies and ideas are what i've always believed but could never put a name to.

  for example, they don't believe in god, they teach acceptance of all faiths, that peace can be achieved - not by changing other people - but by changing yourself, that everyone has goodness in themselves, that happiness can be gained internally (not externally as a gift from god), and that life is temporary so we should enjoy it!

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  berrygerry

  Crap.

  I thought this thread was going to be about Budweiser beer enthusiasts.
  
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  Three Elders with Same Victim - Is Poland Next?

  by berrygerry in

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  2. scandals

  from reddit:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3iipt9/its_happening_a_big_news_story_in_one_of_the/.

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  berrygerry

  From reddit:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3iipt9/its_happening_a_big_news_story_in_one_of_the/
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  Please, share your abuse story.

  by Aprostate Exam in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  greetings to all, i am new to this site and am enjoying the topics.

  briefly, my family suffered my older/deceased brother's molestation when he was 13, in the congregation.

  to this day, my mother still defends the elders that dealt with this situation.

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  Welcome, and sorry.

  This org. knows how to inflict pain like no other.

  (Great username)
  
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  New Kingdom Halls

  by panhandlegirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's with all this new kingdom hall building?

  just watched jw broadcasting about their master plan for building new kingdom halls.

  sounds like a big deal.

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  It's a scam.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/381890002/new-letter-re-fully-utilizing-kingdom-hall-auditoriums

  https://www.google.com/search?q=it%27s+all+about+the+money+kevin+o%27leary
  
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  What went through your mind when you saw this Picture?

  by John Aquila in

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  berrygerry

  Yes, it's the Climax book.

  If you can get a copy, the headbands are endless.

  (Also, all of the rebel men are wearing dress shirts - no tees, or anything else)
  

  And, the grass-eating lion (think Wizard of Oz) is being protected by a lamb.

  The sticks are twigs, 14-inches long, and 1 inch thick. (Think SCTV - https://www.google.com/search?q=ooh++scary+kids+count+floyd&biw=1002&bih=539&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CC4QsARqFQoTCJyZk62SxscCFUWbiAodIEwOgg
  

  Ahh, WT at its best.
  
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  NWT is soooo inaccurate....

  by iwasblind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi this is for the lurkers.. please start reading from another translation and use tools like www.biblehub.com to verify the differences you find.. biblehub has an interlinear and a strongs concordance and heaps of dictionaries and commentaries.. you don't have to be a translator but you can clearly see how the watchtower bible and tract society has changed the bible to devalue jesus, to support their idea of a paradise earth hope for christians and many other false doctrines.. i could never understand why the jw's where attacked when they chose to translate the bible - now i know.. seriously people, there are a lot smarter people than me on this forum and heaps of research.

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  don't be afraid of the truth!.

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  Summary of: Selling Hitler: Propaganda and the Nazi Brand
  

  The Nazis pursued propaganda not just as a tool, an instrument of government, but also as the totality, the raison d'etre, the medium through which power itself was exercised. Moreover, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy argues, Hitler, not Goebbels, was the prime mover in the propaganda regime of the Third Reich - its editor and first author. Under the Reich everything was a propaganda medium, a building-block of public consciousness, from typography to communiques, to architecture, to weapons design. There were groups to initiate rumours and groups to spread graffiti. Everything could be interrogated for its propaganda potential, every surface inscribed with polemical meaning, whether an enemy city's name, an historical epic or the poster on a neighbourhood wall. But Hitler was in no sense an innovator - his ideas were always second- hand. Rather his expertise was as a packager, fashioning from the accumulated mass of icons and ideas, the historic debris, the labyrinths and byways of the German mind, a modern and brilliant political show articulated through deftly managed symbols and rituals. The Reich would have been unthinkable without propaganda - it would not have been the Reich.

  Substitute Hitler and Reich with Rutherford and Watch Tower - no different.

  It's all propaganda.
  
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  NWT is soooo inaccurate....

  by iwasblind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi this is for the lurkers.. please start reading from another translation and use tools like www.biblehub.com to verify the differences you find.. biblehub has an interlinear and a strongs concordance and heaps of dictionaries and commentaries.. you don't have to be a translator but you can clearly see how the watchtower bible and tract society has changed the bible to devalue jesus, to support their idea of a paradise earth hope for christians and many other false doctrines.. i could never understand why the jw's where attacked when they chose to translate the bible - now i know.. seriously people, there are a lot smarter people than me on this forum and heaps of research.

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  Gosh, even Indiana Jones used it!

  I remember that well.

  Jehovah is a recognized English version of YHWH.

  Don't strawman.

  It was EXTREMELY unused.

  Rutherford grabbed it as a brand, pure and simple.