Posts by berrygerry

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Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO properties the Jehovah's Witnesses haven't yet sold: Part One

by wifibandit in

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/30/brooklyn-heights-and-dumbo-properties-jehovahs-witnesses-havent-yet-sold-part.

21 clark st.. .

80 willow st.. .

legal action to Baptism of minor annulled?

by cyberjesus in

let's imagine that a 10 year old gets baptized.

parents split and kid never goes back to the hall again.

15 years later kid celebrates christmas and gets df since some dub saw him celebrating.

berrygerry

minors can go to jail too. If a person decides that he no longer wants to be a JW, he can leave, but in the JW community that it is a sad and disgraceful thing. If anyone young or old thinks that he can un-JW himself without any consequences, he has to be kidding. AKA un-ring the bell or annul a marriage after 6 pregnancies,or be a virgin again after intercourse.

All of this is absolute total bullshit.

First-off, in most advanced lands, there are NO minors in jail.

However, more importantly, minors who have committed a crime have bloody well committed.a crime.

Children who were born into a cult HAVE DONE NO WRONG.

You are arguing that they should have been born under a different circumstance.

This is 2015, not whatever backwater year that you think that children should be arguing as to where or when they should have been born.

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legal action to Baptism of minor annulled?

by cyberjesus in

let's imagine that a 10 year old gets baptized.

parents split and kid never goes back to the hall again.

15 years later kid celebrates christmas and gets df since some dub saw him celebrating.

berrygerry

Sometimes yes.

So, how do you differentiate why it is not OK for a child to consent to sexual abuse, but that that same child is capable to consent to emotional and spiritual abuse?

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it is still strange, that an organization, lead by a group of old timers, is gaining billions at the moment, without giving any transparency and accountancy feedback, because these men "trust each other", and come away with that.. they got the property investment by the use of cohi associates, and deposit their liquid assets at the caymans.. it is clear: the real power behind the jw.org facade is securing his future.. don't get me wrong, i'm not insane, but more and more i got this strong gut feeling that some governmental organization has the real power.. gorby.

berrygerry

Without being a total conspiracy-theorist, I think that the New Zealand branch sale was a precursor.

SOMEBODY has considerable influence as to the money/real estate of this Org.

That SOMEBODY has seen the MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN, and has determined the moves of the next five years.

They are real estate development and sale related.

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legal action to Baptism of minor annulled?

by cyberjesus in

let's imagine that a 10 year old gets baptized.

parents split and kid never goes back to the hall again.

15 years later kid celebrates christmas and gets df since some dub saw him celebrating.

berrygerry

A child does not qualify to give consent to sex.

Ahh, but they do qualify to be baptized, with all of the adult repercussions?

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legal action to Baptism of minor annulled?

by cyberjesus in

let's imagine that a 10 year old gets baptized.

parents split and kid never goes back to the hall again.

15 years later kid celebrates christmas and gets df since some dub saw him celebrating.

berrygerry

Rephrasing for Simon and Fish.

let's imagine that a 10 year old consents to sex with an adult. 15 years later, the kid, now a 25-year-old adult, realizes that the then-consensual sex has seriously affected his/her life.

can he/she get his consent at 10-years-old annulled?

can the adult involved be taken to court?

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"Theocratic Warfare" still alive and well within Watchtower in 2016!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

it seems like the watchtower is still encouraging "theocratic warfare".

in the no.1 watchtower of 2016, they (ironically) printed an article on honesty.here is something they said:"lyingwhat is it?

saying something false to someone who is entitledto know the truth.

berrygerry

WHAT IS IT? Saying something false to someone who is entitled
to know the truth.

Awesome catch.

Even in 2016, only elders, and positionally above in WT, are ENTITLED to truth.

Everyone else, WTH are you asking? Okay - back room.

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What's a better story that Beth-sarim

by eyeuse2badub in

http://nyp.st/1mgz4ql.

this group built a place for non other than jesus-heck with those "ancient worthies".. just saying!.

eyeuse2badub.

berrygerry

Beth SHAN

Best Memes.

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Kevin O'Leary Asked to Invest in Watch Tower Society of Pennsylvania - His Response

by berrygerry in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwspmjngt6w

berrygerry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWspMJNgT6w

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Statistics - Spreadsheets - Opinion

by berrygerry in

so, spent a fair bit of time on the stats.. the 2010-2015 numbers are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0bwv5uvzb3-67axpzavk0m0nttfe&usp=sharing.

also there are spreadsheets of: ratios, peak-pubs, and the best is a combo of ratios, peak pubs & average pubs.. you can play with these by "select all" and "sort" according to your preference.. if you would like any other combination, i would try to create it and post it for you.. of interest:.

as has been noted, the biggest standout of 2015 is the increase of only 18k in peak pubs while having 260k baptized.

berrygerry

'Yet literature carts have proved to very effective'. Very effective...my ass!

When you look at the stats - none of the Peak Pub growth is in Cult Cart areas.