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berrygerry
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Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had Your Way?
by minimus ini still believe in freedom of religion even if i disagree with the beliefsof the religion.
what about you?.
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berrygerry
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Our days are 70 or 80 years
by berrygerry ininteresting article on the change in mankind's life expectancy, as well as potential, especially with regards to research on worms and mice.. http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/no-detectable-limit-to-human-lifespan/wcm/45192f37-db70-4730-a3a7-1e4169ae703a.
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berrygerry
Interesting article on the change in mankind's life expectancy, as well as potential, especially with regards to research on worms and mice.
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My parents found out
by BlackWolf inso in my last post i talked about how i had told my younger siblings how i didn't plan to get baptized or ever be a witness.
i thought i could trust them but i guess i was wrong, they're just kids after all.
my oldest brother (who's 11) told on me today.
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berrygerry
Stick it out as long as you can. Play the game. The baptism pressure is on for age 12 - too young for most to wake up.
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FFA - 4H - Conscious matter or not allowed?
by Jennifer Lehrer ini was baptized 4 years ago, i have 2 little girls who love their bunnies, so this year we reached out to 4h and started our own 4h group - this was after asking the elders for counsel.
none provided.
now after doing this for 3 months i am being brought before a judicial committee for neutrality.
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berrygerry
Did you check Watchtower Library?
From Wiki:
In the United States, the organization is administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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And when it comes true—and it will come true—they will have to know that a prophet has been among them.
by berrygerry ina couple of years and the wtbts will consist of a bloke on a tropical beach, drinking coctails and writing the latest wacktower crap on his lap top to be emailed to all congregations for them to print, distribute and then transfer funds to his own personal off shore account!watch and see!.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/158870/brothers-were-living-exciting-times#!#2919592.
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berrygerry
A couple of years and the WTBTS will consist of a bloke on a tropical beach, drinking coctails and writing the latest Wacktower crap on his lap top to be emailed to all congregations for them to print, distribute and then transfer funds to his own personal off shore account!
Watch and see!https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/158870/brothers-were-living-exciting-times#!#2919592
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TIL - Russell Purchased His Own News
by berrygerry inwatch tower touts russell's prophesying of 1914 (albeit a tad off as to the true fulfillment).. watch tower refers often to "the world" magazine of august 30, 1914.. quotations from this magazine are: "look out for 1914" and "the terrific war outbreak in europe has fulfilled an extraordinary prophecy".
(box on page 60 in the proclaimers book: “look out for 1914!” when world war i broke out in 1914, “the world,” then a leading newspaper in new york city, stated in its magazine section: “the terrific war outbreak in europe has fulfilled an extraordinary prophecy.
‘look out for 1914!’ has been the cry of the hundreds of travelling evangelists, who, representing this strange creed [associated with russell], have gone up and down the country enunciating the doctrine that ‘the kingdom of god is at hand.’”—“the world magazine,” august 30, 1914.).
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berrygerry
Watch Tower touts Russell's prophesying of 1914 (albeit a tad off as to the true fulfillment).
Watch Tower refers often to "The World" magazine of August 30, 1914.
Quotations from this magazine are: "Look out for 1914" and "The terrific war outbreak in Europe has fulfilled an extraordinary prophecy"
(Box on page 60 in The Proclaimers book: “Look Out for 1914!”
When World War I broke out in 1914, “The World,” then a leading newspaper in New York City, stated in its magazine section: “The terrific war outbreak in Europe has fulfilled an extraordinary prophecy. . . . ‘Look out for 1914!’ has been the cry of the hundreds of travelling evangelists, who, representing this strange creed [associated with Russell], have gone up and down the country enunciating the doctrine that ‘the Kingdom of God is at hand.’”—“The World Magazine,” August 30, 1914.)Turns out that Russell had actually purchased the space in The World as an advertorial.
Interesting video:
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Kushner paid over 1 billion to WTBTS SO FAR
by nonjwspouse inin the past few years, kushner cos. and various investment partners have paid the watchtower more than $1 billion for property in brooklyn heights and dumbo.. and there's still more..... http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/5/31/first-look-kushner-cos-makeover-jehovahs-witnesses-headquarters.
yet the r&f can't seem to find the presence of logical mind to question where all that money is spent, when members are struggling financially and continuously asked for more, while being chastised for higher education and holding jobs that might interfere with pioneering.
ugh .
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berrygerry
I think the GB / WTS are shrewder property investors than the Trumps / Kushners.
Maybe prices have peaked ...Time will tell.
It is more likely that these were sales forced by monetary needs.
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Kushner paid over 1 billion to WTBTS SO FAR
by nonjwspouse inin the past few years, kushner cos. and various investment partners have paid the watchtower more than $1 billion for property in brooklyn heights and dumbo.. and there's still more..... http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/5/31/first-look-kushner-cos-makeover-jehovahs-witnesses-headquarters.
yet the r&f can't seem to find the presence of logical mind to question where all that money is spent, when members are struggling financially and continuously asked for more, while being chastised for higher education and holding jobs that might interfere with pioneering.
ugh .
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berrygerry
It was two billion a year ago.
Recently, Jared and a group of partners acquired several vast properties in Brooklyn from the Jehovah’s Witnesses, for two billion dollars; they are filling them with hip, techie tenants such as Etsy and WeWork.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushners-power-play
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Russian BOE letters of instruction - meetings and $$$ matter$
by OrphanCrow inthese letters can be found in the original russian on jwforum.eu.. i will provide links but also copy and paste the english translation that was provided for each one.. this first letter was dated may 21, 2017 and concerns instructions on how to handle the donation$.
(*bolding is mine).
we should not make the same boxes for all groups.
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berrygerry
Preferably choose a method of funding, which allows you to do so without presenting your passport. In the terminal, you need to select the partition recharge debit (or credit) card Tinkoff Bank, indicate credit card number (or number of the contract) and a row inserted into the bill validator bills until reaching 15,000 rubles. Take the receipt and complete the operation. To make a large sum, do 2-3 sets of 15 000 in the same or in different terminals. If you can not find in your region terminal systems listed above, you can use the other replenishment points, presenting a passport or send funds from any personal bank account, but in this case, one person should not list more than 15 000 rubles. In operations need to be cautious.
Money laundering?
No, we know nothing about money laundering.
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Do you think the general public cares about former Jehovah's witnesses?
by Christian Gutierrez ini was wondering if you guys think if the general public cares about our stories or if they even care what the watchtower does to people??
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berrygerry
Attention Mods:
Outlaw made a post without using a meme.
Isn't that a violation of forum rules?