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  Fleecing the Flock

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  at the last assembly i attended in 2005 the cost was $11,000 per day in yuba city (just over two hours away from our circuit).

  this always seemed a bit high for a facility that was built on donated land and whose construction loan had been paid off for 20 years.. i just looked up the cost to rent the redding civic center, which is just as nice if not nicer and a whole lot closer for our circuit, and it only costs $2,500 a day plus $250 for consumables (parking included).

  if it would save the brother's and sister's $8,250 a day and they could have the assembly locally why wouldn't they do it?.

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  RichardHaley

  I worked on the ycah hall when it was built. I was a teenager and things were less strict back then. It was fun. Was from the Redding area and did attend some assemblies at the convention center. Then our circuit was assigned to go to ycah even though the convention center was still being used for circuits north of Redding. As far as I know, all of N Ca goes there now. It has been remodeled dozens of times and has had some major issues but has been paid off for decades. 12k a day or more now.... transparency would be nice, but will never happen.
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  Elders & Ex Elders, did knowing sins of congregation members change how you treated them?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you found out all the sins of fellow witnesses did it effect how you treated them?

  it was shocking when i found out the range of bs these people did to each other.

  i don't mean sexual abuse, i mean fraud, theft, infidelity and more.

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  seeing how full of shit they were. I admit I had no patience with some. They seemed just a day away from being found out as a repeat offender as far as I was concerned

  exactly how I felt...

  There were some though that were rather funny, you know, confessing to something without realizing it until afterwards and then getting all mad about it.
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  ADVANCED WARNING - April 18th to 24th WT Study

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  february 2016 study watchtower"prove yourself loyal to jehovah" - week of april 18th to 24th"15. if a brother treats us unfairly, how should we react?

  15 in congregations of jehovah’s people today, it is very unlikely that we would be treated unjustly.

  however, those taking the lead among us are imperfect men and could misinterpret our actions.

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  RichardHaley

  A lot of imperfect men leading in other religions too! Should I give them the same consideration? Inquiring minds want to know. Morons.
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  JW Child Abuse Documentary

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.

  let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..

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  RichardHaley

  This is an impressive documentary. My wife (still in but waking up) even watched it with me and was appalled by the games the WTS and GB are playing. I don't really care for Lloyd but he hit one out of the park on this one. Thanks cappytan!
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  Evolution is a Fact #21 - Footprints in the Sand

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the pliocene epoch a volcano called sadiman erupted depositing a layer of ash across the landscape.

  some time later it rained at laetoli in modern day tanzania turning the ash into wet cement.

  birds and animals walked across the cement, then sadiman erupted again sealing the footprints under a second layer of ash.. fast-forward to 1976. a team of paleontologists led by mary leakey are searching for human origins on the serengeti plain when andrew hill ducks out the way of elephant dung being thrown at him by a colleague.

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  RichardHaley

  Just a side note... obsidian spear points and arrow heads can be accurately dated by the hydration dating method to get exact dates of when they were made.

  http://archserve.id.ucsb.edu/courses/anth/fagan/anth3/Courseware/Chronology/10_Obsidian_Hydration.html
  
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  What's the point?

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean, i don't want to be miserable or anything, but what's the bloody point of it all?.

  since i left the watchtower cult, i have come to realise that god cannot possibly exist...and if a god exists...god is indifferent to humankind as the least.. in 100 years time i'll be gone.

  kaput.

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  RichardHaley

  To make it to the end with your boots still on... so you don't stub your toe when you kick the bucket.
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  Thier new Bible translations funny Scripture and how stupid they are.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if you go to their bible at genesis 18: starting at verse 3 you will read that abraham sees jehovah yep sees him, with a couple of other men (angel's) then talks to him about getting water to wash his feet.

  then he runs to sarah and talks to her about preparing food for jehovah.

  so let me get this strait abraham sees jehovah face to face, jehovah has feet and apparently likes to eat human food too.

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  RichardHaley

  Rock & Roll and Blues... is there anything else?
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  The Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body are Elitists (Here is why)

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an "elite" group is one which has special privileges not granted to others.. and obscurantist elite, is a group which hides information by virtue of its own claim to be special and a sole source in dispensing necessary truths.. to wit:.

  the gb's elitism shines through in articles such as this:.

  “thus the bible is an organizational book and belongs to the christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals , regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the bible .

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  RichardHaley

  My friend eats at McDonalds... I won't, and yet we are still friends. McDonalds could care less.
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  News Flash: New Reveal Article

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  less than an hour old:.

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-child-sex-abusers-get-reinstated-as-jehovahs-witnesses/.

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  RichardHaley

  I don't agree with most of what fisherman said but I do agree with his statement "it is the parents responsibility to protect their children." So don't trust your children with es or ms, and by all means no jw indoctrination.
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  So I had a conversation with an older brother...

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  recently, i was speaking with an older brother who is well into his 80's and is a widower.

  he explained to me that it is tough getting old and that "nothing works right anymore".

  he told me that he was able to get through his 70's with few problems.

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  RichardHaley

  steve2 ....me in 1973 - the year of my baptism

  Hey, me 2! Oakland CA