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  Concealed carry Dubs

  by scruffmcbuff in

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  i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

  i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

  as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

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  In the 40s and early 50s the Bethel nightwatchman carried a revolver. After a guard shot up a giant roll of paper one night Knorr put an end to it.

  In the 60s my Congregation Overseer was a cop. In the late 60s, we had two additional deputies and an FBI agent in the hall, and an undercover. One meeting about 1968 one of the deputies jacket popped open while he was giving a talk exposing a pearl-handled 45. All the kids were impressed.

  During the late 70s Watchtower got very anti-gun and three of the elders quit the force in order to remain in "Good Standing"...and almost starved. Two remained cops...don't ask don't tell..and just didn't serve.

  The JWs who do carry are rare...and do it secretly.

  While publicly Watchtower is anti-gun and anti -cop...surprisingly they have no problem recruiting ex-cops to investigate (stalk) "enemies" (apostates-litigants) Watchtower deems dangerous to its financial interests.
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  How Apostates saved one town from Armagedon

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  an interesting read today about a town once in the control of a religious cult who kept predicting the end of the world, and had a major child abuse problem.

  sounds familiar to me.. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-colorado-city-brewery-2018-story.html.

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  Instead of limestone caves, Warwick Winery could have bunker aged wines. Molech Merlot. Pedophile Pinot. Circuit Chablis. ....
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  How Apostates saved one town from Armagedon

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  an interesting read today about a town once in the control of a religious cult who kept predicting the end of the world, and had a major child abuse problem.

  sounds familiar to me.. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-colorado-city-brewery-2018-story.html.

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  An interesting read today about a town once in the control of a Religious cult who kept predicting the end of the world, and had a major child abuse problem. Sounds familiar to me.

  http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-colorado-city-brewery-2018-story.html
  
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  Helping my husband wake up, need advice.

  by Whynot in

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  my husband is dfed but he is a prime example of someone who was a puppet for the watchtower.

  i was able to wake him a little with the sex abuse scandal.

  he was an elder and is very familiar with those rules.

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  I don't know your hubby, but as a one-time true believer, it was the realization that the organization was not "spirit directed" or "godly".....ever. Simple stuff...like the organization LIES knowingly...the simple question "who is the father of the lie?"(simple act of fraudulent accounts reading at conventions, child abuse, theocratic strategies). Is it ever right to defraud widows and orphans? Yes-No? (borrowing and never returning $$) Is god all powerful...or confused...changing his mind yearly like Watchtower? Jesus said: "by their fruits, you shall know them"- what fruitage does Watchtower display? Reading actual early Watchtower publications on Barbra Anderson's site.. the Nutty stuff Russel and Rutherford printed. Ray Franze's books. Stay away from never-ending theological dates, how many angels can dance on a pinhead, the Bible, and how many reindeer does really Santa have. Baby steps.
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  Has anyone heard of "Secret Disfellowshipping" by Jehovah's Witnesses? Menlo Park Ca. Congregation. Update.

  by Balaamsass in

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  no doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.

  called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.

  every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.

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  Newest Watchtower Silicon Valley land grab?

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  just heard from a silicon valley elder yesterday that a number of local congregations are being dissolved and combined between belmont and palo alto, ca.

  on the san francisco peninsula.

  can anyone verify this?.

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  Just heard from a Silicon Valley elder yesterday that a number of local congregations are being dissolved and combined between Belmont and Palo Alto, Ca. on the San Francisco Peninsula. Can anyone verify this?

  Of special interest to me is the North Palo Alto Congregation that sits outside the gates of Stanford University at 429 High Street, Palo Alto. That hall must be worth upwards of 3-5 Million dollars now. Most of the Menlo Park Congregation land grab refugees from four years ago were shipped to this hall (see old posts on this). I wonder how they will take this part two.

  40 years ago "true believers" felt hundreds of "truth seeking Stanford Students would attend that hall and become Watchtower Doctors and Attorneys. 16,000+ kids a year graduate from Stanford. The number of those kids hoodwinked over the last 40 years to work for Watchtower......zero. lol.

  Updated info appreciated.
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

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  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  TV commercial seen in the United States, from a Law firm "Asking if you were ever sexually abused by JEHOVAHS WITNESSES, please call".

  by Dunedain in

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  ok, so i don't know if this is "old news", and if this has been seen, and or mentioned already.

  if it was, i do apologize, but i feel i have to mention what has been seen on tv, within the past 24 hours.. first off, i would like to say that i did not personally see this commercial.

  however, it was seen by someone that i can verify 100% is telling the truth, as it was my own father who saw it.

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  A consortium of law firms. http://www.childsexabuse.org/about-us/

  If they have copies of Service desk instructions and forms and prior court testimony many of the cases will become paint by numbers.
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  Vigil held for Burney man who died after being set on fire

  by no password in

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  vigil help for burney man who died after being set on fire.

  community members shared their memories of wicks, a member of the jehovah's witness hall in burney.

  many of them remember him from his post at the shell station, where he worked along with his wife.

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  An arrest today. http://www.krcrtv.com/news/breaking-news/arrest-in-murder-of-burney-man-set-on-fire/279931238?utm_medium=social
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  Mexico branch......Now closing!!!

  by krismalone in

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  a circuit overseer friend of mine serving in latin america called me today to say hi.

  i asked him what's new and he dropped the news that they have received notification that the branch in mexico will be closing!!

  this branch also called the central american branch (although located in mexico) oversees all of mexico's 800,000+ publishers plus all 7 countries of central america of over 100,000 publishers.

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  With a 20% rise in gas prices Mexicans have taken to the streets in riots this week.

  About a year ago the exchange rate was 13 Pesos to the dollar, now it is 20 Pesos. Yes, a Peso is now worth a US nickel.

  For every dollar Mexico sends to the USA $10 flows to Mexico, mostly from illegal ex pats (per PEW). Four years of Trump may bring about revolution in Mexico. For the last 100 years unhappy Mexicans have simply left for the US, without that pressure release valve because of Visa requirements and a tighter border, expect massive civil unrest.

  Watchtower is doing a cut and run. SELL SELL SELL

  Read what happened with a simple gas price spike this week. http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gas-protest-round-up-4-dead-400-arrested/