curious what the canadian take is on all this .
i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?
that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.
Sparrow: Haven't they changed the Canadian national anthem to be gender neutral now or are they just thunking bout it?
Yeah. Canada decided to go back to using gender neutral terms in the national anthem, just like it was first written.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4002268/oh-canada-originally-gender-neutral/
a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.
it was sold a couple of years ago.
we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.
FreedomRocks: What happens if there are people who vote against a resolution?
If there is not a majority consent to the resolution, then the designated funds cannot legally be transferred to another purpose
a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.
it was sold a couple of years ago.
we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.
menrov: If the money is not owned by the congregation, why a resolution?
Non-profit tax rules.
Designated donations cannot be used for other purposes unless there is a resolution, from those who donated it, to use those donated funds for another purpose
a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.
it was sold a couple of years ago.
we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.
Coco: It was exciting as we anticipated the countdown to the Big A.
No denying the craziness of the religion, but money and real estate were by no means the focus.
Well, it might not have been the focus for you, Coco, but...
The 60s and 70s were a buying frenzy for the WTS:
When the rest of Brooklyn Heights was besieged by crime and blight in the 1960s and 1970s, the Witnesses snapped up properties and meticulously maintained them. “The Bossert Hotel, when they bought it, was a mess,” Citi Habitats’ TRData LogoTINY Christopher Havens told the Commercial Observer. “There were hookers there.”
coco: What a total letdown, on all counts.
Not so much for the WTS. They made lot$$$$$$ on their wise and prudent real estate foresight. While you and the other faithful JWs were concentrated on cleaning convention rentals, they were stockpiling real estate in Brooklyn that paid them back large.
At one point, the Witnesses held 4.5 million square feet over 30 buildings. They’re down to nine buildings, having made about $1.25 billion on staggered sales since 2004, according to the CO.
In August, a partnership between Kushner Companies, CIM Group and LIVWRK closed on the flagship Watchtower building for $340 million.
“The selling off in a systematic manner worked to their benefit because they set the market,” said Timothy King of CPEX Real Estate. “Each sale almost set a record for one [transaction] but then raised the bar for the next one. This was very thoroughly thought out and executed.”
" the contestant was useless as he said the 1700s.
the correct answer the quiz master gave was the 20th century.
and then he added, "they only began in the 1930s believe it or not.
neat: As long as they claim 1919 as their year of official appointment by Jesus, that's all that matters.
1919 was the year that Rutherford bought the printing presses for the WT
It had nothing at all to do with Jesus and everything to do with the business of selling books
Unless Jesus was the one who was the WT's $$$ source that bailed out the almost bankrupt company
so at the phd today with my wife and me, and in slowly getting to the heart of matters (like peeling an onion if you ask me), the dialogue in part went like this: .
phd: if it came down to it, would you take a bullet in the head instead of giving up membership in your organization?
wife: absolutely, i would die for my faith.
venus:
God shows no partiality. Jews claimed they are the chosen ones which history shows God did not endorse. God knew that many would choose their faith according to their likes and dislikes which means no reasoning would work with them. It means God has permitted people to have their own faith which means we too must permit others to have their own faith no matter how unreasonable it may seem.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires"
- Susan B. Anthony
rolf foruli, scandinavian academic and watchtower apologist, has come out with a video at times quoting figures on mental disease from the 1930's and 40's, in support of his allegation that the rate of mental problems and depression is actually only a third of what it is among the entire population.. there are numerous holes in his presentation.
for one, when jw's are da'ed or df'ed they're no longer considered jw's and only active jw's are part of the results.
those who were victimized and suffered the most mental trauma as jw's aren't even considered in the studies he mentions.. watch his video: "the mental health of jehovah´s witnesses" r. furuli, on youtube:.
sparky: Sending out a survey for the congregation elders to make an assessment of individual witnesses mental health is not a 'scientific study'.
Ooohhhh
Is this the "study" that I have seen referenced in certain WT documents? In submissions to international courts, etc?
Now that makes sense. I always wondered who it was that conducted such a stupid "study"
And the org uses it liberally. Whenever they want to present 'expert" opinions. Pfffftt
Isn't this the guy that was part of the production "In the Name of God"? The one that Reibling et al supported. Financially
*to add - yeah
Here is the background on that "independent" production. And I had the name wrong - "The Name of God"
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/exjehovahswitnessforum/the-name-of-god-documentary-film-t27746.html
did anyone else develop a weird fear of dying and death after leaving jw?
i recently left and have realized for the first time in my life that i’m not going to live forever.
anyone else have these same feelings toward discovering your own mortality?
Splane: What do I make of this?
That you were scared of dying before. It is what the primary "keeping in" doctrine of the JWs preys upon and will always endure - a human being's innate fear of death. The org promises no death. That is what keeps those who are scared of dying from leaving and learning of not to be scared of living. The org capitalizes on a primal instinct. Survival
I would venture to say that you were scared of dying while you were a JW. Now you can start to be less scared of living
Your fear is about the life you have left and how it will all end. 'Cause we all die. Dying is a part of our lives. Life is short. Live well and live large
from the wt dated dec 2017 - study 1 para 11 studied by all congregations 4th feb 2018. the question asked on this paragraph is:.
what did the physician luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”.
paragraph 11 in this wt reads:.
smiddy: Did they have glass windows in Jesus day ?
No
i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.
http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.
the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.
Science????
Really? Where?? Where, in all that jumble of words and assertions, is the science?
I can't find the science - not one scientific study quoted. Not one. I can't find anything at all that resembles science. Nothing at all that is scientific by any stretch of the imagination. Nothing.
You can it a tuna fish sandwich if you want, but....if its black, got four legs, and has a white stripe down its back and walks low to the ground...it's a skunk.
This is NOT science.
