Posts by stan livedeath

the local dubs have their own--very nice hall. built with ~~slave~~ voluntary labour--and paid for by their own contributions.--and a mortgage to the society.

but now--the watchtower orders it to be sold--and the money sent to the society.

the local congregation then continue to contribute the same amount as they did before--in perpetuity.

however--the hall is then sold to an investor---who promptly leases it back to the congregation---who now have to pay rent as well !

so--everyone is happy. just that the local dubs are too thick to realise they have been shafted.

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UK Kingdom Halls for sale

by darkspilver in

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" and a mighty cry went out over all the land: "sell !

sell !

stan livedeath

what a fine witness to jehovah--putting his halls up for sale.

"closing down sale--everyone must go"

one of those listed by 'spilver above--Ryde isle of Wight...is in the town i live in. i went there once--for a wedding. that family are long out of it now.

before that quick build went up-- ( 80's ?)----the Ryde congregation already had a hall--but it was bursting at the seams.

so now--the town wont have a hall at all. the dubs are to share another hall in Newport IW--10 miles away. 2 congregations share it already. there are also 2 other halls on the island--at Lake ( Shanklin ) and at Totland ( Freshwater )

the Ryde hall mentioned is in a prime location--adjacent to a rebuilt Tesco superstore--and a newly refurbished MacDonalds.

i bet the local dubs must feel something is very wrong with all this.

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New KH being built near where I live

by A Believer in

there are two kingdom halls in two parts of the county i live in.

one is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one.. just posting because i noticed posts saying their wasn't new khs being built.

and i learned this today from someone..

stan livedeath

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TV - Revealed: JWs in the Philippines - Investigative Documentaries

by darkspilver in

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note: although some of the interviews in the following video are in english, the majority is in tagalog/filipino, if that's a problem please don't watch it.. investigative documentaries: jws in the philippines.

broadcast on thursday 22 december 2016 on the gma news tv in the philippines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydu2bq-lwm.

stan livedeath

Thisismein197213 hours ago

Stan, I'm currently dating a Pinay...Lovely beautiful race who although stricken by poverty, still manage to laugh and be happy.

we have been " in a relationship"-- for 5 years now--3 years of that very much long distance--as in--the other side of the world. major hoops to jump through to get her back to me here in the UK--immigration is a very expensive complicated process.

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New KH being built near where I live

by A Believer in

there are two kingdom halls in two parts of the county i live in.

one is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one.. just posting because i noticed posts saying their wasn't new khs being built.

and i learned this today from someone..

stan livedeath

nigeria.

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TV - Revealed: JWs in the Philippines - Investigative Documentaries

by darkspilver in

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friends

note: although some of the interviews in the following video are in english, the majority is in tagalog/filipino, if that's a problem please don't watch it.. investigative documentaries: jws in the philippines.

broadcast on thursday 22 december 2016 on the gma news tv in the philippines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydu2bq-lwm.

stan livedeath

my wife is Pinay--and speaks fluent tagalog. i'll get her to watch it and tell me what its about.

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Vow of Obedience and Poverty? WTF??

by NikL in

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listener on here started a cool thread about the april 2017 wt which can be found here.... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4881380162928640/watchtower-april-2017-overview.

it got me to look at it closer and in the opening study they use terminology i've never heard used before namely, "vow of obedience and poverty".... 19 currently, there are some 67,000 members of the worldwide order of special full-time servants of jehovah’s witnesses.

some perform bethel service, others engage in construction or in circuit work, serve as field instructors or special pioneers or missionaries or as assembly hall or bible school facility servants.

stan livedeath

are there any definite numbers of those in missionary work--and in what countries ?

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How the Watchtower Could Grow In Numbers

by Sour Grapes in

if i were running the watchtower there are things that i would do to increase the numbers and increase donations.

since so many older witnesses are realizing that the false hope they had of not growing old and not having to die is fading away like a frost on a sunny autumn morning, the watchtower needs to shift gears.. as it has been stated on this forum, the emphasis needs to shift from not dying to the glorious hope of the resurrection, the gateway to paradise.

they need to deemphasize armageddon and emphasize "the way of life" that witnesses have.

stan livedeath

jw daughter

you could be on to something there.

have the guys behind the guys supposedly running the show realised they are running out of time? so--liquidate everything and cut the majority of dubs adrift.

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How the Watchtower Could Grow In Numbers

by Sour Grapes in

if i were running the watchtower there are things that i would do to increase the numbers and increase donations.

since so many older witnesses are realizing that the false hope they had of not growing old and not having to die is fading away like a frost on a sunny autumn morning, the watchtower needs to shift gears.. as it has been stated on this forum, the emphasis needs to shift from not dying to the glorious hope of the resurrection, the gateway to paradise.

they need to deemphasize armageddon and emphasize "the way of life" that witnesses have.

stan livedeath

i will definitely go back to the watchtower--when it ceases to exist.