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  Amazing Kingdom Hall transformation

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on tues august 2/16 i happen to be driving down westminster highway in richmond, b.c.

  [a suburb of vancouver] and notice activity at the kingdom hall at shell ave. hmm, i say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing.

  i continue on to work.

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  Esse quam videri

  Do you think it was sold?

  That would be my guess.
  
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  Amazing Kingdom Hall transformation

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on tues august 2/16 i happen to be driving down westminster highway in richmond, b.c.

  [a suburb of vancouver] and notice activity at the kingdom hall at shell ave. hmm, i say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing.

  i continue on to work.

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  Now, my question is the following. Being as the sellers of property in Vancouver feel like they have won the lottery has the Watchtower succumbed to the same fever, OR, are they just preparing to build a new, more comfortable Kingdom Hall for the brothers and sisters?
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  Amazing Kingdom Hall transformation

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on tues august 2/16 i happen to be driving down westminster highway in richmond, b.c.

  [a suburb of vancouver] and notice activity at the kingdom hall at shell ave. hmm, i say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing.

  i continue on to work.

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  Okay, so on Tues afternoon I happen to notice this amazing transformation of the Kingdom Hall. I didn't take a before picture because it didn't really look any different than it always has. However, later the same day it was difficult not to notice the change.

  
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  Amazing Kingdom Hall transformation

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on tues august 2/16 i happen to be driving down westminster highway in richmond, b.c.

  [a suburb of vancouver] and notice activity at the kingdom hall at shell ave. hmm, i say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing.

  i continue on to work.

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  Okay, so on Westminster Highway a few new houses are being built. What is typically done is an older house is bought and then demolished and then a new one goes up. A big new one. I guess the old one didn't have enough rooms. So here is a sample of the new ones. Yeah, they are as big as they look. Bigger.
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  Amazing Kingdom Hall transformation

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on tues august 2/16 i happen to be driving down westminster highway in richmond, b.c.

  [a suburb of vancouver] and notice activity at the kingdom hall at shell ave. hmm, i say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing.

  i continue on to work.

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  So, on Tues August 2/16 I happen to be driving down Westminster Highway in Richmond, B.C. [a suburb of Vancouver] and notice activity at the Kingdom Hall at Shell Ave. Hmm, I say to myself, they must be having a 'work bee' or some such thing. I continue on to work. Oh, for anyone who isn't aware of it, Vancouver is something of a hot spot for real estate investing lately. It seems that a lot of Asian money, I mean a very, very, very lot of Asian money is coming to town and buying property up. Especially in Richmond, it's close to the airport and many spend half their time back in China after they fine a nice cozy place to live here. What was $500,000.00 five years ago is now going for 2,3 and even 4 or 5 million dollars. The locals who call Vancouver their home are getting a little bit peeved and even a whole lot peeved, well okay, totally pissed at the foreign money pushing land values through the roof. They can't buy, their kids can't buy and they know full well their grand kids will never buy either. Who can compete with buyers that bring wheelbarrows of money into the country and pay whatever the buyer asks. Oh, did I say pay whatever the buyer asks. Ooops, I got that wrong. What I meant to say is they bid against each other [ the Asians that is] and pay $200,000.00, $300,000.00, or 400,000.00 more than the asking price.
  
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  If you could speak to your former self, what would you say?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you, knowing ttatt, could go back in time and speak to your former jw self, what would you say to wake yourself up from the wt religion?.

  i would speak to my unbaptised publisher self.

  at that stage, i believed.

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  This may not have anything to do with the topic other than that she was a JW.

  Gail, a 21 year old beauty. I was 21 and we were looking into each others eyes. A long look that still gives me goosebumps. What would I have told myself?

  " Kiss her, you fool." Oh, we were at a circuit assembly in Saskatoon in early 70's. It may not have gone over very well at the time, but, boy, I sure would have a better memory than just a long look into her beautiful eyes.
  
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  2016-07-15 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN RUSSIA New law on missionary activity

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2016-07-15 to all bodies of elders in russia re: new law on missionary activity.

  translation:.

  to all bodies of elders in russia new law on missionary activity.

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  To preach the good news of the Kingdom of God is a part of our personal ministry and worship to Jehovah. No organization directs us to preach...Teach publishers to act rationally... Perhaps they should not visit all the tenants in a row in the same building...We should also refrain from gathering in large groups and not to attract undue attention....You need to carefully weigh whether it is prudent to continue to serve in public areas...

  So much for it being a personal ministry.
  
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  2016-07-15 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN RUSSIA New law on missionary activity

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2016-07-15 to all bodies of elders in russia re: new law on missionary activity.

  translation:.

  to all bodies of elders in russia new law on missionary activity.

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  Where, when and with whom a person says about their beliefs is a private matter (ROM. 14:12). In addition, according to the law there is no obligation for person to report their attitude toward religion and cannot be compelled to define its attitude to religion".

  Sounds like pretty good advice for anyone preparing for a judicial hearing.
  
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  "Well now at least they get a ressurection!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yes, that is what a witness said after the police shootings and terrible aftermath of violence occurred this week in the usa..... they said that it now gives them a chance to live forever...as if they would not have had that opportunity if they had not been tragically killed..... of course according to witness teachings, the contradictory thing is that if the big a had come a day before, then those same people would have been killed by jehovah because they were not his worshipers.....

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  When someone died my wife used to say, " They are the lucky ones. At least they get a resurrection."

  I never commented on such stupid statements and there were plenty.
  
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  Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.

  imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.

  by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.

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  The court orders a warrant to seize all paper files and computers from Watchtower headquarters.

  26 sheriffs storm through the front door. Assistants bring in dozens of 4 wheel dollies to carry out

  the files.

  Three trucks with 40 foot trailers parked outside, waiting to be filled with Watchtower evidence.

  That will get someone's attention. YessireeBob! That'll do it!