As i commented directly on Ceders article, the society have no trouble not telling the truth about their finances. They use theocratic war strategy. If they think someone does not deserve the truth, then they will withold it and say something different. They view it as a war against Jehovah, and they must win it what ever it takes.
Posts by alanv
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38The Very Latest Candace Conti vs. The Watchtower News
by God_Delusion inwe all saw this coming - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/latest-candace-conti-news/.
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Latest magazines
by snare&racket ini read the latest magazines, paticularly the awake on higher education.
it has been some years since i read the magazines and i was gob smacked.
there is clearly a new approach in writing.
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Can the Borg close down a Kingdom Hall because of low attendance?
by Heartofaboy inthe land for our hall was given to the congregation by a local brother.. the contribution box was overflowing with gifts of money from the brothers & sisters in the congregation when they knew we were going to have our 'own' hall at last.. we built it ourselves with help from brothers & sisters that donated their time & skills.
we had a small loan from the borg to help us finish the project & this was paid off very quickly.. that must be 25 years ago now.. we were told by circuit overseers we would be blessed if we had our own hall & that the fine witness would bring many people in to the 'truth'.. it didn't.. we were never a big congregation, however when attendance went down to below 30 a couple of years ago, the circuit overseers wanted to close the hall down.. the elders protested & the hall is still being used.. can the borg close down a kingdom hall they haven't built & keep the proceeds?.
why doesn't it belong to the people that paid for it?.
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alanv
Thanks for that Quendi. Very interesting. So presumably if a congregation is geting good attendance, the hall is safe from the societies hands.
Are you saying any time the local cong wants to borrow any money from the society, maybe to build a bigger hall, they can as long as the societies name goes on the deeds.
Do you know approx what percent of kingdom halls would have the societies name on the deeds?
Thanks
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UK Hospital Drama Features Blood Issue This Evening
by cofty inholby city this evening, starts in 20 minutes.. .
"mo and jac are divided over a medical dilemma involving a jehovah's witness who insists on having a bloodless operation - but it soon becomes clear that is not the only problem ...".
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Babylon the Great book - This really is the truth! No one could make this up.
by VM44 inan experience told at the october 2, 2010 annual meeting.. sarah: she was raised in the truth by her mom in california, but a turning point was when she was 11. she had planned on just swimming and taking it easy that summer, but her mother suggested that she should read one of the older publications, and she chose babylon the great has fallen.
after working through some heavy-duty prophecies, she recalled thinking, this really is the truth!
no one could make this up.
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Is any one paid in the organization?
by ecuador inhi, i am learning about jws, and would like to know if any of their leaders, circuit overseers, district overseers, etc.
are paid.
also, who owns the kingdom hall buildings and furnishings in them?
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alanv
The Watchtower leaders although only having a small money allowance, get everything paid for them. They get free accommadaion, free utility bills, free health insurance, free car and free worldwide holidays. Plus they are given 'green handshakes' fairly regularly.
Certainly not living in any poverty.
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Recent JW news report from the media, which is controlled by Satan...
by cedars inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upjotkjojw.
i should add that, even though the media is under satan's control, the governing body may use it at their discretion as-and-when they wish.. .
(bearing witness, page 110).
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alanv
Is interesting how the report quotes the "organizers" as claiming that the "church population" grew "by 3 to 4% this year", even though (1) the figures for this year (2012) have yet to be released, and (2) the figures for LAST year show growth in America of 3%, which was rounded up from an actual figure of 2.68% - hardly "3 to 4%". Maybe we can put this exaggeration down to "theocratic warfare".
If I remember rightly the society added and included the total publishers from Hawaii in last years USA increase. This was not an increase, as those publishers had been around for years. So the actual USA average publishers in fact worked out at 1.9%
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Heading soccer balls, wearing designer clothes, and driving hybrid vehicles - all condemned in the latest Awake
by cedars infor those who are interested, the november 2012 awake!
is now available for download online.. among items of possible interest are some of the latest examples of fear-mongering "armageddon art" on pages 12 and 14.... .
speaking of armageddon, you will be sad to hear that the criteria for surviving the great day of god's wrath just got a little more stringent.. there are a number of extra things in this month's awake!
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changes in NWT
by wallsofjericho inhey all,.
i saw a discussion on yahoo answers about changes in the nwt.
i watchtower apologist posted a long list of commendations made regarding the nwt.. i thought we could have some fun picking this apart.. one in particular was a comment made by rolf furuli.
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2012 Forms and documents sent recently!
by Atlantis inhttp://uploadnow.org/share/340866-50001.jpeg.pg.2.
http://uploadnow.org/share/340867-60001.jpeg.pg.3.
http://uploadnow.org/share/340868-70001.jpeg.pg.4.
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