I still think they have enough real estate that can be liquidated that they'll not run out of money anytime soon. I think they'll just keep decreasing expenses and coast for many years.
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Is The Borg Losing Money Drastically Or What???
by cognac inthere has been about 5 trillion talks on donating money.
never heard so many talks on this before... they have said in talks a few times that when the society charged per mag or whatever, the society got a lot more in donations then they do now and the cost in production has gone up.
anyone have any feedback on this?.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Cult?
by digderidoo ini have found these 14 characteristics of a typical cult and below are some questions regarding the behaviour of a cult.
my personal opinion is that the watchtower society fits into most of these characteristics, with the exception of 1& 14. possibly part of number 10 fits, but not all.
i feel that all of the questions posed should be asked of jw's and all of the further symptoms apply too.
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This was one of the hardest things for me to admit when I started "waking up". But, if it walks, looks and sounds like a duck....
I used to think I was half-way intelligent but to realize that I not only fell for a cult, but was a lower level manager for one is quite depressing.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 08-03-08 WT Study (PROGRESS)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 08-03-08 wt study (may 15, 2008, pages 21-25 (spiritual progress).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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Blondie,
No additional comments, just a big thank you. Your comments really helped me see the mind control being employed in the WT articles and changed my perspective on all things WT. And this from a person who would spend at least an hour or two getting ready to conduct. Once a person sees how the WT uses the methods you point out to restrict thinking, you can't possibly still believe they are "God's Channel".
Oh, I do have one comment regarding using Paul's education. OTWO hit it right on the head. The shots at college keep getting more and more insane. Guess what guys? Most JWs are not listening. I still know plenty that are going to college and plenty of parents with kids in elementary school who are saving for college.
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Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 8 (Final)
by daniel-p in[this is the true story of my life.
i'm posting it in installments.
the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.
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Daniel-P,
What a moving, terrifically written story. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes to you & your wife!!
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A@G appears in new WT Comments video
by Awakened at Gilead inhi everyone..... v just posted about this, but since i am interviewed in the video i wanted to start my own thread to get the word out... let me know what you think... my real name and pic are in the video, along with some of my gilead experiences..... lance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4.
the link to this vid is:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4 in case you want to comment there..... .
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Looking forward to part 2
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Any Dave Matthews Band Fans ?? Your favorite CD's or Songs by Him ??
by flipper ini have enjoyed seeing this musician explode upon the music scene in the last 15 years or so.
his mix of blues, jazz, rock & roll with great musicians playing uncommon instruments seen in a rock band - make his music all the more interesting !
here are some of my favorite cd's and songs by him and his band .
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Doubting Bro
One of my "favoritest" bands of all time. I had the opportunity to see them very early in their career - '93-94 (absolutely AWESOME). They really haven't changed that much. In my opinon, they're much better live than in the studio. Each member of the band is an outstanding musician and they love to just jam. Its been a few years since I've seen them (since I've been to any concert - one of the drawbacks of parenthood) but the last show I saw was a huge stadium and honestly they were almost as good there as when I saw them in a small club.
I can't pick a favorite song, too many.
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Excommunication/Disfellowshipping is pagan practice--by request!
by Atlantis inexcommunication/disfellowshipping is pagan practice!--by request!
request from researcher: hi atlantis or n. or whoever!
one of my friends on the board said that she downloaded the 1947 awake pdf that "bereanbiblestudent and invetigator 74" posted, and in the first issue on page 26, it said that excommunication or disfellowshipping was a pagan practice.
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I have now officially seen it all. Wow, just wow.
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!!!Now I have really seen it all... Watchtower Jewelry!!!!
by Princess Daisy Boo insitting at home on a friday night - browsing through all the jw groups on facebook and this catches my eye.... we help support our full-time ministry with this website.
please have a look at the "watchtower" -style pins and pendants.
with a link to this website http://jeffreydesign.com/index.php?main_page=index&cpath=7 aside from the fact that it really ain't pretty, how pukeworthy is this??
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Thank you for your kind comments. Of course this Jewelry is not intended to be thought of as anything but Jewelry. The Watchtower-style Jewelry is also something that will identify us as witnesses, for the most part only to other witnesses who would recognize it. I'm glad you liked it!
Yet you can't wear a cross, etc. Whoa, this is not WTS approved. Whoever owns this could easily be facing a JC.
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Watchtower Blood Component/Fraction Deception
by jwfacts inthe watchtower attempts to create a semblance of logic to its allowance of blood fractions by presenting the concept that blood consists of four primary "components".
use of these components are unchristian.
these components can be broken into "fractions", which are acceptable to use.
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Right. I remember when I still believed and "fractions" started being acceptable, I spent literally hours researching which of the acceptable fractions would really be ok. I was using the logic presented by the WTS that some of the plasma "fractions" (I think the proteins but don't remember for sure) were passed from mother to infant and since God allowed the sharing in that situation, it should be ok. Well, in that research I found out that a whole lot more than plasma proteins are passed and that WBCs are in breast milk. That was the first time I openly researched a WTS stand on anything outside of WTS literature.
I was stunned when hemoglobin was allowed since that is the main component of RBCs.
To me, this whole position is just a baby step to making the medical use of blood a "conscience" matter that will not receive discipline or be considered a DA'ing act (which it is today). They couldn't just drop the blood ban cold because of the lawsuits. I'm convienced this is a well thoughtout plan to attempt to mitigate lawsuits. The use of whole blood and even just the banned components has been reduced medically as the technology improves to allow doctors to use only what they need. So, although people are dying because of this stupid rule, there are not as many as there were in the past.
I believe there will come a time in the not too distant future (either a sucessful lawsuit or the death of the major forces with Bethel that are behind the ban) when the medical use of blood will be viewed as an organ transplant. They've already laid the groundwork anyway, especially in that Blood Awake from last summer. Of course, they won't apologize or make restitution for all the deaths their wrong policy caused and lay any blame at the feet of the r&f. But, what else is new?
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Child Abuse Dumped on Local Churches--Nashvile Southern Baptist Convention
by blondie inhttp://www.nashvillescene.com/stories/news/2008/06/19/save_yourselves/#.
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I see JWs are not the only ones with horrible child abuse policies. How long is the government going to allow people to hurt kids under the protection of the 1st Amendment? I'm all for freedom to worship how you see fit but the first amendment didn't entitle complete freedom of worship. Only that the government would not establish a state religion. There are always limits to freedom and in my opinon, the line is crossed when someone else gets hurt, especially kids.