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  Earthquake at Bethel...mysterious Bethelite speaks up on significant concerns at world headquarters .

  by koolaid-man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this post will bring out all those who love to criticise and rebut.

  the following information is timely and very plausible.

  in view of recent posts and special announcements to be taking place in the organization i found the following to have credibility.

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  betterdaze

  How much does the Watchtower bankroll Rick to sabotage apostates?
  
  
  
  
  "Yes, Masters, I have done all you commanded... and more.
  
  I launched a demonic-looking website, started my own pathetic home church,
  and my radio show is a train wreck of bad actors colliding with the mentally ill.
  
  I lie constantly and without letup, persecute Memorial attendees, rile up gays,
  and pick fights with teenage girls.
  
  When I'm not making up sh*t, every thing I touch turns to sh*t. I've even tarnished
  the reputations of key apostates! Bad association, Muah-ha-ha!
  
  Wiping my a$$ with the Bible, I am the worst example of a "Christian." In fact, the
  sh*t smear I put on exJW Christians is my tour de force!
  
  You wanted a cartoon stereotype to undermine your detractors, I'm your aposta-star.
  
  … And I deserve a raise, Masters. Take it out of Johnny's cut, the little snot
  upstaged me and this is the last time I'm trotting him out for you."
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  Joliette leaves for New York Bethel tomorrow...ITS ON!!!!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...well, kinda.. undercover apostate going to new york bethel for one week to just observe, but going veeeeerrry undercover.

  the (perverted) elder hosting the trip doesnt know that i'm an apostate, and the whole trip is gonna be a big front, but its still gonna be fun to just get away from milwaukee.

  look forward to meeting some of you guys that post on here.

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  betterdaze

  Hi Joliette. Bit of advice: Look out for those wicked North Jersey girls just west of the mighty Hudson.
  
  You can spot us them by the big hair, blue eye shadow, and tacky plastic handbags in wild animal safari prints. With matching shoes, no less!
  
  I hear they're nothing but trouble.
  
  ~Sue
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  The Polarizing of America: Rep. Michele Bachmann wins Iowa Straw Poll

  by darthfader in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://news.yahoo.com/bachmann-wins-gop-2012-test-vote-224544660.html.

  minnesota rep. michele bachmann won a test vote of iowans on saturday, a show of strength five months before the state's caucuses kick off the gop presidential nominating season.. the result is the first indication of what iowans think of the field of republicans competing for the chance to challenge president barack obama next fall.

  but it's hardly predictive of who will win the winter iowa contest, much less the party nod or the white house.. well... there goes the neighborhood....

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  Bachmann: America ‘cursed’ by God ‘if we reject Israel’
  
  "I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States . . . [W]e have to show that we are inextricably entwined, that as a nation we have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play. And my husband and I are both Christians, and we believe very strongly the verse from Genesis [Genesis 12:3], we believe very strongly that nations also receive blessings as they bless Israel. It is a strong and beautiful principle."
  
  How long do you think it would take for this "Christian Zionist" whore to put American boots and blood on the ground of Iran, once her beloved Israel issues the marching orders?
  
  Wake UP, people. Any candidates who would sell out the entire U.S. populace for a war-mongering foreign power should be stripped of their citizenship and deported, not elected.
  
  
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  By contrast, the ever-reasonable Ron Paul:
  
  “Our military’s purpose is to defend our country, not to police the Middle East.
  
  “As the President prepares to send even more support to Egypt, we should be reminded that it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power to repress his people in the first place. Now we have to deal with the consequences of those decisions, yet we keep repeating the same mistakes.
  
  “I am not the only one who can see the absurdities of our foreign policy. We give $3 billion to Israel and $12 billion to her enemies. Most Americans know that makes no sense.
  
  “We need to come to our senses, trade with our friends in the Middle East (both Arab and Israeli), clean up our own economic mess so we set a good example, and allow them to work out their own conflicts.”
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujl_sTPZPLY
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  My Wife wants to allow a Sister from her congregation to provide before and after care for my oldest daughter...

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when my littlest one was born we knew finding affordable daycare would be tough.

  a sister in her congregation was suggested over and over and we finally checked her out and allowed her to keep the baby.

  my oldest has had a fairly normal life (thanks largely to me and my wife before she became a witness) and because of that she is quick to speak of birthdays, holidays, etc.. i want her to continue to have a fairly normal life as i know how hard it would be for her to be 'singled out' because her friends decide to do these things.. she's about to start kindergarten and my wife wants to try some sister from her congregation who is looking to make some extra money providing before and after care.

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  • Will this JW drag your child around in field service all day while you and your wife work? We know how they use children as "human shields." Worldly people are less likely to slam the door in the face of a child. Less likely to say "No" to a child soliciting donations, too.
  
  • If there's a horrible accident, and your daughter is losing blood rapidly, will this JW delay proper medical care? Will she disrespect your Headship™ as a male because you are not a JW? "Obey God rather than men" and take emergency medical decisions into her own hands?
  
  • And if this JW is minding children in her private home, what about other JW residents present? Can you be assured they aren't active pedophiles who've been covered up by her elders?
  
  ~Sue
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  Hungary strips JW's of its legal status as a religious organization

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14742.

  hungary has introduced a new law governing the registration of religious groups that critics charge discriminates against minority faiths, and strips st margaret's anglican church in budapest of its status as a religious organisation.. .

  on 14 july the hungarian parliament adopted "the right to freedom of conscience and religion and on the status of churches, religions and religious communities" law, by a vote of 254 in favour to 43 opposed.. .

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  Hungary's 348 other faiths and denominations were stripped of their legal status as religious organisations and lost their tax exempt status and entitlements to state subsidies.

  
  
  This is not entirely true. The religiou$ organization$ need to register to continue receiving government funding.
  
  There is no separation of church and state. THAT is the problem. They didn't go far enough, IMHO. If your God or Gods are so wonderful, won't He/She/It/They keep your personal brand of faith flourishing? Why should a Hungarian Catholic, for example, be forced to hand over their earnings to the Watchtower, or Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, etc.?
  
  That, to me, is true religious persecution: Coercing citizens (both believers and non-believers alike) to finance faiths and CULTures they cannot support in good conscience. Some of which, as we know, spread divisiveness and even call for their extermination.
  
  ~Sue
  
  
  August 8th, 2011
  Parliament could consider applications for more churches in autumnBy MTI
  
  A further eight to ten religious organisations could apply for official church status during parliament’s autumn session, state secretary in charge of church issues Laszlo Szaszfalvi told MTI on Saturday.
  
  Szaszfalvi said that, so far, the Hungarian Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal and Seventh-Day Adventist churches, as well as two Islamic congregations, the Buddhists and some other parties had indicated they wished to be officially registered as churches.
  
  Applications for church status are to be submitted to the Justice Ministry, which will pass them on to parliament for a decision, Szaszfalvi said. He promised that his secretariat would ensure “the least bureaucracy and the utmost speed” in the registration process.
  
  Szaszfalvi also said that the government would ensure that religious organisations that run social institutions or schools but that are not considered churches under Hungary’s new church law would continue to receive per capita funding from the central budget in 2011 and 2012. He added, however, that the details of the financing must still be settled.
  
  The new church law, passed by parliament on July 12, recognises 14 churches; other organisations will need approval by two-thirds of Parliament to be registered as a church or religious congregation.
  
  
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  August 15th, 2011
  Church bill was aimed at Scientology, portal reports
  By Hungary Around the Clock

  Excluding Scientology from the list of recognised churches was one of the key goals of amendments made by Fidesz to the church bill submitted by the Christian Democrats, news website Origo has reported.
  
  Sources who know the details of the decision but who asked that their name be withheld said Speaker László Kövér initiated the changes at a meeting of the Fidesz executive prior to the vote in Parliament expressly to ensure that Scientology would not be granted church status.
  
  The law, due to enter into force on January 1, recognises only 14 churches, but Parliament has the power to add other churches to that number.
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  Angels are taking the lead in the preaching work

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  consider one experience in which two kingdom publishers were accompanied by a small child.

  at the end of the morning, the two witnesses were about to stop their preaching work, but the child was unusually eager to go to the next home.

  in fact, he went by himself and knocked on the door!

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  betterdaze

  but the child was unusually eager to go to the next home. In fact, he went by himself and knocked on the door!

  
  
  
  Don't you dare leave that in. It's child abuse to guilt little ones into "eager" field service. Even worse, encouraging them to knock on doors unaccompanied.
  
  ~Sue
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  Another MUSIC thread - One-Hit Wonders

  by sizemik in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  there's been plenty over the last five decades .

  artists that have come and gone .

  and left a single musical legacy behind them.. but a lot of them were great songs .

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  betterdaze

  One from my teens…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls
  
  
  And one from my childhood…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dndAXxqJbc0
  
  ~Sue
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  do you have more suits than underwear?????

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  god i have a ton of them collecting dust in my closet....42 long if you need one....i told my dad/elder to help himself as i have no use for them anymore.....damm i hated dressing up three times a flukkin week........how did i do that for so long??

  ?......geeze......oompa.

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  betterdaze

  If you want to get rid of your suits and do a good turn the Men's Warehouse is doing a clothing drive this month:

  
  
  
  Thank you, Mrs Jones, that's a fabulous solution.
  
  I'd also like to add, from past experience volunteering at a homeless shelter for battered women, that residents need ladies' business clothes for job interviews and going forward.
  
  Many are traditional homemakers with small children in tow. They are rebuilding a *new* home away from their abusers, and becoming self-supporting for the first time in their lives.
  
  Even for an entry-level position, it's a booster to have a classic, yet still stylish, ladies' business wardrobe to choose from. Good quality "costume" jewelry, too. Every little bit helps our sisters succeed.
  
  ~Sue
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  Re: How do I go about getting certain literature?

  by betterdaze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  welcome, bighoss.

  for whatever reason, i'm not getting a reply box to your post here: how-do-i-go-about-getting-certain-literature.

  you can buy a new hard copy of the emphatic diaglott on amazon.

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  betterdaze

  Welcome, bighoss.
  
  For whatever reason, I'm not getting a reply box to your post here: How-do-I-go-about-getting-certain-literature

  You can buy a new hard copy of the Emphatic Diaglott on Amazon. Or try ebay for the CT Russell / IBSA version.

  Hands down, the best book about the JW's/WTS is "Crisis of Conscience," by Raymond Franz, former member of the Governing Body.

  ~Sue
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  Can Anyone Verify Steven Unthank is a Real Person?

  by Broken Promises in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  has anyone actually communicated, or better still, spoken to steven unthank?.

  many in the facebook exjw online community are doubting that he's real, and that this issue he's presenting is real.. .

  can anyone confirm he's a real person?.

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  Many in the facebook exJW online community are doubting that he's real, and that this issue he's presenting is real.

  
  
  
  Can anyone be sure they are exJWs, or active JWs disparaging him and his case?
  
  ~Sue