The Governing Body(tm) is made up of "true believers" and this is not a personal financial endeavor for them or anyone in power in this religion. If indeed one of them 'loses his religion' he will probably keep his mouth shut and just 'play the game' so that he can continue with his 'power trip' and have a nice place to live with 3 squares a day. Think of this: If indeed there were some kind of financial 'skimming' or personal pocketing of donations or creating a personal business empire,don't you think that Ray Franz would have exposed this? It is a religion......pure and simple. Controlling Christian Theocratic Fundamentist Cult masquerading as Benign Christian Liberating Religion.
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New theory on GB or the mysterious people who profit from all the money going to the WT
by EndofMysteries inwith all the money grabs and shady things going on, you wonder how can they actually believe they are representing god and even believe in god and still be doing these things.. then i thought, what if a trend started awhile back, people who gave up everything and got high in the org, but also since they got high up, they were privy and learned things that convinced them it was a lie.
now if they remained believers, they may end up like ray franz, a true believer wouldn't want to deceive people seeking god, they would be afraid of god's wrath.. since as is shown on this board many also become athiests, some could have become so while still in and in high ranks.
at this point they think of their options, a. leave, screwed, welfare, older they are the harder to adjust and everybody turns on them or b. kind of shady but the org and everyone put them in this position and they will turn on them in a heartbeat with no remorse so he is going to beat them to it and insure the rest of his/their lives are well taken care of and going to get rich off it.. so those higher ups who turn athiest opt for option b since they don't believe in any god and since the whole org will turn on them for disagreeing and not believing and leave them with nothing, they will instead keep working their way up, start companies for the things wt already buys, turn it into a big cash cow for themselves.
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really? they are going 'out in service' today?
by sowhatnow inmy mom tells me last night that she and 'the group' is going out tomorrow.
[ god, she cant talk about anything else but her 'freinds'].
omg why????
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sparky1
Pre 1975 my whole family always went out in service on Thanksgiving. I remember going out in the early 70's doing the Kingdom News tract work on Thanksgiving. We were out most of the day and it was spitting snow to boot. Oh the memories that come flooding back.........................
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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sparky1
"Mentioning people's success in situations where you have to be 1/1,000,000s in athletic talent or lucked out to be one of the three black actors that can get leading uni-race roles as an example of opportunities for all is a giant fallacy, as you must know." - Pacopoolio
Which of the THREE black actors are you talking about? :
- Morgan Freeman
- Sidney Poitier
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Laurence Fishburne
- James Earl Jones
- Charles S. Dutton
- Denzel Washington
- Harry Belafonte
- Wesley Snipes
- Danny Glover
- Carl Weathers
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Mario Van Peebles
- Will Smith
- Ving Rhames
- Chris Rock
- Larenz Tate
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Taye Diggs
- Kennan Ivory Wayans
- Eddie Murphy
- Billy Dee Williams
- David Alan Grier
- Blair Underwood
- Ernie Hudson
- Marlon Wayans
- Chris Tucker
- David Chapelle
And the list of HARD WORKING and accomplished black actors could go on and on and on.......
Any person of any color, race, religion,creed or sexual preference can make something of themselves in this life in this country. Not everyone will be a success but everyone has a chance to try and be a success.
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Wal-Mart Workers Plan Huge Protest on Black Friday
by talesin inwal-mart, which pays a top wage of $12.00+ to its full-time employees, is under attack, once again, by its employees and those who would like to unionize them.. i can't speak to the usa, but here in canada, most wal-mart employees are not full time.
it is mostly a part-time employer, so zero benefits.
in my opinion, that makes the $12.00+ look a lot smaller when you envision the actual paycheque.
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sparky1
"Corporations like Walmart are stealing from the taxpayers through indirect subsidies." - Simon
And heres the proof. This book is VERY good reading. It shines a direct light on 'corporate welfare' in America today.
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Your favourite WTS publication?
by LoveUniHateExams ini realise that starting this thread may make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but was there any wts publication that you liked, or at least comfortably tolerated?.
my memory may be deceiving me but i think the greatest man book was pretty good, leaving out the gruesome detail of the crucifixtion and wts doctrine.. also, can anyone tell me the list of books that ray franz authored/co-authored?.
thanks.
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sparky1
My all time favorite! When I was a little boy this was my version of 'My Book of Bible Stories'.
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The Pope is not afraid to call the police about pedophiles.......
by sparky1 intake note governing body of jehovahs witnesses (tm).
even the pope realizes that it is important to get the secular authorities involved in child molestation cases.
wake up and smell the coffee!!!.
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sparky1
No praise for the Pope here or for the Roman Catholic Church. All I was pointing out was that this man (because of public pressure and outcry from his parishoners) is willing to face the enormity of the crisis in the church that he is the head of and that he is not afraid to use Ceasar to bring criminals to justice.
If the Governing Body really believed the scripture in Romans 13:1-4 then I think that they would be more than willing to enlist the aid of the 'superior authorities' in bringing pedophiles to justice.
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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!
by DATA-DOG ini just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.
imagine my delight!.
a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.
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sparky1
The big toe on Adams right foot looks like a large flaccid penis!
(I don't think I got enough sleep last night,yikes!)
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The Pope is not afraid to call the police about pedophiles.......
by sparky1 intake note governing body of jehovahs witnesses (tm).
even the pope realizes that it is important to get the secular authorities involved in child molestation cases.
wake up and smell the coffee!!!.
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sparky1
Take note GOVERNING BODY of JEHOVAHS WITNESSES (tm). Even the Pope realizes that it is important to get the secular authorities involved in child molestation cases. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!!!
http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/spanish-police-arrestpriests-pedophile-case-27131048
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Proof and Evidence
by Coded Logic in.
we can't explain something - therefore god.
checkmate atheist!.
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sparky1
"What is important in not that man believe in the existence of God; what is important is that God exists."
"The Christian knows that he can claim nothing, but can hope for everything."
Na na nah na na.....so there.- Fundamentalist
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Proof and Evidence
by Coded Logic in.
we can't explain something - therefore god.
checkmate atheist!.
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sparky1
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
Double and triple checkmate-Fundamentalist