Topics Started by Paralipomenon

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So... what's new with our favourite cult?
by Paralipomenon in
1. jw
2. friends
hey all, haven't been around for a couple of years.

anything interesting i should get caught up on?.
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Do You Miss The "Red Dot"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
lol ...if you are new here, you might not understand the question..
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Has anyone done a point by point refutation of Fritz Springmeier's The Watchtower and the Masons: A Preliminary Investigation?
by ILoveTTATT2 in
1. jw
2. friends
is there a point by point refutation of that book?it's the source of all of the "russell was a mason" conspiracy.

i started reading the book and i noticed some pretty obvious holes in the argument... for example, he writes that the pyramid-shaped monument is "proof" and we all know it isn't.here is the book if you want to check it out.https://archive.org/details/fritzspringmeierthewatchtowerandthemasons1990_201603.
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Who Benefits from the Multi-Billion Dollar Real Estate Empire that is WT?
by TTATTelder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this thread is to formally address this subject.

this is for forum members and especially for lurkers (current witnesses reading this in secret).

please feel free to post any additional points.. there are a lot of changes happening in wt land.
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A possible way for the Watch Tower to generate revenue via their website.
by adjusted knowledge in
1. jw
2. friends
earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.

many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.

they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.
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Why Do Atheists Struggle So Much Against God Who Supposedly Doesn't Exist?
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.

this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .

as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?
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Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.

see last item:.

"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
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New theory on GB or the mysterious people who profit from all the money going to the WT
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with 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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Any elders out there? How to Local needs talks work?
by Letts Party in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
so a local needs talk was lovingly given at our hall last week that i'm positive targeted me specifically.

it had to do with missing meetings for work.

they even had a demo on what we should do if our boss asks us to stay overtime on a meeting night (basically say "no" and risk losing your great job which you have no desire whatsoever to lose)... so i'm aware that there's a sort of protocol the elders follow when someone in the hall needs to work on something.
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DINOSAURS - What do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?
by Bloody Hotdogs! in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as part of my deconversion catharsis, i have been building a(nother) website to highlight some of the more ridiculous jw beliefs.

im a looong way from done, but i wanted some early feedback on one article: dinosaurs.

http://www.jwbeliefs.com/dinosaurs/.