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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  SnakesInTheTower

  I check on from time to time, and my 75 year old mom is stil a dub. If not for that, I may have moved on from all things Borg...except so many nice folks here.

  I checked in today because of the news about FHN dying.

  Snakes
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  Conventions, Kingdom Halls, Relief Funds, and Other Financial Scams and Schemes of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a few seconds ago this hit the net todayhttp://jwvictims.org/conventions-kingdom-halls-relief-funds-and-other-financial-scams-and-schemes-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  conventions, kingdom halls, relief funds, and other financial scams and schemes of jehovahs witnesses.

  jehovahs witnesses often note that at their meetings (like church services), they dont pass a collection plate.

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  SnakesInTheTower

  I used to be the one to go buy toilet paper for the local kingdom hall along with the other janitorial supplies.

  I had an elder get mad that I "wasted" money buying 2 ply instead of commercial grade 1ply.

  You better believe I bought what we needed. ASSembly hall bought BS commercial grade.

  You cant even use a Washtowel magazine as a substitute anymore. Glad I am not there anymore.

  Snakes...of the freedom Sheep class.
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  Business class for Governing Body

  by Sergey Antonov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone!

  does anyone have any confirmation that the governing body uses the business class for its flights?.

  also interesting is the information about the hours that were on the hand of one of the members of the governing body..

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  SnakesInTheTower

  I was on a red eye from London to Dubai to India. One of those legs was nearly empty. I was told sit in whatever row I wanted. LOL. Only time I ever traveled First Class.

  In 1992 I arranged a bethel bus trip for 40 people, I made sure I only booked 40 not the 44 capacity of the bus. Cost was based on 40. The other 4 were for me, my mom, 1/2 price for a sister who helped with some phone work. The 4th slot I left unfilled. For every 15 room nights I booked, I got 1 free at each hotel. The bus driver also got comped by the hotels.

  4 to a room was $200 pp. $250 pp 2 to a room or $300 for a single in a room. 5 hotel nights, bus from St. Louis to NJ and NY. Then Walkill and Patterson (under construction), then Niagra Falls, and Canada Bethel, with DIY sightseeing available. Pretty reasonable. All other costs were on the traveler.

  Part of the trip was in Canada. When the trip was over, I applied for, and received, a refund of $200-300 of overpayments in taxes. Do you think I tracked down 40 people and divided it 40 ways? NO. Part of my compensation for putting together a really affordable trip. I was dirt poor, but even if I wasn't, I made a lot of long distance calls arranging the trip. In an era when internet, if available at all, was 300 baud Compuserve. No Travelocity. I had to do it the hard way, phone calls, faxes, mail, checks.

  My point is ...squirrel.... the GB travels so much I am sure it is still a Dub owned travel agency, so lots of comps and upgrades for all of the business WT does. Partly normal travel agency practice, partly sucking up to the GB ....

  Whole lot of tempest in a teapot. Let's focus on the real issues...hiding pedophiles, stealing money indirectly, trapping people in a cult....just saying.

  Snakes
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  Waze app for JWs

  by enigma1863 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i don't know how many of you have used the waze app.

  it's a useful navigation app that alerts you to police and construction zones in route.

  a lot of people use it to keep from getting a ticket.. i thought it would be funny to have one that alerts you to jws in neighborhood..

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  SnakesInTheTower

  Too much trouble. I just avoid them.
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  Waze app for JWs

  by enigma1863 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i don't know how many of you have used the waze app.

  it's a useful navigation app that alerts you to police and construction zones in route.

  a lot of people use it to keep from getting a ticket.. i thought it would be funny to have one that alerts you to jws in neighborhood..

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  JW Carts = Road Hazard
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  Waze app for JWs

  by enigma1863 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i don't know how many of you have used the waze app.

  it's a useful navigation app that alerts you to police and construction zones in route.

  a lot of people use it to keep from getting a ticket.. i thought it would be funny to have one that alerts you to jws in neighborhood..

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  Resurrected thread...

  I just started using the app. I like it. I am a medical courier and it is often better than my GPS.

  I have been playing with the map editor, mostly drawing new roads in a nearby cemetery. Make mistakes tyere no big deal, just undo it.

  Anyone else still using it 2 years later?

  Snakes
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  I Saw An Elder Yesterday Who Told Me 3 Area Kingdom Halls Were Being Dissolved

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he said they read the letter to the congregation and were told the kh would be disbanded.

  2 other halls in the area were slated for closure.

  he said many people in the congregation began crying.

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  SnakesInTheTower

  I think the reason the elder was excited was he would be moved to a larger congregation with more elders to carry the elder burden.

  I know if I was still an elder I would be. LOL

  Snakes (of the "not an elder or a dub" Sheep Class)
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  A trilogy book of JW version tribulation

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember it being posted here a year ago a jw made a trilogy of books about the jw version of the future.

  one was tribulation the other weas paradise the third the end of the millenium.

  i read parts of them and found them quite entertainng like a fantasy novel.

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  Christ Clone Trilogy.....seems to match but JW reference?
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  A trilogy book of JW version tribulation

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember it being posted here a year ago a jw made a trilogy of books about the jw version of the future.

  one was tribulation the other weas paradise the third the end of the millenium.

  i read parts of them and found them quite entertainng like a fantasy novel.

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  SnakesInTheTower

  Was it Anthony Mathenia's book Pareadise Earth: Day Zero ? If so, I thought it was one book.

  Here is the Amazon blurb:

  When the ground quakes and blazing balls of fire fall from the sky, a religious sect interprets it as the fulfillment of long-held prophecies foretelling the end of the world. The members flee to their religious sanctuary, believing that this global cataclysm is the portent of a new paradise of eternal happiness.
  
  Inside, one cold and starving man struggles to hold onto his hope for the future. He's sacrificed everything for his faith in the prophecy, including his family. As the tortuous night drags on he grapples with a lifetime of beliefs and expectations.
  
  If he survives to see the paradise earth, will it be worth it?
  
  Paradise Earth is a deconstruction of faith at the end of the world and beyond.

  I never read it. Heard about it. I still consider him a friend, though I have lost touch with him. He went by Donuthole here. Ironically, I was on his JC that DF him for apostasy. LOL.

  Snakes (Rich)

  
  
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  Rick Fearon - Six Screens of the Watchtower

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so a friend today asked me what his deal is and i honestly don't know.

  i saw someone post about his accusations that the doj is investigating watchtower and people seemed down on the guy, as well has johnny the bethelite or whatever his name is that claims to leak stuff.

  i don't know rick fearon, don't watch his show, but his site just seems a little crazy, and he seems to get into occult conspiracies and the jws, which never lends credibility.. so for those of you who have been around a while, what's the deal?

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  SnakesInTheTower

  Dubstepped...just type the name Fearon into the search bar at the top of JWN/JWD. You will see threads about Rick and so-called Johnny the Bethelite going back at least 8 years.

  Rick is fringe ex dub. He does more harm than good, in my opinion. His "program" is crap, content and quality, with nothing useful that cannot be found on this and other EXJW forums first. His KH protests only prove to current JWs that they are being persecuted and apostates are crazy because this one appears to be so.

  I cannot figure Rick's motivation. At the least he should update his "studio" and approach.

  Snakes