first, i thought they closed the branch in chile?
and second, check out the comment:.
+1 718 560 5000. chile: jason d. reed, tel.
"The branch office immediately formed a disaster relief committee that is providing assistance to the victims."
Since when does there need to be a committee to tell people "keep warm and well-fed"? This is an organization that discourages the membership from becoming doctors and engineers. Their idea of "disaster relief" is to tell the victims to go out and preach more to recruit others into the JW cult.
i've been visiting here for about a year or so, but didn't really feel compelled to participate other than reading the various posts that interested me.. there's been that uncomfortable feeling of being disloyal to god, the organization, many friends and relatives.. i've been associated since birth.
after 65 + years of service within this organization and actually enjoying that time, it troubled me to find myself wanting to express feelings that were contrary to all that time of "faithfulness".
those years were filled with progressive "privileges and responsibilities" even at a high level, and there was considerable success in our evangelizing activity.
SBNS: "There's been that uncomfortable feeling of being disloyal to God, the organization, many friends and relatives."
You have a conscience. WT and the GB has no conscience. They are completely disloyal to you. The lie to you. When time proves their prophecies to be false, the come up with a fresh layer of lies. Do they feel that they have been disloyal to God and to YOU by force feeding false prophecies to millions of followers? Nope! They sincerely believe that their lies were for your good, that they've done everyone a favor by their falsehood. They have been disloyal to you.
ahhhhhh......man....... .
so now we have to count all tracts / leaflets / meeting invitations etc as placements on the monthly report slip???.
is this just another method of control or accountability!
It's all about the numbers.
So what if they're left in a door and blow away like every other piece of litter? At least it's WT litter that deserves to be counted as praise to Jehovah's appointed GB.
to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: branch visit in november 2014. dear brothers:.
in our letter dated february 19, 2014, to all congregations in the united states branch ter- ritory, you were informed of a special weekend program to be held on saturday, november 8, 2014, and sunday, november 9, 2014. this program is in connection with the branch visit scheduled for the united states and will be broadcast to locations throughout the branch territory.
we are pleased to inform you of some of these arrangements.. since the goal is to allow as many as possible the opportunity to benefit from this branch visit program, provision will be made to allow any kingdom hall properly equipped to receive the broadcast.
Yet another "Much ado about nothing" WT program.
Typically, such special events are in large venues with sheeples able to visit with friends they don't see often. (And a chance to go out to a nice restaurant afterward.) But when it's just at a KH, what's the big deal? It becomes just another snorefest that is a hassle and expense to setup and doesn't measure up to expectations... yet everybody has to say how wonderful and exciting it was.
The longer I'm away from all that crap, the happier I am.
dear anthony morris the turd.
october 2, 2014 is only 150 days from now.... what bull sh*t are you cooking up to mitigate the expected fallout?.
you might consider shedding "nu-lite" on this continuously recycled quote.... on friday morning, october 2, 1914, charles taze russell, who took the lead at that time among the bible students, strode into the dining room at bethel in brooklyn, new york.
How do they explain away a hundred years of false prophecy?
Here's how...
my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.
this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.
has any one else heard anything about that?.
New light: The dearly departed are still alive in Jehovah's memory.
Newer light: If a spouse dies, they are still alive in Jehovah's memory, so widows/widowers can't remarry because their spouse isn't 100% dead.
watch tower bible & tract society of pennsylvania, inc.. treasurers office.
gentlemen and ladies:.
manifestly, you appreciate the value of marketing as can be seen by the launch of jw.org.
If they really want jw.org to get any attention, they better start advertising.
I suggest they go where the traffic is and buy ad space on all the porn websites.
They'll need some catchy slogans, maybe a poem:
"When you're done with masturbation,
click here to read about salvation!"
And have a composite picture with perfect people, paradise, and the WT logo... and a panda.
there was piece in the ny daily news about the work being done to the "old" wt building in brooklyn heights.. some hightlights:.
"the kushner companies-owned buldings, which traded hands for $375 million brooklyns most ballyhooed sale last year will cater to creative-class tenants.
amenities will include a gourmet market, roof deck, pet-friendly spaces, daycare facilities and bicycle storage.".
$375 million would build a lot of assembly halls and kingdom halls, even after building their new remote headquarters compound. And there would still be plenty left to pay the reimbursements for DOs. And all of this cash on top of the hundreds of millions they've received from the sale of other properties in Brooklyn and around the world.
So, I wonder where all that money has gone?
2014-03-29 adjustment to financing kingdom hall and assembly hall construction worldwide.
pdf version: http://adf.ly/juxnc.
instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.
On one hand, WT is giving up some levels of control by getting rid of DOs, which used to be a valuable level of direction and leadership. And WT is leaving elder and MS appointments to COs, rather than keeping the control in the hands of "Mother" (even if it was usually just a rubber stamp at the branch).
On the other hand, WT is tightening control over money. There are strict procedures for collection. How the money gets spent is totally at the discretion of "Mother".
Watchtower Corporation has clear priorities. Money is a priority for the GB. Holy spirit appointing elders and MS? Pfft. The CO, Joey Greenhandshakes, can select all the shepherds. The GB is too busy counting money to care about the shepherds or sheep.
i know this might be overreacting, and i have not said a peep about it to my kids or anyone else... .
last week, my kids wanted to call my mom during the day.
on her last visit, they had talked about calling her on her day off at home.
Global warming is caused by JWs wastefully burning fossil fuels when they spend hours driving around to not-at-homes. So all the catastrophic bad weather is caused by WT.
