i saw this on ex jw reddit:"this may not be news to you but it was to me.
forgive me if this has already been posted before.
it came from a reliable source working on the warwick project.. wallkill bethel had broken ground and laid the foundation for a new recreation building.
Since we heard that they planned to finish Warwick early it has been my assumption that they decided not to build something. Sounds like it was the rec hall. Depending on the type of foundation, they should be able to clean the dirt off it and use it in the future.
FYI, they wouldn't be able to get permits to build on a toxic waste site. I've been down that road with development projects.
d. trump or h. clinton and why.. i would vote for gun slinging trump..
Hillary has this in the bag easily. Everyone knows that right?
2007 called. It want's its prediction back.
the terrorists get 77 virgins in paradise wheras the victims only get a panda and a table full of vegetables.
just sayin'
1914the turning point in history.
30 from the human standpoint, the world troubles and global wars foretold in the bible were far from the thinking of the pre-1914 world.
german statesman konrad adenauer said: thoughts and pictures come to my mind, .
There are any number of books about the start of WWI. Read Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin. I read another one about the same time, I can't find the title right now. They all make the same points: 1) the common narrative about WWI is that nobody had any idea a war might start until the assassination of the archduke lit the fuze and the world blew up and 2) no serious historian believes that narrative.
The British and Germans were locked in a naval arms race that consumed large chunks of their national economies. The Germans had been working on war plans for decades, and acting on those plans. They built huge railroad platforms in every city so they would be able to load troops on trains quickly when the war started. The put together elaborate timetables of which units would go where and when. The built the largest siege guns in the world with the specific intention of using them to pulverize Belgian forts when they violated that country's neutrality.
Meanwhile, the French and Russians were drawing up coordinated plans to invade Germany from two directions.
This is not a picture of world that has no idea there's going to be a war.
Top all that off with the fact that what happened is nothing like what the WTBS said was going to happen.
my sister was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma earlier this year.
we thought treatment worked as she finished her chemo treatment a month ago.
i just got a call from her that she has lumps on her legs and she has been extraordinarily tired.
I'm sorry to hear this, at least part of the problem is so unnecessary.
What is the Watchtower's current position on stem cells? There are some options involving high dose chemo and stem cell transplants. But I don't know if that's also forbidden.
If you want more information, I have some resources I can send you.
fwd from anon:.
dear brothers,.
we are happy to provide you with a brief progress update on the warwick project and explain how you can assist with a major adjustment recently approved in our construction schedule.
downloadable as a pdf here.. i did a search and couldn't find this posted on the forum.
if it has been and this is a repeat post....i apologize.. there is lots of information in that pdf that may be of interest to our members who like numbers and money and misc info pertaining to wts organizational structure, etc..
2015, 10/20/boe.. .. re: making wise use of printed magazines.. .. page 2: .
this postscript should neither be read to the congregation nor be posted .
on the information board.. .
downloadable as a pdf here.
does anyone know anything about the "association of jonadab class"?.
has anybody ever written bethel and just flat out asked for an accounting report on the society's finances?
we all keep batting around speculation about the wtbs and money, and actual information seems non-existent.
what would they do if somebody asked for a financial statement?
I gave fifteen years of my life to this religion and didn't even get a T-shirt.
"We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may he associated"
Do you believe those words? I do. I'm still examining a religion with which I was associated. So far it's been found wanting. If the WTBS is acting honestly there is no good reason for them not to release their financial information.
I'm an accountant. SOX has nothing to do with the Watchtower, why bring it up?
