Posts by Petraglyph

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[Day 3 - 29/7]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

since the responds was very positive and because of the "cliffhanger" from day 2, i decided to record day 3 as well.. part 1 has been uploaded and part 2,3 and 4 will soon be available.. part 1: .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv8ptogc6k0&index=7&list=plpq6kz-aghvqbadlzmqn26dvmpzddxlui.

(it will take a little while before 1080p becomes available as youtube processes the video.).

Petraglyph

Thanks very much for doing this! Really appreciated! :)

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Circuit vehicles

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

today i mentioned that circuit lease vehicles has updated their website, and the connections with watchtower is not longer hidden.. see: http://www.circuitvehicles.com/frequently-asked-questions/.

their mailadres is now: [email protected] and is redirected to: [email protected].

listed adress is 25 columbia heights..

Petraglyph

Domain ownership details:

http://www.who.is/whois/circuitvehicles.com

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So much "growth"! JW Land double sided coin

by thedepressedsoul in

i'm finding it more and more funny how every wt article for the public or congregation, including jw broadcast talks about all this "growth" and how fast jehovha's organization is speeding up!

yet everything behind closed doors, insider information, elder letters and sales paint a very different picture.

i have news for you gb members!

July 19th Watchtower Summary. Insanity

by Lemonp in

just got back from the wt study and it overall was just so blindingly biased and leading.. i had to read it from the platform too, i hope they couldn't see the confounded look on my face as i read this craziness out!.

first we consider the faith of abel, enoch, noah, abraham, isaac and jacob, and moses.. all of these people are held up as sterling examples of blind faith, with the article pointedly saying that their imaginations sustained their faith in gods promises for them.

no mention anywhere at all that all of these characters saw and talked to angels, spoke to god himself, saw and performed miracles, or any of the other feats experienced by these characters.

Petraglyph

The two pictures in the article are of people constructing buildings.

I think maybe real estate is what is really on their minds ;)

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Who oversees the money for the WT?

by John Aquila in

when the wt sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?.

when all the money comes in from all the kingdom halls bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

when all the monthly donations come in to the watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?

Petraglyph

Checkout Open Corporates starting here:

WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC.

The Company Officers names are clickable. You could spend quite a while following links ;)

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Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

by WildeLover in

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

Petraglyph

Using a URL shortener...

Link to Cedars' article

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GB Permits Texas Two-Step on Kingdom Hall Stage, etc.

by TakeOffTheCrown in

the governing body not writing their own articles is on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/370640004/gb-providing-food-helpers-write-articles?size=10&page=1.

but, something more sinister, more serious is taking place in the congregations.

the governing body have allowed very disturbing activities to take place in the kingdom halls and during the conventions.

Petraglyph

I'm shocked. I was expecting a few 'rogue brothers/sisters' had overstepped the mark, but this involved a lot of people and a lot of organising and takes place in a lot of official places and during 'work time'. Incidently I would not want to be eating their sausages (01:52)!! :D

If somehow it were possible to time travel and show this to the people attending in the 60s/70s...

...actually it makes me chuckle to think of that possibility.

On YouTube in the recommended videos was this gem:

South Africa Bethel Dance Party

It really picks up around the 10 mins mark.

Enjoy!

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

Petraglyph

Vidiot - So, what, you're suggesting that the Brooklyn Heights property was actually sold to WT-connected parties on the down-low?
Or that the sale was some type of money-laundering scheme?

A means of selling off valuable property at a low price for the benefit of the purchaser without attracting suspicion. The difference in price between the value of the properties and the price paid is pocketed by the purchaser.

Not money laundering - no need for that.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

Petraglyph

It makes sense to me now why Watchtower sold their Brooklyn properties at a low in the market. It's an easy way to transfer highly valuable equity out of the organisation into private hands at relatively low cost without any questions being asked.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

Petraglyph

Hello,

Really good thread OrphanCrow. You've done a lot of commendable research.

This is my first post after lurking for at least a couple of years.

When I was studying for my MBA in the UK we covered a case study on an upmarket restaurant chain and the lecturer shared that he had visited the one in Brooklyn. He commented that this was one of the places the Jehovah's Witnesses used to entertain their business associates and he remarked that they were a very wealthy organisation. I thought that quite interesting at the time.

I think you may find Open Corporates useful for your research:

Open Corporates

You can search on companies, for example:

…and you can see, and click on, the officers associated with the company.

You can also search on directors to see which companies they are associated with:

For example: Lorenz Reibling

A working example:

A search on "Watch Tower" leads to:

WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

The agent is:

BARRY BRACHNA

on the right of the page are similarly named officers (possibly the same person), one of whom is linked to:

JWCS, LLC