i was in full time service for six years including bethel.
once i got out of bethel, i figured i had already given them six of the best years of my life (ages 18-24) working as a slave/drone in their factory, so i rationalized that i had given them enough... so over the next 27 years i would say maybe $200 bucks is it.
i think their whole "voluntary contributions" idea is biting them in the ass, because over all jehovah's witnesses are a cheap group people with a few exceptions.
Not a penny for years however an event upsets me even now years later.
I sent £500 to help a kid who needed treatment in the US for a life threatening condition. Shortly after I had a letter of thanks saying that the little fella had not made it. So what happened to the money? They sent the money to the ever open gob of the London bethel.
That was the last thing I wanted.
I know, that pales into insignicance when compared to others but, i still grudge it.
https://www.facebook.com/zalkinlawfirm/ - facebook live today at 11 am pst.
the zalkin law firm - in la today, big news conference about a childhood sexual abuse survivor filing a lawsuit against the jehovah's witnesses..
He is a busy man. Good luck to him.
........so far to date.
you've been warned....https://youtu.be/jjjnt5l5ts0.
The Utterly most appalling terrible JW music video you will ever see
Nope Diogenesister, sorry. Amateur? Yes, embarrassing? Absolutely. Excruciating? Even the kids were hiding their faces.
No, the worst are the regular nauseating propaganda pieces flowing from the JW.Borg studios. At least these people are thanking those that misguidedly gave their time and money to help them.
At least this was a home made spontaneous effort not like the sickening ORG sponsored efforts at the International Conventions presented as demonstrations of Lurv.
So, all a load of misguided bollocks but at least they were having a bit of fun. So Steph, I see your point.
wireless microphone license.
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Greenback boogie.
the latest item of the italian language blog proclamatore consapevole details a problem facing jws their bid to move the bethel from rome (which they apparently sold) , into an existent structure in bologna.
a recently enacted law requires existing buildings in that city to be retrofitted to withstand earthquakes.
the problem is that the remedial work is (1) extremely expensive (in many, if not most cases, tearing down the building is cheaper); and (2) the work cannot be done by the usual volunteer labor jws employ on construction projects; it must be contracted to a third-party specialist firm.
That is such a great conundrum. What happened to divine direction and blessing? If you claim all that when things go well, what do you say when you f%%k up?
Priceless!
if anyone watched or better attended the cricket world cup final and thinks that cricket is boring they should watch a re-run.
what a game, what a spectacle!
amazing!.
The naysayers obviously didn't see the action. Not a yawn in the place.
if anyone watched or better attended the cricket world cup final and thinks that cricket is boring they should watch a re-run.
what a game, what a spectacle!
amazing!.
If anyone watched or better attended the Cricket World Cup Final and thinks that cricket is boring they should watch a re-run. What a game, what a spectacle! Amazing!
reported by a canadian journalist name of levant.
he was reporting on the second trial of t robinson for the same offence that being reporting from outside a court house after the trial in question was over.
this defendant tr has been found guilty and if sent to prison he will face the real possibility of being murdered inside.
You are as usual quite correct Cofty. The crimes of these grooming gangs are despicable and there is a scandal as to how long they were allowed to go on but now the boil is being lanced and the criminals brought to justice.
TR though is just interested in whipping up hatred and encouraging vigilantes, his claims to represent free speech and good journalism are spurious. He deserves his sentence in my opinion.
according to a recent helsingin sanomat article, there are over 200 kingdom halls in finland.
and over the last three years, 22 khs have been sold and five new halls have been built.
currently, seven khs are listed for sale and two new ones are under construction.
I think "steaming" refers to the piles of ordure left behind it.
the last lines from the movie platoon.
"i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.
the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.
Nice thread, cost me an hour of my life.
