millions of dollars go to help support -=feed--and clothe all those poor people starving and dying in third world countries.
dont it?
Posts by bigmac
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29Where does all the JW money go?
by LouBelle ini want to know.. does every kingdom hall, bethel and assembly hall belong to the watchtower, bible & tract society?.
each of those kingdom halls, bethels etc are built with the money obtained by that country's contributions.
if a loan is needed the bothers of that specific congregation pay off the loan.. the society has then an extremely huge amount of property worth billions of $$$$ who has control of all those funds?
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You were a Jehovah's Witness because you wished to fooled
by Terry indid you know there are only 6 magic tricks in all the world?
yes, only six.. all illusion, prestidigitation, legerdemain and sleight-of-hand combined merely juggle these six elements.. briefly, they are:.
3. transformation (one thing becomes another thing.).
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bigmac
and how many dubs stay put because they dont want to admit they have been fooled.
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New James Bond Film: Skyfall
by leavingwt ini had an opportunity to see skyfall in the theater yesterday.
it's almost as good as casino royale, with some parts of it being even better.
the opening sequence was a real thrill, one of the best.
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bigmac
excellent film--saw it saturday.
but couldnt work out the bit under water towards the end--the flare?
best bond film ever? fraid not--nothing beats "from Russia with love"--the first one i ever saw--as a teenager. i still enjoy it--nearly 50 years on.
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Did you feel guilty for not pioneering?
by brokethechain ini started pioneering the month i finished high school, and never stopped until i awakened, 17 years later.
it seems like the entire time, there was so much emphasis on pioneering.
every field service meeting seemed to have a part that communicated the message that jehovah would zap us at the big a. or people would die because of us if we didn't have extenuating circumstances (i always translated as bad health or kids, but even then, there were always "examples" of the mom with 5 kids that was pioneering).
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bigmac
pioneering was so easy--i got conned into it at the big assembliesc as a teenager----just meant hours spent in coffee bars--snooker halls--even a 10 pin bowling alley. if we needed a bit of money--we went out and flogged a load of watchtower and awake mags--we actually sold them in those days.
total waste of time--miss-spent youth.
this was 50 years ago.
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Are EXJW's predominantly atheist?
by sabastious ini was just making a comment on a christian's youtube and someone said this:.
i just realized?
ur an ex jw and dont believe in god no point in making a reply to u... .
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bigmac
i realised i was atheist long before i left the dubbies.
once you get god out of your head all this watchtower crap just falls apart at the seams.
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Survey: Who here is an atheist? Who here still believes in God?
by Christ Alone ini just wanted to take a survey.
let's not let this get into the same old same old debate of atheism vs belief.
just respond with "atheist" or "believer" or "maybe god exists".
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bigmac
i definitely believe
in McDONALDS---i worshipped today.
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Would Watchtower Elders Disfellowship You For Participating in Zumba Dance? What Do You Think?
by Scott77 inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilinvla-lo.
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bigmac
yes--zumba dancing is definitely a DFing offence. Go for it.
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Are disfellowshipings proportionately increasing or decreasing?
by yadda yadda 2 ini have been re-reading chapter 10 of ray franz's brilliant book "in search of christian freedom" (must reading for every borean-like jw and former jw), and i note that on page 315 it says that in 1995 there were 36,638 disfellowshipped, and 37,426 deepfried in 1996.. are there any statistics that show whether the number of expelled persons is increasing or decreasing proportionate to the number of publishers each year since then?
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bigmac
in january 1981---at the local KH in Shanklin, isle of Wight--England UK it was announced that i couldnt be DF'd---as i had resigned years before.
But i was to be treated just the same--i was called "apostate". when i found out about this--i was just slightly curious---what did it mean?
someone told me it was because i had joined another religion--?? my arse--as if!! i'm a 100% totally commited ATHEIST i dont need any religion label.
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Are disfellowshipings proportionately increasing or decreasing?
by yadda yadda 2 ini have been re-reading chapter 10 of ray franz's brilliant book "in search of christian freedom" (must reading for every borean-like jw and former jw), and i note that on page 315 it says that in 1995 there were 36,638 disfellowshipped, and 37,426 deepfried in 1996.. are there any statistics that show whether the number of expelled persons is increasing or decreasing proportionate to the number of publishers each year since then?
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bigmac
i would love to get disfellowshipped---i would regard it as the highest accolade.
pity i resigned over 40 years ago.
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Can longtime posters on JWN be elitist? Kind of like elders in the hall?
by trujw injust wondering.
i feel a little smugness from long time posters.
i got out as a kid 20 years ago and since i am a newbie here it feels like we are shown a little less respect.
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bigmac
hi trujw--like the username--love the fart joke.
when i 1st arrived here i ruffled a few feathers--got called a troll and a watchtower spy even---ha ha .
i posted a photo i found elsewhere---some tosser complained abot it--next thing--it got MODded----yet other friends on here saw it and thought it was hilarious----but i suppose as it was of his holiness the pope it might have offended some of the elite elders on here. fukkem