with all of the manipulating of people's lives and subliminaly coercing witnesses to give their wills and other belongings to the wt upon their death or sooner.
also with all of the manipulating of younger one's in terms of coercing them into not doing anything with they're lives except "spiritual pursuits" for the sole purpose of furthering their own corporate interests, is there possibly some men behind the scenes who really call the shots and using the gb just as puppets in a huge money making scam knowing full well the the whole jw thing is a complete pile of crap?
in other words, are these "bosses" conscientiously manipulating the r & f on purpose knowing full well what they are doing to their member's in so many ways?
Did i read somewhere that Russell issued shares in his companies? who owns them now?
i love the idea of the watchtower being a front for a big business empire---with the GB being merely more deluded than the rank and file----but--i think its just wishfull thinking.
i received this email tonight from a dear, dear friend who i believed had died.
she was in very bad shape when i last spoke with her over a year ago.. "i'll make this short in case it is not functioning.
besides i'm not sure whether it is alright for you to read it or not.
maybe she is reading this!
we have been researching our ancestry and so far on my father's side we have located the family land in wales in a little village called machynileth just off the coast of cardigan bay and our search dates to 1749. someday my son and i will visit our family-tree homesteads in europe.. legends develop in anyone's family and one of the curious legends was of an american native tribe called the mantan who lived near the ohio valley and wisconsin and later moved east to the dakotas.
what was interesting about the story of these peoples is that they were blue-eyed and some green-eyed with lighter skin and it was thought early on by anthropologists that some of their words were welsh.
it turns out they were not descendents of welsh explorers but they may have been the result of earlier encounters with europeans.
in ancient britain---the welsh were just the irish that couldnt swim when the romans invaded
anyone see this program last night on pbs?
i don't know when it shows on bbc.
in case you aren't familiar, three old geezers are brought back to the force to work cold case files.
i saw the back end of it
and to think i was told that armageddon would be here before i was 13!.
happy birthday heather .
happy birhday Heather--from uncle mac x
greetings to clan cantleave
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last sunday's public talk was about tools the devil uses to tear down our faith, and as usual; apostacy, false teaching and erroneous thinking came up in the point, and the speaker went on and on, accusing apostates of being perverts and aspiring to live a life of debauchery which couldn't be tolerated amongst jehovah's people.. he further went on stating that if eventually apostates get into the world, they often find themselves not being able to mix up with satan's system as a result of the bible based understanding which they had acquired, and they ended up getting bitter and wasting their lives .
those words were quite frightenning, i never heard it this strong before!!
those wankers really made me laugh---obviously experts at it--and well endowed too--judging by the arm stroke and hand height lol
if i knew how to--i would have. copied URL from the facebook site
i haven't been to the meetings in just about a full year and i get a call this morning from my dad inviting me.
his words were full of guilt trip.
he said he would like us to go as a family like i'm breaking it up if i don't go.
i think if i were now begged/nagged/blackmailed into attending the watchtower version of the passover---i would get totally hammered beforehand.
then--try to fart out loud a few times--then fall asleep--hopefully snoring loudly.
better still--drop the bread things when passed by you--or spill the wine.
bet you wont get an invite next year.
