Posts by Listener

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How did HQ handle the increase of new JWs leading up to 1975?

by Zoos in

this new donation arrangement under the pretense that so many new halls are needed to accommodate the worldwide increase has me wondering.

the numbers in the current annual reports don't show anywhere near the increase as there was leading up to the 1975 debacle.

so how did the gb of the time handle a genuine need for more kingdom halls?.

Listener

The Old Hippie - What were the reasons given for the sale of the two local Kingdom Halls?

A Kingdom Hall was sold over in the Victoria, Australia just over a year ago. It was about 200 yards from a boat ramp and river and fetched a high amount. They were told they needed to sell because their Hall was not big enough and they could not fit in all the people attending the yearly memorial. The JWs who attended the hall now have to travel an extra 20 minutes each way to share another Kingdom Hall. Although there is no reason to delay buying land and building another hall they have not commenced anything yet.

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A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

by TTATTelder in

the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

Listener

Why would you take the $20,000 allocated to the other two children, or even the $10,000 from the sick child if you had $1,000,000 in your own bank account?

Besides, it is not a matter of the organization having set aside money to give to each congregation (child), it is the congregations (children) that give to the parent.

The parent (if he hadn't been wise enough to have health insurance) would more than likely sell some of his properties in order to meet the debt. The Stanley Theatre alone would be a good example. But as far as the org. goes, they aren't talking about lifesaving necessities, rather just desireable 'wants' as opposed to 'needs'.

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Speculation on why now?

by Crazyguy in

in the last couple of years the org has gone money crazy, selling off over a billion dollars worth of property and now a new tithing program.

just wonder what every one thinks is the reason for all this now?.

Listener

I can't really see that they would want to put themselves in the position that they owe money to sexually abused victims, with no way to pay it.

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Who negotiates a lower price when buying a new vehicle?

by hoser in

jw
friends

i don't.

whatever the sticker says on the side of the window is the price i pay.

.

Listener

You will be even better off financially if you save up for the car before you buy it.

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JwFairyTale's TTATT-provoking conversation with a pioneer

by Island Man in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyw-f8aunjg.

Listener

It is a good demonstration of how JWs cannot think outside the square. If an answer cannot be found in the publications they are not even interested in trying to work it out.

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Embarrassed by Aggressive Apostates

by ShempLives in

jw
friends

xjw protests & videos.

.. i am disturbed by some of the more aggressive apostates posting videos on youtube,like "a jw memorial to remember" where a drunk man goes to a memorial and downs the whole glass of wine as a sort of protest.

this video and others like it received positive comments from aawa members.

Listener

Shemptlives said

"A JW memorial to remember" where a drunk man goes to a memorial and downs the whole glass of wine as a sort of protest.

What did I miss? I watched the video from Tony Prime and I neither saw him drunk or drink a whole glass of wine. Is this claim true?

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The reason the Society keeps everyone busy with "campaigns"

by stuckinarut2 in

im sure that many have had an experience where we try and keep little kids "occupied" while on a boring trip, such as a car ride or plane flight.. we come up with "games" like..."lets see how many green cars we can count", or "lets try and see who can sit still for the longest time".

"the winner gets a prize!".

obviously, until they are wise enough to cotton on, all we are doing is keeping them occupied to prevent them asking things like "are we there yet?!".

Listener

you're right OnTheWayOut. They will provide figures of how many people are now visiting JW org and how this is evidence of their campaigns being soooo effective. JWs will think that they are now able to give people so much more information than the old method of leaving just one Awake and Watchtower magazine.

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The reason the Society keeps everyone busy with "campaigns"

by stuckinarut2 in

im sure that many have had an experience where we try and keep little kids "occupied" while on a boring trip, such as a car ride or plane flight.. we come up with "games" like..."lets see how many green cars we can count", or "lets try and see who can sit still for the longest time".

"the winner gets a prize!".

obviously, until they are wise enough to cotton on, all we are doing is keeping them occupied to prevent them asking things like "are we there yet?!".

Listener

Great illustration, I hope you don't mind me using it too.

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The Bible Teach book discussion on YouTube

by Listener in

over time a number of posters have asked for advice when studying what does the bible really teach?

book with jws.

i came across a set of youtube video's of a guy discussing this book chapter by chapter with the jws.

Listener

Over time a number of posters have asked for advice when studying What Does the Bible Really Teach? Book with JWs. I came across a set of YouTube video's of a guy discussing this book chapter by chapter with the JWs.

This is the link to Chapter 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhOlHjr39cs&list=PLj1CXA6hnC12W9ZIW3yCs_g-lE4nO9FqI

Sorry if this has already been posted on here.

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Emergency relief fund for the Philippines. How will it work.

by joe134cd in

i was just thinking it will be interesting to see how the wts emergency relief fund will operate in the philippines.

ok it worked well with the storm in florida, with cashing in on the insurance cheques.

sorry to generalize, but americans have the disposable income, and the insurance polices for things like this - a thing the wtbts finds very attractive.

Listener

Eldenno, you are breaking the rules of the forum, see point 5. Is this how you witness for the Jehovah's Witnesses?

The Governing Body will be very pleased that they have made it into a major newspaper. The Governing Body aka the Faithful & Discreet Slave aren't being too discreet in providing a house to a JW where there neighbours are still living in ruins, sharing the resources around rather than making a specticle of some JW families may have been more considerate. Oh well, I notice one of the families have let the volunteer brothers stay in their new property as they had nowhere to stay, maybe they'll help out another family or two.