Posts by Listener

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"The Tower of sand"

by Doug Mason in

my study on the pillars that create and support the existence of the governing body: "144,000", little flock, great crowd, and other sheep.. http://www.jwstudies.com/the_tower_of_sand.pdf.

doug.

JW Songs - Why haven't they used this guy?

by Listener in

i've posted a few links in the past to youtube jw music video's but i came across this guy and i am impressed.

his name is brendan vincent owens and he has his own website selling his songs.

it is not immediately apparent that he is a jw.

Listener

I've posted a few links in the past to Youtube JW music video's but I came across this guy and I am impressed.

His name is Brendan Vincent Owens and he has his own website selling his songs. It is not immediately apparent that he is a JW. It is only because I found one of his latest songs on Youtube that led me to his website. It is a song sung by a four year old girl and for the most part is sweet, except for the fact that it is full of praises for JW org.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcWDYAZEgN4

Here's another sample of different songs he has made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi2NQYJmRcs

I have to admit they are really good and very professional, nothing like the recent songs the organization has put up on JW org. It's hard to fathom why the org wouldn't try to seek out his services, maybe he charges too much. From what I can figure out he has been doing this for many years as someone left a comment stating that they had grown up listening to his songs

The other reason why I'm pretty sure he is a JW - most of his songs have the comments disabled.

The thing is, they obviously have the talent available within their rank & file but can't get their act together to make the most of it and improve their presentation.

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Zone visit meeting Australasia region 7th march...

by stuckinarut2 in

i'm sitting here now going insane with this program of fear, obligation and guilt!.

oh man....seriously mind numbing.. i can't bring myself to share too much of it all now.... but i just want to get out...... tell you all more soon about the manipulative trash..... .

anyone else go to this?

Listener

Stuckinarut2 you must have had a terrible time because it is hard enough for you to sit through.

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Be cautious about the excessive use of the most-favored medicine called paracetamol, say studies!

by abiather in

studies have found an increased risk of mortality, up to 63 percent, among long-term paracetamol users, compared to those who had not been prescribed the drug during the study period (http://www.interaksyon.com/article/106187/long-term-paracetamol-use-poses-risk-says-study).

Listener

The standard dose are two tablets but my mother always encouraged us to take just one. Often times this is still sufficient in relieving symptoms.

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Wanted: Honest Jehovah's Witnesses.

by Island Man in

this latest video from watchtower examination has a cracking good question that one can ask a jw to induce cognitive dissonance over watchtower's misuse of daniel 4:17. it also highlights one the most damning dishonesties of the watchtower organization.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oryf48hqq3e.

Listener

Looking forward to listening to it, I agree Watchtower Free he makes good videos, he certainly is a much better and more logical speaker than any of the GB.

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WTBS Canada received almost $9 million from cong. donations in 2013

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

just saw this on the ex-jw subreddit.

on opencharity.ca, you can view wtbs canada's financial info and in 2013 they received almost $9 million in donations.

you can even see how much some congregations gave.

Listener

Thanks Magnum, I am surprised to see there aren't more tax receipted donations but then again there are probably a lot of JWs that don't even pay tax.

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Jehovah's Grill and Coffee House: Good place for a trolley cart?

by burnedout in

jehovah has a new start up:.

http://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article10936091.html.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1776496382575753.

Listener

If there were shops like this everywhere it would really hurt the organisation, they wouldn't feel special anymore.

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WTBS Canada received almost $9 million from cong. donations in 2013

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

just saw this on the ex-jw subreddit.

on opencharity.ca, you can view wtbs canada's financial info and in 2013 they received almost $9 million in donations.

you can even see how much some congregations gave.

Listener

Tax receipted donations

Who rights out these tax receipts and who are they given to?

3

Boycott the Bank ????????

by artcritic in

should people boycott the bank?

watch video link below and see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhcp7sfae48.

Listener

The banks are one step ahead -

Withdrawing funds - there is a limit of the amount of cash that you can withdraw from the bank on any given day, if you want to withdraw a larger amount then you must call and arrange it beforehand.

Phone Calls - Banks have their call centres set up into separate area, debt recovery would be a different area and not affected by enquiry calls

Withholding payments - you will end up with a hefty penalty fee and the banks will be laughing

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According to Oct.1st 2012 WT Directions- Past Child Molesters CAN Be Appointed Elders

by flipper in

considering the fact that the wt society refuses to release in courts any of it's written directions to elders through confidential letters to elder bodies- i thought i'd do the courts and wt society a "favor " by posting excerpts from this oct 1st.

2012 letter from the wt society to all bodies of elders.

these instructions are very exposing of the negligence of wt authorities in how they view the seriousness of felony child abuse.

Listener

I believe that they have to have this policy because they currently have elders serving today that they know are child molesters. If they didn't have this policy then they would have to remove a number of elders from their positions and probably even some higher ups.

I don't doubt that we will hear of cases where the org knows of elders who are child molesters and have been allowed to continue in their position. They would look even worse if they had a policy that said no molesters could serve as elders.