I knew for a fact that they get free rooms for Bethelites, didn't know they get a money kicback. Makes sense, thinking about it now it doesn't surprise me a bit.
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news to me
by truthseeker1969 ini just heard this within the last day.. i had no clue that the society had a travel agancy within its offices!.
anyhoo, in the area i live they called numerous hotels for deals for the convention and the gm whom i know through friends told me that they play hardball in getting the maximum commission possible for refering people.
he said the average is about 10 to 15 percent of the room cost.
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ExJW who was a former friend explains why she defriended me on FB - and my response!
by Broken Promises inhi broken promises,.
since i'll be seeing you on saturday [at her sisters wedding who is also an exjw], i thought i should let you know why i removed you from my friends list and didn't accept your last request.
i did this because i saw you were in an ex jehovah's witness recovery group.
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pontoon
So being friends with you would be disrespecting her mother but shacking up with her boyfriend is OK. You just cannot always find reason and make sense out of nonsense. Don't spend too much time on it
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JW Speak - The Latest
by Slidin Fast inok - we have "direction".
delete the word society we don't talk about the society any more.
we talk about the organization.
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pontoon
Agree with sizemik------
Probably just another technicality from the ones that run the WTBTS, the lawyers
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Now that we plan for Retirement
by designs inone of the big adjustments for many of us was growing older and realizing retirement was a reality.
did you have a company or government retirement package or personal ira or 401k.
what advice would you give the 20 to 60 year olds coming to term with 'life in this system'..
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pontoon
I lost $125,000 from my 401k in the '08 economic bust. It really was not earned money, my 401k was at about what I had put into it. Anyway, I took the rest of it out, paid the taxes on it and bought a (retirement) house. Now I have two homes, very little mortgage, when I sell one I should be OK, hoping the real estate market comes back. Just couldn't risk the Wall Street thieves getting the rest of it.
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pontoon
If it is the truth, be a good JW, obey the org and you can spend eternity singing kingdom songs and shoveling lion poop
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Many Car marques are astrological/pagan/sex connection therefore JW must abandon them or walk
by mP inheres something i love to tell jw which nearly always stuns them.. nobody would buy a car called the satan, or if its logo was phallic, or was named after baal, but the facts are nearly all three of these are present in a vast majority of todays cars.
as one can examine there are a lot of things present that a good xians should avoid.
in many cases there are puns on names, but still.. toyota.
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pontoon
Back in the 70's elders didn't like it much that I was driving a '71 Dodge Demon
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Tell me---We all have regrets about being in the organisation,what's yours?
by MsGrowingGirl20 inwhat is/are your regrets?
do u wish that you'd have pursued something or dealt differently with a situation?.
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pontoon
Having now to play "catch up" in preparation for retirement and old age. Should of went to college, should of worked at my career as if the future depended on it, should of stayed with a worldly girl that I was crazy about, should of, should of, should of.......all we can do now is move on making the best of and improve if we can whatever circumstance we find ourselves in. Enjoy life.
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It was "evidence" of holy spirit that got me
by irondork inwhen i got disfellowshipped at age 19 for alcohol and sex with, uhm... several others, i deserved it.
after that i took a nose dive into drugs and alcohol and the whole nightclub party scene in wash. d.c.. it didnt take long for my life to start falling apart.. .
eveidence that leaving jehovahs organization was the wrong thing to do.. .
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pontoon
And AA has worked for lots of people. Doesn't prove anything except that their program works for some people, great you worked it out for you, irondok
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The "invisible" Elephant in the room: ELDERLY JW's nobody provides for
by Terry inquestion: how does the leadership of jehovah's witnesses instruct its members to prepare for the eventual elder care of its members?.
answer: it pretends it will never happen!.
is this responsible leadership or some kind of cognitive dissonant malfeasance?.
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pontoon
Official WT policy is to use all available government resources first. Irony is they pay no taxes. Bethel heavy weights have nothing to worry about for the rest of thier live.
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Drawings of NEW Watchtower World Headquarters in Warwick, New York
by Alfred inscroll down to last few pages to see the drawings.... http://www.townofwarwick.org/wt_con/_appendix%20m_swppp%20&%20drawings.pdf.
among the ammenities are a sand volley ball court, two tennis courts and a full basketball court.... there's also parking garages and picnic areas for visitors.... by the way, not sure exactly what this is but you'll notice a shaded area labelled "undergound chamber"... interesting.... (i wonder if moving out to the middle of nowhere was intended to keep bethelites from sneaking out at night and going to the liquor store... just saying).
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pontoon
If they reason all this construction is for post armegeddon, just point out that it shows a lack of faith in Jeh. The bible ex. to support that is in the Hebrew scriptures when the Jews were finally taking the Promised Land, it wasn't just real estate, it was cities, vineyards, heards, homes, everything Jeh took away from the inhabitants that built it all to give to the Jews. All the Jews had to destroy were the highplaces, alters, places of worship to false gods. So, just question the dub, "don't you think Jeh will provide just what we need?"