They use to point out how other religions were selling off their churches as a sign that Babylon's waters were drying out due to a lack of support from dwindling membership...how will they spin it in their own case?
Posts by NVR2L8
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8Sell Sell and Sell off some more, the real reason for all the consolidation?
by Crazyguy inits becoming clear that the borg has plans to sell off as much property and kingdom halls as possible.
they will even make it a pain in the ass for believers to get to halls but they don't care!!!
they have seen the results of lawsuits against the catholic church in the 100 of millions of dollars.
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Meeting for not paying assembly fees???!!!!
by Kool Jo inhey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.
i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.
however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..
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NVR2L8
When I served as accounts servant I witnessed a few occurances when a wealthy servant or elder, including myself would make a donation to cover part of the "monthly deficit". In my case that ended when the elders decided to send any surplus to the WT instead of building a reserve to cover for the months when donations were low. I guess the same thing happens for assembly halls.
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Guarding the Kingdom Hall on Halloween
by Clambake ina. have you ever been called to do this ??.
b. does it count as field service.. c. what are you suppose to do if you catch someone throwing eggs at the kingdom hall.
run them down and beat them up ??
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NVR2L8
Late Friday night I drove by the local hall and there was a car parked with 2 brothers guarding on Halloween night. The hall is next door to a church and across a cemetery and a school. When I was active I was asked to guard the night before (supposively called prank night) and Halloween night. After our shift we even came back to sneak up on the two guys who replaced us...We did not count our time but we protected god's house from evil...
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Jehovah's Witnesses more trouble in Finland for internal judicial procedures not reporting crimes to police - JW.ORG
by wannabefree inhttp://yle.fi/uutiset/abuse_victim_jehovahs_witnesses_refused_to_reveal_rape_to_the_police/7592733.
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NVR2L8
My daughter was raped by a JW who was engaged to be married to another sister. She told the elders who then communicated with the elders in the boy's congregation. He denied everything saying that my daughter was trying to break up his engagement because she was in love with him. The elders kept on asking my daughter if she was telling the truth. In the end they counseled her to be more active in service and to comment at least once every meeting. The boy's friends and her fiancee made phone threats...even her mother called and she actually believed my daughter. Still the couple was married at their Kingdom Hall. At that point my daughter disassociated herself. All of this went on unbeknownst to us who live 6 hours away. An elder from my daughter's congregation called me to tell me my daughter was disassociated. At that point I stopped communication with her as any good serving JW would do...One year later the boy confessed, was disfellowshiped and his wife divorced him. No apologies to my daughter from the elders. That's when I found out all that had been going on. I have since asked my daughter to forgive me for being such a poor father. Last year my daughter sent me a birthday card in which she expressed her love for me that made me cry as I never had before. Today we still live 6 hours away but we are closer than ever.
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New ExJW here for the first time.
by WideAwake7 ini am here for the first time ...but have enjoyed reading others experiences that i feel i can relate too.
i used to be an elder for more than 20 years .
i have successfully faded with my wife and children.
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NVR2L8
Welcome WideAwake. I'm looking forward reading your story. My wife is still active and a few weeks ago I saw an invitation to a wedding reception for two widowers from the congregation. I didn't say anything about it nor did my wife and I was happy she didn't. I still would have gone with her but I would have found it hard to face the JW fake smiles and phony love bombing. It's been 4 years since I left and except for no one person no one ever attempted to keep in touch with me...including ones who would embrace me at every meeting. I just couldn't bear have them attempting hugging me without saying anything. I have been left alone by the elders and I will not give anyone the false hope that I could return one day. But that's just me.
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Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real (shows the way to JWs?)
by exWTslave inpope thus admits that every verse of the bible is not literally inspired.
it is like a story that is built to awaken the readers to some principles (not to educate the readers the historicity with all the minute details).. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-declares-evolution-and-big-bang-theory-are-right-and-god-isnt-a-magician-with-a-magic-wand-9822514.html.
if gb is wise enough, they can come out of the mess they have gone into, making use of this opportunity that pope has opened saying bible is not to be taken literally.
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NVR2L8
You can expect the WT to use the pope's statement as a proof that other religions reject the vital truths contained in God's inspired word the bible....blah blah blah. ..
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Jehovanomics RULE #3: Money Laundering Through Kingdom Hall Build-Out and Maintenance.
by Jehovanomics init's big business laundering money through construction and improvements of a kingdom hall.
it's steady cash flow laundering money to maintain a kingdom hall.
donated labor from members is icing on the cake.
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NVR2L8
Brainwashed cult members would only see a way to contribute to increasing the wealth of the Master...individuals are not profiting...all the WT has has to say are that the insinuations are from evil apostates.
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Jehovanomics RULE #3: Money Laundering Through Kingdom Hall Build-Out and Maintenance.
by Jehovanomics init's big business laundering money through construction and improvements of a kingdom hall.
it's steady cash flow laundering money to maintain a kingdom hall.
donated labor from members is icing on the cake.
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NVR2L8
The assembly hall I attended cost 20K for a 2 day event and 14K for one day...quite expensive for a building we own. Of course this always include a 4 or 5K contribution to the society. So we build the hall, payed for it, maintain, pay to use it and send a gift to the society for generously providing spiritual food...
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Jehovanomics RULE #3: Money Laundering Through Kingdom Hall Build-Out and Maintenance.
by Jehovanomics init's big business laundering money through construction and improvements of a kingdom hall.
it's steady cash flow laundering money to maintain a kingdom hall.
donated labor from members is icing on the cake.
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NVR2L8
Gustv....what do you mean by our prosperity? The WT society is surely prosperous when it manages to convince a group of hard working people to build large assembly halls for free, have them pay for the land and all materials from their hard earned money ONLY TO RENT THEM THE BUILDING AT AN EXHORBITENT COST TWICE A YEAR. Then they decide to sell the building for a profit (several Bethel buildings) only to build new ones with new money.What would you do if your bank offered to erase the morgage on your home in exchange to continuing the same payment in perpetuity and surrendering the title of your home...this is exactly what the WT has imposed to all congregations lately...and they will continue milking the gullible while they are earning hundreds of millions of dollars selling off real estate you and I paid for. Oh...don't forget to leave them something in your will...life insurances, jewelry, real estate...it's all for a good cause...material cause that is.
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Help me understand the "cloud"
by Gregor ini am not a tech person but have been interested in all the talk about the cloud.. correct me if i'm wrong -.
my computor has memory/storage built in.
tons of stuff, family photos, personal records, my unfinished books.
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NVR2L8
To me the best advantages of Cloud services are that all my digital content is backed up in on place and I can access my photos, videos and music with all of my devices - smartphone, tablet and PC. I can also allow others to access some of the content to share photos for example. My TV can also access my cloud service. On a trip I could take picture using my smartphone, load them on the cloud and at home my family can see these pictures moments later.
Cloud services can also store your android apps, contacts and calendar - creating a google account will allow you save and access all that information by simply signing in. I change phones every 3 months and use multiple tablets for work and when I get I new devices all I need is to sign in my google account and all my information is available instantly.
Some cloud services are free, while others offer a free trial period after which you will be charged according to the size of your storage space.