today's watchtower made out that the combining of branch offices around the world is a loving provision from jehovah to streamline the production, but i had to ask an elder afterwards, even though i already knew the answer.... "if the wts is selling off bethels and brooklyn property and cutting the publishing costs and commitments, then where is all that money going?".
elder replies, "well the donations are just not coming in anymore and so they have to sell off property to stay afloat.".
gee, i thought if this was jehovah's approved organisation carrying vital truth to the world, then he'd be making sure the donations would be sufficient.
Julia
My comment would be that this elder has zero inside information and simply made an off-the-cuff remark as to his theory on it. I've heard that comment before, years and years ago.
When pressed, every faithful JW ON THE PLANET is going to fall back on the party line. But casual stray comments like this one roll off people's tongues when their guard is down IMO.
hey i have come to love some of the discussions on here and the information.
i am currently awake and have no plans to fade, in my case i am patient enough to in time become an elder to at least help the younger friends here in my area, in the sense of helping them wake up/if elder have their back..
Patient Dude - Welcome to JWnet!
If you can stay inside the Org while knowing all the sick stuff and lies they do and become an elder then you have a stronger stomach than many of us. Like lots here, I did the elder thing for awhile but finally got out.
Good luck!
co want to talk to me.
first of all, i am very apologize for my english- i am studying this language nearly 2 years, so it's not that good yet, unfortunately.
also, it's my first topic.
We are praying for you goodsoul!! You will handle this intelligently and escape their tricks.
BTW I sent you a PM brother.
any gamers out there?
i love a good game.
to me a great game is like a great book!
Great Thread DATA-DOG!!! I've been playing video games since asteriods, pong, space invaders, donkey kong, etc etc etc. (The King of Kong is a great video game movie BTW)
Was playing on the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari, nintendo, Have owned all 3 Playstations!
Am currently playing Resident Evil 6 it is really scary really good.
the may 15, 2013 washtowel has a cute little piece of artwork about what an impact they make out in serve-us.
i thought some captions might help make it clearer!.
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I'd love to see them bring back the sandwich boards!
http://www.believermag.com/issues/201302/?read=article_scorah.
i found it a very interesting read.
the article was linked on one of my fav websites digg.
Awesome article I hope she writes a book- the story was TOO SHORT.
http://www.believermag.com/issues/201302/?read=article_scorah.
oops saw already posted by wolfy.
Great stuff- there are so many like her that need articles/blogs. There are literally millions of ex-JWs that have compelling stories.
i know this is an odd idea.
maybe it is even silly.. but, i do daydream..... .
what if you were informed that you are disfellowshipped and you flashed a huge smile and said, "nah.".
Brilliant thought Terry- Thank you. I have actually toyed with this idea since they announced "I am no longer a JW" a five months ago. Technically they never disfellowshiped me...they never use that term anymore in their announcements right?
What if a JW said to me, "You are DFed!" and then I replied and said,
"That was never announced from the platform. I don't know who told you that they said that but it hurts me deeply."
i ran into an inactive jw at a department store last night and we talked for 20 minutes easily, it was actually pretty fruitful.
so here's what happened:.
i see him and recognized him but he didn't know who i was at first as he hasn't seen me in at least a year and i've lost weight, have a goatee and dress way more awesome than i ever did as a dubb schlubb.. so i said hi to him by name and he says, who are you i'm not sure?
His wifey is very demure, petite, attractive, well-dressed, and a bit shy...but then the little ones are sometimes tigers at home so who knows lol?!?
found this article on gawker.com.
check it out i'd like to get your thoughts:.
http://gawker.com/5986407/time-of-trouble-knocking-on-the-door-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses?post=57721553.
The article was a crack up, and the comments were good too.
Some JW Apologists trying to defend the indefensible on there too!
