It's probably so they can divert money into that corporation and keep it separate. That way, when they get sued, they can say "look, we don't have any money! Sure JW Congregation Support, Inc has money, but they are their own thing over there. You can't have their money".
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New Watchtower Corporation Formed !!!
by xjwsrock into all congregations in the united states branch territory .
re: jw congregation support .
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Drama played at pioneer school
by StarTrekAngel ini was having breakfast at home earlier this morning when my mil sat down at the table.
she started re hashing her previous day with us (wife and myself).
she was relating a story she got from another close relative who just finished the pioneer school.
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A paragraph disappeared from my post above, so I'll repost:
"One brother played the role of an angel. He was standing guard at the entrance of paradise."
Wait, I thought the paradise was "global"! Now there's an "entrance"? So there must be a non-paradise area where the judging takes place. Oh, and I thought it was Jehovah judging from his book, not Angelic nightclub bouncers.
I know it was just metaphorical. But still. They just had to work in a "Saint Peter standing at the pearly gates" joke.
Plus, they left out that heartwarming bit where he is deemed unworthy, and tossed lovingly into the lake of fire.
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Drama played at pioneer school
by StarTrekAngel ini was having breakfast at home earlier this morning when my mil sat down at the table.
she started re hashing her previous day with us (wife and myself).
she was relating a story she got from another close relative who just finished the pioneer school.
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"One brother played the role of an angel. He was standing guard at the entrance of paradise."
I know it was just metaphorical. But still. They just had to work in a "Saint Peter standing at the pearly gates" joke.
Plus, they left out that heartwarming bit where he is deemed unworthy, and tossed lovingly into the lake of fire.
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Drama played at pioneer school
by StarTrekAngel ini was having breakfast at home earlier this morning when my mil sat down at the table.
she started re hashing her previous day with us (wife and myself).
she was relating a story she got from another close relative who just finished the pioneer school.
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I would hate to have somebody talk to the chair I sat in...
Angel- Lets us ask. Chair (as in chair from the KH), did he attend all meetings?
Chair- For what I can remember, he did. I felt a lack of respect for Jehovah's house as he unleashed a constant barrage of flatulation through the entire program. He was careful not to make noise, but I believe that only made the attacks more pungent. -
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New convention theme
by StarTrekAngel injust wanted to post here real quick, as many have joked about it.
we had an announcement in our cong last week about the upcoming one day assembly.
the title of the assembly is "imitate jehovah".
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I just got a hold of the program, if anybody is interested:
9:40 Music
9:50 Song 140 (you did bring a print-out didn't you?)
9:55 Symposium: Imitate the Great Teachers, The Governing Body!
Steven Lett: Appropriate Facial Gestures
Anthony Morris: Tactfulness is Key
Samuel Herd: Being a Token is Not So Bad
Garrit Losch: Enthusiasm for the Kingdom
Geoffery Jackson: Bear up under Persecution
Mark Sanderson: Resist Gluttony and Run The Race for Life
David Splaine: Fine-tune your God-Given Gaydar
11:40 Accounts Report (we now accept Paypal and Food Stamps)
11:59 Baptism
12:00 Noon Break (doors are locked, hope you packed a "light lunch")
12:40 Music
12:45 Song 141 (You practiced the new song as a family, didn't you? No? Pagan.)
12:50 Accounts Report
1:00 Symposium: "Worthless Slaves, Where Will You Be 9am Saturday Morning?"
-Quit Your Job To Better Serve Jah
-Wait- Can You still Donate?
-Well, Then, SIMPLIFY to better Serve Jah!
-Brothers- Jesus Drove A Honda Odyssey, So Should You
-Sisters, Can You Stop Fighting For Two Seconds?
-Children- Stop Asking Questions: Quick! Look! Kaleb and Sophia!
-Elderly- We Haven't Forgotten... To Ask You For More Money!
2:30 Accounts Report
2:35 Song 142 (Got that iPad out? New song downloaded? No? Pagan.)
2:40 Keynote Address:
-Avoid the Internet: Satan's RoadRage on The Information Highway
3:20 Public Address
-Avoid the Internet: Pornography Leads to Damaged Keyboards
4:00 Final Talk:
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VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account
by WingCommander inanyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.
bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.
i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.
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What woke you up?
by Israel Ricky Gonzales inin march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.
so what woke me up?
an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
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My awakening started at the first televised annual meeting. This was the first time I saw the governing body. I was expecting seriousness, even an air of strictness that would top the biggest ball-buster circuit overseer. But instead, I saw them goofing around, laughing, etc. While I was entertained, I lost a little respect for them. It just didn't seem very dignified for a group supposedly one notch below Jesus.
Then came the JW TV. Even more terrible representation by the GB. Will somebody give Morris a f'n haircut!? That poof on the back of his head drives me nuts! All the terrible teleprompter reading, forced gestures, etc. C'mon, If I was the school overseer, I would pull them aside and tell them they need "a little more preparation" LOL.
Then came the branch meeting. The famous tight-pants speech. And calling yoga pants "spanx" (which is something totally different!). I thought, wow, this is divinely inspired speech? Jehovah God himself wanted millions of witnesses to hear THIS? We worked so hard, bought so much equipment locally, the whole witness world is tied in to watch his hideous haircut tell us THIS?!?! Then he went on to bash young men who aren't appointed, vacations that aren't to bethel, etc. What a JOKE. There were sisters literally worried about the spanx they were wearing at that very meeting. I felt sorry for them. "No, no, I know that's what he SAID, but that's not what he MEANT". Sigh. Should I have to explain and correct God's spokesperson?
Oh man. I left that day like a six-year old having seen a headless Mickey Mouse on a smoke break.
I mean, some doctrinal things confused me all along, but I honestly threw that on God, and thought he would sort it out for me one day. But how can I trust the waters of truth when they come out of crusty old pipes like that?
I am still on the road to awakening, but I've seen behind the curtain from several angles. And I keep looking, hoping to see evidence that I'm wrong. But I think it's too late. My JW bubble has popped. When left to only my poor literacy skills, I thought I didn't understand things because I am kinda dumb. But now that I see God's supposed chosen ones on TV- I am pretty sure they are dumber than I am.
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What went wrong in your congregation?
by The Rebel inthe target is converts.. why does it seem such an outrageous aim for a congregation to recruit new converts?.
in my old congregation, the enthusiasm was there but the knocking on doors produced zero " baptisms" in my final years.. a) why so little interests?.
b) was it the internet ?.
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For now I am still in, and I still go out in the ministry. However, it's like DesirousOfChange said- I have to believe in what I am selling to be a good salesman. And I just don't believe it anymore. Like I said in another post, according to our belief structure, I think it's more merciful to leave them ignorant. Why be accountable? Just die ignorant and enjoy your resurrection.
Sure, I can get people to take magazines and stand there and talk about their garden, their car, bring them some soup when they are sick, etc. But I'm not offering studies. I don't want them to join. I am just out enjoying the weather, talking to people, being neighborly. I know 90% of my return visits don't read anything I give them and don't care at all. They are just so desperate for human contact that they will talk to anybody who stops by. So mailmen, pizza delivery boys, meter readers, and the like, you are welcome. I am taking one for the team.
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VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account
by WingCommander inanyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.
bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.
i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.
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How did you feel when "your book" was discontinued?
by OverlappingGeneralizations ini didn't know where to posts this, i hope "friends" is ok-.
how did you feel when the book you studied in was deemed "discontinued"?
for instance, when i was studying, i studied the knowledge book.
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I didn't know where to posts this, I hope "friends" is ok-
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How did you feel when the book you studied in was deemed "discontinued"? For instance, when I was studying, I studied the Knowledge book. I loved that book back had my rose-colored "truth" glasses on. But, when I was out in service, at least I could stand behind that book. This was the book that "got me", and it could get you too!
Then they changed to the Bible Teach book. I didn't like it as much, and I didn't feel like I could represent it with conviction like I could the Knowledge book. But at least I still had my ol' Require brochure! Oops, they said not to use that one either.
Then we changed bibles too. I was so used to the way the scriptures sounded in the old translation. I knew right where to find key scriptures. Now, new book, new bible, new brochures, now even new tracts! I just felt disconnected...
Ugh. I don't know what I am getting at. I just feel like when they say the books and stuff we studied are not to be used anymore, it's like saying my foundation is not up to code. What I was "raised" on isn't right.
Now that I am waking up, I am seeing that none of it was right. But I just wonder, those of you that are still in, or remember what it was like, did you feel a strange sense of cut-off when they discontinued your book or your favorite "placement"?