"Cleaning the congregation" statement always drove me nuts. There is a new event constantly. If god "cleanses the congregation", how come so many double life leaders get constantly promoted....even to Governing Body?
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Bethel perfection bubble burst
by redvip2000 injust got back from florida where i spent the holidays with family.
about half are jdubs.. this year the prevalent atmosphere of superiority from the jw side of the family was totally toned down.
one of my cousins, a bethelite in upstate ny bethel along with his wife, found out that the wife was having an affair with a young bethelite "brother".
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BOE call MS for meeting - anything to do with Elders School?
by konceptual99 inlast night all us servants were called to an important and critical meeting next week.
no one would give me a heads up on it.
our boe went to their secret squirrel school on boxing day last week so i can only assume its related to that.
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Balaamsass
Be sure to fill us in!!
Could be an "open door" for more responsibilities for pedophiles per this years letter to BOEs? Need to get those Pedos to "reach out"!!
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Bethel perfection bubble burst
by redvip2000 injust got back from florida where i spent the holidays with family.
about half are jdubs.. this year the prevalent atmosphere of superiority from the jw side of the family was totally toned down.
one of my cousins, a bethelite in upstate ny bethel along with his wife, found out that the wife was having an affair with a young bethelite "brother".
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Balaamsass
Redvip,
How about adding that to the ongoing thread "Your most DISTURBING WATCHTOWER Bethel/Branch experience? (No full names please)",
Quite a family story!
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How big a fee does the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society get for booking Jehovah's Witnesses into Convention Hotels?
by Balaamsass incurious.
i know travel agents and on-line sites get a kickback or fee for booking hotels.
how much is this fee?.
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Well with the new list of conventions for 2013 it will interesting to see if there will be more transparency regarding the colection of fees and REAL costs involved in holding conventions.
Will donations from local governments and booking fees be disclosed? Time will tell.
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NOT on JW.org. Any update on the Philipine Jehovah's Witnesses with $116 Billion in counterfeit bonds?
by Balaamsass inseized u.s. bonds for $116 billion are fake, prosecutor saysby sonia sirletti and elisa martinuzzi - september 24, 2009 06:24 edt .
fake u.s. treasury bonds.
fake u.s. treasury bonds.
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Seized U.S. Bonds for $116 Billion Are Fake, Prosecutor Says
By Sonia Sirletti and Elisa Martinuzzi - September 24, 2009 06:24 EDT
Fake U.S. Treasury bonds
Fake U.S. Treasury bonds
Fake U.S. Treasury bonds
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury bonds with a face value of $116 billion seized in Italy in August are fake and were destined for U.S. investors, according to the prosecutor running the probe.
The phony U.S. securities were sent to Italy from the Philippines and confiscated on Aug. 19 at Milan’s Malpensa airport, prosecutor Francesco Dettori said in an interview today. In June, police seized $134 billion of fake U.S. securities at the border with Switzerland. Prosecutors don’t have evidence to link the two batches of bonds, both dated from 1934 and of $500 million denominations, he said.
A woman from the Philippines, who was to receive the bonds taken in August, and the sender, her brother, who later traveled to Italy, were arrested by local police, the prosecutor said. The man remains in custody, he added. The U.S. Secret Service assisted in analyzing the bonds to determine whether they are counterfeit. Had the notes been genuine, the pair would have been the U.S. government’s sixth-biggest creditor, behind Russia, which is owed $118 billion.
“Whatever way you cut it, $116 billion is a big chunk of change,” said Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York. “It may not have any major effect on interest rates over the long-haul, but it could certainly have a short-term impact on trading.”
The Treasury is selling $112 billion of coupon debt this week, he said.
‘Typical Scam’
“This is a typical scam,” Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman in Washington, said before today’s announcement. In the past, such fake notes have been used as “collateral to secure a loan,” he said.
The Philippine nationals claimed to be Jehovah’s Witnesses and wanted to sell the bonds to finance their religious missions, the prosecutor said. The individuals had contacted the Bank of Italy for advice on how to deposit the bonds and some were due to be sold into the U.S., Dettori said.
The U.S. Treasuries seized on June 4 were taken from two Japanese travelers attempting to cross into Switzerland. The two men, who weren’t detained, have since disappeared. The U.S. government bonds found in the false bottom of a suitcase carried by the men were fake, a U.S. Treasury spokesman said June 18.
“Computerization in the financial industry has improved considerably in the last 20 years and the ability to detect fraudulent and counterfeit securities has been greatly enhanced,” said Richard Yamarone, director of economic research at Argus Research Corp. in New York. “Securities like these -- with extremely large denominations -- would be nearly impossible to pass through rigorous bank fraud detection systems.”
U.S. Treasury bonds were sold with a maximum denomination of $100,000 in 1934, Antonino Maggiore of Italy’s Finance Police said today. He said border controls had intensified before Italy’s latest tax amnesty program started Sept. 15.
To contact the reporters on this story: Elisa Martinuzzi in Milan at [email protected]; Sonia Sirletti in Milan at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Frank Connelly at [email protected]
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Goodbye Bex
by TimeBandit inall i can do is cry.... .
in loving memory of bekkah mejia barnum fb: http://www.facebook.com/xjwbex.
she was a dear friend....
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Balaamsass
Our hearts go out to you.
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Several Sites Are Down
by Juan Viejo2 inin case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.
at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.
" i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.
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Balaamsass
Reputable publishers even put "Share" buttons on articles. They WANT people to share and increase readership, SEO, and potential subscribers.
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Jw.Org & Mormon.Org See something similar? Me too...
by TeenageInsider inhttp://www.jw.org.
http://www.mormon.org.
has anyone noticed the site is veeeery similar?
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Balaamsass
Hey Anthony Morris is a good BYU Morman boy. Maybe they are in cahoots? Perhaps Warren Jeffs submits some of the work as a commuter Bethelite.
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Several Sites Are Down
by Juan Viejo2 inin case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.
at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.
" i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.
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Balaamsass
Perhaps it was Cedars "Getting to know you" series
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Several Sites Are Down
by Juan Viejo2 inin case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.
at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.
" i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.
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Balaamsass
Wow Juan, you got their attention!!!!!!
You have moved up to the top of the apostate pile..to new "Most Wanted" status!!!!!!
CONGRATS!!!