Any GB member who defects can live in my basement, rent free. That is a promise.
GB members, just PM me! Seriously! You can e-mail me here, I know you monitor this site.
John Aquila
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What I would like to see soon!
by John Aquila ini would like to see one or better two members of the governing body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like ray franz exposing the cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the watchtower closet..
what would be different today compared to rays time is that we now live in a social media world..
they would be invited to talk in the oprah winfrey show, ellen degeneres show, the view, dateline.
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Is the Borg winding down printing altogether?
by slimboyfat inthe thread about magazines stopping distribution in india reminded me of a recent conversation.
a local brother said he asked for a copy of the new organisation book for publishers.
the elder told the brother to print it out if he wanted a physical copy.
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John Aquila
That would explain the Bethel layoffs. No printing--no Bethelites. -
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Raining before the Flood?
by GrownMidget ini remember at my teen years when i was studying with a brother that he said to me that there was no rain before the flood.
instead there was this mist that you have.
never before or after this have i heard something like this.
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John Aquila
An old Circuit Overseer in the 70s in his public talk said there were no oceans or seas before the flood. It was only after the deluge of heavy rainfall that oceans and seas formed
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No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real
by cognitivedizzy inguys .
a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.
i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.
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John Aquila
If so, then why would he let them run out of money in an area like India - an area that has so many people and that hasn't had much of a warning???
The reply would be;
India is full of goats!
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What I would like to see soon!
by John Aquila ini would like to see one or better two members of the governing body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like ray franz exposing the cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the watchtower closet..
what would be different today compared to rays time is that we now live in a social media world..
they would be invited to talk in the oprah winfrey show, ellen degeneres show, the view, dateline.
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John Aquila
It might serve the interests of ex-JWs here to fund a soft landing for any GB member who chooses to leave the org and spill the beans...
I never thought of that, that would be cool to have Lett or Jackson posting on this site and asking everyone if they still believe in God.
What kind of avatar would they use?
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What I would like to see soon!
by John Aquila ini would like to see one or better two members of the governing body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like ray franz exposing the cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the watchtower closet..
what would be different today compared to rays time is that we now live in a social media world..
they would be invited to talk in the oprah winfrey show, ellen degeneres show, the view, dateline.
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John Aquila
They probably have all higher ups (branch coordinators, bethel elders, committee members, and GB) sign a non-disclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement and extend this 50 years AFTER they leave
That may be true but it doesn’t necessarily stop people from spilling the beans. Examples like Jeffrey Wigand the whistleblower in the tobacco industry and several others. It didn’t matter to them if they went to jail.
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What would happen ??
by Clambake inthere is a certain elder in my wives hall that has seemed to developed a real interest her.
first he seemed to feel a need to make sure all her blood cards were signed before she gave birth to our child.. he sends her text messages if she misses a meeting saying how much " we missed you last night ".
he finally sent her a text wondering where her oct hours were , knowing she had some pretty serious tears from child birth and could hardly even walk, much less do field service ".
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John Aquila
There is a certain elder in my wives hall that has seemed to developed a real interest her.
Speaking as a former elder, I would never let any man especially an elder to get that close to my wife. Definitely tell him if he needs to talk to your wife regarding anything, he needs to go through you. That's the headship arrangement in the JW world.
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What I would like to see soon!
by John Aquila ini would like to see one or better two members of the governing body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like ray franz exposing the cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the watchtower closet..
what would be different today compared to rays time is that we now live in a social media world..
they would be invited to talk in the oprah winfrey show, ellen degeneres show, the view, dateline.
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What I would like to see soon!
by John Aquila ini would like to see one or better two members of the governing body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like ray franz exposing the cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the watchtower closet..
what would be different today compared to rays time is that we now live in a social media world..
they would be invited to talk in the oprah winfrey show, ellen degeneres show, the view, dateline.
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John Aquila
I would like to see one or better two members of the Governing Body get disfellowshipped and they both go off to write books like Ray Franz exposing the Cult to all the sexual scandals, the hidden agendas with the stock market investments, the lawsuits, the laying of long time Bethel workers, hidden sins by the higher ups and all the other nasty skeletons in the Watchtower closet.
What would be different today compared to Ray’s time is that we now live in a social media world.
They would be invited to talk in the Oprah Winfrey show, Ellen DeGeneres show, The View, Dateline. It would be all over the internet, being accessed by all the mobile phones worldwide. They would be the joke on Saturday Night live and all the night time shows with skits making fun of their pious behavior.
The Watchtower would not be able to silence them like they did with Ray Franz. The scare tactic to stay away from apostate talk would not work anymore because there are too many outlets beside books written by apostates and one TV dateline expose.
It would be like Bill Cosby the father of Jell-O pudding finally getting caught with all the publicity. There is no escaping social media. The members would be too embarrassed to continue to be linked to the organization.
It would definitely be a huge blow like never before. Although many would still stay in, millions would start waking up, especially the young ones. There would be people fading like crazy and disassociating like never before. Parents who had shunned their kids for years would start making contact and apologizing and vise-versa.
I believe that would start the demise of the Watchtower into a very small religious cult never to rise again into a powerful controlling mega-business cult.
Anything can happen these days which is why I say, never say never.
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My fade might well start today.
by StarTrekAngel inmany here whom have read my previous posts know more or less my situation.
wife is not hardcore but we still bump heads from time to time.
if it wasn't for this cult, and while it was not an issue, we had an almost perfect marriage.
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John Aquila
From my standpoint, your situation looks pretty good. In other words there is hope.
My ex-wife would not compromise for anything. She was a hard core pioneer. She would have never bought a lottery ticket just because the WT said it was wrong. She would have never agreed to therapy. She would have called the elders for action immediately if I outright said I didn’t believe in the WT anymore. All I said was, “The Blood doctrine has changed” and she was out the door after 25 years.
So to me, you situation looks pretty promising that she will wake up.
Good luck!
