like they say in the movies, "follow the money.
" the thought occurred to me the other day - the wt scam rakes in billions of dollars, and yeah some of that goes to operations and equipment.
but bethelites at farm and factory get only a bare little dorm room and a monthly pittance.
Money, power, political influence on a global scale...what is clear is that this organization would not have lasted without the complicity and silence of the US government.
"To know who rules over you find out who you are not allowed to criticize." I would add, because you don't even know they exist.
"grace.
san francisco bay area.
posted 22 march 2013 - 08:14 pm.
The book of Daniel is a manual for world domination in 8 steps (worldpowers).
After two centuries bathed in blood, America managed to become THE worldpower and it is going to be very difficult to change that, as it owns the technology the rest of the world uses to run their own countries.
The question is: appart from big corporations, wars, political interference in other countries, crazy sects, patriot act, training Osama bin Laden, financing terrorists in Syria, etc. what does America stand for?
Whatever the answer, the rest of the world is also stuck with it, as a multipolar world in the most globalized and technological era of humanity is a fallacy.
for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
It is a sign of the importance jews place on outer appearances. Nothing wrong with that as long as it is not the only focus.
In contrast the New Testament puts more emphasis on inner beauty and qualities, for example mentioning that Nathanael was an israelite in whom there was not deceit, like if that was something remarkable...
It also mentions that Paul's presence was weak, which I think it is a very important peace of information in order to understand many of the things he wrote.
In contrast nothing is said about Jesus appearance, but he was a carpenter with a very controversial message that offended people that hid behind their position, so he must have had a very strong presence.
i have come to understand that people who are jehovahs witnesses are for the most part, good and honest people.
just like people in other religions or for that matter, people who dont practice any religion.
and, like those other people, they also have their minority of people who are selfish, deceptive and not very nice.
how do you convince someone to get help when their friends all say they're fine?
from time to time i think about how certain illnesses must be very difficult to treat because the sufferer's actual perceptions are skewed.
for instance, how do you convince someone to seek treatment if they are under a paranoid delusion that they know too much and the establishment wants to put them on drugs to dull their minds?
You only need to hear the news to realize that we live in a corrupt, manipulated society where cults like the WT have a purpose beyond the obvious money-making, whether we will ever find out...or not.
At the end of the day, being surounded by zombies is probably one of the most dangerous situations you could find yourself in and any sane person knows that. That is why you tend to find sane people helping others getting out of the darkness ans psychos doing the exact opposite.
for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.
the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.
lol.
I don't remember the nicest day in the ministry right now, but I clearly remember the day when a brother that looked like Anthony Perkins in Psycho was introduced to me as if he was a great catch that I should be very grateful to work with, and another day shortly after that when an elderly sister winked at me when he was passing by.
found this on youtube.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wknttmfvhfi.
Somebody replied this to her on her youtube account:
" Look, most persons who leave JWs simply move on in life, some with the viewpoint that the religion just wasn't for them, some with minor grumbling over this or that feature of the faith that prompted their decision, some with the viewpoint that they couldn't live up to it.
None of these are viewed as 'apostates.' To be sure, we don't think their decision is wise, but they're not "apostate." A fair number eventually return. You could liken those leaving to a man or woman leaving a relationship, like a failed marriage. Most just move on. But there's always a certain few psycho ex-mates that can't let go, who devote all their time and energy to harassing the person they once loved.
Sigh...apostate cry-babies and obsessive losers and fanatics, with their demented soap-box, commit the logical fallacy of "selective observation"...and see only what they want to see...to suit their neurotic agendas. And ignore other things, conveniently and dishonestly, if it doesn't fit their twisted pre-biases, or their demented paradigms..."
So, basically what this person is saying is that people that was scammed by this corporation should just move on with their lives, pretty much like somebody that ends a romantic relantionship.
If they don't, they are likened to (brace yourself) A STALKER, rather a psycho that can not let go of a former relationship.
And we thought THEY were the stalkers.
if it can be proved that someone has been brainwashed,conditioned mentally,pychologically,emotionally and spiritually can a person successfully sue an individual or organization.
after all it is a form of abuse.
The first amendement is used as an excuse to violate the human rights of millions of people, but only if you are a religion, which is kind of telling.
Pornography has nothing to do with free speech, it is an attack on all women's rights as it affects how they are viewed and how they are treated, and it wouldn't be tolerated if it was used to denigrate any other collective like blacks, jews, etc.
America is NOT a free country and it is exporting its (lack of) culture to the rest of the world by different means, one of them under the guise of free speech, which they do not practice with things that are politically incorrect like examining the link between capitalism and communism, and the similarities between the so called cold war and the war on terror as an excuse to continue controlling society.
how do ya figure this!??.
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http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/survey-finds-evangelical-christians-are-most-likely-cheat-their-spouses.
I don't believe this statistic. What I saw is that on average there were more cases of cheating in a KH of 150 than in a workplace with 500 people.
It may have something to do with being constantly bombarded with: do NOT commit fornication. It is like being reminded day in day out: do NOT think of a pink elephant. They say the brain does not understand a negative so it might have the opposite effect working as reverse pshychology. Just a theory.
if it can be proved that someone has been brainwashed,conditioned mentally,pychologically,emotionally and spiritually can a person successfully sue an individual or organization.
after all it is a form of abuse.
Try to do to somebody what this corporation has done to you and see what happens.
They have a very strong backing otherwise they wouldn't get away with half the scamming, lying, manipulating, stalking, bullying, harassing and interfering in people's private lives.
Not to mention using brain washing techniques, coercion to get confessions about things that are none of their business, discrimination towards women, slandering the good name of former members that see them for what they are, imposing others to isolate people just because the organization says so under the threat of being the one isolated from the group, promoting simple-mindness and punishing any demonstration of intelligence, breaking relationships with their policies of nose-sticking, etc, etc...
