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  Quick builds

  by moley in

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  2. beliefs

  what was the standard of quick builds.

  did they cut corners, ignore building regulations, were they unsafe .

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  silentbuddha

  I use to have an large commercial Insurance and mortgage inspection business in the south, prior to selling it (this was after I left the org) I completed a few inspections on kingdom halls from that Era.

  Two were turned into banks, one a daycare, and one that I can remember a pharmacy. They all obviously passed the local inspection, which honestly does t require much but that didn't mean they quality of work and materials were the best.

  As I remember, they all had mold problems in the exact same area in the men's restrooms around the urinals.

  Water intrusion from piss poor roofing, and cheap roofing materials. The landscaping practicing led to termite issues due to packing mulch directly up against the building and moisture problems from putting shrubs directly up against the building.

  Cheap materials are generally used for obvious reasons. The older halls however tended to be the exact opposite. You would see that alot of care was put into the construction of those older buildings
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  An offer in exchange for some help.

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you might recall, i self-published a novel last fall.

  i hoped “armageddon’s disciples” would be successful as my previous works (an alternate history trilogy) had done well.

  not so with “disciples.” i’ve sold a total of nine copies.

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  silentbuddha

  Maybe no one is interested in that type of story at this time.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  silentbuddha

  Wow 105 pages devoted to this guy...
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  Ukraine - Nato - US crisis

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

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  silentbuddha

  Good job on Germany siding with Russia and in turn China on this.

  Goodbye NATO and good luck preventing communism from spreading like wildfire.
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  Tennis Controversy in Australia

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. physical

  apr 20, 2020. novak djokovic sparks a backlash after publicly opposing the covid-19 vaccine.

  he says: “personally, i am opposed to vaccination, and i wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.”.

  asked by sky news australia anchor danica de giorgio why djokovic was granted the visa in the first place, the home affairs minister said: “they’re entirely separate processes”.. “to gain entry to australia you need both – you actually need the visa, which is determined quite separately, and then you have to meet the entry requirements,” she said.. “i know that people are putting the two issues together, but the visa application process and the granting of a visa is very separate to the additional entry requirements that every traveller needs to meet to be able to enter australia.”.

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  silentbuddha

  Countries have rules. If you don't want to abide by those rules you can't enter. If the entire sport of tennis ceased to exist and so did he, who cares.

  People are upset over the fact that this yokel can't play a funding game. Who fucking cares.

  Fuck all these vaccines and fuck the cult of celebrity.
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  How did you feel after writing a Disassociation letter?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  i might do it one day.

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  silentbuddha

  A letter of disassociation is very similar to a resignation letter in content as well as purpose.

  I wrote a da letter because I didn't want to be recognized or still registered as a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. I wrote an official letter so it is clear I am not one of them.

  Your last sentence is the way of thinking that is confusing. Why make it difficult for the religion you left? It seems as if there is still a lot of emotion wrapped up in your heart. Just officially leave and move on.
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  What Congregation Scandal Still Troubles You?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was appointed as a regular pioneer in a certain congregation.

  in that congregation, a very obese male pioneer seduced a nice looking married pioneer sister who had two teenage sons.

  her husband was a ms. both were df'd.

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  silentbuddha

  Doesn't trouble me but I still can't believe it. In the late 80s early 90s my congregation was looking for a new hall because the congregations were growing. The area had very little real estate so nothing was available. An elder was a realtor and he convinced the 3 congregations that met at our hall to buy a rundown home, destroy the home and build a hall there.

  All 3 poor congregations poured in their savings and bought the place. The realtor elder said we should no longer tear it down, just repair it and use it as a hall. Brothers poured in months of time and money and the place looked like a papa e after a out 6 months.

  Soon as all this was done the realtor elder and a few others went to the city to see about converting it to a kingdom hall. The town father's told them that the area was not zoned for that and they could not have a church there.

  Well everyone was crushed... What would we do with this home??? Well the realtor elder offered to buy the house at the original price. He rented the newly refurbished house for 1 year and then sold the place for over 2 times what he paid for it
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  Sep. 2021 Broadcast: more money

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the latest jw broadcast, anthony morris the turd gives a talk about donations.

  to camouflage this, he starts and ends the talk by saying that isn't actually what he's doing.

  first he starts with the usual disclaimer, 'wt has never begged for money like christendom and we never will', you know the drill.

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  silentbuddha

  This is the funniest shit I have ever read on this forum.

  It's too bad we're not going to meetings in person so I can feel their money boxes with fake money and metal washers. They sale a fake productt, I give fake money. I'm forced to go. Good laughs all around.
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  Letter from Mother: "...go right ahead on death's road and take your kids with you."

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my jw father is sick.

  my mother uses the opportunity to try and preach to my 16 year old daughter.

  i simply told my mother to: "please refrain from trying to lure *my daughter* in with jehovah's witness questioning.

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  silentbuddha

  My mother has been badgering me for months to speak to my daughter who is now about to turn 17. She hasn't spoken to her in 10 years since we left.

  I told her she could call her but only discuss normal things NO JW STUFF. Do what did she do? Sends her a letter about going to the Kingdom Hall and 4 text messages doing the same. I told her to stop doing this 3 times. Yesterday I kindly asked her again to stop doing this and she erupted like this because she was caught.
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  Letter from Mother: "...go right ahead on death's road and take your kids with you."

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my jw father is sick.

  my mother uses the opportunity to try and preach to my 16 year old daughter.

  i simply told my mother to: "please refrain from trying to lure *my daughter* in with jehovah's witness questioning.

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  silentbuddha

  Joey Jojo... This is exactly the point. It may seem innocent but it is the first step to turning someone into a cult member.