Don't see a big problem with that purchase. They need to house people working there for whatever interests the WT has. End of issue. Luxury? maybe, not lavish. I don't intend to minimize the WT possible misuse of funds, but this would never top my list, nor would it be a big deal even if a member of the governing body uses it as a vacation home. There's much bigger problems with this organization.
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WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK
by Simon inshower room.
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games room.
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help from the savants regarding the gentile times
by never a jw ini find it interesting that the wt is boasting about the 100 year anniversary of the kingdom in 2014, but i have never seen an explanation on how they calculate it.
i know how to get to 1914 using the bible (ezekiel, revelation, daniel, jeremiah).
in fact, i know all the messy stuff behind it, such as 606 bce, 537 bce, mishandling of no-zero year in the calendar, 536 bce instead of 539 bce, etc.. what i am wondering is when was the last time the wt wrote an article in the wt magazine to explain in the weekly meeting how to calculate 1914. if this year is so important, one would expect an explanation in a regular basis, but i have not seen it yet.
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I find it interesting that the WT is boasting about the 100 year anniversary of the kingdom in 2014, but I have never seen an explanation on how they calculate it. I know how to get to 1914 using the Bible (Ezekiel, Revelation, Daniel, Jeremiah). In fact, I know all the messy stuff behind it, such as 606 BCE, 537 BCE, mishandling of no-zero year in the calendar, 536 BCE instead of 539 BCE, etc.
What I am wondering is when was the last time the WT wrote an article in the WT magazine to explain in the weekly meeting how to calculate 1914. If this year is so important, one would expect an explanation in a regular basis, but I have not seen it yet. I know a bunch of recently baptized dubs that have no idea how to calculate 1914. I suspect I could find the explanation in the Insight books, but I want to know the last explanation in an article for the WT study. I get the feeling that the WT stopped giving those messy explanations a long time ago.
Thanks for your help
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Why JW Child Raising Fails
by metatron inhttp://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/parents-political-beliefs/361462/.
makes sense.
i've observed a lot of this reaction myself.
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never a jw
True, those children are different from their parents, but mainly because the indoctrination at school is stronger. I am not saying is good or bad, it simply is.
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My Experience and how I finally let myself see the truth
by OneEyedJoe infirst off - for those lurkers who feel guilty just for being on this site and reading this (even if you don't read any further, as it is your right to choose that course) i want you to know that you're not alone in what you're going through or in what you are feeling.
if you read on, i hope my experience may be of some small help to you.. this may be long, but i'll try to organize it in a way that doesn't make it painful to read.
to start, i feel it is most beneficial if i'm upfront and honest with my goals from posting this, which are (in order of the degree to which they motivated me):.
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never a jw
Great post Joe,
My situation is somewhat different. I was born out and I had always been out, but I married a JW. I had been going along for 18 years until I decided to do some research about the WT. Low and behold, I dislike what I learned very much. However, getting my wife out would be a huge social shock. Almost her whole family and every friend is in. To make things worse, I am just like you, not very social. So I would be ineffective at offering an alternative network of friends to my wife. I guess the best for her is that she remains in for as long as she wants. The reason I am here, well....the site it's a bit addictive, but mainly I am here because I got two children 14 and 18 that I have to get out of the cult. Young people lives should not be sacrificed to any cult. Since you have never mentioned any children, then, just as other people have implied, just take it easy.
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If the historical Jesus was simply human, would YOU be a Christian ?
by EdenOne ini've been reading a lot lately about the historical jesus, and the latest archaeological findings and what a comparative, horizontal, reading of the 4 canonic gospels actually do tell us about the historical jesus and his teachings.
pick your side, but let me ask you this, because that's the core question i have been asking myself lately:.
if the historical jesus wasn't the son of god, but simply a human prophet with no previous super-human existence, hence, merely the "son of man", with very appealing teachings, but no previous super-human existence, hence, not "son of god" as we commonly believe as jw's, would you still be a christian?
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I am not a christian precisely because, at best, he was a good human. I don't think he was a great teacher. He got so many things wrong. "turn the other cheeK", you are poor, you are blessed" " forgive 77 times", "love your enemies", etc. etc. Don't take me wrong, I appreciate patience, forgivness, tolerance. I just have to put a limit before I look stupid and people walk all over me.
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Bible Atrocities
by Trapped in JW land ini really can't wrap my head around how people can still consider god loving with such atrocious biblical accounts such as, 1 samuel 15, (god ordering the slaughter of amelikite baby's and children) 2nd kings 2, forgot the verses (god sending bears to maul 42 children) and many others.have you ever asked a witness or anyone elsewhat they think about these accounts?
what was their response?
i'd love to ask one, but unfortunately i'm still physically in the cult and i wouldn't want to raise any suspicions.
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never a jw
Cold steel:
You, the Bible and many religious leaders are pathetic.
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Raising kids - JW mother, agnostic father
by Zana inmy wife and i have two wonderful children aged 1 and 3. i was raised as a lutheran but stopped believing in my late teen years.
my wife is what i would call a liberal jw (yes, i believe such people exist .
sooner or later our children will have questions about religion and the differences mom and dad show towards it.
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never a jw
I am in the same exact situation. Regrets: freely allowing my children (14 and 18) to be raised in such a controlling cult. If you let it happen, the governing body is going to be more influential and exert greater control over your children than yourself. My daughter is baptized and there's nothing that I regret more than that. You started early. Good for you. Don't waste any minute. Get their minds out of the controlling clutches of the governing body. Feel free to send me a personal message. I can tell you my experience with my wife and kids so you can learn to avoid big headaches in the future.
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"The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
by suavojr inas current witnesses, ex-jw's, believers, non believers.
the topic of what truth is, has been the dominating thought and motivation to many of us here.. so, what is truth?.
a question that has lingered since the dawn of our consciousness and it will stay as long as the human race is around.. .
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never a jw
Silly subject if applied to a world view. Sounds oxymoronic already
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New field service rules coming this summer
by doinmypart innew guidelines for field service coming this summer.
new publication to be released giving new ways of counting time, conducting studies, group activities, etc..
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never a jw
Desperate times call for desperate measures. I like seeing the GB going to these lengths to show some semblance of growth (more preaching hours in the year book). Remember promoting baptism of children in recent publications means more baptisms in the year book. Obviously more publishers too. The ruse is becoming so tranparent that I hope my brothers see it for what it is: a fraud, a scam to rob them of their money and life
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never a jw
I join the theory that the GB anticipates or is already undergoing a dearth of males and are trying to resort to "second best", spiritual women. Is the GB offering an alternative for women without children to still be saved? See 1 Tim. 2:15