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  The Danger of Settlements

  by Tech49 in

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  i was pondering the recent influx of lawsuits against wt, specifically in regards to the child abuse cases (ie.

  conti, fessler, lopez, etc).. in each of these, wt has settled for an "undisclosed" amount, assumed to be in the millions of dollars each.

  i know there are many many more cases, subject for a different thread i'm sure.. i was reading something completely unrelated a while back that mentioned the dangers of settlement agreements for a large corporation or business (not just wt).

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  I think this all turns on terms of the settlement. If the plaintiff gets their money, no strings attached, just so the WT can avoid a lengthy and expensive trial, then I agree that they are destroying themselves in the long run as now any former JW could just say they were abused (even if they weren't) and win a jackpot. But if the WT is exchanging money in return for silence, then they are definitely getting the better end of the deal.

  Though I find it hard to believe that any victim would settle for money. If it were me I would want to do the maximum amount of damage to the organization. Money comes and goes, but revenge leaves a sweet taste on the tongue long after it's over.
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  A question to Non-US forum members.

  by Spoletta in

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  now that trump is on his way to making america great again, will you consider moving here where you can get the best healthcare and education that anyone with a lot of money can buy, plus the ability to buy all the guns you need to protect yourself?

  and it gets better!

  if you are caucasian, you need never worry about discrimination.. am anxious to hear your replies.

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  Also Rainbow_troll why not try sunny Scotland...another place to get a free university education with the added advantage they speak your language ( well...usually LoL!!)

  Wow, okay, didn't know that you had free college over there. My dad was from Scotland which means I have dual citizenship, so emigrating would not be a problem for me. I'll look into it.
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  A question to Non-US forum members.

  by Spoletta in

  1. social
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  now that trump is on his way to making america great again, will you consider moving here where you can get the best healthcare and education that anyone with a lot of money can buy, plus the ability to buy all the guns you need to protect yourself?

  and it gets better!

  if you are caucasian, you need never worry about discrimination.. am anxious to hear your replies.

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  Waton: you do not need money, go there and declare yourself a refugee, it will take years to deport you, by that time you will have your doctorate, and spreche deutsch.

  Seriously? And they'll give me free food and shelter? But how can a coddled American like me qualify as a refugee? Don't you have to be fleeing from a war torn third world country or from religious and ethnic persecution to qualify for refugee status?
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  A question to Non-US forum members.

  by Spoletta in

  1. social
  2. current

  now that trump is on his way to making america great again, will you consider moving here where you can get the best healthcare and education that anyone with a lot of money can buy, plus the ability to buy all the guns you need to protect yourself?

  and it gets better!

  if you are caucasian, you need never worry about discrimination.. am anxious to hear your replies.

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  Where are you from?

  If I had the money I would move to Germany for the free education.
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  Lots Of Whining And Complaining About Us JW's

  by Deaconblues1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in reading these posts, it sounds like a lot of you are very jealous of the wt.

  society’s annual income and the money they/we have in the bank.

  jehovah has indeed blessed us.

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  It has nothing to with jealousy, but indignation. The fact that organizations like the Watchtower and Roman Catholic Church continue to not only exist, but prosper, is probably the best empirical evidence for the nonexistence of God that any atheist could ask for. Since I'm pretty sure you are a troll, I'm not even going to get in to WHY the WT is evil.
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  Do JWs Regard You As An APOSTATE?

  by minimus in

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  i doubt people consider me an apostate but you never know.🤓.

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  Well, let's see:

  a·pos·ta·sy
  əˈpästəsē/
  noun
  1. the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.

  So yes, I guess I am! But I'm only carrying on a hallowed family tradition. My mom apostacized from the Methodist church when she was a youngster, so I had to apostacize from the Jehovah's Witnesses. Nothing personal.

  Seriously though, I wonder how many converts to the Watchtower recognize that, if they had a religion before they became JWs, they are now apostates? Actually, I don't wonder at all. It's just a rhetorical device I use to humiliate any JW who confronts me with my apostasy.
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  Here is your typical Kingdom Hall of Jehovah'w Witnesses attendance!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  kingdom hall south dakota live stream.....i found this video on youtube.com.

  it reminds me of my old kingdom hall where hardly anyone is sitting in the front rows and doesn't seem like they have a large membership.most kingdom halls sit around 200 people at the most and seem to have a hard time filling the seats.. my old congregation had around 45 members when i left 4 years ago.we always seemed to have a hard time meeting the monthly expenses.some months,i was told that some elders would contribute extra money so the congregation would not be in the negative for the month.. how many members did your congregation have while you were still attending and did meet its expenses for the month?.

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  I grew up in a small town and my congregation was always packed. That's very strange, now that I reflect on it.
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  Was There ANYTHING Positive That You Experienced Because of Being a JW?

  by minimus in

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  was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.

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  I said it before (to everyone's consternation) and I'll say it again:

  Thanks to Jehovah I will never have kids. The vicious circle of life ends with me. Take that selfish genes!

  
  
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  The true cost of being raised as a witness

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  how do you view your upbringing as a witness?.

  most of us who were raised as witnesses would appreciate that some aspects of our upbringing were ok. a foundation and measure of stability came with it.. but, it struck me too, that we also lost so very much!

  and we lost a lot of potential.. by this i mean, we need to look at not just what we lost, or what was deprived of us, but what that ended up costing us as adults into the future.. if i take $10 from you, you have lost just $10.. but, if you were going to use that $10 to buy something that would end up earning you $1000, then i actually took $1000 from you!.

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  WTWizard, I like the way you write. Are you, by any chance, the reincarnation of James Joyce?
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  Violent Games/Movie

  by Saethydd in

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  all through my childhood, i was told about the evils of violence (and magic) in entertainment, i doubt i could count the number of movies and video games i wasn't allowed to enjoy for that very reason.

  i did always watch movies and play video games with a certain amount of violence in them, but i was careful to keep it at the teen/pg-13 rating.. in the last year or so though i've started trying out games like skyrim, fallout 3, and thief.

  (since i still live with my parents i'm careful about where and when i play them.

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  I don't play violent video games myself and I personally find simulated gore and murder distasteful (though I enjoy kungfu/martial arts movies on an aesthetic level). That said all of my experience and knowledge of psychology tells me that there is no causal relationship between violent entertainment and real violence. You may as well suggest that people who watch porn are more likely to have sex.

  The most that can be said is that violent people like violent entertainment. Gee, who would have guessed that?