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  Notice anything different?

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was flipping through an old publication and noticed the similarities between these two pictures, minus the beard.

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  Scully

  Village Idiot:

  money bag on the table looks like a scrotum

  Now that you mention it, it looks rather like the entire package of junk, just with coins spilling out of the business end. 

   
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  Special pioneer stipend

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how much do they get for their 120 hours of door banging?

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  Scully

  If I remember correctly, it was around $90/month 20-25 years ago.
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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  Scully

  Compare your situation to these two graphics. One shows a relationship where the partners are equals. The other shows a relationship where one spouse has power and control over their partner. (for better view, you can download the graphic here: http://www.newhopeforwomen.org/documents/wheel_both.pdf)

  

  
  

  Note, too, that these behaviours can also apply to group dynamics. Groups that tend toward abuse demonstrate similar behaviours as an abusive domestic situation. Why do you suppose the Elders™ side with your spouse, hmmm?
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  inheritance

  by truthseeker100 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have a good life and i am now worth around 3 million us.

  my two children have their university degrees and a promising future.

  what should i do with my money?

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  Scully

  Just for fun, I'd write the WTS a cheque for $1 and ask for a receipt for income tax purposes.

  By the time they cash the cheque, prepare your receipt and mail it to you, it will have cost them $2. 
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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  Scully

  Your marriage was based on a lie.

  Legally speaking, that is fraud, and you should be able to terminate the marriage on that basis alone. In a business situation, entering into a contract that is based on false information (fraud) is valid grounds to terminate that contract.  

  That's the long and short of the matter.

  IMO, the WTS's insistence on 'purity' prior to marriage sets people up for marital failure. How can you really know the other person, when your interactions have been chaperoned and monitored? How can you know if there are any behaviours that you might consider to be a deal-breaker if you cannot have intimate (as in living in close quarters, not necessarily sexual intimacy - although I disagree with the wedding night virgins scenario now too) interactions with the potential marriage mate?

  Do you think that someone who is prone to committing physical/verbal/mental/sexual abuse is going to subject you to this behaviour when a chaperone is in your space? Do you think you're going to see a person 'warts and all' when they're only trying to impress you and attempt to show themselves at their best in front of you and the person who is your chaperone?

  Elders™ have no training in real marital counselling. Their Training™ is geared to enforcing the Scriptural™ edicts of male Headship™ and female Submissiveness™. A woman who disagrees with these Principles™ and wants to exercise her basic human rights is a troublemaker in their world. 

  Do yourself a favour and seek out a bona fide, credentialed counsellor. You need to build yourself up, because when the $h!t hits the fan, your spouse and the Elders™ will try to rip you to shreds. You deserve better than that lot. You deserve to be happy. 
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  Kingdom Consolidation and Sales are coming – Reliable Source

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.

  currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.

  any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.

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  Clearly they are looking for ways to liquidate property and bring money in to the coffers.

  Consolidating Congregations™ and forcing the sale of Kingdom Halls™ that are outdated or in poor repair not bringing in enough money is a way to get rid of the dead wood and dump the penny pinchers on to wealthier KHs.

  It's expensive to maintain a pedophile defense fund these days. 
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  If the Watchtower Society was given a cheque for 1 million dollars would they cash it ?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if the watchtower society received an envelope containing a cheque for 1 million dollars, made out to the society, along with a letter explaining that the money was won from gambling, either casino or lottery, .

  1] would they cash it?.

  2] if they did not cash it but rather returned to sender, what explanation would they give?.

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  They had no qualms about accepting the proceeds of a trust fund that was bequeathed to them, part of which included shares in Phillip Morris - a company that manufactures tobacco products like cigarettes. 

  See the following thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/54708/watchtower-cigarette-company

  So to answer your question, I think they'd accept your hypothetical cheque without batting an eye. It costs a ton of money for the upkeep of a Pedophile Defense Funds these days!!
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  w15 04/15- More Shunning!

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  full set : http://imgur.com/a/zubma.

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  I did a 'rational re-write' of a WT article about shunning several years ago, and shared it here:

  When a Loved One Leaves the Watchtower Society - Parody

  It seems as though there is nothing new under the sun regarding shunning. Sad really. Think of all those folks who are missing out on their children and grandchildren, parents and grandparents over a stupid rule designed in complete and utter fear that a JW's Faith™ isn't strong enough to discuss the belief system with someone who has become better informed about the WTS's beliefs and history than most JWs are. 
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  2015 Convention locations - US & CA

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  full set: http://imgur.com/a/czt56.

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  Scully

  Actually, I think it's easier to skip some of these - the ones in I noticed in Ont, Que and the Maritimes hit at a time when a lot of kids would be writing exams and having to wrap up year end assignments at school. I used to skip a lot of Meetings™ with the heavy school work and studying I had, and I'd definitely miss an Assembly™ day over missing school.

  Yeah, I'm a bit weird like that. lol  
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  Should I even bother telling someone what I think of their parenting . . . .any advice?

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  the situation: a neighbor's child and mine have played together for 8 years.

  her mother is a single parent, and a probable narcissist.

  loves designer clothes, bentleys, money, will not date a regular joe or even a rich man who doesn't drive the right car, wear the right clothes, etc.

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  Scully

  Even modelling that behaviour - the mom getting drunk routinely, dangerous driving, having 'virgin' versions of cocktails so she develops a taste for them before being 'legal' - this is certainly irresponsible of the mom. Kids need healthy boundaries, and she is being taught that boundaries are for other people, boundaries don't apply to her.