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  If the WTS closed shop, who'd get the money?

  by PopeOfEruke in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't really understand who really are the beneficial owners of the watchtower society and all its assets.. so i pose this question: if the watchtower society closed down tomorrow and all the assets were sold off, who would get the billions of dollars?

  the wts shareholders??

  or are there jw companies which are "owed" huge amounts by the society, and so all the cash would simply go to these "companies" to pay off the "debt"?.

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  Stephanus

  With the end of subscriptions, once monthly Awakes, paperback books (even Bibles), reduction of personnel, selling property (such as Furman building for $20 million), I see an organization trying to stem the flow of cash out; since 1990 the cash flow in has been greatly reduced, and the disenchanted rank and file are donating less.

  This is a unique business in that their sales force is also their clientelle. Most businesses on experiencing a downturn in receipts from customers would start responding to client needs and wants. The WBTS's clients, however, are their unpaid volunteer workforce. Some poorly run businesses can probably get away with "whipping their staff into shape", but you can hardly ever do that to your customers. The only ones buying the 'Tower's product, the R&F Dubs, are increasingly voting with both their feet and their wallets, and are leaving in droves. But Teddy boy thinks he can scare and bully everyone back into submission.
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  an internet forum that has become cultish

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  link.

  a few years ago i used to frequent the above-linked forum.

  it was founded to discuss etiquette--namely, how to avoid offending others and how to deal with the rude behavior of others without being rude back.

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  Stephanus

  Ettiquette can be cultic behaviour in its own right, if pushed too far.
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  After Armegeddon Whats the plan?

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the beginning of the jw experiance, i wondered what the plan was going to be after armegeddon.

  we are to expect so much destruction, billions of people destroyed (how many birds does it take to eat 6 billion people in a timely manner?

  ) with the massive deaths and stuff to clean up........peoples bones for one, rebuiling and resurrecting the millions and millions that have died.....teaching them, and working to clean up the planet.

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  Can everyone just imagine ? All the major news networks will be running rampant !

  So who would be more critical of the new (Dub) administration: Hannity or Colmes?
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  If the WTS closed shop, who'd get the money?

  by PopeOfEruke in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't really understand who really are the beneficial owners of the watchtower society and all its assets.. so i pose this question: if the watchtower society closed down tomorrow and all the assets were sold off, who would get the billions of dollars?

  the wts shareholders??

  or are there jw companies which are "owed" huge amounts by the society, and so all the cash would simply go to these "companies" to pay off the "debt"?.

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  They need to start their own country within a country, Hutt River Province style.

  What would you call the Watchtower unit of currency: a "Dub"?
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  UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (helping JWs see)

  by apocalypse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am an "active" jw.

  i serve.

  give talks.

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  Stephanus

  And Ted Jackass even looks like Colonel Klink!

  Another separated at birth moment!

  It's interesting that hardliners like Ted are making it impossible for the WBTS to back slowly down from a lot of their positions, and are pretty well ensuring the collapse of the JW 3rd Reich.
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  After Armegeddon Whats the plan?

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the beginning of the jw experiance, i wondered what the plan was going to be after armegeddon.

  we are to expect so much destruction, billions of people destroyed (how many birds does it take to eat 6 billion people in a timely manner?

  ) with the massive deaths and stuff to clean up........peoples bones for one, rebuiling and resurrecting the millions and millions that have died.....teaching them, and working to clean up the planet.

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  I often wonder what the Dubs think will happen and how they'll handle it. After a few days the power grid will go down, even if it wasn't hit during the big A. Then what? They'll have to purloin generators from shops, and then they'll have to figure out how to get fuel from petrol/gas stations without electricity to work the pumps. Or perhaps they'll just syphon fuel out of cars and trucks? And the Dub pecking order will pretty much determine who gets the lion's share of the plunder from the "Old SYstem of Things". Unless the lower downs figure out that the best way forward is to arm themselves quicksmart. Amid all this post-apocalyptic redistribution of the Old World's goods, I doubt there'll be much time for planting orchards and gardens. Mad Max goes Dub is more likely.
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  UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (helping JWs see)

  by apocalypse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am an "active" jw.

  i serve.

  give talks.

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  Stephanus

  Hmmmm, Hogan's Heroes... I wonder if there's a series of secret tunnels under Brooklyn Heights from which the apostate war effort is being directed?
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  Male Military Cadets Drop Giant Water Balloon on Female Cadet in PortaPotty

  by seawolf in

  1. social
  2. current

  west point male military cadets drop giant water balloon on female cadet in porta-potty.

  http://www.teambio.org/2006/10/west-point-male-military-cadets-drop-giant-water-balloon-on-female-cadet-in-porta-potty/.

  click on the picture and it takes you to the link for the video.

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  Stephanus

  Pranks by cadets on cadets are as old as cadetship itself.
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  What do you do when a old Boyfriend wants to meet up for dinner........

  by whyamihere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are just friends and we talk maybe 3 or 4 times a year, just to catch up.

  well today, actually 5 minutes ago he said he was going to be in my area with in the next month and wants to have dinner.. i don't see a problem with it.

  i haven't seen him in years and it would be nice just to meet up for dinner and some laughs.

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  Stephanus

  We women are such suckers but the men know what other men are up to and they smell a rat.

  Yep, some men can play the "Let's just be friends" game quite patiently for years.
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  New Urban Legend! Anyone heard about Hormel?

  by gaiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a member of another conservative cult (calls itself a bible fellowship) where i work told me that hormel, the makers of canned chili and other foods, is run by homosexuals, and that i shouldn't buy or eat their products.

  i asked how the bedroom practices of the company owners or employees affected the quality of the food?

  their reply was that "everything gives off something" and that the food would be tainted by some kind of deviant unnatural vibes because the owners/employees were deviant and following an unnatural lifestyle.

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  Stephanus

  Let me get this straight (no pun intended): Spam is GAY now??

  I'll just have to stick with the old Fray Bentos Corned Beef, I guess.

  Don't people have lives? Or faith in a God Who's bigger than their groceries?