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Richard_I
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DOWNLOAD: 2015 YEARBOOK OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
by jwleaks inhere is a link to directly download the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses in pdf (23.8 mb):.
2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses .
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Beth-Sarim mentioned in 1943 Yearbook
by Richard_I inthis is what the 1943 yearbook had to say about beth-sarim on pages 33-34:.
built in 1929, at san diego, california, the house named beth-sarim has been the focal point of much enemy ridicule because it was deeded to abraham, isaac, jacob, david, jephthah, and other righteous men of old whom god has promised to make "princes" in his new world.
much publicity has been given to beth-sarim, society property, due to naming it beth sarim, which means "house of the princes", in expectation of the resurrection of these faithful men of old to be "princes in all the earth".. it was at this home that brother rutherford, the former president of the watch tower bible & tract society, finished his earthly course of life, on january 8, 1942. immediately thereafter considerable publicity was again given the home.
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Richard_I
This is what the 1943 Yearbook had to say about Beth-Sarim on pages 33-34:
Built in 1929, at San Diego, California, the house named Beth-Sarim has been the focal point of much enemy ridicule because it was deeded to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Jephthah, and other righteous men of old whom God has promised to make "princes" in His New World. Much publicity has been given to Beth-Sarim, Society property, due to naming it Beth Sarim, which means "house of the princes", in expectation of the resurrection of these faithful men of old to be "princes in all the earth".
It was at this home that Brother Rutherford, the former president of the WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY, finished his earthly course of life, on January 8, 1942. Immediately thereafter considerable publicity was again given the home. It was the wish of the former president to be buried on this property, but the "city fathers", along with the religionists, put up a great howl. The details of the controversy will be found in Consolation No. 592.
The people of good-will in San Diego showed their desire to have Judge Rutherford's wishes complied with, by 14,693 of them signing a petition, but their desires were ignored. By the circulation of this petition a real witness was given in this territory for a period of months.
The brethren living at Beth-Sarim and on property adjoining thereto look after the interests of the Kingdom at that place. A course of study is conducted there similar to that at the Bethel home, under the direction of a competent instructor. Seven brethren that live there and take care of the property spend a great portion of their time in the field service, organizing study groups and caring for the people of good-will.
These provisions of the Lord-the Watchtower farm on Staten Island and the Kingdom farm at South Lansing, New York-make it possible for those working in New York city preparing the publications to have good food, and thus be enabled to carry on their strenuous duties. All of this provision reflects on the good production shown in this year's report from the 117 Adams Street office.
And that's it. Also, this is all mentioned on Beth-Sarim's Wikipedia article.
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Surrey B.C. Congregation of JW's - Elder - Official FUNDRAISER ?
by LogCon inbelow are pasted pages from website landoffree.com - canada with information about registered charities.
the one i direct attention to is the tynehead park congregation of jehovah's witnesses.. note several items.. rick worsley - elder - is identified as fundraiser.. has anyone seen this title applied to other jw's.
tynehead park congregation of jehovah's witnesses, surrey b c from british columbia, surrey, surrey has not been rated yet.
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Richard_I
I looked up my old congs and they are all the same, 70% and 30%, and there is always an elder called a "fundraiser", along with "director" and "trustee". Must just be how they do the tax stuff.
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Assets include the Kingdom Hall itself, one of my old congs. had their own hall and moved into another with other congs and I see when they moved, their assets dropped by over $400,000.
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Does Bethel have any woman Medical Doctors?
by VM44 inthe watchtower does not usually place women in positions of authority.. so, does anyone know if there have been any female medical doctors (any type, md, do or chiro) that worked at bethel recently?.
the only one that i know of was dr mae j work, but she was at bethel over 70 years ago!.
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Richard_I
Yes, Canada bethel had a female doctor when I was there a few years back. At Wallkill there was at least one male doctor I believe, he lived in one of the houses on the farm property with his family.
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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower
by wannaexit init's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
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Richard_I
I feel the same. I'll be 26 when I graduate from community college, whereas most people who I went to high school with graduated with degrees four years ago and have been working since then. I wasted 4 years in pioneering and bethel service, with shitty job experience. it fucking sucks
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Elders: Born-Ins vs Recruits
by breakfast of champions inthis is an unofficial survey.. was curious as to the number of currently serving elders who were born-in and/or raised as jw versus those who were "recruited"( i.e, not born in or raised as jw.).
for instance, right now in the hall i am assigned to:.
2 elders were born-in and/or raised as jws.. 5 were not (recruited as adults).
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Richard_I
80% (born-in) in one hall, 90% in another, 15% in another (the average age of the eder body was 65+), and maybe 60% in mine right now. As Ignoranceisbliss mentioned though, the elder bodies are mostly old in most of the congs I've been in, like average age is 65 or 70. The youngest elder I've met was 33, the oldest in his 90's. Average age of the elder body in some other congregations is mid 40s to late 50s.
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INTERSTELLAR
by RobertT18 insorry for the caps but... this movie was incredibly amazing!
this film will probably win a lot of oscars.
more than an hour's worth of footage has been shot in 70mm so it is worth seeing it in imax.
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Richard_I
I've seen it three times in IMAX already!! One of the greatest movies & soundtracks of all time!!
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Do any Bethel/WT ip addresses visit here often?
by EndofMysteries inwebsite owners can get reports of ip addresses that visit their website.
it would be funny to find out if this site gets regular visits from wt locations.
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Richard_I
Balaamsass2, nobody I knew had a smartphone, the guys with cellphones just had the old flip phones, but the overseers were given pagers. I assume Wallkill and Patterson would get 3G now, and Brooklyn 4G. Warwick will probably be 3G too. You had to pay for internet access as well, I think it was about $5/month? It's been almost 5 years since I left so my memory is hazy on the small stuff.
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Do any Bethel/WT ip addresses visit here often?
by EndofMysteries inwebsite owners can get reports of ip addresses that visit their website.
it would be funny to find out if this site gets regular visits from wt locations.
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Richard_I
When I was at Bethel, I tried accessing this site and got the big "THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN BLOCKED" warning with the reason being "apostate site" (every site has a generic warning, but torrent sites were fine!). You cannot get around the filter unless you found a really random, new porn site/porn gallery site, and the Computer Department checks your router's website history every once in awhile to see if you have been visiting pornographic sites or getting around the filter. The only way you'll get around this is if you are on a different network at Bethel, which is impossible in my mind, they simply do not have a "secret" network that allows unrestricted access.
Remember that regular members can visit this site, tell the CO what they read, who then reports to the local Bethel about it, so Bethel doesn't even need to monitor it themself, they hear everything from members, who then reports to the CO, which they then hear about.
Also I was never question about trying to get to this site, and if I was all I had to say was I clicked the wrong link in Google when searching "jehovahs witnesses".
Also the WT's IP range is 208.74.140.0 to 208.74.143.255
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Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.
by Still Totally ADD ini remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.
something bad will happen to them.
because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.
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Richard_I
Adolf Hitler was responsible for millions of deaths and died at age 56
Joseph Stalin was responsible for millions of deaths and died age 74.
Mao Zedong was responsible for millions of deaths and died age 82.
The slimeballs Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney are still alive at ages 92 and 73, respectively.
The ruthless Robert Mugabe is still alive at age 90 while millions of Zimbabweans starve and die of disease.
Shirō Ishii, the director of the terrible Unit 731, was immune from prosecution, despite commiting unspeakable acts to thousands of civilians, and died age 67.
Genghis Khan and the Mongols were responsible for reducing the world's population by 11%, with Khan dieing around age 65.
Pol Pot was responsible for millions of deaths and died age 72.
Hell even Keith Richards, who has survived a lifetime of drug addiction, is still alive at age 70.
Meanwhile, if you left Jehovah you'll die a horrific death before you're 30 because you disobeyed him!!!!! He singled you out because you left him, but he did nothing to Hitler, Stalin, etc.