Posts by smiddy3

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Kingdom Hall Closures In Canada.
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.

"in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.

all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.
smiddy3

This trend is certainly not one of an organization that is prospering and increasing in growth , but most certainly one that is experiencing problems ,whether its growth or lack of it,,or a real short fall in finances to keep the organization going at a profitable pace ?
An organization that is prospering expands ,builds more and covers the world .
An organization that once claimed to cover the world and now is downsizing at an alarming rate with the sell off of so many K.h`s , branches etc ,and mergers of K.h`s , worldwide is not a sign of growth but one in decline and trouble financially.
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Watchtower Corp of New York worth over$ 2 billion
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
in the montana sex abuse court case for the first time watchtower has been required by the courts to give a financial statement to the court to assess awards of punitive damages for negligence and (for the first time)malice in non compliance of mandatory reporting laws.. watchtower corp of new york has finances in excess of $2 billion while cc of jw is worth $49 million.

this doesn't include the pensylvania corp or what overseas branches may have.. pretty healthy bank balance by any standards..
smiddy3

At least when they printed Books ,Bible Aids ,Magazines etc,they got profits from those sales to over 8 million +followers ,surely it would have still been profitable for them to pay a tax and still reap the rewards.?
I think they have cut their nose off despite their own face . { or whatever the saying is }
I think any worldly publisher would relish a guaranteed market of 8+ million sales or their about`s of anything they produced ,maybe the Governing Body are not as smart as they think they are or just maybe the Holy Spirit is not operating on this religion.
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Taking children out on the ministry
by Freedom rocks in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
can i ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

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do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?.
smiddy3

I am ashamed of myself for making my kids go out in fs with me when I did.I only did up to ten hours a month for most of my fs time of 33 years "in' and I didn`t make them go out every weekend only maybe once a month but not of course for the whole 33 years of my being a JW.
I cant imagine what they would have gone through hoping they wouldn`t meet one of their school mates in the d2d service.
And sad to say on occasion they did.
But taking babies out in FS ? that is so screwed up ,I wasn`t that fu***d up.
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Watchtower Corp of New York worth over$ 2 billion
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
in the montana sex abuse court case for the first time watchtower has been required by the courts to give a financial statement to the court to assess awards of punitive damages for negligence and (for the first time)malice in non compliance of mandatory reporting laws.. watchtower corp of new york has finances in excess of $2 billion while cc of jw is worth $49 million.

this doesn't include the pensylvania corp or what overseas branches may have.. pretty healthy bank balance by any standards..
smiddy3

I think slim has made some valid points here
what other corporations are associated with JWs and what is their net value?
Warwick, Patterson, Wallkill, Assembly Halls, and whatever other property they own.?
And I agree that the figure given raises more questions than it answers
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Thought Provoking Question to a JW?
by Solzhenitsyn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

and if he didn't what are the implications?

nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.
smiddy3

The first recorded use of the name Jehovah was by a Spanish Catholic Monk in the 13th century.
One J.Martinus who translated the four Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton into Latin and English and added the vowels to come up with the name Jehovah.
Jehovah`s Witnesses now have two things to thank the Catholic church for the books of the Bible and now the name of the God they worship.
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More Info on the Montana Sex Abuse Decision
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
courtesy of a redditor:.

https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-jehovah-s-witness-sex-abuse-case-underscores-church-s/article_fddc41e5-536b-5843-af30-200cc14892d8.html.

montana jehovah's witness sex abuse case underscores church's worldwide reckoning.
smiddy3

Thank you for sharing this article ,it was very informative,
Thanks also for the BBC panoramic Video ,very powerful info against the J.W. Organization .
Its difficult to understand their stubborn arrogance against change ,i hope they bleed to death {Financially}
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Thought Provoking Question to a JW?
by Solzhenitsyn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

and if he didn't what are the implications?

nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.
smiddy3

John 17:26 (kjv): "And I have declared unto them thy name
Yet their is still not one scripture in the N.T. that has the name Jehovah in it......Not one.
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Thought Provoking Question to a JW?
by Solzhenitsyn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

and if he didn't what are the implications?

nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.
smiddy3

Nowhere in the KI is the Divine name used either in Hebrew { Tetragrammaton} or the equivalent Greek letters.
And that is the Greek Text that they use for for the NWT of the Bible ,so the name Jehovah has no place in the New Testament
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What are YOU depending on for Salvation? New Video
by JW Answers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many groups (jehovah's witnesses, mormons, sda'..) false teachers and deceivers today rely and depend on good works, their own righteousness, keeping the law, having a certain lifestyle or behaviour, being faithful in service and/or being baptised to save them from their sins.

however, all of the above according to god's word, will never save a soul.

in this video, i cover most items which people today try and depend on to save them from their sins.
smiddy3

I`m not depending on anyone or anything for my salvation , according to the Bible God condemned me to a life of misery disease and death simply because of what Adam and Eve did thousands of years ago before I was even born .
And the same for every other living person
I don`t consider him a God of love ,who in their right mind would.?
So i`m certainly not looking for salvation from him.
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When is a church not a church?
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower and jehovah's witnesses go out of their way to insist that they are not a church like the false ones of christendom.

so why don't they file an irs tax return?

because, according to guidestar they are exempt, since they are a church.
smiddy3

Watch Tower uses voluntary contributions to support Bible education and to provide humanitarian assistance.
Provide humanitarian assistance ? that`s a joke and laughable .
And they still refuse to advertise their religious meetings along side Church notices in Newspapers local and otherwise.