Posts by scratchme1010

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Is All The Bad Publicity About The Watchtower Pedophile Lawsuits Causing Contributions To Nose Dive Worldwide?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i think with all the child molestation lawsuits the watchtower corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently.

the silent lambs protest back in 2001, and the dateline prime time expose probably was the death knell for the watchtower's hey day in brooklyn.. their membership is drying up, young people are leaving in droves, the situation is no doubt far worse than the annually published yearbook figures show and so they ceased it's publication permanently.

and those left remaining are experiencing a huge grab of money from their congregations accounts and now are required to make pledges about how much they can contribute which i think is a last ditch effort by the governing body to squeeze more money out of the rank and file watchtower indoctrinated drones.. i think all this is happening because even those still loyally attending are hearing reports of these tremendous pay out that the watchtower is making to the victims of their self serving policies that put young ones at great risks so that even the rank and file don't want to contribute to pay court costs and so are withholding giving contributions to a very great extent.

scratchme1010

I think with all the child molestation lawsuits the Watchtower Corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently. The Silent Lambs protest back in 2001, and the Dateline Prime Time expose probably was the death knell for the Watchtower's hey day in Brooklyn.

I think that it's a combination of factors. The sexual abuse scandals raise awareness to the general public, but they have quite a few more issues to deal with, mostly consequential of their ridiculous business practices. Yes, the sexual abuse scandals puts them in a bad light to the general public, but they themselves are not exactly the most savvy people when it comes to properly running an organization. That is harming them too.

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Do You Think Trump Will Get Charged With Money Laundering Like Manafort?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

with all this dark cloud hovering over trumps choice of advisors do you think this may just the beginning of his downfall from power?.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-russia-manafort-analysis/manafort-money-laundering-charge-in-russia-probe-may-face-challenges-idukkbn1d4026?il=0.

scratchme1010

With all this dark cloud hovering over Trumps choice of advisors do you think this may just the beginning of his downfall from power?

At this point the entire thing looks very ugly. It stinks from every angle. I don't know how/if it will reach him. I'm not fan of him, never have been since I ever heard of him, but I'm not sure if I want him out of power as a strategy.

I don't know what's worse for the country, that guy or the Tea partier that we have for vice-president taking on for him if he's out.

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Any Kiwi Elders Here?

by richgirl in

it's rachel from new zealand here.

i am currently helping a nz journalist source potential interviewees for a short documentary she is making about child sexual abuse issues among jws in new zealand.

nothing of this nature has been seen in the news in nz before so this is quite exciting!

scratchme1010

I'm not a Kiwi, and none of my friends in NZ are JWs. I'll ask them if they know any JWs there. Please share your final product when done.

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We're off to the Convention this weekend!

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

we are off to the convention this weekend!

the program will be full of informative and faith-strengthening information.

here is the program:.

scratchme1010

LOL! Please share anything interesting. have fun!

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Another sex abuser

by Honeybucket in

i'm tyoing this up on my phone, so forgive me if i don't give all i do or spell anything correctly.

today i saw in the local newspaper in skagit valley washington a local man was sentenced to prison for child pornography.

at firat i wasn't i terested in the article until i saw the defendants name.

scratchme1010

Sedro woolley congregations should be ashamed for letting this sum around innocent children.

That is if the WT gave a flying eff about children. They just don't care.

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These couldn't be dubs

by SadElder in

this was posted on the christian century magazine yesterday.

don't know how these folks could be dubs and go to another church without getting caught by some busybody in dubland,.

https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/why-my-church-stopped-decking-halls.

scratchme1010

People post whatever they feel like posting in the Internet. Also, that's some individual's account.

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How much in total do you think the W.T.S has payed out in child abuse cases??

by karter in

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friends

they have settled a lot out of court with gagging orders both ways so we will never know how much was payed out there.but some have been made public.

any ideas how much in total?.

karter

scratchme1010

How much in total do you think the W.T.S has payed out in child abuse cases??

Not enough.

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Hoping I can stay

by allyson in

i started studying with witnesses about 21 months ago.

started going to meetings in march 2017, went to the memorial and attended my first convention.

i love it.

scratchme1010

I love studying and learning about Jehovah. I believe in him so much now, but I'm a trans woman, having GRS 12 years ago and starting hormones 20 years ago. The Congregation found out a week ago. Meeting with the Elders soon, but feel that I should leave and I just feel so sad now.

Good luck. As sensitive and understanding as I'd like to be, I can assure you that they are going to give you some bullshit about homosexuality, probably citing some bible verse from I-forgot-where, and telling you that Jehovah will help you stay in your biological gender.

When it comes to sexuality, the Wt's teachings are very archaic. They don't even get basic human sexuality right, leave alone gender identity or sexual orientation. Don't expect a lot of love from them in that regard.

In the city where I live there are plenty of resources from transgender people and their spirituality. I think that aside from this forum, find some support group for trans women. That may give you at least some understanding from people who are also transgender and integrating healthy spirituality in their lives.

BTW, they don't call it "GRS" anymore. The right term is "Gender Confirmation Surgery", not "Gender Reassignment Surgery".

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What do you think is the origin of Giants and/or Sasquatch?

by The Real Edward Gentry in

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genesis says a lot about both pre-flood and post-flood giants.the really big nasty ones drowned in the flood but there were lots of others the israelites had to overcome including the king of basham with his 11 foot iron bed.people nowadays are much smaller and i think its due in part to us losing more and more of adams perfection.

i turn my attention to the animals that went onboard the ark but are as yet undiscovered.

during president knorr's time the panda bear was discovered in a market place in china and eventually an american team tracked them down in the wild.

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Could there be animals living today that survived from Noah's Ark but remain undetected by modern science?

No. There never was a Noah's Ark.

I believe the Sasqatch to be in this category. There is huge evidence of them living in the dense forests of North America.

No, there isn't.

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JW.ORG turning into an evangelical clone

by Pistoff in

i clicked this link to the november 2017 tvjw video, in it they defend their 2 witness policy, though, gutlessly, they do not mention it in the context of child sexual abuse.. anyway, check out the christian jehovian song at 57:06, ugh, makes me nauseous.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksz0qiftsok&feature=youtu.be&t=53m25s.

scratchme1010

That's what you get when you have the kind of leadership (if you can call it that) that they have.