Posts by SeriousTruth

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Kingdom Hall shot up in Washington state

by Crazyguy in

a kingdom hall near a small community called yelm was shot up.

yelm is where two kingdom halls where set on fire about a month ago.

i think someone, exjw, in that area is really pissed off..

SeriousTruth

I would never encourage those [or any] violent acts. All the comments are correct, all it does is give them more "ammo" [unintended pun] to their cause. So many have probably desired to "shoot up a hall", but most make the right choice and resist the urge. I do have sympathy for the millions who must leave, as it's the only peaceful solution. The group continues to hide behind "religious freedom", and a wealthy social power structure, and the law cannot touch them. There's no help for the little people. If you are not rich, belong to a high status family or one of the golden bethelites (which means you have satisfied the first 2), just forget it. When all the corrupt activities just get swept under the rug by elders in high positions, I can see how someone might feel this is a last resort.

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What happned to the Quick Builds

by blownaway in

so the qbs were huge in the 80s and 90s, now i hear nothing.

have they stopped?.

SeriousTruth

I share a similar experience of what most here are saying. I am former, and had to run screaming after the hypocrisy and bad practices were just intolerable anymore. I got to attend many quickbuilds, and although many "born-and-raised" (a very elite and privileged group of people) told fantastic stories of how wonderful past builds were and how they go up in one weekend, I asked lots of questions and knew these projects took months, needed actual skilled labor, and heard so many stories of khalls with shoddy work. Lot's of tearing down and remodeling had to be done, even in my local area. Yes, they all had this view that the system would be over soon anyway (haha what a joke) so quick and dirty work (and free labor) was the idea. I was one of the majority who was standing around and eating some great food provided, but that's all it was. A lot of publicity, attention and - oh, getting out of meetings and service was the best part.