Posts by No Apologies

Or.....you could be a young JW guy aiming to climb the Watchtower Corporate Ladder, realizing that to go all the way to the top, there is one thing you absolutely need to have...

Just a thought... I'm sure no loyal JW brother could be this cynical.

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Hot News-New GB members

by truthsetsonefree in

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hey ya'll, t was announced this morning at the breakfast table that there are two new members of the governing body.

they were formerly "helpers" or "given ones.

" anthony morris raised a family and then went into the traveling work.

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Once again much excitement over something not that earth-shattering. I will bet a buck that both these guys are 'anointed' and have professed to be such for many years.

Actually I think one or two of the other recent appointments(Sam Herd?) have also been anointed ones already serving as Nethinim 'helpers'. So nothing too surprising there.

Now of course, new GB members is a rare event, as the remaining members all continue to fade away. And if indeed either of these two are not anointed, why yes, that would be a major shift in the leadership, bigger even than when all the GB resigned from the various corporations several years ago.

But I really doubt they are not anointed.

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Who Else Has To Wash Their Garbage???

by Legolas in

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our island is all on waste watch, we have to seperate everything and wash some stuff!

peanut butter jars, mayo bottles, ketchup and mustard bottles, cans, i know it's good but it can be a pain in the butt!

do you have it in your area?

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Leo, I'm thinking of something...something orange...can you guess what it is?

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Way back in time. Did anyone attend Assembly that Michael Jackson went to?

by out of the box in

we had some of the cong go all the way to california to attend the same assembly that they knew michael jackson would attend!

when i made a comment about how they were going just to get a glimpse of him.

that was not received too well.

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I walked past Prince at one of the last circuit assemblys I went to. When I first saw him, little short guy, wearing what was obviously not your typical dub suit, NOT typical dub hair, and his very fine wife, I did a double-take, then realized who it was and tried not to stare.

Then Larry Graham was on the program at the DC, giving his experience, how he was able to 'simplify' his life to make room to pioneer. Yeah, cause I can really relate to a millionaire rock star who still is able to pioneer.

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Six Billion Hearts Will Soon Stop Beating. . .

by ACEofCAD in

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announced our circuit overseer last night in his talk about the urgency to preach because of the times.

followed by a silence that was broken with ohhhs and ahhhs.

he said that a couple of times throughout his part, simulating a beating heart with his fist.

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I think its great that the CO makes comments like that. Its that kind of hardcore statement that the Org in general has been backing away from in current years, as they try to present a more mainstream image.

They would never be so bold in print anymore, even at a convention they have to watch what they say, but a CO or DO at a Hall can get away with remarks like that.

You know there have to be dubs sitting there that are going to be bothered by such a cruel statement, and might start to do some <gasp!!!> independent thinking!!!!

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Fascinating development in sex-abuse cases!

by hornetsnest in

i dont get on here very often, but when i saw this i figured that you would like to know about it.

it seems that the catholic church here in oregon (u. s.

) is doing everything possible to shield its assets from the sex-abuse liability they have incurred.

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Amazing,

I think one of us is misunderstanding the Oregon case. My take is that by the parishioners being named as the owners of the all the local church property, so that they/the church don't have to pay out millions and millions to settle lawsuits. The parishioners are not liable in these lawsuits, therefore if the parishioners own the property, it can't be used to pay the lawsuits/settlements.

They are trying to deprive the victims of collecting the millions in damages they have been awarded. If this works, the Society could easily use the same tactic, should they actually lose, "we don't own the Kingdom Halls, they belong to the local congregations." And so then the victims get squat.

Again, so far the WT hasn't even been found liable in any of the cases that have been brought against them ( although Vicki Boer came close).

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Fascinating development in sex-abuse cases!

by hornetsnest in

i dont get on here very often, but when i saw this i figured that you would like to know about it.

it seems that the catholic church here in oregon (u. s.

) is doing everything possible to shield its assets from the sex-abuse liability they have incurred.

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How do you figure something like this will hurt the Tower? They have gone to great lengths to keep their assets divvied up among hundreds of legal corporations. Kingdom Halls are owned by the local congregations, despite myths to the contrary that appear far too often on the board.

If anything, I see this defense working much better for the JWs than it will for the Catholics. So I don't see how this will affect them much, especially with their recent court victories. At least with the Catholics, they have already been found liable for millions, while the Watchtower has been able to avoid the same fate.

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