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  Abusing the power of tears. Yet another sign of desperation

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  so i was seating at the meeting this past sunday.

  the latest wt article to be studied speaks of "using our imagination" to think about the blessings of the kingdom.

  the whole study was centered around how we can, and should, spent time visualizing ourselves in the new world, working along with our brothers.

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  Saintbertholdt

  1. Congregation tithing

  2. Appealing to emotions

  3. Video presentations galore

  All one needs now are some ol' time revival healings and the transformation will be complete.

  PRAISE JESUS!
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  Hi Snare&racker,

  Have you ever heard of the Hans Dollinger letters?

  Here's and excerpt from his second letter in 1935: “...never during all the years that National Socialism has fought for Germany has the Bible students Association tried to impair that fight. Neither in any talk given, nor in written form, nor its overall policies has the association made any negative statement against National Socialism. This applies to Germany and its many hundreds of thousands of co-believers as well as to foreign countries in general.”

  So according to Dollinger the 'Declaration of facts' and the original letter to Hitler was not a denouncement of the Nazi regime at all. He says in the letter that they never at any time in any country spoke out against the Nazi government or stood against it. Never did they attempt to impair National Socialism. He even stated that National Socialism fought for Germany as if he respected what the Nazis were doing. He signed the letter 'Mit Deutschem Gruß'. It's worth noting that though this wasn't quite as damning as ending the letter with 'Hail Hitler', the German criminal code forbids the use of this phrase to this very day because of its National Socialist overtones.
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  "Well thats interesting...16,000 is a noteworthy amount."

  The WT would just laugh it off as its small potatoes compared to their Billion dollar income.

  But its significant in that it represents 32 more people who could have been compensated.

  Who were those potential people?

  Individuals who were witnesses during the holocaust but later left the organization.

  The WT fund declined to help identify or to assist them.
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  Oh of the $54871 the JW Victim fund charged there's a $16000 charge that is questionable.
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  "did the Org get any I wonder?"

  Not that I can gather. It seems they only awarded money to individuals or families of victims.

  Unless you count the 6% administrative expenditure the JW victim fund charged :)
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  "Did they get any money?"

  Yes approximately $456 each.
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  Some JW claimants actually worked in munitions factories:
  
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  Did you know WTBTS applied for Holocaust compensation?

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did you know that the wtbts applied for these compensation funds?

  i had no idea and if this has already been addressed then so be it.

  i find it interesting due to the fact that so much is made of the jws being in camps during ww2 and nothing else is expressed about the other millions who died in these camps.

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  Saintbertholdt

  Of the $911 356 the Jehovah's Witness Holocaust-Era Survivor Fund received for dispersal to 1876 beneficiaries, they charged 6% ($54871) in administrative costs.
  
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  Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  was it designed?.

  rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.

  symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.

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  Saintbertholdt

  Natural selection through selective pressures.
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  Who oversees the money for the WT?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. scandals

  when the wt sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?.

  when all the money comes in from all the kingdom halls bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

  when all the monthly donations come in to the watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?

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  Saintbertholdt

  Their financial advisers are Merrill-Lynch.