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  Elder's decisions with congregation funds £££

  by 88JM in

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  have you ever been in a congregation (or circuit) where elders have made very bad choices on spending congegation funds?.

  (summary if you don't want to read it all: elders planning to squander money on an expensive hall refurbishment while kh flat is falling apart).

  i know there were assembly halls like dudley who spent a lot of money on their kitchens just before the food arrangements were done away with.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Interesting. Keep us posted as to the outcome.

  There was an interesting mis-use of Cong. funds in our KH. The P.O gets up on the platform and tells us what a great deal our cong. can get on a riding lawn tractor. Then proceeds to ask for a motion & show of hands. Then goes "oh good, I'm glad you all agree because 'I' already bought it."

  WHAT????

  isn't that misuse of funds since the $$$ belongs to the cong? Then lying about it by making us vote for it when it was already a done deal?

  I'm sure there are some more great stories out there about this subject.
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  THIS NEEDS ITS OWN THREAD:: TODAY's WT Paragraph 16

  by Lied2NoMore in

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  here is what got my spidey senses tingling: paragraph 16, reference to daniel p mannix book, was wondering if his statement was mis-quoted so i did my research.......but was even more shocked when i saw this: .

  from amazon dot com reviews................ probably the most provocative work of historical fiction published this century,"those who are about to die" is pure mannix at his best.

  a uncensured exploration of what likely took place in the circuses of ancient rome.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Lied2no more & Annomaly are correct, the WT Lib is full of Daniel P. Mannix quotes. Even in the 'School Brochure' under flag saluting. Here is one of the more interesting quotes from the 1975 Awake 12/8 pg 3-4:

  That is the way Christians in the early centuries felt. You can read in history books of the efforts made by Roman officials to get early Christians to make sacrifices to the “genius” of the emperor, even by such a small act as putting a pinch of incense on the altar as a sacrifice. Of Christians brought into Roman arenas to die, one history says: “Very few of the Christians recanted, although an altar with a fire burning on it was generally kept in the arena for their convenience. All a prisoner had to do was scatter a pinch of incense on the flame and he was given a Certificate of Sacrifice and turned free. . . . Still, almost no Christians availed themselves of the chance to escape.”—ThoseAbouttoDie, Daniel P. Mannix, pp. 135, 137.
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  The time is near for my families crucification

  by Gojira_101 in

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  good morning jwn-land.. since my parents and my husband and i have learned ttatt we have been keeping quiet, mostly.

  we have held off on revealing our true names, my dad has held off joining jwn and telling his story because we have been waiting for one special event.

  my dad talking to his mother about ttatt.

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  Newly Enlightened

  THANK YOU!!!

  Very happy to be here!
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  Introduction - longtime visitor

  by momentofsurrender in

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  just a (slightly) quick introduction for now.

  i am a 4th generation born in.

  father an elder since i was an infant.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Hi MoS, WELCOME, glad you're here. We just recently lost most of our friends & family also. Nothing official, just my Mom-in-law got offended at my husband saying Jehovah was not God's name, then proceeded to personally call everyone and tell them we went 'apostate' My daughter Gojira just posted part of the story....the link is below if you wish to read it. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/1/The-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification Peace on your journey and we're here for you.
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  Hi to EVERYONE, I LOVE being here in JWN land with y'all! & Family UPDATE

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  hi to everyone on here, my name is kim, i have been on here anonymously for about 6 months now giving our family's story.

  if any of you haven't read my daughter gojira's post about the latest, here's the updates.

  the witch hunt is on..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/3/the-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Thank you all for making us feel welcome.

  We had a very dear friend [third generation JW] come visit us for a weekend last year. I forget what we were talking about but our friend made the comment that "I do believe Christ died on a cross". It was kind of shocking to us, but we've known him long enough NOT to react like the typical JW and throw him out of our house. So we heard him out. He also showed us the cherry-picking WT had done with the Reasoning book under the sub-heading 'Cross' and how the Imperial Bible Dictionary they quote from, was cherry picked it to make it sound like the book was pro-stake, when it actually is pro-cross.

  Hallejah! [Yes, I'm trying to be funny] We felt that if they lied about that, what else have they lied about? So we just started asking him a million questions and poured over our bibles.

  That was all it took for Hubby & I both. 1 weekend and together. So I am so thankful that we both could see it together because I see so many on here that are losing mates & children.

  The next weekend we went to see our daughter & her hubby, took them out to lunch and just started telling them some of the more pronounced things we had learned. My son-in-law looked like he was going to lose his lunch.

  But they could see it right away and confessed that they both had, had doubts about JW teachings their entire lives.

  Hallejah! Our kids came out with us. They were the most important ones we wanted to reach. The G'ma's we've tried but the choice is theirs.
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  Not the most gripping plot in Caleb's latest adventure...

  by cedars in

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  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/stealing-is-bad/.

  caleb sees some brightly-colored lollies.. caleb's mom tells him they're not buying candy today.. caleb puts down the lollies, sulking.. caleb thinks about stealing just one lolly, but remembers his dad's words at family study, that if he steals he won't be jehovah's friend.. caleb puts back the lolly smiling, and runs along.. .

  hardly a gripping plot.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Thought this was too funny! It was e-mailed to me from a friend who hasn't quite signed up yet, but doesn't mind me posting his anonymous comments: "Caleb wants something that doesn’t belong to him. What helps him make the right decision?" I would ask this: "WT wants something that doesn't belong to it- your time, your life, your family inheritance, your worship. What will help WT make the right decision?" Oh, yes, I remember- actually following the Bible.
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  JW bumper stickers

  by innerpeace in

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  so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.

  i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.

  'my other car is noah's ark'.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Here is some at http://www.zazzle.com/sparlock+gifts or you can design your own www.vistaprint.com or the 'Save Sparlock foundation' has one you can copy & print
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  No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?

  by El_Guapo in

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  for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

  guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

  since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).

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  Newly Enlightened

  Alright! I've been following your exit on here and am very happy for you.
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  OMG...I missed the whole SPARLOCK craze....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  i hadn't been on the board to visit much last year, so i have been going back and poking around through the older threads since i started to post here.

  i was on jwfacts.com, and noticed paul had posted a brief article about the jw video and the evil sparlock the warrior wizard.

  we have no children, and i never got those videos anyway (even when i was still an elder), so when i went back and read all of the old threads, i was crying laughing.

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  Newly Enlightened

  

  From my daughter's post: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246801/1/Return-of-the-Sparlock
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  Hi to EVERYONE, I LOVE being here in JWN land with y'all! & Family UPDATE

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  hi to everyone on here, my name is kim, i have been on here anonymously for about 6 months now giving our family's story.

  if any of you haven't read my daughter gojira's post about the latest, here's the updates.

  the witch hunt is on..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/3/the-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Thank you. I've read several stories on here of how everyone who dares to have a critical or independent thought is crucified by family & friends.

  I knew this would happen. Jesus even told his followers that they would be persecuted & HATED because of His name. Gojira & I have been grieving and upset because it appears that we have lost my Mom. We thought she was seeing TTATT and was even agreeing with me and calling and telling me things that were being said at the meetings she didn't agree with. But sadly, she let my sister dictate to her that we were to have no further contact.

  Love & peace to all and we're glad to be here! And away from the that mind control cult!