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  Another one...nine felony counts - Sun Valley, CA

  by Dagney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/church-usher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-boy-parishioners-217825121.html.

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  church usher charged with sexual abuse of boy parishionersmarcelo lozano, 34, faces nine felony countsby melissa pamer| thursday, aug 1, 2013 | updated 1:51 am pdtview comments ()|email|printadvertisementan usher at a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sun valley was charged wednesday with sexually abusing four boys he met at the church.. marcelo lozano, 34, is expected to be arraigned wednesday afternoon at van nuys superior court with nine felony counts, according to the los angeles county district attorneys office.. lozano, who was an usher for the churchs spanish congregation, allegedly abused boys who ranged from 8 to 15 years old between 2006 and 2013.. he is charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse and oral copulation of a person under 14. and he faces one count each of forcible lewd act upon a child, lewd act upon a child and sodomy of a person under 14 with 10 years difference.. prosecutors will recommend that the defendants bail be set at $1.8 million, the das office said.. lozano faces a maximum term of life in state prison if convicted on all charges.. the los angeles police department is still investigating the case, the das office said.. .

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  Elders of the church came forward with information that led to Lozano's arrest, he said.

  Sounds like the elders were covering this up...doesn't it?
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  Former Longtime Elder : Contributions

  by James Jackson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a year now, i have been handling the accounts.

  we have 6 elders and 7 ms, and none of them ( i am not serving), want to do the accounts, so they asked me to do it.

  here is what i have noticed.. 4 elderly sisters cover the whole congregation in donations monthly!

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  Maybe some of them got their eyes opened by unnecessary kingdom hall renovation/redecoration that they were expected to pay for, just because the colors in the hall did not go with some elder's complexion.

  Yeah...the one where I used to go did a $65,000.00 remodel. Perfectly good items like miocrophones, mixing console etc went to the garbage dump!

  But hey they had a KH that they could brag about.
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  Former Longtime Elder : Contributions

  by James Jackson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a year now, i have been handling the accounts.

  we have 6 elders and 7 ms, and none of them ( i am not serving), want to do the accounts, so they asked me to do it.

  here is what i have noticed.. 4 elderly sisters cover the whole congregation in donations monthly!

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  Some years ago when I was "priveleged" to handle accounts I noticed it was mostly the poor and lame that contributed. The exception was a smarmy "brother" who screwed around on both of his two wives, was a chronic public drunk, lost three businesses due to tax fraud, and had a mouth that would make even the most hardened Marine or sailor blush, and routinely flipped the bird in public at the American flag who made very sizable contributions courtesy of embezzeled business money. I personally won't give one nickel to an organization that operates like that. Thank Gawd I am no longer active.
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  Experience regarding Elders being spirit appointed

  by Comatose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told recently about a situation where an elder did not get recommended to serve upon moving to a new hall.

  i think he left for a job.

  but, something internal politics happened in the old hall and he was not recommended.

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  I have noticed that "spirit" does in reality plyb a HUGE role in men getting the coveted titles of MS or Elder. But the spirit that plays that role in all cases I know of is the spirit one finds in a bottle of good Scotch, or in high priced Tequila. If one puts on a great appearence to mens eyes, says all the right things, and "kisses" the right asses you will be appointed no matter how sinful you are. But the more spiritual one is the less chance of getting those all important positions and titles. It's strange how the less intelligent a person is the more intimidated they are by anyone who is more intelligent than they are.
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  Rich people don't create jobs

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

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  WOW! Just what I thought. Ex-jws are nearly all exactly like still in's. A bunch of welfare leaches!
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  Friend gets "scriptural divorce" over wifes transgressions before they got married...

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have a friend in a congregation in new jersey who recently called me to tell me that he got a divorce.

  nothing surprising there at first but it is the fact of when it happened.

  his wife began pioneering april 1, and after about three weeks she came to him and told him that about 4 years she had engaged in loose conduct (fondling the penis and the guy kissing her breasts) during a time that she was inactive.

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  I don't know your friend from a hole in the ground, however I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to believe him. It sounds like someone making excuses for what they are doing and trying to blame anyone else for it. But IF he is telling the truth, then the so-called elder that laid this load of shit on him is lying through his teeth (no surprise there either). I knew a guy who now lives in Texass who got all pizzy about his wife's previous daliances because she didn't give him a blow-by-blow (pun intended) account of each one of them. The new breed of jw is one (F)(U)(C)(K)(E)(D) up bunch of nitwits!
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  Another bash at education - wt13 9/15

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 20:.

  the unwary may adopt the same view of theocratic arrangements.

  they may be unwilling to go along with congregation procedures and may even complain about anything not to their liking.

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  Edumacation WTF is that? Oh it must be what makes people use terms from the stage like, "What does this mean for you and I?' I would love to answer, "Well I'm not sure about you, but for I it means that ME must....." Or the nitwits who use the word simular, instead of similar! Or nucular, instead of nuclear. or...oh hell there are way to many ignorant fools that try to "teach" others. No wonder I am a piztjw! HAHAHAHA
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  A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

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  So the big question is...were any of them able to "choke their chickens"?
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  HOW to accept counsel and criticism from an Elder

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a catch-22 that can trip you up at the local kingdom hall.. .

  if you receive "counsel" from an elder about any behavior at all and you "resist" or question the counsel you can be accused of having a "spirit of rebellion".. .

  so, you have to either shut up and comply (with even the most ludicrous and ill-founded suggestions) or answer back and be chastised and "marked".. .

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  Personlly I have found the single best answer to use is, "Well, you may have a point. I will give it further consideration."

  Then I promptly forget what they said.

  In a case a few years ago I was supposed to read the WT article about marrying "only in the lord" and was hauled in the back room because, "some might be offended because you married a non-jw (thirteen years ago)."

  The shearer of sheep that "counseled" me waited until he was the sole "elder" in town to voice his personal opinion.

  Now every time any of them ask, "Why aren't you doing (insert whatever order they yammer)?", I simply say, "Well someone just MIGHT be offended by my doing that, and I SURELY don't want to "stumble" any of the weak ones!"

  The hypocrisy of the congregation fleecers of the sheep preaching about forgiveness then refusing to practice what they preach was instrumental in my seeing TTATT
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  Looooooooooong Prayers...

  by likeabird in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's have a bit of a laugh.. .

  who of you rolled your eyes when brother never ending prayers was called up to give the closing prayer?.

  who of you then proceeded to tap your feet, fidget loudly or start doing balancing acts off the back of the chair in front of you while waiting for it to end?.

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  I'll never forget the eight and one-half minute prayer that part-by-part summed up an entire DC that I suffered through about seven years ago.

  The CO who yammered through it must have thought he was supposed to give another closing speech.

  If we didn't listen to the talks as they were given there really isn't much point to rehashing it all at the end.