Posts by stichione

panama city, fla. - a 500-pound african lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage thursday to pose for a magazine photo.. george koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion.

stichione

This proves the WTS photographer is not blessed by Jehovah!

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After-meeting conversations

by Gopher in

to be able to properly "encourage one another, more so as you behold the end drawing near", we as jw's were instructed to do the following: .

(1) stay after the meeting for "upbuilding association", and .

(2) rather than talk about mundane things of life, discuss the finer points of the meeting just held.

stichione

I never talk about the meeting after its all over. The material presented is too boring and repetive.

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WTS retirement plan

by stichione in

jw
friends

as a building inspector in a large city, i also come across inspecting nun's retirement homes.

in fact, working on a special project recently i visited 10 buildings housing anywhere from 60 to 500 nuns each.

i was struck by how well these nuns are taken care of by the catholic church.

stichione

I remember I adamantly was opposed to buying RRSPs (registered retirement plans in Canada). I argued I wouldn't need them since I was never going to reach retirement age in this old system of things. Then came the November 1995 Watchtower article on the redefinition of "this generation". Shortly after I started buying RRSPs aggresively. A reality check for all Dubs now.

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MESSAGE FROM SHUNNED FATHER

by SHUNNED FATHER in

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for the month of october , i have four court hearings.

i had one yesterday and the link below to the calgary sun describes what happened.

i didn't have a lawyer, so i represented myself.

stichione

Yes Mr. Hughes, please post the comments you made in court.

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WTS retirement plan

by stichione in

jw
friends

as a building inspector in a large city, i also come across inspecting nun's retirement homes.

in fact, working on a special project recently i visited 10 buildings housing anywhere from 60 to 500 nuns each.

i was struck by how well these nuns are taken care of by the catholic church.

stichione

As a building inspector in a large city, I also come across inspecting nun's retirement homes. In fact, working on a special project recently I visited 10 buildings housing anywhere from 60 to 500 nuns each.

I was struck by how well these nuns are taken care of by the Catholic Church. They spend their useful years engaged in various works for the Church and community organizations. Then when they get old, the Church takes care of them by providing a home and all the benefits of living in a community where everything is provided to you.

And for those who become infirm and are only partly autonomous or completely bedridden, they were taken care of by trained nurses in the long-term care facility of the residence.

This got me thinking about some Dubs I know who after high school became pioneers and did the work until retirement years, or others who went from Bethel to circuit work, then after 30 or 40 years retired from the fulltime service for whatever reason. They were now on their own financially; they had to get jobs to pay the bills, not to mention never having contributed to a retirement plan. And God forbid they became sick!

The WTS simply left them to fend for themselves without any kind of compensation or help after having spent an entire life in service to them. This also reminds me of how things went for Raymond Franz, who after almost 40 years of full time dedication to the WTS, was thanked for his services and asked to leave. The money paid him seemed almost for the purpose of buying him off.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

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Jail for Shunned JW. Hoaxer

by Kenneson in

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title of article is: "hoax suspect gets jail sentence".

"forcellina is italian-american, and has been a jehovah's witness since he was a child, said his lawyer, federal public defender terence ward.

since his arrest, forcellina has been formally shunned by jehovah's witnesses...forcellina ha spoken before 30,000 people at a religious rally in shea stadium...".

stichione

You can rest assured that he's not receiving any compassion from his "loving" congregation!

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Field Service Reporting To Book Study

by Coqui in

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about three or four months ago the organization changed the way field service time is reported... they decided that everyone would not drop their time card in a box in the kingdumb hall but rather leave the report with their book study conductor.

i liked the fact before that i could leave the report with someone i seldom saw.

with the change i realized that with this change the elders had even more control and influence on me.

stichione

I agree that time reporting is a way in which the WTS controls its members. I know I certainly was. I felt pressure to report at least the national average so I could appear to be a good Dub. If it was below average I wase made to feel guilty because I were not out there serving the Organ.. er, I mean God.

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APOSTACY IS WORKING

by hamptonite21 in

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two weeks ago all sunday meetings were cancelled in the shirley area here on longisland ny.

a elder meeting was held with the co. my aunt a jdub has informed me that all 4 congregations have had over 7 disfellowshippings in the past month and about 2 dozen since the beginning of the year.

it seems that many of the youth are having sex and allowed to do what ever they want.

stichione

This is fantastic. With the diffusion of the internet and the Dubs surfing, doing research and visiting sites such as this one and many others, they will finally see the "truth" and come to the conclusion that at best the WTS in not any better than other religions, and at worst that this religion is a waste of time and an apostasy from true Christianity.