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  One day assemblies

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. experiences

  this may have been discussed before.

  the costs for using the assembly hall for a one day last saturday was $12,000 with another assembly for the other half of the circuit on sunday, which will ring up another $12,000.

  if the assembly was for two days the friends might roll their eyes if it were announced the costs for the two days was $24,000.

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  cha ching

  Yep ThinkerBelle (love your name)

  Anyway, this got my ire up years ago, when like Apocalypse, and SloppyJoe & many past others pointed out: They "vote" about "giving the extra to the WTBS" before they even get the $$, and say they are in debt!" GGGGGGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

  How much do these AssHalls cost, anyway??? We worked (donated our whole family's time) for a year and a half FREE, as did so many others....

  $24,000 a weekend x's 52 weekends = $1,248,000

  x's 5 years = $6,240,000

  Such blatant rip off artists!
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  Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st August 2013 for Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  downloadable as a pdf here.. i did a search and couldn't find this posted on the forum.

  if it has been and this is a repeat post....i apologize.. there is lots of information in that pdf that may be of interest to our members who like numbers and money and misc info pertaining to wts organizational structure, etc..

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  cha ching

  Very interesting, will read the summary, thx!
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  Freedom in admitting the truth...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those that lurk or havnt decided to post yet.... living a lie is difficult.

  nobody would likely disagree with that... many of us lived or are living the wt lie for the sake of friends or family.

  it can eat at us and put us in situations where we frame half truths, try to find tactful way to avoid telling people what we really think.. there is great freedom in being able to admit truths.

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  cha ching

  True, making WT face the truth will definitely get you 'thrown to the lions.'
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  Freedom in admitting the truth...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those that lurk or havnt decided to post yet.... living a lie is difficult.

  nobody would likely disagree with that... many of us lived or are living the wt lie for the sake of friends or family.

  it can eat at us and put us in situations where we frame half truths, try to find tactful way to avoid telling people what we really think.. there is great freedom in being able to admit truths.

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  cha ching

  The famous quote, "You will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free" should be followed with a question, "What does it set you free from?" and then, "Do you really, really believe knowing the "truth" is worth it? Why?"

  then..... "Would anything prevent you from seeking "the truth"?"

  How do you know when truth is truth?
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  No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real

  by cognitivedizzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  guys .

  a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.

  i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.

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  cha ching

  OMG, "if you MANAGE to raise more funds"!!!
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  Do I count my time for this?

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2101981.

  on page four you will see the active witness, its unmistakable by the lack of any structure in this persons post.. my username is mebiscuit, i decided to reply to the active witness post ;) .

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  cha ching

  How about suggesting they say, "No thanks, I am an apostate, would you like to hear the reason I left JW's?" It would be interesting to hear their responses... (PS, give them something to say, perhaps about pedophiles & the ARC?)
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  Shunning is psychologically terrorizing

  by poopie in

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  its barbaric.

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  cha ching

  Blackmail..... "Do what we say.... or else!'
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  I gave the elders some ammo to use

  by atacrossroads in

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  2. friends

  i was having dinner at olive garden with my cousin who was disfellowshipped for apostacy.

  a holier than thou pioneer couple saw us.

  if that was not enough i saw her take a picture of me with my cousin.

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  cha ching

  Taking pictures? Reporting back to "their superiors"? Sounds a bit like the era of the Nazi's.
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  Is it true? Heard a rumor WT postphones Disfellowshipping until further notice!!??

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure if it's true but i heard from a good source that wt has given instructions to elders to postponed disfellowshipping members from wrong doing/gross sin until further instructions given by headquarters.

  i heard some jws were just reproved either privately or publically.

  has anyone else heard anything like this recently?

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  cha ching

  Ditto, ditto, ditto Punk of Nice.... Angus got it straight!
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  Long Story of my Life/Experience

  by GrownMidget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  also, my wife has come to her limits of understanding me about the witnesses related grief i have been having.

  she has told me many times to stop reading the ex-witness sites because i get depressed and become angry, which sadly is true.

  it's not very productive to be sad throughout the entire day and then shout at your wife for the reason she has no first hand experience about, therefore how could she possibly know and help?

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  cha ching

  Congrats GrownMidget! I think that one/ many things the WT does to mess with your brain is say, "Wait on Jehovah" and "Don't get mad" and "Vengence is mine" and "Don't talk about the negative"..... when really, it is natural. It helps us solve problems, we interreact, we find solutions, it helps us work through things, right?

  Once we get to freely express ourselves, we do not feel repressed. I am so sorry for what happened to you as a child, being forced to the floor, the crazy things (yes, crazy) that adults did to you! Anyone would say, "What the heck is going on here?" and children do not have the power, or the means to escape all of the time.

  I am glad you made it!

  Spend time with your wife, making her feel special, it will make you feel better every day!

  Hugs, cha ching!