Posts by WingCommander

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Child Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention, Melbourne, Australia (17-19 October 2014)

by jwleaks in

documents and media releases relating to the shunning and discrimination of a special needs child by jehovahs witnesses in relation to the melbourne international convention, 17-19 october 2014. the following documents and press release were received by jw leaks in relation to the jehovahs witnesses international convention at etihad stadium, melbourne, australia.

it is understood that due to last minute information in relation to the administration and control of the first aid health services at the convention the following press documents had not been released to the media.. prior to publishing and releasing the following sensitive information, the members of the team at jw leaks made formal inquiries with the victorian workcover authority (vwa) and the administrators of etihad stadium (melbourne stadiums limited) as to whether measures have been put in place to prevent the jehovahs witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia from operating any first aid health services and first aid department in alleged breach of applicable health and safety laws.. we were assured that the jehovahs witnesses will no longer have control of the first aid management at the event but that st john ambulance first aid officers will be on site for each of the three days.

it is our understanding that this was done for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all 70,000 daily patrons and delegates attending the convention.

WingCommander

The Governing Body doesn't have a need, nor a use for "disabled children." They'll all be healed in the New Order. No, what the Governing Body needs is the parents MONEY $$$$. I'm sure they throw their noses in the air while exclaiming, "Too bad, too bad! If the parents had only heeded our spiritual direction and held off having children until the New System, they wouldn't have a special needs child to begin with. Tisk-tisk! Don't forget to donate via the ATM machines on your way out, Brother."

This is the attitude these money-grubbing pricks have. They couldn't give 2 sh*ts about children or people with disabilites. How do I know? Because IF they did, they'd have hospitals and children's hospitals to look after them, wouldn't they? Instead, orphans, widows, and the elderly, and the poor are told by the "Glorious Ones" whom wear gold pinky rings, "Go forth, be warm, and well fed."

Charitable organization, my a$$!!!!!!!!!

- Wing Commander

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your Personal Instructor

by prologos in

this week's service meeting had some letter read about the web site use and these words: "---instructor" jolted me out of the work i was doing.

so this is how the wt sees their indoctrination now, or always did: the new recruit has a personal instructor.

not even a study, where there is give and take, examination, analysis .

WingCommander

This doesn't seem "out-of-line" for this cult. Think about it, we were constantly admonished to follow the "instructions" from HeadQuarters concerning where to lodge, how to dress, etc for any type of Assembly or Convention. Follow instructions. We are your instructors. Listen, OBEY, and be blessed!

Logical progression if you ask me. This cult is SICK.

- Wing Commander

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One Day assembly in Arizona- $17,000 !!

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.

"rent/extortion) were even met.

$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".

WingCommander

Cook a pizza in under 30 seconds? Okay, that is impossible ....... label-licker, don't make things up - it makes the rest of your statement questionable.

I'm a mechancal/architectural designer and I work for a contractor where we design not only refrigeration, but also food service layout design to grocery store chains, convience stores, etc. There are many companies now making large and small infared ovens that are programmable and will cook an entire pizza in 30 seconds. This is NOT science fiction.

- Wing Commander

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One Day assembly in Arizona- $17,000 !!

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.

"rent/extortion) were even met.

$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".

WingCommander

For our assembly hall, we suddenly have extremely manicured grounds with placards describing the types of flowers in each different area. Why in the world do we need that? It's outrageous

You can say that again! Wow! And they have the audacity to cry out that they need more money? Also, what exactly does the jw.cult give back to it's followers in the form of financial support in their times of need? Absolutely NOTHING! Zilch, ZERO. The money-grab from these power-hungry charlatans really is at an all-time high. I really hope the TV/internet broadcasting shows the poor pee-ons how their hard-earned money is being spent, and it's NOT being used to help poor Andre in Liberia with Ebola.

What a rip-off this cult is. Scientology has got some serious competition in the "who's the looniest cult" category. UGH.

- Wing Commander

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Article in Lansing, NY Paper: Local Farmers Concerned About Kingdom Farm Sale

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.lansingstar.com/news-page/11090-local-farmers-concerned-about-kingdom-farm-sale.

but the soil is not that good.

"this town has the best soil of all the towns in the county," said roth.

WingCommander

So what we can gather from this article, is that the WatchTower (err...jw.borg) only really cares about lining it's pockets even more than what it already has. It doesn't care if some developer comes along, buys it, paves it over, or builds an industrial toxic dump. It just doesn't care, as long as it gets $6000.00 / per acre on land it hasn't paid one DIME in taxes on ever, than that's all the matters. The Mormon Church could drive up tomorrow with an armored truck filled with $6 million dollars claiming they want to build another Salt Lake City, and the jw.borg lawyers would smile as they sign over the property. No lie!

Wouldn't this property really be put to good use if the jw.borg would instead build the first-ever JW: 1.) Hospitals 2.) Elderly/retirement communities 3.) Orphanage 4.) JW-run farm to create food for JW-operated food banks around the world. Oh wait! First they'd have to HAVE a food bank before they could supply food to them!

What an utter waste of land and resources. My ideas above would blow the minds of not only worldly people, but the JW Sheeple themselves. I mean surely, they have the $$$$ to put ALL of what I have listed above onto that 500 acres, with plenty of billion$ left over to print bibles and create more tv studios.

- Wing Commander

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TV.JW.Org - Expense?

by passwordprotected in

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there's no doubt that the wtbts isn't sparing the hard-earned donations from the r&f on its latest trial of jw broadcasting.. this screenshot i took from the "behind-the-scenes" is just one of many examples of top-end tech gear being used in this endeavour.. .

why does this guy need harmankardon speakers when he's using cad software...and note the iphone.

this guy's a bethelite?.

WingCommander

Yeah, I picked up on all of that too. That equipment and studio must have cost MILLIONS of $$$, just for the equipment!

Right now, I had just watched about the first 20 minutes, and I'm so stunned that I'm at a loss for rational human thought. I can't believe what I'm seeing. This religion is a total sell-out. The old WatchTower is DONE. The re-branding of the old-time WatchTower is now complete with the JW.org and JW Broadcasting facelift. This must have been what it was like back if you were a Bible Student, and then Booze Rutherford took complete control, threw out what he wanted, and re-named the religion "Jehovah's Witnesses." No wonder so many people left back then, and I can imagine some of the old timers leaving now.

I swear, picking Lett to start the show is like having Clarabell the Clown open for Howdy Doody. Freakin' retarded. The simplistic, monotone, simple-minded way in which this man speaks is an insult to anyone with a broadcasting background or education. (like myself; my father was in radio and I had my FCC license by age 12).

As I said....I'm really just stunned at this point. My parents must be spinning in their graves. The GB are however going to create an endless buffet of stupid quotes, meme's, and facial expressions.

How many Kingdom Halls could this have built? How many meals could have been provided to widows and orphans? How many soup kitchens open? JW's have ZERO soup kitchens, food banks, shelters, AA centers, hospitals, or JW-owned nursing homes.....BUT, they have their own television stuido? Total sell-outs, and Jesus has got to be doing a gigantic face-palm at this FARCE of a religion now!

- Wing Commander

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JW.org: " One Hundred Years Ago1914"

by rebel8 in

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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2014-yearbook/one-hundred-years-ago-1914/.

all links and content are posted here for critical review in compliance with copyright laws.

the be thou faithful unto death countdown card was used by some in their resolve to remain faithful to the end.

WingCommander

Wow....just......wow. I learn something new about this freakish CULT I was raised in every day!!!!! An Armaggedon count-down card? Who'd have thought? This is some bat-sh*t crazy stuff right here! Who came up with this morbid crap? I am so embarrassed to have ever been raised and involved in this End-Times apocolypic CULT that I could run screaming out the door. I actually can't believe they have BALLS to put this kind of embarrasing evidence up on their own website. I guess they figure they'd better be up front and fess up before it goes viral on the internet.

First time I've ever seen this card, for real! However, I'm surprised they didn't resurrect this concept for 1975 build-up. Apparently, they forgot all about Jesus stating about, "...no one knows the day or the hour, not the angels or even the Son." etc. But oh hey, these old geezers up in Brooklyn, NY do, so let's create a "Death count-down card" and giddily cross of the days until the mass slaughter of 99.995% of the earth's population. Sick.

Incredible.

- Wing Commander

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Nimrod: Fact or fiction

by dugout in

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nimrod and the tower of babel-is this history or biblical myth.

god confused their lauguges?.

sounds quite comical when you think about it.

WingCommander

Yeah, I never bought that whole, "God confused their languages" bit of this story. I think Nimrod was real, and even the tower. Babylon became a great city, etc. But if God really confused their languages, shame on him. It's kind of like that whole story with the Ark of the Covenant. It started to fall, and one of the men carrying it by the poles reached out to steady it and God's active force (inside the Ark) discharged and killed the guy. Well gee, the guy was just trying to do his job, and you struck him dead for it? God sounds like a real sport. I think it much more likely that due to the Ark's construction (a giant electrical capacitor) that when the man reached out to steady the Ark, he connected with ground and the Ark (capacitor) discharged right thru him to the ground. Boom. End of story.

Many stories in the Bible are just that - STORIES. Many are influenced by true events, people, places, and even natural disasters. There is some truth that had been distorted and added on to as the story was told and written from one generation to the next. One has to be able to use DISCERSION when reading thru it all. You know, common sense. So many people lack this.

It's like the end of the last Mad Max movie.....the girl sitting around telling the tale of Mad Max, and asking them to r'members dis story, an dont furgets, cus we needs to pass dis on an members.

- Wing Commander

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Measuring Your Worth via The Organization

by startingover13 in

one thing i've noticed growing up as a jehovah's witness is the insane amount of people that measure their worth and the worth of others according to 'spiritual' activties.

to be fair, there are some sincere people that just want to work for a good cause.

but i can't even have a conversation with some people without them talking about something religious.

WingCommander

This is true of MOST organized religions, but VERY true of the JW's. My Advent Lutheran in-laws measure everyone up like this and treat everyone not in their faith (my family, others) like complete DIRT under their feet. I / we now have nothing to do with them. Religion breeds such hypocrisy.

- Wing Commander

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How many born ins actually stay?

by lostinthought in

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i was wondering if anyone know sany statistics of the amount of born ins that actually stay in the orginization.

i think i have read it before on here but i can't really remember what it was.

.

WingCommander

Good for you Robert! You're getting an education AND throwing the bird to the JW.cult, good for you!!!! While the other LOSERS are out pioneering and living in their parent's basements, you'll actually have a career AND a life!! That's the best revenge of all. F'em all!!!!

- Wing Commander