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  To those who attended, attendance up or down at your memorial?

  by Crazyguy in

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  interesting to see if there's a noticeable trend in memorial attendance.

  also did they talk more then usual about ones not to partake?

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  So from what I'm seeing from the above numbers quoted, how's that JW Broadcasting and Cart Witnessing working out for them?

  EPIC FAIL. (insert Jesus facepalm here)
  
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  ...the relief of Congregation Members

  by Lostandfound in

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  just clearing out all old stuff and came across tyhis line in my copy of the uk memorandum of constitution, passed by each uk cong in (i think) 1997).

  this line bemused me as i know of no witness who ever receiver financial help from their congregation.

  clause 4.2.4 read for other charitable purposes including the relief of congregation members who are in conditions of need hardship or distress.

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  Official WatchTower Charity's Mission Statement:

  "Go forth, be warm and well fed................"
  
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  Terrorist attack in Belgium

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  check the news.

  there was a terrorist attack in brussells, couple of bombs detonated in the brussell airport and the metro.. 36 dead so far.. i send my sincerest condolences to the people of belgium.. the motive seems to be revenge for the capture of the last surviving member of the paris terrorist attacks..

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  Another day, another example of fine conduct and love from "the religion of peace." But hey, what do I know? I live in what the Ayotollah of Iran called, "The Great Satan".

  Now I ask all of you, what did Belgium ever do to anyone, besides unleash the incredible leg-splitting Jean-Claude Van Dam upon the world?
  
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  Dan Sydlik

  by done4good in

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  morning warship - he was the only restraint and i'm not saying that lightly.

  i know there are a dozen others here who were in bethel back in the early 2000's who know what i'm talking about.

  he actually kept me thinking this was jehovah's org because of his sincerity as if the holy spirit was operating in him.

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  Thanks GoneAwol:

  Now just think, did Sydlak and his family's behaviour not "stumble" that young family out of the "the truth"? Surely, that makes them bloodguilty in Jehovah's eyes. If I were the husband, I would have went right to the row of assholes and promptly gave them all the finger, after telling them what for incredibly hateful wankers they all are.

  What an incredible story of so-called "Christian Love" from the fine "brothers and sisters". **GAG**
  
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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  So........they are getting it from China then? Probably bought only "half" a mountain, instead of just a whole one, huh? So I'm guessing the guy I quoted above isn't just making shit up from his Bethel tour, huh?

  Does anyone know if WT bought the company listed above, or if it is merely a "shell company" set up to fool the Chinese government?
  
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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  Here is a link to the thread where I saw this. It's about half way down in a paragraph. The brother describes his recent visit.
  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4ak48i/to_all_congregations_in_the_united_states_branch/

  Here is the actual text (copy and paste) for those that don't want to click the link.

  When speaking about his recent visit to Bethel, this guys responds:

  It was actually really boring if I'm going to be honest. I enjoyed the tours at all the other bethels despite being an apostate, but this one was especially boring. The main lobby looks nice and modern, with a big wooden QR code on the wall that leads to JW.org.

  The tour itself was mainly just showing us where they eat, where they all load the busses, some offices and some store rooms. But there were a few interesting things we saw and learned.

  The most interesting thing I learned was that they literally bought an entire fucking mountain in China. A lot of the outside of Warwick is going to be solid granite. They literally need so much granite to complete the project, it was cheaper to buy an entire mountain half way across the world and have the brothers over in China mine it than it was to buy granite from a retailer or wholesale.

  We were showed this area that they refer to as the snake pit, and we were shown a mockup of what will be the governing body offices. They looked super modern and well design, and were quite large. The guy giving the tour told us that they originally had a different design, but they decided to go with this design because it would save them millions of dollars. Millions. For the fucking offices of 7 stupid men.

  We were also showed the future location of JW Broadcasting. We saw some mockup walls of what the auditorium would look like. They're using the wood they cut down on the actual property for a lot of the project. We even saw the sawmill where they cut the wood when we got a tour of Walkill. They're doing the whole grass on roof thing which is cool. As much as a I wish I could say that they suck at building Warwick, it really is beautiful and cutting edge.

  Also someone died while at Warwick. They briefly mentioned it and it really peaked my interest so I was all like, "OMG really?" To which they shut me down and said he drowned when he was off the clock. They made sure I knew he died off the clock. But I mean, the poor guy still died. :/
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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  Someone asked for a second source on this, so I'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new WT HQ lately and know it to be true. I had read from others on the ex-JW subreddit that had taken a tour recently at WT HQ, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in China, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to New York to use at the site of the new WT HQ. Apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in China mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the USA, even wholesale. I can tell you for a certainty, that TONS of high grade granite are being used on site, and not just for trim or decoration, but for actual retaining walls and even at the shipping docks! Apparently, no expense is being spared in the re-building of Solomon's Temple. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a full mock-up (in Gold, matching Bible's description) of the Ark of the Covenant.
  

  So please, anyone reading this who may have toured the new WT HQ or who even may be volunteering or working on the new cult compound....errr......WT HQ, please confirm this. I know for fact there are at least SOME apostates high up on the construction crew, as I've seen actual photos from site on reddit and even CAD renderings.

  Let everyone know how the ice cream money is being spent. Thanks!
  
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  Do you know what Rahab looked like?

  by ttdtt in

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  hello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.

  could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.

  2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".

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  I just clicked on this thread for Bitties, and from the photo above from Mrs R-Awaken, I was not disappointed!

  Noice!
  
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  Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

  by OrphanCrow in

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  Caleb and Sophie's parents don't NEED the money, right? But WatchTower NEEDS every red cent in order to pay for an entire MOUNTAIN in China, from which they are mining ALL of the granite that they are using in construction at the new WT HQ. No BS! WT actually bought a freakin' MOUNTAIN in China, and having the "local brothers" over there mine, cut, and ship it over to the USA to be used in the construction of WT HQ. So there's the "charity" that the kid's ice cream money is going towards. Sickening!
  
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  Unbelievable! Is this even allowed? Two elders from my hall RANDOMLY stopped by my apartment!

  by macys in

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  ok wow.

  i am really really pissed.

  i had to really hold back and bite my tongue.

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  Why are you being reinstated? If you're going back to meetings, and looking to be reinstated, then as far as I'm concerned you're asking for it. That's what these creepy Elders live for- stopping in and "encouraging" hot young sisters such as yourself. They totally get off on that.

  I thought you were DONE with this freakin' cult? Out on your own, living the good life? You can't keep ties with a cult, and not expect it to bite you in the ass once in a while.