Posts by Crazyguy

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Real Estate Business?

by no-zombie in

i was going over some of the older posts of others and without starting some kind of flame war, i got no idea why people are saying that the society is some kind of real estate business.

of course its making millions of dollars in its real estate sales but this a one time event.

its down sizing by selling the furniture.

Crazyguy

It may not have been thier intent at one time but I things have changed. Others would say otherwise.

Someone posted that thier was a area in Australia that had a major downturn in real estate values during Rutherfords time and he instructed the brothers thier with the Borgs money to buy buy buy.

Plus we know what happen with Beth Sarim. I think Beth Sarim was the idea originally for a place for Rutherford to stay but then they realized what they had accomplished.

This maybe can be confirmed in January 14 1975 when instead of spending thier money to tell the whole world that they only had a few months to live they bought the Towers Hotel in Brooklyn New York.

For me this is the smoking gun of thier true motivation. Plus a lot of thier newer transactions haven't been about Kingdom Halls but nice properties they call translation offices and the like.

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Walking away will get you D/Fed

by Drifting Away in

jw
friends

someone just told my wife, that those who are just leaving organization or not going anymore will be dfed, has anyone read that or heard of that?

i have seen nothing of that, and according to jackson at royal commission, we are free to go as we please...

A friend of mine was wrongfully dfd. After he got reinstated he faded away and nothing has happen to him. Another friend saw the light after they mishandled his situation and he walked nothing happened to him. I know of a few others that stopped going for one reason or another and after being gone they are forgot about. I think this is the norm unless you make waves.

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2017 Yearbook released

by bohm in

jw
friends

i saw this on reddit:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.

overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).

Crazyguy

There missing 119,456 publishers from last year if you look at the average publisher numbers. This seems low to me when you consider how many ones are waking up and some of thier assembly titles which indicate they too know so many are walking away.

Over all the only numbers that matter to them are those in North America and Western Europe, that's where they get most of thier money from.

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Irregular to meetings, can I partake in memorial?

by Squekylive in

hi friends .

i don't believe in jw doctrines anymore but because of family i have to be a jw for now.. i am not regular to meetings, and don't answer in meeting, but i report some hours so i remain as active jw now.. .

congregation knows that i am not spiritual and i don't talk to people and i don't care what they think about me.. now, i believe it's important to observe lord's supper as a christian as per john 6:53, so in the coming memorial if i attend i want to partake in the communion,.. i believe it is a sin to pass the bread and wine inspite of knowing it's flesh and blood of jesus.. it's like rejecting jesus.. so i want to partake.. but i dont consider i am anointed etc.

Crazyguy

Hell yeah go partake, they'll think your crazy but whatever right. The wine is actually pretty good but just take a nibble of the bread thier is nasty. Unleavened bread can be fine like a cracker but they don't care. But again the wine can be good , drink the whole cup!

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Beth-Shan - Digital Reconstruction - IMAGES & DRAWINGS WANTED

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

(just posted this over on exjw reddit as well).

as part of my masters in architecture degree (a treat to myself after leaving jws about 4 years ago), i'm attempting to digitally reconstruct some of watchtower's significant early buildings.

my goal is to produce accurate architectural drawings and images based on solid evidence.

Crazyguy

Why was this place built???

23

6 New Kingdom Halls Built In The US This Year

by James Jack in

on our local needs part tonight, the elder (on the local ldc), conducting the part, said he just got back from a meeting in memphis tn with members from the us branch rdc conducting the meeting.

they mentioned that only 6 new kingdom halls and 2 major re-models were completed in 2016.

"it may seem like a small accomplishment, considering under the old rbc arrangement there was some 700 projects on the average each year being done", "but, this is going 5-10 years of training to kick this new program into optima production".

Crazyguy

Yep if your not saying that thier building then the cash flow will falter. So keep telling them theirs going to be tons more buildings and the money will flow.

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Bro Knorrs Notes RE Disfellowshipping & Two Witness Rule

by pale.emperor in

hi guys.

a fellow ex jw shared this with me.

haven't time to read them yet (i'm using my phone to go on internet).

Crazyguy

I remember them specifically stating why the person was dfd. Must of been the 70's . Also remember those that were announced as resigning from the religion.

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The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

by FatFreek 2005 in

dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

"but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

Crazyguy

I'll have to find the book I can't remember if it was the Harp of god or maybe millions will never die, anyway not sure I'll try to find it.

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GRACE? GRACE? What the F*** is GRACE? Jehovah's Witnesses have no idea!

by TerryWalstrom in

i think all of us ex-j-dubs have had the --i'll call it a privilege--to exchange views with others who think differently than we do.

we encounter "christians" from mainstream churches.our dialogue is sort of...like speaking to martians.sooner or later, an ex-dub smacks into a wall.

that wall is a subject which is never spoken about or taught by the gb or watchtower with any candor.

Crazyguy

They well know about the gift of grace but it's reserved for just the 144k and of course them.

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The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

by FatFreek 2005 in

dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

"but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

Crazyguy

Don't forget 1931, Rutherford wrote that Jesus kingdom would be fully established on earth by then.