Posts by LevelThePlayingField

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What's the status of this org financially?

by megaboy in

soooo... i think the main strength of this group is having the finances to keep this con game going.

i'm hoping that the pedophilia cases are draining them dry so we can be rid of this stumbling block from an organizational stand point.

how is the constant surge of bad news getting out on them effecting the everyday person in this organization?

LevelThePlayingField

During our last service meeting we had two parts that talked about donations. One was a scheduled part from the Kingdom Mininstry - talk by an elder on the valuable things, but the other part I found was not scheduled at all. It took place over the other scheduled parts because the elders got a letter stating to play this video on where all of our contributions go that we (they) send in to the world wide work. How's it used and such. Then afterward one of the elders gave a summary of the video.

So besides the announcements that lasted 2 minutes and a 5 minute part by another elder that he shorted up because of the money grab part via the letter from the branch, all the service meeting parts was basically about how JW's can support the WWW. More money grabs.

I tell you what, people aren't stupid, well, the majority are not. 2+2 still =4 and when you keep asking for donations people will, even though they don't say a peep to each other, they still know something's not right about it all. And that's whether they are hard core or not. Cause even the hard core know that JW's don't solicit funds.

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Google, Apple & how Next Gen INTERNET will DECIMATE the Watchtower Society

by jwfacts in

think the early 80's.

one of the most important events in watchtower history was the release of crisis of conscience by former governing body member f. franz.

slow distribution of this "apostate" book lead to a minor loss of members.

LevelThePlayingField

He was so right on when he said that they will be able to watch a meeting that was video taped. Or now you can actually watch them via live stream in several countries. And he predicted this 7 years ago!

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"The church is reeling after a Royal Commission in Australia made 77 adverse findings"

by Watchtower-Free in

http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14168160.former_jehovah_witness_from_hartlepool_agrees_to_be_interviewed_as_part_of_nationwide_investigation_into_the_church/.

chris webber, reporter (stockton/hartlepool) / friday 25 december 2015.

a former jehovah's witness from hartlepool calling for changes in the way the church deals with victims of sex abuse has been interviewed as part of a major national investigation.

LevelThePlayingField

I expect that more and more will come out of this.

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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Closing & Sale in Boonville, MO

by Brokeback Watchtower in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbkxynecic

LevelThePlayingField

Good find brokeback. Another KH being sold to WT.

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Latest, SHOCKING JW Paedophile case.

by Phizzy in

http://www.stratford-herald.com/45973-jehovahs-witness-jail...

LevelThePlayingField

Indeed another case of child abuse cover up. So much for what the WT said in their rebuttal to the RC. They say they don't cover up anything. Well this is like what the 10th one I've seen now in the last couple years.

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Hello

by Darryl in

just joining this site i'm not going to give you my personal history because you already know it, you lived it.

anyway been df'd for about 18 years just curious are there any people out there from the richmond va area.

LevelThePlayingField

Welcome Darryl. Nice to have you here.

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What made you turn atheist or agnostic?

by LevelThePlayingField in

if you were a jw and are now an atheist or agnostic, what was the tipping point that made you turn to it?.

the reason i ask is i have noticed that many who leave the jw's seem to turn to atheism, versus still having some form of a faith.

have many of you given up on god first or have you had atheistic views first and then found atheism to be true.

LevelThePlayingField

If you were a JW and are now an atheist or agnostic, what was the tipping point that made you turn to it?

The reason I ask is I have noticed that many who leave the JW's seem to turn to atheism, versus still having some form of a faith. Have many of you given up on God first or have you had atheistic views first and then found atheism to be true. Please help me to know your view.

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Peer presure to use Ipad

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

earlier this season i advised my retired father to ignore the use of a tablet during his kingdom hall congregational visits.

his response was hopefull, but between the lines i could hear he had no choice.. yesterday he showed me his new 600 euro 64 gb ipad air 2. he had no clue what he has to do with it, he told me one of the elders will install the jw.org apps.. so, i feel he had to deal with presure to buy this ipad and i think he is not the only one.. do you recognize this?.

gorby.

LevelThePlayingField

See, those old timers would have knocked them right in the head for that...staying home...all they had to do was grab a Bible and song book and book-it to the meeting, but who am I.

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Jehovahs Witness found dead in Bali hotel

by Solaris11 in

warren borsje an active 2nd generation jehovah's witness who made millions as a get-rich get salesman was found dead earlier this year in a hotel in seminyak, bali (reference).

reports given to the police confirmed borsje appeared intoxicated prior to his death and needed assistance by fellow hotel guests to get to his room.

when he didn't show up the following day to check out, hotel staff found him lying face down with blood around his mouth.

LevelThePlayingField

You can't take it with you...

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Peer presure to use Ipad

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

earlier this season i advised my retired father to ignore the use of a tablet during his kingdom hall congregational visits.

his response was hopefull, but between the lines i could hear he had no choice.. yesterday he showed me his new 600 euro 64 gb ipad air 2. he had no clue what he has to do with it, he told me one of the elders will install the jw.org apps.. so, i feel he had to deal with presure to buy this ipad and i think he is not the only one.. do you recognize this?.

gorby.

LevelThePlayingField

I think the general pressure is there, and has been there for a while. For example. When it's time to sing one of the new songs. Well, it's not in the song book, so if you don't have an "electronic device" to download it to then you have to rely on someone else to get it to you hopefully, and that cause undue anxiety. There simply is no provision in place to supply the songs. The slave didn't mail out a leaflet with all the new songs in it for everyone to have, which they would have done years ago, and bam, everyone has a copy. But no, now either you have tablet and have your new song, or you feel left out.

Another example is the videos. Many times during the service meeting we are asked to watch the videos ahead of time. If you don't have the internet or a tablet you are out again.

And now especially it's true out in service where you can "count" placements of videos shown at the door, oh my. You can't do that with out the marvelous tablet. Again, the old timers feeling left out.

All this undue anxiety put upon older ones in the congregation to buy a tablet, which they don't want, and maybe can't afford, and for sure don't know how to use. But the GB doesn't care, all this technology saves them money. And as all of us already know, money has been running the show for a little while.