LevelThePlayingField

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  Quotes JWs Don't Like...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".

  "you always regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did".

  "think for yourself, question authority".

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Go with your gut.

  Trust your heart.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Well, now we know how the WT is getting some of their money. They just sold one of their properties for $105 million!

  http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/5/2/jehovahs-witnesses-sell-124-columbia-heights-florida-panthers-owner-vincent-viola
  
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  JWs sell 124 Columbia Heights to Florida Panthers owner

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. current

  jehovah's witnesses sell 124 columbia heights to florida panthers owner vincent violavirtu ceo vincent viola pays $105m for jehovah’s witnesses building in bk heights.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  This article: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/4/29/all-along-watchtower-jehovahs-witnesses-are-selling-107-columbia-heights

  said: "According to the Commercial Observer, which first reported 107 Columbia Heights' availability, the building could go for more than $1,000 per square foot, meaning more than $154 million at minimum."

  That was reported only a few days ago! Now they only got $690/square foot, not a $1,000. Watchtower must have been very desperate!
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  Germany start a comission against child-abuse

  by crazy_flickering_light in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  if you live in germany, please share your story.

  if not, please spread this link.

  i'm so sorry, this is my first topic.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Is this like the Royal Commission that happened in Australia?
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  I like your post. Nice thoughts and I agree with the U.S being the cash cow for the org. And I think there are a lot of people who are no longer donating in the U.S. anymore either. That's why there well is drying up.

  Too bad.
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  The Freedom to Learn

  by TheLiberator in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since i have left the watchtower's dung behind, reading and learning has accelerated at an unbelievable pace for me.

  i am sure that is true for most here.

  i have always been a big time reader.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Well Liberator, I commend you on your research. Keep on keeping on. And don't let anyone stop you either. My hats off to you.
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  Loyalty? Today's WT The RC. It's a fix!

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today's wt has the below scripture as it's theme.

  friday of the rc has the same as it's theme.

  the silver nwt is alone in using the word loyalty in this verse.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  http://biblehub.com/interlinear/micah/6-8.htm

  Well, I just looked up that scripture at Biblehub and it uses the word loyalty in the original Hebrew. It said, "And humbly covenant loyalty and to love justly."

  Take a look yourself.
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  Rogue Bro. exposing TTATT, becomes a huge hit in Japan. It boasts nearly 300,000 access each month

  by nakanozzi in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a japanese bro.

  in good standing in his congregation, exposing ttatt in his blog, boasts nearly 300,000 access per month.. he is nearly unstoppable.. shou-tan blog.

  http://ameblo.jp/shou-tan-jw/entry-11719728036.html.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Well then I have to say GOOD FOR JAPAN. Good for them, because it means as a whole they are waking up. That's a lot more than I can say for the good old U.S. of A. Because they are not waking up as a whole. Yes, there are a many of us here in the U.S. that are waking up, but there are many a mile to go before the consensus is to "wake up people". But one day, one day I say, well, never give up is what I say...
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  Watchtower staff negotiating with Cuban governmental officials - picture

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe not relevant today, here a picture of jw.org staff negotiating with cuban governmental officials.

  in the 90's, from my deep storage archive.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Yeah, Gorb, who's who and where?
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  Bad things happen in spiritual paradise

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i bumped in this story this afternoon.

  it's about a family of jw's.

  it's an unbelievable story of murder that took place in 2014.. so much for spiritual paradise.. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dateline+tangled.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Yeah, I saw this on Dateline just about a week and half ago or so. JW's are no different than anyone else for the most part. Yeah, there are some pretty nice ones. But they can snap, just like anyone else.