Posts by TTATTelder

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New congregation accounting system

by thedog1 in

i'm sure i read a thread here about the new congregation accounting procedures.

i ask because i handle the accounts in our cong and in our part of the world the new accounting system has just arrived whereby local congs do not have their own account any longer, but all funds outside of basic monthly costs is forwarded to an account controlled by the org.

this is causing huge confusion in our cong as we have to work out how much we need to keep back for monthly costs and the new idea is that you send all your extra cash to the org and if you need it back you can ask for it but we don't know how easy or hard it would be to do that.

TTATTelder

Good Lord

I'm still stuck in as an elder in the US and we have nothing like that over here yet.

Wouldn't surprise me though. The cult control knows no bounds.

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How many have been the FDS in the whole history of the world ?

by scary21 in

jw
friends

with the jw crazy new light, they must now believe that only 20-30 men in the whole history of mankind fill that role.

rutherford would be first, then knorr.

after them there were what eighteen on the gb?

TTATTelder

No I totally get it Sherry.

These guys think they're so special that God's Son, Jesus Christ, second most powerful person in the universe sat his apostles down to tell them about a couple dozen men in Brooklyn that would show up in 2000 years or so.

That's not far-fetched at all.

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How the WT would look if written in 1st person: SO DISGUSTING

by Antioch in

how would the watchtower of july 15th read if the watchtower was written in 1st person from the ones allegedly preparing an dispensing spiritual food (ie the watchtower)?

why is it written by a faceless 3rd person telling readers what to think about the people who are allegedly dispensing the very material i'm reading?

i was reading the july 15th article and laughed at the ridiculousness of it all.. .

TTATTelder

Yeah it gets even harder to swallow.

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How the WT would look if written in 1st person: SO DISGUSTING

by Antioch in

how would the watchtower of july 15th read if the watchtower was written in 1st person from the ones allegedly preparing an dispensing spiritual food (ie the watchtower)?

why is it written by a faceless 3rd person telling readers what to think about the people who are allegedly dispensing the very material i'm reading?

i was reading the july 15th article and laughed at the ridiculousness of it all.. .

TTATTelder

Good points.

"think they are written RIGHT into the Bible"

Scary when you think about how few actual men they claim the "faithful slave" refers to now.

It was discussed on another thread, but I think it's just a couple dozen men total. So a couple dozen men or so from an organization that spun off from the adventists were mentioned in scripture by God's Son?! and almost 2000 yrs ago?!

Combine that with their lower case governing body of the first century and the God-like capitilizing of themselves today as the Governing Body.

Is there any limit to their egos?

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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS

by The Searcher in

does the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.

but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?

here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.

TTATTelder

good one shirley

nhah,

I agree. The suffering and servitude starts pretty quick down the pyramid.

I don't know about DO's, but the life of a CO in a poor circuit isn't that great. I have seen CO apartments that I wouldn't live in. Block walls, prob 500 square ft, and in crappy neighborhoods. That isn't the norm, but they are out there across middle america and the deep south. The free meals sometimes suck and despite the "spiritual paradise" some of the homes of the poorer dubs (where they get fed) are less than sanitary.

I know some have it good in wealthier circuits, but it's a crap shoot.

I just read the Walsh trial stuff again, so I'm fuming over the little napoleans at the top right now.

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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS

by The Searcher in

does the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.

but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?

here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.

TTATTelder

I think the point is that the GB have their

Laundry done
Meals prepared
Dry cleaning picked up and delivered
Personal driver
Lodging
Fat offices with a view
Free clothing
Red carpet treatment everywhere they go
Worship by the dubs - treated as gods
Free medical care, chiropractic care, massage, dental, etc.
Access to steam rooms , saunas, gym facilities, pools, etc.
World-class "business" travel destinations
Company Credit Card
Green handshakes
Power and Control over millions of lives
Power over Billions of dollars

Now they have to be "on" all the time. Tough to be a celebrity you know.

My main beef is this - they are constantly making decisions (doctrine, policy, etc) with a huge bias towards maintaining this lifestyle.

It's like Ray Franz said in his book. Large organizations and institutions always make decisions based on what's best for the organization or what will feed it and make it larger. The men at the top derive all their power/influence/prestige/livelihood from the organism/organization. They will always choose organization over individual. Right or wrong.

Now while that may just be "life" or typical human nature, other organizations/institutions do not claim to be the only representation of God in all the earth. They are not telling you that you deserve death for disagreeing with the biased decisions. They also do not threaten extortion through taking away your family and friends if you voice a differing opinion.

Their policies are transparently self-serving at best if not criminally sadistic.

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