Topics Started by Magnum

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Lawsuits and WT's exit from Brooklyn
by compound complex in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
thank you, danny, for that information on the sale of brooklyn properties.

i commented on dr. brenda upton's lawsuit against the society.

below is further pertinent information:.
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They need MORE $$$$$
by TallTexan in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i haven't been to a meeting in years, but i was recently told by a friend of mine that they have really been hammering the 'use of your valuable things in support of the kingdom' in many of the talks and thursday night parts.

i know they used to mention it all the time, but he said it's gotten really bad lately.

i told him that's because the membership in the western (translate that to "richer"...lol) countries has really fallen off and even become negative in many countries and that the 3rd world countries can't contribute enough to support the great publishing empire.
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Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs
by Duncan in
1. jw
2. friends
dear all,.

i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.
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Response to RWC's Atheist Questions
by Liberty in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi rwc,.

i'm sure you're a very nice person and i don't want to get into an argument but rather a civil debate.

i just wanted to point out that as ex-jws many of us are a little obsessed with truth (not to be confused with "the truth" tm) and that after being burned by the watchtower society and hating ourselves for being so stupid to have fallen for its bs we have now become highly skeptical of the bible as well.
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Why My Wife and I Have No Kids
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
*** g74 11/8 ***9 is this the time to have children?there has always been a positive attitude about childbearing.

*** g74 11/8 10 is this the time to have children?

what does imminent mean?
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The Retractable Dangling Carrot
by TMS in
1. jw
2. friends
some scattered thoughts about the granting or denial of privileges of service as a control mechanism:.

this method of persuasion involving reward or punishment is so deeply ingrained in watchtower function, it is second nature.

although sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant, everyone from new bible study to traveling overseer is subconsciously aware of the possible limiting of his official opportunities to serve god and his brothers.. .
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Rutherfordian Science
by AlanF in
1. jw
2. friends
the wise man j. f. rutherford wrote about the "cause of the flood" in his 1927 book creation (pp.

here he informed us of "jehovah's" view of the scientific "annular flood theory" of one isaac newton vail, which the watchtower society had been promoting for decades:.

annular means that which has the form of a ring, or ring-shaped.
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THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS AT BETHEL
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
fyi--.

& other personnel.

writing correspondence personnel, patterson, ny (incomplete).
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Reflections
by Frenchy in
1. jw
2. friends
im starting a new thread because its time i left the bergman discussion.

i would like to address some comments made by ahhah, however, comments which have given me reason to look deep into myself.. even then, i wonder how objective a person could ever be after having had part of their life taken from them by a cult association.

on the other hand, who else (other than an ex-jw) would ever care enough to work as tirelessly as he seems to have in attempting to document the potential harm of this religion (biased as it may be).
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
(the david bowie song in case you're wondering).

there seems to be a lot of talk and speculation about the changes that are coming at the next district conventions.

there have certainly been quite a few articles and talks (esp.