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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?

by Dunedain in

there were always all types of speakers in the org.

myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.

other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.

flipper

DUNDAIN- Interesting thread thanks for posting it.

Occasionally when I was in the cult we would get some speakers who really were funny in an extremely comical way giving public talks. I had a close friend who was probably about 20 years older than me an elder, an ex-Bethelite who was funny as hell when he'd give public talks. It's almost like this guy didn't believe a word of what he was saying from the talk outline but just wanted to entertain the audience for 45 minutes to make dull material interesting. I swear to god this guy would make you fall out of your seat laughing with his quick witted humor.

An example for instance was when he was reading the scripture in Daniel about the "fearsome looking wild beasts " that represented world powers and the weird descriptions of those beasts ; after he got done reading the scriptures he said, " Well ! That was entertaining wasn't it ? Sounds like something you get after you eat anchovies on a pizza ! " The audience about fell out of their seats. This guy was FULL of one liners all through his talks. He was always this way.

I often wondered if he was trying to wake people up even as far back as the early 1980's to TTATT. Sadly my dear friend died in a car accident at age 46 in 1983 - he was hit in a head on collision when young people fell asleep at the wheel and drifted into his lane hitting his car head on killing him instantly. He was kind of like an uncle to me and I'll never forget him. 1,000 people were at his memorial and they had to hold it at a high school auditorium he was so well loved. He made other people feel important- no ego in this guy whatsoever. His off beat humor and happy go lucky life style has seeped into my life's way of living to a great extent these last 30 + years. I learned a lot from this friend. May he rest in peace

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"You don't go to the platform to say nonsense."

by Tempest in a Teacup in

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second in a series of reminiscing disappointments that cut me off this religion one string at a time.... actually, i had a one week break which i spent quite poorly: not sleeping at night, so i could catch up on my favorite shows, eating crappy foods the whole day, booze and hangovers.

i'm an introvert and really, this for me is an ideal holiday :).

but...all the above, coupled with having too much free time has brought back some demons who had been sleeping...and snoring.. back to the topic.. in my former congregation, there's one wannabe-elder-no-education-hates-his-job-envies-others-mysogynist-ministerial servant.

flipper

TEMPEST- Thanks for sharing your experience. Man oh man. I thought I was the only person who had those kinds of experiences when I was a JW until 2003. I feel for you my friend. I used to be THAT " brother dependable " who the elders would pick to do last minute talks in the Ministry School because they knew they could " count " on me to be dependable. And then like yourself if I picked out a partner to do a service meeting demonstration with me- after the meeting I'd be approached by somebody who turned me down and they'd make a big show in front of other people of how " well " I did. I felt like saying " yeah, no thanks to you I had to scramble around to get a last minute householder. "

It's just that the two faced conduct and fake kindnesses in this JW cult wore me down by age 44 in 2003 where I just couldn't take it anymore. I had experienced conditional and fake friendships for 44 years - these last 12 years I only accept REAL friendships. I feel a lot healthier now- more whole and complete. Take care my friend, hang in there you know many of us here care - we've been there , lived it, experienced it

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Elders are Complicit with WT Society in Child Abuse Scandals- Gonzalo Campos Case

by flipper in

of course, most of us realize this.

however sometimes even on this board sometimes threads have stated that the jw elders have been occasionally painted as the " fall guys " who take the rap for the wt society leaders - which of course is true - to a degree.

however- that being said , many times elders have failed to protect - or even have failed to advocate for child abuse victims when it has been within their power to do so.

flipper

Have to go cut some firewood today so I wanted to bump this up before I go. Thanks for your replies.

IOWN MYLIFE- Thanks Marina for your comments. I totally agree with you. WT Society is under the false and mistaken impression that child molesters or pedophiles can be transformed or " cured ". Totally false assumption. They are never " cured " - they just manipulate children, parents, relationships, and situations to further their sick, twisted abuse of minor children. The problem is also that the WT leaders look at child abuse more as a " sin " than the CRIME that it really is- thus thinking that these perverts can be reformed . So WT Society leaders arrogantly trust that THEY can reform these pedophiles instead of allowing the police authorities to do their jobs in punishing these child molesters and putting them in jail for good so they don't harm other children. It's quite arrogant and pompous of WT leaders for them to think they are above the laws of the land and no more- because they don't.

VIDIOT- Exactly. Good point. Just how damning IS that evidence in the database files of names of JW pedophiles ? I think it would blow the lid off of WT leaders and expose them as being guilty or at least complicit in the appointment of thousands of elders worldwide ( or at least hundreds ) AFTER it was known these elders had formerly molested children. I think the WT Society knew it and just ignored the fact. I believe THAT is what those database files would show. Then I believe criminal charges could be levied and even MORE child abuse lawsuits would occur- this is the reason WT Society would rather pay out 13.5 million $$$$ than to have those details exposed in court. It would be the end of their ballgame in public sentiment and financially

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WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

by flipper in

so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

flipper

Wanted to bump this up since folks commented the last couple days. Thanks for your opinions !

KEPLER- Good point you make about not " placing all your life savings into one financial plan . " So many JW's have probably done that regarding handing over their personal funds to the WT Society ( especially older long time Witnesses ) - that at this point in time they'll never be able to recover financially from the WT scamming them out of their money. Really sad.

LISTENER- Very interesting statistics you share regarding how much the WT Society pays out for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers. Thanks for sharing that info. So that further explains the reasons for these WT cutbacks. Trying to save their financial asses.

CRAZYGUY- So yes indeed- if WT Society has expenses with real estate- all the crazy building projects worldwide- then you add the cost of missionaries, traveling overseers, and special pioneers, THEN add the cost of fighting child abuse lawsuits all over the world - I would say that gets really costly over the long haul.

VIDIOT- Exactly. I think we all got out of this cult just in the nick of time. ANY time one can escape the JW cult is a good time. Better late than never.

COGNAC- The one thing that's positive about cutting back all these Bethel workers, special pioneers, missionaries, traveling overseers, etc. is this : It will get these people talking and sniping in a negative way about being demoted so that they'll express their disappointment back to their local congregations once they return to their homes and hopefully foster a distrust of the WT Society's policies among other rank & file JW's upon returning. One can only hope.

SIR 82- Thanks for that current info on missionaries, I've been out so long ( since 2003 ) I didn't know what the current status is of missionaries now.

BILLZFAN 23- Of course some of what we are discussing here is speculation- but the fact remains that the WT Society IS making drastic cutbacks for SOME reason- most probably financial. It's obvious that the last several years they are operating at a loss so they have to do something to effect keeping their " pack of lies " organization running. No matter HOW many JW's they have to throw under the bus to do so. The child abuse lawsuits are not going to stop against the WT Society. A precedent was set with Candace Conti and Gilbert Lopez in which the WT Society had to pay out 13.5 million $$$$$. That ain't chicken scratch when you multiply hundreds if not thousands more of such lawsuits across the entire globe. It should be interesting to see what develops in the next 5 years or so

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WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

by flipper in

so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

flipper

ACTIGALL UR- That's interesting that you've been hearing this news from your contact at Bethel. Good point that you make that JW's probably won't hear about it until the New York Times prints it in the newspaper. I think it's high time for the old expression from former football player Don Meredith to come true in regards to the WT Society : " Turn out the lights, the party's over. " LOL> Peace out, Mr. Flipper

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Elders are Complicit with WT Society in Child Abuse Scandals- Gonzalo Campos Case

by flipper in

of course, most of us realize this.

however sometimes even on this board sometimes threads have stated that the jw elders have been occasionally painted as the " fall guys " who take the rap for the wt society leaders - which of course is true - to a degree.

however- that being said , many times elders have failed to protect - or even have failed to advocate for child abuse victims when it has been within their power to do so.

flipper

While my computer was being repaired the last 2 weeks I noticed that this thread had been bumped up. Wanted to reply to your takes and opinions.

4THGEN- Good point you make. Isn't it amazing that the pope representing the Catholics has more concern with punishing Bishops who allow child abuse than the WT Society does towards it's own appointed elders allowing child abuse ? It's probably because GB members and upper WT leaders are guilty of child abuse themselves- so it's not a priority to them. GB members in the past were re-appointed elsewhere " on assignment " when found guilty of child abuse. Example : Greenlees, etc. So sick.

LEVEL THEPLAYINGFIELD- I agree with you and I hope you are right. I DO hope this wakes up the authorities in other countries based on what the Royal commission did in Australia- we DEFINITELY need that kind of commission here in the United States to put the WT Society's GB hands to the fire.

TORNINTWO- You make some REALLY good points. I mean it makes NO sense whatsoever for the WT leaders and GB to EVER allow a former child molester to EVER serve as an elder again- but you hit it on the head ; there are too many child molesters in the JW organization- they'd have no elders at all. I'll go one step further - there are too many HIGH RANKING JW appointed men who either are or have been child molesters, possibly on the GB or writing committee or others way up top - THAT is the real reason I believe that the WT Society will not release and continues refusing to release the names of pedophiles within their organization to the courts. Because it would divulge that thousands of elders were promoted and appointed to positions as elders, or C.O.'s or D.O. 's all along even though WT leaders KNEW they had a pedophile past. I think my take is accurate.

FREDDO- Exactly. GB and WT leaders could not care less about the damage JW child abuse victims have suffered- all they care about is the money they'll lose in lawsuits.

VIDIOT- Exactly what Tornintwo said, and what I stated- there are too many high ranking WT officials who are pedophiles and were or are child molesters themselves to risk the courts of the land having the list of names of JW pedophiles. Think about it. Why else would the WT Society be willing to pay 13.5 million $$$$ out to the victim in the Gilbert Lopez child abuse case instead of giving the courts all the names of the JW pedophiles on their database. Must be some pretty damning evidence against WT leaders in that list of names ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

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WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

by flipper in

so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

flipper

As has been mentioned by some here as well- the worldwide child abuse lawsuits that are happening against the WT Society - I'm not just talking Australia, U.S. and England- but worldwide I'm sure is causing some angst among the financial keepers of the power at the top of the WT Society. And that is on top of all the other stupid financial moves they've made. Something to consider

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We Had My Mom's Memorial Talk Today

by minimus in

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most everyone was very nice.

i did get a couple of we miss you soooo much and an elder that said he might drop by someday to say hello when he gets a chance....i'm already prepared for him if he should show up.. over all, it got finished and i'm going to bed..

flipper

My wife and I send our condolences on the loss of your mom Minimus. You had a great relationship with your mom. She brought a lot to your life. Hang in there buddy, Sincerely, Mr. & Mrs. Flipper

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WT Society SEC Records : Hedge Funds, Cayman Islands, Financial Losses - Links

by flipper in

so my wife and i were curious so i researched some financial links and found records indicating that the wt society has been operating at a loss since the year 2012. as you read the links it shows a loss of 10 million $$$ in 2012, about 16 million $$$ in 2013, and a whopping loss of 56 million $$$ in 2014 - where the expenditures exceeded the revenues for each of those years in the amount i've mentioned.

also there is a link on this same website with the sec records indicating that the wt society and it's representatives funneled 40 million $$$$ into hedge funds in the cayman islands as early as 2007. if you look online on other sites you can see evidence that indicates the wt society attended hedge fund conferences to look into more shadiness in 2011 and isn't it curious that by 2012 the wt society started showing losses.

anyway here is the link : https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html .. feel free to check this link out and other links on that link indicating the cayman island connection.

flipper

Finally got my computer back after two weeks. What a freaking hassle. Something with the hard drive I believe. Anyway been in communication with some folks about this situation with the WT Society financial shortfall and it looks like it's legit. I'm not at liberty to say anything more right now but it's definitely looking like they have their financial tits in the wringer. Thanks for all of your comments.

With the stopping of worldwide WT construction, the laying off of thousands of workers, and the cutbacks and downsizing of the printed materials - something is happening behind the scenes that the WT Society is not coming clean about to rank & file JW's . As you realize it's not just that they " want to emphasize the preaching work." Nice try there WT leaders but we know bullshit when we smell it. Any comments welcome. Good to be back to you folks online again ! Take care, Peace out, Mr. Flipper

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Mass disassociation pact...

by freemindfade in

any takers?

we can pick a date and pull the plug?

lol .

flipper

Hey - let's keep this going!

Maybe this thread is getting too long and people don't have the patience to read it all?

So that this doesn't fade away and be forgotten, perhaps if everyone who wants to take part writes their letter now, and put it aside until an agreed upon mailing date. The letters can be pretty simple because after the borg gets the first dozen or so they will know all the reasons for the defection.

Handwritten letters would be good.

After a while a thread could be started where you can post your letter - Mr.Quik's "Great Awakening" would be a great title.