i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.
we both served as elders for years.
he is in his late 70s.
I would like to express my "WOW" on so many levels. First, the content of your post took my breath away. So, Wow. The second, related to the comments from others. Rarely does a single post with 11 pages of comments within 12 hours. Again Wow!
I think back to my mother who knew her stuff related to JW theology. If she were alive today, she would be embarrassed by the direction the society is taking in their role as guardian of the doctrine. I guess there are others of the same mindset.
the cobe of the cong we attended called me and left a vm, and also emailed both me and my husband.
this all happened yesterday.
he said he was checking in to see how our family was doing, which is a joke.
I actually feel sorry for the elder. It is a awkward position to be in to support stupidity, if perhaps the elder is not an idiot. If he is an idiot, then I take away my comment about feeling sorry.
Defending the indefensible is a hard job!
1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.
5. slightly boring 6. not bad.
7. fair.
a single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.
i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.
my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..
Love the disclaimer
this is funny.
the bible story to the tune of ymca ... how can it fail to offend :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrbywmh7kw.
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.
The revenue listed in the account as:
Revenue: $951 million U.S. dollars
Is not really that much and certainly does not justify the size of the corporate headquarters in Warrick, and around the world. If the revenue is actually true, it appears that they are woefully extended.
I would be very interested in finding out where that information came from.
when somebody posted this on fb, i was anxious to see how ridiculous it would be, probably worse then the gb prophecies, etc.
after watching the clip, i honestly don't know what to believe.
at the very least it's very entertaining and interesting.
The narrator used a lot of words. I am not sure I understand the point. If he knew 9/11 was a future event I why was his message so cryptic.
BTW, the first thing I thought about as seeing the 9/11 events was the pictures in the Paradise book about falling buildings. So, perhaps the Watchtower provided a script of these events. I often wondered if the terrorists got the idea after looking at the pictures from the Paradise book. That was one evil book.
so i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
he commanded those to be destroyed "old, men, women, children" so he started talking about how they were accountable. And going to die at Armageddon.
There are various levels of evil. This is the worst; Scaring children is just plain evil. I can remember as a child wondering, not if I will die at Armageddon, but how. The burden that I suffered as a small child growing up as a JW is not something that anyone should have to bear. I wish I believed in hell - because then I could wish your CO and everyone like him an eternity of torment.
i have some updates and new information on the downsizing in bethel.
25% of all bethelites around the world will be sent home.
in the us over 1,000 will be sent home.
