I believe it has been shown that they have offshore bank accounts that have much less oversight that in places like the US.
Londo111
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The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief
by sir82 inrecently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.
it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.
he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.
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Jediism not a religion, UK Charity Commission rules
by HB inthought this might be of interest....... .
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38368526.
jediism not a religion, charity commission rules.
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Londo111
In essence, the Jedi philosophy is based on Tsoism. So there is already a religion by those tenants.
May the Force be with you.
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Anyone else watching the Leah Remini series "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" on A&E?
by NikL inmy wife and i started to watch this last night and have covered only 2 episodes so far but it is really interesting.. there are so many similarities between scientology and wt.
not in beliefs of course but in their shunning, of their version of apostates etc.. it was amusing for me to see my active jw wife watch and get all indignant.
at one point a statement was made that a religion "shouldn't separate families" and she muttered to herself "absolutely not".. i am kind of hoping that jws will watch and see what is being carried on by a high control cult and eventually recognize it in their own lives.
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Londo111
I love this series. I hope Leah eventually exposes other cults as well.
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Song Book changes and new light?
by kairos ini was just thinking, did new song books precede periods of jw doctrinal changes?.
the latest songbook ( 2009 ) came out just before the maniacal rebranding of watchtower into jw.'org..
what about previous generations?
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Londo111
The 2009 songbook had an obscene picture on the back or else bad art that could be construed as obscene. They had to change the picture for newer editions.
I suspect the new gray songbook is to rectify this problem altogether.
And I also suspect that David Splane fancies himself a scholar and a composer. Now he has a playground to introduce whatever brainchild or composition he comes up with.
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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?
by schnell inthe ad for this site came up here on jwn.
http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.
i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.
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Londo111
A JW, who I didn't know, who is running one of these businesses accidentally emailed me. I basically cited the scripture about Jesus throwing about the moneychangers.
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The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief
by sir82 inrecently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.
it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.
he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.
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Londo111
Of course, it's a sensible plan to use what they have, rather than build new buildings. It shows there is no real growth in the US, and in English territory, negative growth--tens of thousands have left. Only Spanish is keeping the US numbers afloat.
Could it be they were planning on building all sorts of new Kingdom Halls, but ran out of liquidity to do so? Or was it a drive to find money to take money from more affluent territories to build Kingdom Halls in the less affluent places where there is growth? Are there elements in Watchtower that are diverting funds to offshore accounts for personal benefit? Or is it just a very poorly managed business by people with no experience?
There are more questions than answers. It is an organization with zero transparency. I remember watching part of the broadcast about the LDC where the men talked about "pulling back the curtain". Why have a curtain to begin with? The children of the light do their works in the light.
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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???
by James Mixon inamazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.
you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..
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Londo111
I think it's part of the sign of the last days... :)
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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???
by James Mixon inamazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.
you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..
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Londo111
I agree. Sometimes "the friends" had a hard time singing some of the lyrics because they were embarrassing or just bad lyrics, or hard to sing, and there'd definitely be a noticeable drop in volume.
"If your body members you control"
"like bees that were molested"
As for me, usually I just lip synced or sang "so low".
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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???
by James Mixon inamazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.
you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..
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Londo111
My first songbook was pink. Then we went to the brown one. As I was leaving, there was the new one (unbeknownst to me the one with the pornograhic image).
Most of the music sucked. But the new songbook was very atrocious. They also tinkered and messed up my "favorites".
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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???
by James Mixon inamazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.
you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..
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Londo111
No, because David Splane is not as good of a composer as he thinks he is.
They should've gotten Prince to do some music while they had a chance.