several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.
they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.
you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.
Pyramid schemes were very common among JW`s when I was growing up..
One would die,another would pop up..
There was always a new way for JW`s..
To Financially Screw their Spiritual Bothers and Sisters..
It was part of JW CULTure..
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i remember a roman catholic priest acknowledging on the bbc that the outrageously anti-clerical tv comedy father ted was a humorous mocking of his church but an acceptable thing.. try mocking the jw religion to a believer and the result is so very different.. just why is it that jehovah's witnesses can never take even the faintest hint of criticism of their religion?.
Just why is it that Jehovah's Witnesses can never take even the faintest hint of criticism of their religion?
It would mean WatchTower is Wrong..
If WatchTower is Wrong,JW`s are Wrong..
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all these hypothetical questions about the organization's demise or what if god did this or that don't do anyone any good.
personal experiences.
info and insight about your congregation, circuit, area and the watchtower itself is what we need.
What if..
Bunnys Had Wings,Magic Wands......And......Lived in Taco Tree`s?..
i was going to put this in my thread about pyramid schemes, but i thought it's discreet enough to warrant its own.
1) there are many faithful jws.
2) there are many men and women who could take control and fill the void if the watchtower collapses.
What Comes After the Watchtower Collapse?
You`ll Wake Up..
The WBT$ Will Still Be Here..
a newly released video shows shocking footage of a new orleans man charging at tsa officials with a machete.. the video, taken march 20, 2015, shows a man later identified as richard white running through a new orleans airport terminal waving the large knife while spraying wasp spray at various people.. jefferson parish sheriff’s lt. heather sylve ultimately shot him in the thigh and he died of his injuries after refusing medical treatment, reportedly because it went against his beliefs as a jehovah’s witness.. http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_8d680284-9bb4-11e6-9cf1-cb15d005609c.html.
previously discussed here:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/184150001/richard-white-machette-attacker-new-orleans-airport-jw-dies-another-medicine-denier.
A man later identified as Richard White running through a New Orleans Airport Terminal waving the large knife while spraying wasp spray at various people.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Heather Sylve ultimately shot him in the thigh and he died of his injuries after refusing medical treatment, reportedly because it went against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
that admission in the feb.17 ,study edition of the watchtower , " who is leading gods people today ?
" "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible, therefore it (they/we) can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction .".
have the many jehovahs witnesses past and present who have lost their lives by refusing blood transfusions due to the prohibition on blood tranfusions by jehovahs witnesses really got the sense of this statement ?.
"The G.B. is neither inspired nor infallible" ..we can err .in Doctrinal matters.
So why do JW`s die refusing blood tranfusions.? !
i stumbled across something the other day that made me sit up because it seemed to perfectly describe a feeling i experience from time to time that apparently isn't uncommon.. it's called autonomous sensory meridian response or "asmr" and is a kind of tingly feeling on/in your head.
you can read about it here:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/autonomous_sensory_meridian_response.
It happens to my cat a lot..
Then he starts acting All Weird..
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why were we ever a jw?
were we mad?
we must have been .... well, my excuse is that i knew nothing else.
How about you? Are you an idiot or the offspring of past idiots?.....Simon
The offspring of past idiots..
I got out ASAP..
I taught my children how to spot Idiots..
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raids on jehovah's witness premises now take place more than three times per month.
these raids on doctrinally pacifist* religious communities often involve many heavily armed and camouflaged officials, with the "discovery" of apparently planted banned "extremist" literature.
legal dissolution of communities can follow.. http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2228.
RUSSIA: Many meetings raided and evidence planted..
Evidence planted?..
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More Likely..
JW's Smuggling In Banned WBT$ Literature..
with their luxurious lakeside condos.
takes all the congregations funds promising new kingdom halls.
but instead starts selling off kingdom halls ..then makes faithful old brothers and sisters drive 20-30 miles to another one, and .kicks out half the bethelites for only only tech savy college educated ones.can barely afford to send out printed publications anymore.
everybody rats each other out in JW land. Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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