John Aquila

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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

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  so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

  rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

  q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

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  Sisters would go home crying because they were rude and mean to each other.... It could be a lot to deal with.

  Hey Morpheus, did you ever meet a sister named C. Apple? She was the queen of laundry and she is mean to the core.
  
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  Who oversees the money for the WT?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. scandals

  when the wt sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?.

  when all the money comes in from all the kingdom halls bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

  when all the monthly donations come in to the watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?

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  It just seems totally inexplicable that an organization which had a very sizeable and reliable income stream, suddenly went into a punitive warp-drive to accumulate more cash, and at the same time slashed expenditure in personnel

  Something smells!

  The child abuse lawsuits amount to less than 50 million, but the society is pulling in Billions. Some one is either skimming of the top, or the WT has to pay off bribes.
  
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  Who oversees the money for the WT?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when the wt sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?.

  when all the money comes in from all the kingdom halls bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

  when all the monthly donations come in to the watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?

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  When the WT sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?

  When all the money comes in from all the Kingdom Hall’s bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

  When all the monthly donations come in to the Watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?
  

  I don’t believe the Governing Body has any expertise or knowledge on financial matters to make these decisions.

  Could a group of people that are “NOT” Jehovah’s Witnesses be taking a big cut from all the profits? Could Organize Crime be involved?
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  Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

  by WildeLover in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

  i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

  it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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  I said it before, we are seeing history in the making. I especially see the WT morphing into a cult like Scientology. Cedars makes this same point;

  The winds of change have completely overtaken Watchtower in the internet age, and the Governing Body find themselves in a whole different ball game to their predecessors. Watchtower needs to drastically downscale its operations to, say, a handful of branches and zero printing.

  In other words, it needs to become like its noisy neighbor Scientology, which despite having only 50,000-or-so members (and an even worse reputation) still has an impressive portfolio of valuable property scattered across the globe and minimal overheads compared to Watchtower.
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  I was encourage to read the Bible, but the correct Bible

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  i got a brief email of encouragement today.

  i was told i need to read the bible, but the correct bible before it's to late.

  the sign that the end is close is very obvious-(gay marriage is legal) .

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  I got a brief email of encouragement today. I was told I need to read the Bible, but the correct Bible before it's to late. The sign that the end is close is very obvious-(gay marriage is legal)

  I was told to look at all the intelligent people that back up the NWT.

  The link I was given is about 3 years old. LOL!
  

  Unfortunately everyone in my old hall has my email address. But sometimes the messages I get make me laugh. So I don't want to get rid of my email address.
  

  https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121014211451AAUSEa7
  
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  If You Continue to do Bad, Sooner or Later You Will Get Caught.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when one person finally spoke out that she was raped by cosby, no one believed it.

  then another person came out and the line started getting drawn in the sand.

  you now had two groups of people.

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  When one person finally spoke out that she was raped by Cosby, no one believed it. Then another person came out and the line started getting drawn in the sand. You now had two groups of people. Those that defended Cosby and those that believed he drugged women and raped them.

  There were a lot of heavies that were standing by Cosby, but now even those are finally walking away. They don't want anything to do with him. His career is finally damaged and many are cancelling his shows and appearances. As of July 2014, there was a total of 45 woman that have come forward and said Cosby raped them. Finally a few weeks ago another woman who is not beyond the statute of limitation has come forward and accuses Cosby of rape and this time it allows the police to start an investigation.

  Cosby’s wife has finally admitted that her husband did have sex with women, but she is saying that these women consented to having sex with her husband. She is the last of the last still supporting him.

  I believe the Watchtower has now entered the stage where people are hearing all the bad reports about child molestation, shunning, end of time failure, etc., and even some of the heavies,(Elders, pioneers, Circuit Overseers, Bethelites, missionaries) that were sticking to the WT are finally starting to separate themselves from the organization.

  The reason it seems slow is because unlike Cosby, the Watchtower is world-wide and it is using all its resources to try to cover up. But it’s not working like in the past. Things have changed.

  I think we are seeing history in the making.
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  Judicial committee letter to elders

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

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  2. experiences

  warning: this is rather lengthy.

  i thought i would post this information that i took with me to my judicial committee.

  the elders promised that we would talk about everything that was bothering me, yet, we ended up talking about less than 10% of it.

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  There's only one way elders will listen.

  
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  As a Work of Literature The Bible is Just Dreadful

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  of course it's easy to criticise the bible for all manner of serious flaws, but it fails on a more basic level.. it is just a terrible piece of literature.. this piece on "southern skeptic" is well worth a read.. god is a terrible writer....

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  2. Revelations from God are intended to be public, including written ones.

  That’s why the book of Revelation should never have been accepted as being from God.

  (Revelation 9:7-10) . . .And the likenesses of the locusts resembled horses prepared for battle; and upon their heads [were] what seemed to be crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as men’s faces, 8 but they had hair as women’s hair. And their teeth were as those of lions; 9 and they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle. 10 Also, they have tails and stings like scorpions; and in their tails is their authority to hurt . . .

  
  

  
  
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  Futility of being right

  by JWdaughter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on another thread, about pluto, grreat teacher said something that speaks to my feelings about religon.

  "i've kinda been sad since pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet.. you talk about 9 planets and all the little kids at school will correct you real quick and tell you that now there are only 8 planets in the solar system!".

  nothing in the universe has changed but the opinion of men.

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  I've kinda been sad since Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet. Nothing in the universe has changed but the opinion of men. Some men. And because some men say there are only 8 planets, now there are 8.I would like to blame it on JW thinking/upbringing,but its not just a JW thing. Its a character flaw that I think being a JW can exacerbate

  Most every religious debate is pointless. What "I" think about any of it fundamentally doesnt matter if I am an asshole to the the people around me.

  Totally agree. When I first left the WT, I would listen to every single debate on every religious subject and take sides. Now I’m at the point where I really don’t care what other people believe. I don’t even care if JWs continue to be trapped in that cult. The door is open to anyone who wants to walk out. If they are happy being in, it’s not my concern anymore.

  
  

  Thanks for the demotion. I'm dwarf a planet now, huh!
  

  
  
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  Seeking First

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in response to a post on reddit, i would like to make this long withheld post.on more than one occasion, i have experienced what seemed like miracles.due to whatever circumstances, in retrospect, largely caused by borg directive, our family became perpetually "in need.

  "my efforts, as the "head," to do the right borg thing, service, meeting attendance, family worship, never seemed to provide the relief promised by wts.mentally, i have always wrestled with the contradiction of job and of matt.

  6:33.satan challenged that if a jw were tested with material, etc.

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  If you get a chance to read some of the comments made by lottery winners, you will see many saying;

  "Thank you God for answering my prayer"

  So what about this, why was this prayer "NOT" answered?