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  Prayers, are you worthy to do them? [5/15/90 wt]

  by sowhatnow in

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  for those who still pray, and go to the kingdom hall, when was the last article on prayer?

  whats the view now?.

  king solomon asked that jehovah hear only foreigners who prayed toward gods temple in jerusalem.

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  God, Please Watch over me today.

  
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  what reaction have you received when you said 'that .org site is nothing more than tv evangelism' to a jw ?

  by sowhatnow in

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  did they get it?

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  do they also not see that they are building 'temples'?

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  A couple of Jws told me it was different because they are the True Organization that Jesus specifically picked and the rest are part of Babylon the Great.

  
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  Question: Are single sisters allowed to be missionaries in other countries?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  as far as i remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries.

  my jw sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too.

  this sounds too progressive for jws, so i just want to verify it.

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  Was there something else in the organization that you could only do if you were a married couple?

  Yes, the missionary position.

  
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  Floyd Kite - San Diego - Multi level marketing scheme early 1980's

  by Bill Covert in

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  floyd kite's name came up in a currant post.

  reading through comments it was stated that he was in the san diego area during the early 1980's.

  i understand there was a financial scam involving a multi level marketing scheme that ensnared some former circuit and district overseers.

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  Ray Dale had a 20+ year history of swindling widows and seniors with in the JW church

  Maybe he read the scripture wrong.

  (James 1:27) The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to swindle orphans and widows and give them tribulation. . .
  
  
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  Seems very easy to leave now, why do people hesitate?

  by Xanthippe in

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  when i see people on here saying they've looked on several sites before this one, jwfacts, jwstruggle, youtube, etc., and then they make friends here, sometimes meeting up with ex-jws, it seems incredibly easy compared to leaving in 1989. .

  no internet, no amazon to find ex-jw books, no facebook to link up with ex-jw groups.

  still people find it so hard to leave.

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  No internet, no Amazon to find ex-JW books, no Facebook to link up with ex-JW groups. Still people find it so hard to leave.

  Actually In the 5 years prior to 1975, the number of publishers was increasing at an average of 15% per year. Now Jehovah's witnesses are increasing at about 2% per year. So people are leaving by the truck loads in a manner of speaking.

  The experiences you read about, regarding people having a hard time leaving the WT are going through a process. Like any other process, the more you put into researching, the quicker a person gets to the point where it won't matter who he/she leaves behind. Some because of family and work don't have as much time to research, so it take longer to build up the fortitude to leave. Others with very little family or retired have more time to research and are gone within a year.
  
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  behind the curtain: literature offer for the month

  by Magnum in

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  i was an extremely sincere, zealous pioneer.

  i really cared about the people in the field.

  i thought their lives were in danger.

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  Oubliette

  John Acquila, wow, a book burning! That's ironically chilling.

  That picture is cracking me up, LOL.
  
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  behind the curtain: literature offer for the month

  by Magnum in

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  i was an extremely sincere, zealous pioneer.

  i really cared about the people in the field.

  i thought their lives were in danger.

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  Driving Force

  If I can remember rightly from my time as literature servant, all publications produced before 1986 should be removed from stock in the congregation and be destroyed.

  You are right, I was the literature servant and the CO whose name was Larry Punko made us go at night to the Kingdom Hall and we gathered at least 1000 books and took them to an isolated place, poured gasoline on them and burned them. He made sure we all stayed there until they were completely destroyed. Then he made us go to each publisher and demand any of the old books on the list he gave us. Then we burned those to. I never thought anything about it. Till now.
  
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  Are the writers in the writing department purposely misquoting people?

  by paulmolark in

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  after reading that great post about the june 1 article on science i got to thinking.

  although it is great to believe there is this huge group of guys in the jw writing department that are constantly looking to mislead us by twisting the words of scientist etc... i really think it is more likely they are google researchers that do not have the ability to grasp the thoughts that are being expressed in the scientific article they quote mine from.. i honestly believe the reason that this happens is because of the individuals they use to write these magazines.

  these are not college educated men.

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  Famous Scientist Author's original text;

  The world in general is getting better. People are living longer because healthcare has improved. Immunization has eliminated many of the diseases that racked havoc in times past. The percentage of teenage girls getting pregnant is dropping. More young people are wanting to pursue an education first and get stabilized before getting married and having a family. More countries are winning the war on famine as they implement new farming techniques. The gloom outlook that the world is close to the end because of war, crime and pestilence, is a thing of the past.

  Watchtower quoting Famous Scientist Author in one of their publications;

  Mr. Famous Scientist Author had this to say about conditions in the world today, “The gloom outlook that the world is close to the end because of war, crime and pestilence
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  behind the curtain: literature offer for the month

  by Magnum in

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  i was an extremely sincere, zealous pioneer.

  i really cared about the people in the field.

  i thought their lives were in danger.

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  Hey Magnum

  You brought up some memories that make me shiver and cringe. I’m picturing in my mind walking the neighborhood streets on a Saturday morning peddling orange colored books with crazy names like “Everlasting something” which even I didn’t read most of the time.

  It was so freaking embarrassing doing that while at the same time watching normal people going to breakfast with their families and just enjoying the weekend.

  I believe I’m in some type of denial that I was a book peddler for years.

  Hell I could have been a freaking surgeon like my uncles wanted me to be. But noooo____ I wanted to be a book peddler.
  
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  WT cash flow speculation

  by campaign of hate in

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  so it was reported that the wt made $60,000,000 in canada last year (?).

  working on the assumption that this figure is from not only donations, but from property revenues and other ventures from the branch, we get a figure of $528 per publisher, per year.

  the calculation: 60,000,000 / 113,617 (2014 av pubs) = $528 a year per publisher.

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  One poster made this comment;

  Terry A tax-exempt religion is just a playground for malfeasance.

  We need to think along those lines. Remember, the Watchtower does not have to answer to the SEC or the IRS or anyone that will investigate if they paid their share of taxes. “They are exempt” They have a Free get out of jail card.

  They are publicly asking for money from the rank and file and “They are getting it.”

  
  As long as people continue to donate to their cause they have free reign to scrape every last cent from willing participants. If they ever get caught doing illegal things with that money, then they will get a couple of JDubs to be scapegoats, disfellowship them, and print in the magazines that Satan infiltrated the ranks to mislead many. It will be Big News for a few months and then people will forget about it and get on with their lives. Some will leave the WT but many will stay faithful and be willing to go down with the ship.

  Example: Enron Scandal, lost $74 billion. Thousands of employees and investors lost their retirement accounts, and many lost their jobs. Before they got caught, Fortune Magazine named Enron, “Most Innovative Company to invest in six years in a row” Penalties; two people were sentence to prison, one died before serving any time.

  Example: Lehman Brothers, hid $50 Billion in loans disguised as sales.

  Went bankrupt. Penalties; SEC did not prosecute due to lack of evidence.

  And life goes on!