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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  @ john... Wow! How old is she?

  I believe she is about to hit her 80s. It's really sad, I met her when I was a teen and I've seen her grow old. I heard her always say the words,

  "The end will probably be here next year for sure"
  
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  Who oversees the money for the WT?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
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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 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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  Juan Viejo2 - The way you explained it kind of makes me very upset. They have a very elaborate scam going on, and for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the uniformed, troubled, young and gullible sorts of people.

  
  
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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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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  _Morpheus

  John, do you mean cynthia epple??? Oh yes i remember her

  
  Yes, that's her, she is still in Bethel and I just saw her a few months ago. I believe she has been there at least 55 years. She is a little worried they might kick her out. I know all her sisters, they all became JWs in their teens. One got disfellowship and never went back. I feel so sorry for all those ladies, it just kills me. They have no idea the WT stole their lives.
  
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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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  Well if you have people blindingly following you as some uniquely special seer to god, you might as well take advantage of that illusion toward more exploitive means and that might be finance.

  Yep, that could be the case. As the saying goes"You got to get it while it's hot"
  
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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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

  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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  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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  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.