Posts by Sanchy

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Griffin Assembly Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) now a Megachurch

by Sanchy in

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my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.

many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.

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Sanchy

Hecce: That promise is a very "old and trusted con"

So true Hecce. Funny thing is that even after the WTB Auditorium loan was supposed to be paid out with the sale of this one, they were still asking for the same amount of money at assemblies ran on that location. I never quite understood that. Costs for a typ circuit assembly @WPB were anywhere from $20-25k before AND after the supposed paying off of loan.

Vidiot: There's a fundamental irony floating around here, somewhere...

It's somewhere in there I suppose lol

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Griffin Assembly Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) now a Megachurch

by Sanchy in

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my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.

many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.

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Sanchy

We were told that it was a very expensive building to maintain. Since they had just finished renovating a bigger auditorium in West Palm Beach, about a 30 min drive from this one, it made sense for them to consolidate the circuits and meet there instead.

We were also told that with the funds raised from the sale of this one we would pay off the loan due for the West Palm Beach auditorium and that we'd keep any leftover money for a possible newer, more efficient circuit hall closer to us in Miami.

Almost 7 years later, money from sale vanished and there's no more talk of a new hall closer to us.

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Griffin Assembly Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) now a Megachurch

by Sanchy in

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friends

my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.

many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.

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Sanchy

Now it's the "West Temple" of a prominent Spanish Megachurch called "Segadores", which literally translates to "Reapers". Jehovah's house now has lights, singing and dancing, politicians speaking and even a Christmas tree in the entry lobby:

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Griffin Assembly Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) now a Megachurch

by Sanchy in

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my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.

many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.

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Sanchy

My mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of JW volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south Florida circa 1984. It had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator. Many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.

Pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):

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Is this a normal JW practice? Warning, this will be a bit graphic.

by Sequoia in

this post may be disturbing and i apologize, but i'm just trying to find out if this is a practice the jw teaches.

i was taken advantage of by a guy claiming to be a jw preacher.

he took me to his house supposedly so i could give his daughter piano lessons, and then he basically forced himself on me while telling me he was in love with me and wanted to marry me.

Sanchy

Hi Seqoia. No, JWs are not taught to romantically force themselves on people. If this person went further sexually than you wanted him to, thats sexual assault. If thats the case, you should report him to the authorities.

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To "A Believer" and other JW's that lurk or participate.

by goingthruthemotions in

you think that coming to this site or other anti-jw sites and showing you support for the org is noble.

knowing how brainwashed you are makes me cringe and disgustes me and i am sure others here on the forum.

becasue your in a cult and can't see it.

Sanchy

I do understand your sentiment, yet, I also agree with joe. JWs that visit this site are minds that are subconsciously attempting to reinforce their reasons to believe what they believe, which in turn means they've likely begin questioning some of those beliefs to begin with. Future apostates I say.

A Believer himself is young and very uneducated regarding hardcore JW dogma. He(She?) wasn't even sure of the difference between the great crowd and the 144k. He's already come around to admitting in his latest OP that he does have some doubts. So let's cut him some slack.

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There is a NEW Songbook?!

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i am not talking about the one that the org came out with in 2010. i am talking about a new one that just came out.

it is completely different or is it just the 135 songs from the 2010 songbook plus the 16 that they have rolled out since then?

my head is spinning!.

Sanchy

I asked myself the same thing. It's quite a stretch to label it a "new songbook". More appropriately a revised version.

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2017 Yearbook released

by bohm in

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i saw this on reddit:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.

overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).

Sanchy

Lots of zeros and negatives on the "% Increase" column.. specially within the developed countries.

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My Dad wants to study with me

by BlackWolf in

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so my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.

the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.

he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.

Sanchy

You've got a good heart BlackWolf. Some younger folks like you just enter into shouting matches with their parents over it, which usually leads nowhere good. Keeping a calm, loving attitude even when your parents might become confrontational will go long ways in attempting to keep some sort of peace within your family.

JUST DONT GET BAPTIZED, NO MATTER WHAT!!!

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You wake up one morning and see

by A Believer in

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the un has banned religion.

what are you're thoughts?.

also changes to it seem to be on the way.... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/trump-vows-israel-vote-161224040133216.html.