just a quick question for anyone who can answer.
i know jw's are not preaching in certain middle east countries because of the "danger".
yet i know for a fact catholics are there despite the danger, and many are being slaughtered and raped.. i have also travelled to many arctic and sub arctic inuit and cree communities.
I was just thinking about this... JW's do not realllllly know reality....
They are told "we are preaching everywhere", "Kingdom Halls are needed, and are being built everywhere," "We need more this, more that," when in reality, JW's are just accepting everything they hear as 'truth,' because they are truthful...
And wouldn't the people who taught them to be truthful be truthful?
since the move, it has been so enjoyable to not have jw's breathing down our necks asking why we didn't make the meeting, or having to pretend to be "spiritual" in front of family all the time.. 90% of my week is virtually stress free.
then, my mom calls or texts wanting to talk to her grandkids.
every dang call, she asks about the new congregation, if we went to the meeting, etc.. why can't i tell her to fk off?
I actually think you had a great idea about the "I have read court cases, like Candace Conti, where elders testify about "watching a pedophile like a hawk" when really, only the three elders that testified claim to have watched "Jonathan Kendrick" like a hawk.
In Trey Bundy's new story about Theocratic Warfare, https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-can-hide-the-truth-in-court-to-protect-religion/
he has a link to letters written by Rod Frances that prove they were lying. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2428459-img-921121238-0001.html
Rod was an elder at that time, Jonathan was in his book study, and he had no idea he was a pedophile, even tho he also had young boys.
Not only that, but Rod invited Jonathan to live with him when he was out of work, and then (according to evidence in the trial) was rewarded with his wife having an affair with JK.
Ask her, "How can I be sure that my children are being protected?"
for people who already are bedazzled by the current stream of information about watchtower / jw.org real estate planning, renovation and the emergency stop on the building programma called out, i found today that the renovation design of the (impressive!
) toledo buildings for the watchtower real estate staff, is designed by a state of the art designer.
http://www.hudsondesign.pro.
hello, lurkers and curious.
i imagine you're reading this because either you think you can defend your beliefs victoriously or you have doubts.. i have 2 questions that i hope you can log in and answer (no one will know who you are unless you tell them or leave your page open for others to see).
1. what actual worship did you do at the meetings or gatherings?.
talked for about 45 minutes with 2 cart people .
daniel wiebe (his vid) emily, and myself (csf) .
caught them lying 4x on very important topics.
Great video Daniel, my favorite part was how you connected your mom's leaving Catholosism to someone leaving JWville, and then onto leaving Scientology...
Good job asking the questions about "If you left JW's would you lose your family?" and then when the JW's were asked about the Royal Commission, and said 'a lot of this comes from disgruntled JW's', you used the World Wide Church of God's ex members to make a point, "they are trying to help others who have been spiritually abused."
Great job, I hope to be able to do this myself!
the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.
also pulled: .
wallkill photo gallery 2.
This is a great google search to show WT property all over the world:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zLkKdokDnwBI.kecrK4Vv3voU
does anyone have an accounting of those properties?
which properties and possible value of sale?.
sounds like that the watchtower may want to sell quickly?
How does WT explain 'why' they are 'consolidated' / 'closed'? Notice that when they "quote" publishers/ pioneers that are explaining a potentially 'negative' situation, they simply use a " A Witness in Africa, who was reassigned to the preaching activity, wrote:" (instead of "oh, I have now been kicked out on the street & have to go to work and support myself now, and pretend I am happy with this")
When you read "life stories" in the WT or AW, they give their middle name, maiden name, place of birth, relatives, congregation info, how many years of service, and sometimes the name of their dogs (haha)...
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/bethel/jehovahs-witnesses-office-consolidation/
does anyone have an accounting of those properties?
which properties and possible value of sale?.
sounds like that the watchtower may want to sell quickly?
Check out this google search... apparently, the red dots mean "closed/consolidated"..... Can you believe how MANY properties they own?
Check out how many are conveniently located "down by the seaside."
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zLkKdokDnwBI.kecrK4Vv3voU
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
Haha! "Evidently"!
i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.
here is the email: .
---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.
Beth Sarim:....... It is hard to tell, it could be a well orchestrated maneuver... They could be anticipating large financial judgments against them....
Perhaps they feel the support from the R&F will start crumbling when they find out previously hidden information (like the facts and files revealed by the Australia Royal Commission)..
Maybe the head brass hears the grumblings... the leaks from Bethel show that they are not all "one" ..... the pieces will have to come together.
