Posts by joe134cd

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Who was the Gilead Student that jumped overboard?

by VM44 in

a gilead student from thailand.

a young thai girl who came to new york to attend the gilead school in upstate south lansing, new york, had a mental breakdown.

staff members pleaded with president knorr to send her home by plane, under supervision.

joe134cd

Knor was a total wanker. I also know a few other dubbies who have taken a page from his book.

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Confirmation on delegates for international conventions

by joe134cd in

i have 2 unrelated question.. (1) i heard through the grape vine that delegates traveling to special conventions are only required to book a certain number of nights in a society approved hotel.

this differes from my experience where i was required to book the whole package (e.g flights/accomodation etc).

i was told the reason for this change in arrangement was due to people complaining about the high costs involved with the society arranging everything.

(1) I heard through the grape vine that delegates traveling to special conventions are only required to book a certain number of nights in a society approved hotel. This differes from my experience where I was required to book the whole package (e.g flights/accomodation etc). I was told the reason for this change in arrangement was due to people complaining about the high costs involved with the society arranging everything. So now they just require x amount of nights in a hotel. Can anybody verify this, or the reasons for the change. I know on 2 occasions when I went on a society arranged international convention they were a hell of a price.

(2) I remember reading a post where some one had done a cumulative chart of where the growth was coming from various countries. If memory served me right I think it showed that 50% of the world wide growth comes from 10 countries. Dose anyone have the link. Thanks

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Watchtower Takes in $2 Million Conditional Loan and Won't Return the Loan, Is it True?

by BucketShopBill in

i heard several stories of the watchtower taking in loans and donations given by rich witnesses who have fallen on to hard times and asked for the money back and the watchtower won't return the money.

have you ever heard of the watchtower only paying the money back on "conditional loans" once legal experts get invovled?

one of the stories that is around is a family donated a large chunk of their nest-egg to the watchtower and the husband got sick and the branch refused to contact him when he asked for his conditional donation back, would the watchtower screw people out of their money?

joe134cd

OMG I wished I had never read this. I never knew this went on. Honestly I had no idea. Just when I think they can't go any further the seem to go to a whole new level.

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BOE - "Conversant in Another Language"

by msecodo in

anyone have this??

i think it's recent ... just curious on where they're trying to send people now.. .

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joe134cd

Can't see nothing sorry.

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not on JW.ORG: Why did "Holy Spirit" direct Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body member JF Rutherford to build a private luxury compound ( Beth Sarim) during the great depression?

by Balaamsass2 in

beth sarimfrom wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

coordinates: 324616.36n 1170556.70w.

historybible student movementleadership disputesplinter groupsdoctrinal developmentunfulfilled predictionsdemographicsby countrybeliefspracticessalvationeschatologythe 144,000faithful and discreet slavehymnsgod's nameblooddisciplineliteraturethe watchtowerawake!new world translationlist of publicationsbibliographyteaching programskingdom hallgilead schoolpeoplewatch tower presidentsw.

joe134cd

I think a lot of his decisions can be explained by the haze of alcohol.

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I need contact information for Ron Frye

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

during the 1980's and 90's, ron frye - former pioneer, special pioneer, circuit servant - was a leading xjw exposing the wt.

he had excellent newsletters that went out to hundereds of former jws.

ron frye has been ill and many of us would like to check up on him and give him lots of support.

joe134cd

I'm going to send the guy a card.

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Not On JW.ORG : A List Of Child Molestation Lawsuits The Watchtower Corporation Is Currently Fighting In The Courts Internationally?

by frankiespeakin in

now that would be something if they made a big list.

or what even might be better if someone had a lists and posted on their site so that when jw.org comes up in a google search their list came up also.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah's_witnesses'_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.

lawsuits [ edit ]in a press release dated november 21, 2007, jehovah's witnesses' office of public information stated: [54].

joe134cd

It's impossible to get anything to stick to them as far as child abuse goes, because there are just so many legal loop holes to get out of it. But like OJ Simpson just because he wasn't convicted of murder it doesn't necessarily mean he didn't do it.

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Posters do you know of any cases where a devout JW was DF'd for Lesbianism?

by booker-t in

i think this is a hush hush topic among jws but i remember years ago at an assembly i saw two sisters(i am only assuming they were jws they could have been studies or relatives of jws) walking arm and arm like a married couple.

some of the jws looked at them like they had horns.

some of the jws moms were covering their small children's eyes and those two women were stared at like they had the plague.

joe134cd

Yup I know of one case. Both of them I would of never guessed they were lesbian. Certainly quite straight acting, and I was in disbelief when I heard of it. One left her husband and the other was never married. I believe they are still together.

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Where does all the money go?

by Coded Logic in

some recent posts on this site have really got me thinking.

the kingdom halls are all paid for by their congregations - as are the assemblies and the conventions (none of it comes out of the wtbts pocket).

every single assembly and convention i have ever been to there is always a surplus of money that is sent back to the society.

joe134cd

I had a friend who was in the Brooklyn bethel. I asked her directly if there were financial concerns. Although she wasn't able to give me any solid facts and figures. She did confirm that these rumors where floating around and she was certainly aware of it. Another interesting comment she made was that that the society was very asset rich and was trying to utilize these assets.

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BORG running low on $$$??

by fader77 in

dear brothers:.

re: personal literature supply.

reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.

joe134cd

Two things going on here.

(1) New light. Will this be a change in the 144k.

(2) They are trying to save money. It makes me wonder is their financial situation worse than what I think.