Even when I was fully indoctrinated I never completely bought into the trumpet blast, cedar point Ohio, enthroned in 1914. Now I know I had good reason not to.
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Do You Remember The Days When The Society Would Say Everything Pictured Something About Them?😇
by minimus inwhen you look at the society's literature, it is pretty comical to see how important they believed they were.
it seems to be not as bad under the new regime but they certainly believe they are a special people.
lol
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A funny moment... lol
by hardtobeme inwhen the rnwt was released, we were invited to go to the local assembly hall.. there was a sister right next to me and she started bragging that it was her 8th year in an annual meeting.
(typical thing, all spiritual).
when was time to sing, i listened to her beautiful voice.
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It's was the COs visit. The guy was a right dick and I didn't really like him. Anyway there was this beam of light flowing through the window that i was able to reflect off my watch straight into the COs face while he was on the stage. Ok it was perhaps childish but was funny at the same time. -
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Strange but Sad!
by John Aquila ini had a couple of elders come visit me about an hour ago.
they wanted to inform me that a brother who was well known throughout the circuit had died.
(i actually knew about it but did not go to the funeral) he was about to hit 90 years old, missed it by a few weeks.
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Did judge Rutherford piss off Hitler
by greenhornet inthe jws at the time in germany where considered part of the aryan race, (since they were not jews).
then things changed for the jws after rutherford mailed a letter to hitler bragging about jehovahs kingdom on earth.. so can we add this to the bloodshed that that the watchtower corp is responsible for?.
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To My JW Brothers and Sisters
by Hold Me-Thrill Me into all brothers and sisters reading this site: "and i love you so" (remember the don mclean song?
)...is the feeling most of us had with regard to the watchtower and the brothers leading it.
but truly, who did we get baptized for?
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Frank the issue I have is not so much human imperfection and mistakes been made. The issue I have is one of accountability, openness and transparency. Which I believe Wt displays none of it. This has always been and will always be the case. -
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Governing Body's Money Issues, real or not? Author of Forest Gump got $0 after Hollywood used their accounting magic!
by PhilsWager2 inall the money coming inside the organization and goes through those magic donations boxes quilting the likes of sophie and caleb are filling up don't add up!
we know the watchtower does has downsized their spending deeply but where is the money going?
actually you don't need that money to disappear what you need is "hollywood accounting", look what happened to the author of forest gump, he was promised 10% of the net.
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Similarities between witnesses in WWll and witnesses under the rulership of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
by joe134cd ini have just been reading a post by orphancrow/birdwomen2 under the title of .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/270890008/did-judge-rutherford-piss-off-hitler?size=10&page=3.
first of all i would like to thank orphancrow for his fascinating and insightful research into the jws during world war 2.. this got me thinking however of a very similar situation i heard about in zimbabwe, and what i am wanting to know if anyone can confirm or deny his account.. i was having a conversation with a black brother from zimbabwe while out in field service about the persecution the brothers would be enduring under the rulership of robert mugabe.
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I have just been reading a post by orphancrow/birdwomen2 under the title of
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/270890008/did-judge-rutherford-piss-off-hitler?size=10&page=3
First of all I would like to thank orphancrow for his fascinating and insightful research into the JWs during world war 2.
This got me thinking however of a very similar situation I heard about in Zimbabwe, and what I am wanting to know if anyone can confirm or deny his account.
I was having a conversation with a black brother from Zimbabwe while out in field service about the persecution the brothers would be enduring under the rulership of Robert Mugabe. To my surprise this brother actually said the exact opposite to what I thought. Robert Mugabe is quite favourable to the witnesses And prefers to have them working for him in none political roles e.g grounds men, cleaners etc. Because of political neutrality they arnt a threat to his ideals. Interestingly to I note that recently there was an international convention there, and I can't help but wonder if this was a political ploy to perhaps convert the masses to an organisation that will allow him to carry on unhindered. What I think to is this would of also allowed him to improve his public image with the locals e.g foreign currency /spending etc.. As let's face it at the time what other westerner would want to visit Zimbabwe.
What makes me sort of give credit to this brothers account was the fact that he was:
Black.
At least by Zimbabwe standards was wealthy.
I was under no illusion that he certainly didn't like Mugabe, and he was the reason he was forced to leave the county.
Served as an elder in Zimbabwe. (Ok that one really dosnt count. Lol)
Ok so can anyone from Africa confirm or deny this. Thanks
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I think the WT believed their own "growth" statements - Financial Trouble Thoughts
by thedepressedsoul inwe've all read, heard and have seen in the videos where jw's and their leaders talk about the "huge" growth that is taking place.
they've talked about how many kh they needed, branches etc... .
our co last visit he mentioned how quickly the organization is speeding up and the huge growth they are seeing.
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Done4good= I agree with your comments. For sure at the moment they are a wash with cash. It's more the issue of long term solvency. -
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Did judge Rutherford piss off Hitler
by greenhornet inthe jws at the time in germany where considered part of the aryan race, (since they were not jews).
then things changed for the jws after rutherford mailed a letter to hitler bragging about jehovahs kingdom on earth.. so can we add this to the bloodshed that that the watchtower corp is responsible for?.
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I think the WT believed their own "growth" statements - Financial Trouble Thoughts
by thedepressedsoul inwe've all read, heard and have seen in the videos where jw's and their leaders talk about the "huge" growth that is taking place.
they've talked about how many kh they needed, branches etc... .
our co last visit he mentioned how quickly the organization is speeding up and the huge growth they are seeing.
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joe134cd
I honestly believe by not been more up front about the new funding arrangement (in the elders only part of the letter), this has given the impression to the rank and file they are not short of funds, when the exact opposite could be true. It come back to bite them. I say good bloody job.