Posts by StarTrekAngel

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Elders now ORDERED by the Org to fleece the sheep

by The Searcher in

the org is now demanding money from the witnesses, via the latest letter sent to elders regarding the circuit's excess funds.

succeeded in getting elders everywhere to hand over their own congregation's "excess funds" - now their circuit's bank balances are going to be plundered.. the spineless and subservient elders will cooperate without a whimper, because they're afraid of losing their little bit of power which the org has bestowed upon them.

(john 11:48).

StarTrekAngel

Don't mean to disrupt the discussion or offend anyone. Is just that I am getting ready to show this letter to someone and I want to make sure.

Do we know the letter is legit? What convinces you personally?

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The Watchtower is not invincible

by Coded Logic in

despite claims to the contrary, there's no guarantee the watchtower will be around in a few decades time.

and it seems to me there's ever mounting evidence that the opposite may well be true.

but it's not just that recruitment is down and their defectors are up.

StarTrekAngel

Don't forget, even though God did not miraculously protected them, there are Branch Davidians still living in the old compound in Waco, who still believe David Koresh was for real.

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Can an inactive family member hold back a MS appointment?

by Simon Templar in

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a friend asked me if a man can be appointed a ms if he has an inactive (inactive for 15-20 years) baptized adult child living in his home.

the child lives by the rules and doesn't do anything wrong (jw-wise), as i am told.

i know the child (adult) and is a good kid as far as i know.

StarTrekAngel

My brother in law was appointed an MS after many many years of faithful dedication. He has a black sheep in the family so apparently he was not eligible. His son has never really been that involved in the activities. He attends meeting and he goes out in FS, but he does not want to talk to anyone or show any active participation. As soon as the kid turned 18, they made my BIL a MS. He had to put on a circus in front of the CO, showing how to conduct a family study with his family on stage. The boy was not part of it, only his wife and baptized daughter. In the representation, his wife had to raise her hand in order to make a comment at the family worship night.

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Fade update...

by StarTrekAngel in

i have attended only one meeting in the past 3 weeks.

i know there is no way to leave this cult fast enough, but is my fade too fast?

StarTrekAngel

I have not gone to FS in over a year and neither has my wife, even though she is technically still in. No visit or attempts to visit by elders. Not even when the CO has come and go.

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Fade update...

by StarTrekAngel in

i have attended only one meeting in the past 3 weeks.

i know there is no way to leave this cult fast enough, but is my fade too fast?

StarTrekAngel

I have attended only one meeting in the past 3 weeks. I know there is no way to leave this cult fast enough, but is my fade too fast?

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What Are The Possibilities That The FBI Is Investigating The Watchtower Corporation Because Of All Child Molestation And Scandle

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i was just reading this news clip about a mayor from my home town of waterbury, ct how was given a 37 year sentence for raping to minor girls.

the fed were watching him " trying to determine whether giordano was taking bribes from a mafia building contractor, fbi agents learned he was systematically raping the 9- and 11-year old daughter and niece of a prostitute in his office in the city hall.".

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-philip-giordano-appeal-sex-charges-20151204-story.html.

StarTrekAngel

I am not cop or lawyer but something tells me that unless the GB members themselves were the perpetrators, nothing would be investigated.

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What Could Hacker Do To The JW.Org Site?

by frankiespeakin in

i really don't know anything about what hackers do.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hacker_(computer_security).

in the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network.

hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, challenge or enjoyment.

StarTrekAngel

Definitely the web servers are in a different network or at least a DMZ, compared to the rest of their systems, however, attacking a web server can sometimes shed a lot of information that can later be used for further attacks. Even if you get elder access to the site, it would be worth it. I have two KH in my network.. just saying..

I don't things is totally impossible that a group like anonymous would go after the database of child molestation cases. Is just that getting to such network may take a very long time and a lot of work and patience. Probably the most efficient attack vector, would be to gain some level of access to a bethelite's computer (may be a laptop). Given that they hardly ever visit questionable websites, it would be hard for them to get any exploits in. They would have to find the most naive of them, social engineer a way to their computer.

A couple of years ago there was a talk at Blackhat 2010. A female NASA employee who was somewhat socially disconnected, started chatting with a man. He managed to make her fall in love with him and she naively accepted to install a chat program in her laptop computer. She later took that computer to work and the hacker obtained access to several classified documents.

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