Posts by 4thgen

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How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

by runForever in

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if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

4thgen

I care about them as much as they care about the sheep. Nada.

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How many things did you toss out in the name of Jehoover

by love2Bworldly in

i had a flash back yesterday.

my non jw husband and i went to disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys.

after a few months i felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized.

4thgen

I destroyed about 50 of my husbands rock albums for fear of demonic messages and backward masking. Boy was he pissed! At the time I felt justified.Now I just feel stupid.

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"Thanks for showing an interest" - why I'd rather be completely shunned.

by Julia Orwell in

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an old jw friend of mine died on saturday, and i used to be best friends with her jw husband.

we were close friends for 14 years.

i was like his daughter.

I'm shocked!! I think I found the REAL reason for no voting, for tons of preaching and no public charity!! The IRS and taxes!

by EndofMysteries in

the wt controls every part of it's members lives.

now if they really allowed voting, then obviously since they have the only channel to god, they would be expected to provide guidance as to who is the best candidate and best party, etc.

well, if you look in the irs booklet for tax exempt organizations, including religions and churches over here, go to page 5, "jeopordizing tax exempt status".

4thgen

You are probably onto something. In order to keep tax exempt they must track volunteer hours.

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JW.ORG jewellery and pendants?

by stuckinarut2 in

how long will it be before witnesses start getting jewellery made up with jw.org as the pendant?.

can you imagine a nice gold neck chain, with a diamond jw.org hanging from it?.

or a small ring with the logo on it?.

4thgen

well they are a printing company after all. $$$$ 1st!

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one reason for the dumbing down of the org

by Magnum in

a lot of us have said that theres been a dumbing down in jw land.

its just not like it used to be especially a few decades ago.

it seems to me that if jw are right and the end of the world is near, the spiritual food should get tastier and more nourishing as time goes on, but it's getting more and more bland and less nourishing.

4thgen

"Stupid is as stupid does"

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jw.org getting out of hand

by Gorbatchov in

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it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .

4thgen

I hate it too!

When you think about it, they are a PRINTING AND PUBLISHING company, after all.

So the printed word is out of style, must move onto printing and distributing company logo items... to keep the publishing company alive! And the models of the latest logo brand items are the GB!

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Florida' s Gold Coast-- Latest WatchTower REAL ESTATE

by rip van winkle in

http://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.

watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.

watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.

4thgen

Angus, I do believe you are not far off from the truth. West Palm is a wondrful market to invest in, especially if you have a bunch of old folks needing a place to retire.....They WILL make money off this....no doubt.

I wonder if they will inscribe on the side of the building "millions now living will never die'????? What a crock!

"If you are considering a multi-family or hospitality property, with some conversion a fine, exclusive apartment complex or resort can be created. Of course, a new extended stay school or retreat would be basically ready to go."

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The people i least get along with are EX- J.Ws

by new hope and happiness in

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i am not talking about posters here on this board ( otherwise i wouldn't be here would i) but in general.. si i am talking those ex j.ws in my community and we just dont get on.

well ok its a bit of an exaggeration to say i don't get on with them, we just dont associate.

this botherd me at first as i thought we would have much in common, but it wasn't so, and it's just the way it is.

4thgen

Lisarose well said, as usual.

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What's missing from this list of technologies used by JWs

by scotoma in

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this topic has been discussed before but it is interesting to look at it in the light of the new book god's kingdom rules.. 1903 news paper sermons.

1914 photo drama of creation.

1922 radio.

4thgen

They cant use tv.....its the devils eyeball.