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Post by tell me on Jun 5, 2006 13:19:02 GMT -5
What happened to the Boston Virginia convention? The segregated convention for black people? Did this board have some influence in closing down that convention? Up until 2004, The truth in Virginia was segregated. jim Crow smiled down on Sammy McCracken.
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Post by lloydswanson on Jun 5, 2006 14:44:02 GMT -5
all conventions should be shutdown and the proseeds given to chariity
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Post by to Lloyd on Jun 5, 2006 14:57:47 GMT -5
Looks like someone is impersonating Lloyd as this person only joined in March and has written 12 posts. Lloyd joined a few years ago and has written hundreds of posts.
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Post by to Lloyd on Jun 5, 2006 14:59:38 GMT -5
Lloyd could impersonate himself perhaps? He seems to have several longin names.
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 5, 2006 17:27:50 GMT -5
all conventions should be shutdown and the proseeds given to chariity What about the WcC, the last convention/conference they held cost $7,000,000. 4,000 attendants at a cost of $195 per day. A typical convention in USA might have 1000 people at it for 4 days. Does it cost anywere near $780,000? would you as quickly ask the WCC to shut-down their convention?
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Post by to teenager on Jun 5, 2006 18:24:43 GMT -5
who is the wcc and is this their board
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Post by Truth on Jun 5, 2006 19:03:37 GMT -5
What happened to the Boston Virginia convention? The segregated convention for black people? Did this board have some influence in closing down that convention? Up until 2004, The truth in Virginia was segregated. jim Crow smiled down on Sammy McCracken. The convention was no longer paying off for Sam. Revenue was down and the future projections were not looking good. A number of the investors were looking for ways to get their money out and the future did not look good. Plus this group is soooo all powerful that the poor convention did not stand a chance. Sam talked to K-Mart and Walmart about doing a joint venture - religion and household goods for the masses. But there was a problem when they needed to discover the founder so the deal cooled off and the convention had to go. All of the millions that Sam got for the rights have been reinvested in a chain of mail-order save-your-self churches. It is called the Church of the Controlling Fellowship (CCF) and it designed for those who need someone or something to blame for all of the bad things that happen to them so they will not have to take any responsibility for anything. And or course, once they join they cannot leave because they instantly lose all self control and the ability to think for themselves. Sam is coming soon to an old shopping mall near you!
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Post by good one Truth on Jun 5, 2006 19:41:26 GMT -5
To Truth. This " Church of the Controlling Fellowship (CCF)" smells like all the other churches who claim the way has changed since Jesus.
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 6, 2006 3:17:02 GMT -5
who is the wcc and is this their board World Council of Churches
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Post by Brick on Jun 6, 2006 9:07:51 GMT -5
Sambo didn't shut it down. The new owners were not 2x2's and weren't too interested in having a ton of guests all over their place for a few days, plus projects and preps.
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Post by Roy on Jun 6, 2006 9:43:17 GMT -5
I'm rather suprised the workers weren't able to find one of the friends willing to step-up-to-the-plate to buy the grounds. From reading some of the posts it would sound like there is quite a "slush" fund available for such necessities. Maybe there isn't or it's drying up?
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Post by Brick on Jun 6, 2006 11:32:32 GMT -5
Imagine for a moment that you wanted to be the one to take over the grounds, but didn't have the funds. Workers come forward and offer to give you the required amount: say, a couple hundred thou. How are you going to work the transaction? Handle the taxes?
Personally, I literally couldn't afford a large monetary gift like that. They would have to give me enough to cover the income tax on the large gift as well as capital for the real estate.
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Post by CherieKropp on Jun 6, 2006 11:44:47 GMT -5
This is the information I have on TTT. Is it incorrect? Are Gillis not 2x2s? Did it change hands after they acquired it? Pls advise.
The convention at Boston (formerly known as Scrabble), Virginia, is near the small city of Culpepper. The grounds were originally owned by the Clarks, a white couple. After they died, a young white 2x2 family bought the grounds, David and Gracie Gillis from Maine, relatives of Leslie White, Overseer of Colorado. In the year 2000, the Boston convention was held on August 25-27.
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Post by Virginia Guest on Jun 6, 2006 15:51:09 GMT -5
Sam did not shut down this convention. The Gillis couple are no longer together. Mr. Gillis ask Sam to remove everything used for convention.
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Post by Hal on Jun 6, 2006 15:57:18 GMT -5
bump
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