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>That's awful, if I had been that young man, I'd have >not given a forwarding address, and refused to pay, >there was nothing in writing after all. > >Your right about the rent issue, now about 85 quid >weekly, bit if you have twenty in a house, that's a >lot of dosh, I wonder why they are targetting more >working people, maybe so that they have more people >likely to follow and obey, kind of like a big sinister >plan working out. > >People who leave are obviously targetted badly, and >made to pay, I can't see where the financial crisis >is, working out the figures, so I was lied to, the ja >are probably doing ok, just not making the thousands >extra they used to for Noel to squirrell away for >Jesus centre etc, which by the way cost loads and I >think only breaks even. > >They were renting out Jesus centre rooms, and >sometimes the whole centre to councils and local >business, and childrens groups, not no more, I pointed >out to local authorities that a convicted paedophile >had been working with children, and that the ja had >not carried out checks, or had known paedophiles >working for them, this may also affect the homeless >centre, as it's working with the vulnerable, time for >the ja to dip into the millons they have stashed away. > >Email sent peter, as I have a question about a >specific person who may have left the ja, and it's not >right to not respect a persons privacy. > >>I agree with your take on their recent financial >>crises. In my day people put in ALL their income and >>there was no calculation of what anyone shoud expect >>to contibute - there was basic equality - everyone >>gave everything and got all their basic needs met. >> >>These days, however, perhaps mainly because lots of >>members are claimants, there is a set amount that >>everyone is expected to pay (rent, in effect). Where >>this totally undermines the original ethos is that >>those whose "everything" does not cover the rent end >>up owing the community. A debt builds up which you may >>not be nagged about.....but woe betide you if you >>leave. >> >>A young chap who asked asked me for help in leaving, >>and who came to live with me while he found his feet, >>not only wasn't helped financially, but was sent a >>bill for a couple of grand of arrears, with a >>scribbled note to pay up without delay. >> >>He had been under the impression (having received >>several reassurances not to worry about it) that as >>long as he gave everything he could, it was cool. I >>emnded up not charging him anything to live with me >>for three months because it was the only way he could >>afford to pay the JA back for time spent with him. >> >>One further thing that galls me about this is that the >>House Elder had closed down his own business as a >>mechanic and started doing church activities full >>time, and he was, in effect, subsidised by members of >>his household, my young friend included, who continued >>to work "in the world".
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