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  People are nice and life is awesome.

  by OneEyedJoe in

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  i got invited as a +1 to someone's house yesterday to watch the fireworks.

  i'd never met the hosts, and it seemed that most of the people in the group only knew one or two other people there.

  yet i felt more genuine friendship from everyone there than i ever felt at any jw gathering.

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  #blackberrylivesmatter

  So freaking hilarious @wake me!
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  Corporate Virtue Signalling At Your Expense

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the latest trend seems to be that you can't go to any store without being asked for money.. no, not the money for the things you went in there to purchase, extra money for the store to donate to charity.. yes, that's right, the big-name stores, often making $millions in profits, ask you to give them extra money so that they can give it to charity and get some publicity about how awesome they are so that they'll look good to their customers, like, erm, you.. it seems to have ramped up more in the last year or so and frankly, it pisses me off.

  if i want to donate to some cause, i'll give the money straight to them.

  i hate that it puts people on the spot to guilt them into donating and imagine some people on a tight budget may give even when they can't really afford it.. often you don't know what the charities really are (it's vague like "to help children") or how the money will be spent or even how much will go on the people it's supposedly to help (charity is a multi $billion industry, some just exist to pay themselves).. so what to do?

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  I get it!

  Mcdonalds does this with their "helping hands" day.

  They ask people to donate $2 to their own "Ronald Mcdonald house". This is a charity that they have set up.

  GREAT! Good on them. But they should just fund it without guilting customers into donating.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses selfish??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  is the average jehovah's witness selfish and self-centred?.

  i know, i know...many will object and say "no - preaching is the most selfless thing a jw can do.

  it saves others lives...".

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  Is the average Jehovah's Witness selfish and self-centred?

  I know, I know...many will object and say "NO - Preaching is the most selfless thing a JW can do. It saves others lives..."

  They may even compare themselves to ancient Job who served God faithfully (so the story goes)
  

  But, if we really think about it, how many JWs would keep going preaching if the GB said it was "optional and did not need to be reported on a report slip each month" ?? I would bet VERY FEW if any!

  Also, the basic tenants of the faith is that of REWARDS for faithfulness. IF a JW is faithful and spiritual, they will be given the opportunity to live forever in the paradise. How many would live the life of a JW if no paradise was on offer??

  What about the idea of the mass death of BILLIONS at Armageddon? How does the average JW rationalise the teaching that EVERY person who is not a faithful, active JW will be slaughtered? Even little babies of worldly people who are simply living the best life they can? But since they do not take magazines or become JWs they somehow deserve to die??

  So I propose that most JWs are inherently selfish and in the faith because of what it offers them...

  Thoughts?
  
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  Moving Back to Chicago - Don't care

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife was diagnosed with ms about two years ago.

  we have been living in ohio for the last 5 years but were recently assigned to a new congregation because of the dissolving and sale of our congregation/kh.

  my wife's symptoms spiked after being relocated to our new hall back in january.

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  I wish you both all the very best my friend!
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  Yes the WTBTS wrote this stuff

  by Giordano in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this was posted about two years ago.

  we have a lot of newbies who deserve to know what the society actually printed.. yes really.

  after meticulous research here are the documented scientific pronouncements from the wtbt$.. note: the golden age became the awake magazine.. the reference twtp is the way to paradise a 1924 book by w. e. van amburgh, who was the secretary/treasurer of the watchtower bible & tract society for 43 years.

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  Here is a great video about the topic:

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2g9UjO-Bk
  
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  To all Australian Elders,C.O's ect...Be warned!!!

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after the conviction of arch bishop phillip wilson for concealing sex abuse in the church and cardinal pell"s trial getting underway.. this leaves it wide open for the victims to seek redress.. if you are taken to court expect the wts to through you under a bus and wipe their hands of any blame.. if you think putting your assets in a trust or transfering them into your wife,childrens name...to late any lawyer will argue you only did that to stop any victim seeking redress.. i think the victims will all ready be contemplating their course of action and don't be surprised if court action is not far away.. karter..

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  Yes, a precedent has been set in Australian law circles!
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  Banners for London Protest

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks, i’m attending the london protest at the excel convention in august and am making some banners.

  i’m aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in jws minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.. my best so far is ‘this is not a protest, it’s an overlapping protest’.

  has anyone got any ideas for more?.

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  DubTown News - The Copyright Strike

  by Kevin McFree in

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  2. beliefs

  my thoughts on dubtown recent watchtower copyright strike.

  https://youtu.be/jpzsn0defcm.

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  Brilliant!

  LOVING your work.

  The Demunz episodes were fantastic!
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  Selloff update Melbourne Australia

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've posted this here so all visitors to this site can see info relating to the great expansion.. the kealba kingdom hall in st albans will be sold.

  perhaps worth around au1.4 million dollars.

  on two blocks of suburban land with off street parking.

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  @ Gerry. I beleive it is: O'Halloran Circuit Kambah. (The Waniassa cong also used that hall I think.)

  There are members here on the forum who are from that area and may be better equipped to provide better details.

  I'll ask them to weigh in.
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  Dutch Branch office response to the motion accepted by Parliament: "an investigation is shooting with a cannon on a mosquito"

  by jochie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  today a large article was published in a dutch newspaper 'dagblad van het noorden'.

  it is about frank huiting, the reclaimed voices foundation and the adopted motion in parliament.

  the branch office has given a reaction:.

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  Arrogance like this by the Society will only harden the resolve of the authorities to act!

  The Society has shot themselves in the foot by this attempt to be dismissive of the issue.