Posts by neat blue dog

SBF yes I was thinking the same thing, after she never gets baptized for years so can't get shunned while pursuing a career, having a child before marriage, doing a nude photo shoot etc. - gets things in life out of the way and then gets baptized. Seems all too convenient. I'm not condemning her for the previous things, it's just the hypocrisy that gets me. (Reminds me of a certain Norm Macdonald routine 😆)

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Serena Williams allegedly baptized this weekend

by neat blue dog in

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not sure if this is fake news or not..

neat blue dog

Not sure if this is fake news or not.

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Pioneer Hours Update

by Bartolomeo in

regular pioneers: 600 per year, 50 on average per month.auxiliary pioneers: 30 hours per monthauxiliary pioneers in march and april: fee reduced to 15 hours.

neat blue dog

I guarantee a significant portion of hours are simply invented.

I know a lot of mine are, and I imagine that's true of many pimos. That's not counting all the massaged numbers from those who are mentally in!

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Pioneer Hours Update

by Bartolomeo in

regular pioneers: 600 per year, 50 on average per month.auxiliary pioneers: 30 hours per monthauxiliary pioneers in march and april: fee reduced to 15 hours.

neat blue dog

What an absolute joke 🤣 When everyone's a pioneer, no one is.

Still, for someone who works full time 30 is significant. Notice how in the video that announced it (2023 GB update #1) Mark Sanderson passive-aggressively suggests that all Elders and Ministerial Servants will be expected to auxiliary pioneer when it's the 15 hour requirement. Not a huge deal, but still just another man made rule to add to the mix.

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Letter to my JW elder brother

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

i sent the following letter to my older brother, a jw elder in grand prairie, texas, who actively shuns me since i left the religion for conscientious reasons two years ago.. may 11, 2017. dear ronnie,.

in the opening scenes of the movie gone with the wind, a field worker hollers out, “”quttin’ time!” big sam protests, saying, “i’s da fo’man on tara.

i sez when it’s quittin’ time.

neat blue dog

Beautiful, eloquent, clear, irrefutable. I pray it is actually read.

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JW.org missing the point of the last supper

by neat blue dog in

of course most christians partake in different ways at different intervals (the bible never says strictly annual) but obviously the main point is christ's flesh and blood.

for jws the main attraction is the organization's sales pitch and in the new 2023 memorial invitation they pretty much admit it, quote:.

the main feature of the memorial is a talk.

neat blue dog

Rattigan:

You're using JW logic here. The running theme of Christianity is that the old law was a shadow of things to come, and says explicitly not to get caught up with specifics about rules and even dates. Similarly regarding the Sabbath, Paul said that rather than continuing to be weekly on a specific day it means living for Christ regularly.

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Have you ever been on a congregation picnic?

by LostintheFog1999 in

were you ever on a congregation picnic?

i was on several occasions.. the arrangements were often announced from the platform after the closing song and prayer by the last elder up on the platform.. sometimes it was included in the service meeting announcements as "on saturday we're meeting at 10.00am at the kingdom hall for field service, and after field service for anyone who wishes, especially for the younger ones, we will be having a congregation picnic meeting at the beach carpark on seaview road.".

well, according to the new elders manual you won't be hearing those words again.

neat blue dog

This is just a reiterating of the same adjustment that was made over a decade ago, in almost the same words. Same purpose then as now, to avoid liability for any molesting that goes on.

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JW.org missing the point of the last supper

by neat blue dog in

of course most christians partake in different ways at different intervals (the bible never says strictly annual) but obviously the main point is christ's flesh and blood.

for jws the main attraction is the organization's sales pitch and in the new 2023 memorial invitation they pretty much admit it, quote:.

the main feature of the memorial is a talk.

neat blue dog

Of course most Christians partake in different ways at different intervals (the Bible never says strictly annual) but obviously the main point is Christ's flesh and blood. For JWs the main attraction is the organization's sales pitch and in the new 2023 memorial invitation they pretty much admit it, quote:

The main feature of the Memorial is a talk