Posts by sowhatnow

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Tv's in Kingdom hall

by dothemath in

so now that the borg has taken all of the congregations money, there was just a resolution to get all new tv's, etc for the stage for the new meeting format.. i wasn't there, but it was a large sum.

somebody mentioned over 3000$.. all the congregations in the city are likely doing the same thing, and are getting all the equipment from bethel.. i was wondering if this was happening all most everywhere?.

can't see it in third world countries( might not even have internet).

sowhatnow

wow, and it seems like not so long ago, they would stand up on the platform and recommend everyone leave their cell phones in the car...

wonder how some of the older ones feel about their elders and parts of the meeting being replaced with video...

takes all the personal effort away from the younger ones to become ministerial servants, Why bother?

soon, the Sunday talk will be on the monitor,.. ax the visiting speakers. there goes having to 'host' the speaker and his family, to 'get to know them' and make new friends.

How can anyone think this is all 'good'? I can hear my mom defending the changes now..."oh this saves so much time, brothers no longer have to drive around , with gas so expensive... and people being so busy... and how exciting that we can hear talks from the G.B.!"

and yet deny its a form of Idol worship...

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Adult Coloring Books

by littlerockguy in

anybody take up coloring?

i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.

i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.

sowhatnow

yup, another one of my ideas. cant say I was the only one that thought of it, but he who has the money for a patent and knows people always gets ahead.

fifteen years ago, i wished that I could make adult type coloring books, and different coloring books than what was in the store.

same thing with diapers made of cloth that have Velcro and go on like a disposable with a plastic liner.. i had that idea 32 years ago.

and now someone else rakes in the profits, sigh...

my 35 yr old sister is so into those books, she always liked to color. sadly, they are needlessly over priced. and why all of the sudden, coloring pencils cost twice as much?

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Youths planning for the future leaflet

by slimboyfat in

does anyone remember around the tear 2000, maybe just before or after, there was a leaflet released at the summer convention aimed at teenagers called something like, "planning for a worthwhile future"?

basically it argued that you shouldn't go to college or university and put your trust in "the world".

instead you should trust in jehovah, pioneer and reach out for bethel or missionary service.

sowhatnow

so, what would the WT society do if every youth actually followed that pathetic advice, and applied for bethel?lol

suddenly we would have a generation of unemployed live at homes, [since I recall them making an announcement that applications for bethel were being temporarily discontinued...]

what a lovely burden on good old mum and dad...

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New Witness video "Do not visit Witness dating sites" be happy single. Sick Horror!

by Witness 007 in

after the sunday meeting an over zealous young elder encourages the cong.

with a 2 hour clips from jw.org!

one video showed a young sister battling loneliness not able to find a mate in her hall or area.

sowhatnow

there exist witness dating sites? lol, news to me.

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Privacy

by Esmeralda001 in

i need some advice guys.

how do you get people to mind their own buiseness without coming off as rude?.

i was invited to a jw gathering last night.

sowhatnow

wow, they seemed pretty bored, and decided to go at you. Id avoid that situation again,lol

some of those were quite personal questions, Id have glared at them.

in my exp, changing the subject to something controversial helps. if not politics, then,

'so, what do you think about the cost of housing these days..'

'what about these football players and these head injuries...'

how about those gas prices! lol

all answers need to be generic and short.

who got that ring for you?

'me, i liked it'

what about boys do you have friends of the opposite sex?

'dont we all?' [sort of cant be helped... ]

do you sometimes work with a male partner on school work?

'uh, no why would you ask me that?'

what do you do in your spare time?

'oh, just whatever, you know, just keeping busy like everyone else ' lol

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"Most women would prefer to be stay at home housewives. Women's lib did alot of damage to women!"

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

the above is a quote from a jw female relative.

this was in response to a discussion about the suffragette movement ( and the movie about it that's currently in cinemas).

she seemed to think that it would be so much better if women were just daughters/ wives/ mothers and didn't go out to work and have career's?

sowhatnow

well i dont know if tall men make better lovers, but its been my personal exp that tall men are often better looking, at least it seems that way. not knowing how tall a man is when i click to view his dating profile, hes always 6 ft or taller. Then i get irritated, because thats too tall for me...... at 5 ft 4 that would be simply awkward. and yes they always seem to have some decent sort of employment title as well...

I dont like being short.

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"And Your Little Dog Too...." WTS not content with taking kids' ice cream money, now they want them to give up their puppy dogs too.

by sir82 in

don't know if anyone else caught this subtle but malicious photo from the 12/13/15 wt study article.. not sure how to post pictures here, but the photo is on the website's copy of the article, just below paragraph 12:.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/give-us-more-faith/.

note the 3 pictures in sequence tell a "story":.

sowhatnow

totally illogical.

first , off, one poster here brought up a good point. how taking children to another country sure is not something that is easily done. has anyone ever known a jw 'family' with young children, to be sent to a foreign country to preach a illogical message to people completely in the dark about a mainly American religion? and to what end will this benefit those people?

not only that, its implied that they are taking the kids out of out of school. again, teaching that there is no value to keeping up with needed education .

who do they think they are? the Wild Thornberrys? lol.

[plus,we all know how awful it went when Christianity was being forced on the people hundreds of years ago].

to be irresponsible to ones obligations,of family pets, and farm animals, is ,IMO, against the scriptures. what is the message to kids , when parents show so little concern and responsibility to another living thing?

that they are not to be valued. and the lack of love for something that has brought joy, is totally ridiculous.

apparently, none of the GB has had any pets.

how then are Values to be taught when the WT teaches that nothing is of value in the world? There is no lesson to be learned about how to love and care living things that are dependent on humans.

and yet here they are saying well gee, toss the dog over to someone else, drag the kids out of school, take them from grandma and grandpa and aunt and uncle, and all their friends, make them insecure, and dont worry about it.

that's teaching disrespect and lack of care.

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Plans for huge Jehovah's HQ take shape

by Formerbrother in

http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/11227290.plans_for_huge_jehovah_s_hq_take_shape/.

its going to be a real beautiful place when its finished.. they are going for quality over quantity.

it used to be accommodation for a few thousand permanent residents, now its looking like less than a thousand permanent with the possibility of a few thousand more in temporary accommodation should the need arise.. some say the plans are going to be like a garden of eden in england :) i mean they had farming in london over the years but this is going to be epic what they are planning for temple farm at chelmsford.. they are planting thousands (literally) of fruit trees, including tropical fruits in huge green houses, huge vines yards and then the same basic farming activities as before.

sowhatnow

hmm, an investment for the future sale of a luxury resort time share?

whos going to enjoy this fantabulose luxury retirement center? and off of whose dime?

or their private island home when all us other unfortunate 'outsiders' are in fema camps slaving for the one percent?

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What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

sowhatnow

Id lean towards the idea that If you cant take care of your own,

how then can you be trusted to be able to care for those who are not your own?

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How Deep was your search in Bible or Religions ?

by Kick50r in

how far / deep was your research on the origins of the bible or religions or most importantly the concepts (heaven -gods - immortality-etc)today many millions of people believe as the truth?.

why did these concepts existed ?.

why so many people today still believe in these concepts ?.

sowhatnow

after reading the new international version the gospels, and finding contradictions, I then read misquoting jesus by bart ehrman , then who wrote the bible, and a few others I cant recall., then chose a host of historical and scientific documentaries,

and come to the conclusion, that there are aliens among us, lol,

there must be, there is too much unexplained stuff going on.