Posts by awake!watcher

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How the Borg could increase meeting attendance numbers

by Sour Grapes in

i think that the 8 popes should allow the jdubs to count time driving to the meetings or even count their time being at the meetings.

those who just listen over the phone can't count their time.. it would be a much better religious cult if the 8 self-licking ice cream popes would let their followers count their time for helping the elderly in the kingdumb haul with stopping by to have coffee, shopping, cleaning, cutting grass, etc.

let them count time by visiting the friends in nursing homes, maybe even allow double the hours for the nursing home visits.. this probably ain't going to happen because the cart work is easier..

awake!watcher

I know many pioneers who counted time for visiting the elderly, taking them to Dr visits, etc. It's the mark of true a Christian, right?🙄

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Mother is terrified over talks of peace.

by Searching in

just spoke with my mother about the summit for north and south korea, her face turned a ghastly pale and she refused to talk to me about it afterwards.

i know exactly what is on her mind, and i'm not sure if i can say or do anything to assuage her fears about this being a fulfillment of prophecy.

any suggestions on what i could perhaps tell her to try and steer her from her line of thinking?

awake!watcher

My 75 yo mom is excited cause she needs a knee replacement and thinks armageddon will be here any day now. 🤔🙄

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What are the reasons for the the new electronic publisher card

by poopie in

jw
friends

please speculate.

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awake!watcher

Well, Jesus used electronic publisher cards to keep tract of his big organization from his retirement home in New York, right? 🤔🙄

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You Might Be in a Cult if...

by awake!watcher in

jw
friends

... you are told to trust the slave as you do jehovah and jesus..

awake!watcher

... you are told to trust the slave as you do Jehovah and Jesus.

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News Report: Measles Discovery at Three New York WT Properties

by Room 215 in

jw
friends

this was on the weekend news; does anyone have details?.

awake!watcher

I read this as: Weasles discovered at WT.

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Another marriage bites the dust ...

by EdenOne in

... and this time it was mine.. mrs. eden decided to part ways and leave home, and so our 25 year long partnership is now dissolving.

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just another colateral damage in a long list of colateral damages from being raised in the "truth".

awake!watcher

So sorry. I wish you happiness in this new chapter of your life.

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How to "turn the tables" on still-in witness who pry about our status.

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

so many of us have had (perhaps well-meaning) jws ask us questions about our inactivity, or lack of attendance at meetings.

they may pry about why..... how is this for a simple, yet straight to the point response?

to a sincere person, it may play on their mind and make them ask more questions.

awake!watcher

When my mother asked me why we weren't going I said: "I've learned some disturbing things about watchtower and child abuse that have me upset, so I'm waiting on Jehovah."

She changed the subject.

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