i wonder if they really do close down those congs that dont pay enough or dont meet the suggested donation.
stan livedeath
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Mandatory Donations??? Is This Accurate?
by Atlantis indoes the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!
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ELM - Elderly Lives Matter
by BourneIdentity ini believe a light has to be shown on the elderly, forget blm.
sure, blacks are being mistreated by law enforcement at times, but there are hundreds of millions of people on a daily basis having no regard for the elderly by not wearing masks in the middle of a pandemic.
they believe the elderly have to be casualties for the economy and getting normalcy back.
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stan livedeath
ok buddha--i'll bite.
basically--youre right.
here in the UK there are--what--100's of 1000's of over 70's in care homes. many are fully funded by the state--even though they own their own homes and have some savings. so--yes they are a drain on the economy.
the upside is the healthcare sector gives employment to at least the same number: a 20 bed care home could easily have more than that number of staff.
so if all those old folks give up the ghost there will be a corresponding rise in unemployment.
for the record--i'm 72, and am married to a much younger woman--who is the manager of a care home. aint i the lucky one.
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JW Tchotckes _ How Nauseating Are They?
by Room 215 inknorr, franz, henschel et al must be spinning in their graves....https://www.jwstuff.org/.
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stan livedeath
best life ever ? what about the next life ?
this is the ONLY life.
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Pioneering for real
by Giordano ini promised mom i'd pioneer for a year after graduating hs.. but!
i didn't say where.. i chose a small store front kingdom hall in kane pa, one of the coldest places in nw pennsylvania.
they were impressed with their frosty weather.
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stan livedeath
the house i was born in--in 1948..didnt have an inside lavatory--or a bath or hot running water. lived there for 9 years. this was in Birmingham UK.
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Jehovah's house for Sale?
by JohnTron72 inwhen i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.
the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.
how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.
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stan livedeath
dozy6 hours ago
UK sales website
jesus must be turning in his grave. just proves what we all know---the watchtower is in it for the money.
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Using gods name
by Gorbatchov ini've never thought about it before, but isn't it some sort of blasphemy and extremism to use a god's name in the official name of your religion?.
g..
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stan livedeath
i used to get seriously pissed off every time i heard "jehovah god". its not his first and last name--like john smith.. but then if someone seriously believes in a gigantic invisible man in the sky, they are capable of believing anything. -
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Jesus on the stake
by dothemath ini sat in recently with some relatives for the sunday meeting.
the talk was given by a bethel speaker, who at one point quoted john 20:25.
“but he said to them: “unless i see in his hands the print of the nails and stick my finger into the print of the nails and stick my hand into his side, i will never believe it.”.
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stan livedeath
JC was dying on the
crossstake.he calls out to Peter
"Peter--come unto me"
"yes Lord" replies Peter--and fights his way past the Roman guards to get to Jesus...who gasps:
"Peter..Peter..'
"yes Lord"
"Peter.....i can see your house from up here "
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New York City...OMG What Is Happening??
by minimus inlook at the new york post online today and watch the videos of mayhem and destruction to the city with fires all over manhattan.
the police vehicles are being destroyed and torched and the rioting just goes on and on.. i regularly went to nyc sometimes once a month for years.
now, who on earth would want to go to this hellhole??.
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stan livedeath
in the UK we had all the riots in Lozells Birmingham....but that was 35 years ago.
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Another Unnecessary Early Death
by Slidin Fast ina young man in somerset in england, under massive pressure from financial and relationship issues lapsed into mental illness.
he was unlucky enough to have as his support system the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
one of the symptoms of his illness was the use of tobacco.
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stan livedeath
it is very difficult--long winded and expensive to " import" a "foreign" spouse into the UK.
i'm in the process--and we are now 4 years in to the 5 years settlement route, which will have cost me about 10,000 pounds overall. there are conditions to meet--including a minimum income or other financial means. like many other Brits--i knew nothing of all this when we first met and started a relationship.
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Zoom meetings, how long ?
by Phizzy ini was wondering two things, 1: how long in total are the zoom meetings, i presume the sunday one is the longest ?.
and 2: if you use zoom for free, the session only lasts 40 minutes, so do they have an intermission so people can log back in, or are all jw's expected to pay for the "privilege" ?.
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stan livedeath
have this playing in the background--but not too quietly.