They may qualify for Social Security but I don't think they would get much especially in New York where I believe rent is high. Probably just enough for food and transportation (if they have a car).
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If you found out TTATT at 80 and spent your entire life at Bethel, what would you do?
by John Aquila inwould you do a ray franz deal and write a book or keep quiet and live out the rest of your life in bethel?.
would you keep reading the watchtower magazine?.
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Wanted to Share a Watchtower Quote with you
by FusionTheism injust thought this was interesting and wanted to see all of your thoughts and opinions on it.. watchtower, november 15, 2014, simplified study edition, pages 11-12:.
9 let us examine the words of three brothers who for many years have worked closely with members of the governing body.
one brother mentioned: while this has indeed been a unique privilege of service, the close association has from time to time revealed that, although spirit anointed, these brothers are imperfect.
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FusionTheism,
"...the close association has from time to time revealed that, although spirit anointed, these brothers are imperfect"
I've noticed that they're using mock humility lately.
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By “evolution,” we mean “macroevolution”—apes turning into humans, for example.
by FadingTruth inaugust 2015 awake .
quote in title taken from article footnote.. anyone have information on who gene hwang and yan-der hsuuw in the article are?.
why do they repeatedly state that apes turned to humans when that's not what evolutionists teach at all?.
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Why do they repeatedly state that apes turned to humans when that's not what evolutionists teach at all?
Indeed. Any "ape" in our evolutionary tree dates from 3 million years ago, let's say Australopithecine Afarensis. Anything after that would be in the lineage of Homo.
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What is Your Brainwashing IQ ? Take the Quiz
by Finkelstein inso how much do you understand about brainwashing, its application and effects ?
essentially lures people into its grasps and then brainwashes them for exploitation and manipulative purposes by using mental indoctrination techniques.. here's a quick quiz to take to answer some of these questions.
http://voicesfordignity.com/brainwashing-iq/.
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I got this one right but I didn't agree with it:
"No one makes a drastic change in their identity, personality, and values unless they have experienced some kind of abuse or trauma that caused changes in their brain. Those who emerge from having been brainwashed have survived a traumatic experience."
I got this one wrong and I don't agree with it. Why should we consider ourselves to having been coerced?
"Brainwashing uses coercive persuasion to cause a non-agreeing person to believe in something they previously did not want to believe."
PS: I got 18 out of 21.
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What's the Worst Gossip You Heard About Why You were DF'ed, Faded or Left and Never Came Back? They say "I am gay!"
by PhilsWager2 inyour going to enjoy the latest rumor i heard why i have not been to meeting for around nine months, i am a homosexual!
i was caught having a drink at one of the gay bars for business, yes people still talk business in bars.
revelation 17:4).and murderers, and fornicators (cf.
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During the Bethel purges in 1980 the rumor was that the disfellowshipped ones were gay. Of course, the real reason was apostasy.
As for me the rumor was that I was df'd for reading apostate literature. Actually I didn't read such literature until after I was dif'd.
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Rutherford, Knorr or Franz - Who has the most influence on doctrine & process now?
by konceptual99 inso, i was thinking - who of the above still has the most influence on current wts doctrine and dogma?.
rutherford obviously created the smokescreen around 1914/607 but overall his work has been superseded i would suggest.. knorr created the various schools and they or their offspring still live on.
wasn't it during his tenure that all the blood doctrine, types/anti types (now chucked away of course), transplants etc came along?
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Russell was the Karl Marx of the organization. Rutherford was the one who militarized them. Knorr was more of a bureaucrat. Franz was the brains. -
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Rutherford, Knorr or Franz - Who has the most influence on doctrine & process now?
by konceptual99 inso, i was thinking - who of the above still has the most influence on current wts doctrine and dogma?.
rutherford obviously created the smokescreen around 1914/607 but overall his work has been superseded i would suggest.. knorr created the various schools and they or their offspring still live on.
wasn't it during his tenure that all the blood doctrine, types/anti types (now chucked away of course), transplants etc came along?
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Rutherford, Knorr or Franz - Who has the most influence on doctrine & process now?
SimonSays,
From the above list, I would say The God of Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac along with Jesus.
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THIS IS WHAT WITNESSING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO IN 2015
by steve2 inthreads on the newer jw face of public "witnessing" have shared in common the astonishment that jws safely park themselves behind their literature trolleys and exercise incredibly little contact with passersby.
whether the poster is talking about europe or the united states or australia, descriptions here are the same.. literature stands are protective sheilds behind which jws huddle, talking to each other, sipping on their espressos, whilst the disinterested world passes by.
neither the jws nor the passersby catch each others eyes.
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truthseeker100,
"Kind of reminds me of the song "We're Jehovah's witnesses we speak out in fearlessness, ours is the god true prophesy, what he foretells comes to be" Do they still have that song in their song book? -
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What are Some of your best JW Questions they can't answer?
by 1tMakesNoSence ini made a thread on reddit regarding questions jw's can't answer.
was wondering what you guys can add to it..
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For JWs with at least a grain of knowledge:
I say: What is the biblical foundation for 1914? (Don't ever bring up 607 versus 587!)
He/she says: Nebuchadnezzar's dream where a tree was cut down and the King of Babylon turned insane.
I say: So when did the king of Babylon regain his insanity? During the 7 years or after it?
He/she says: Afterwards, of course.
I say: So If the King regained his insanity after the 2520 days then why have the nations, whom he symbolizes, not gained their sanity after the 2520 years but have only become worse?
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does us Bethel Rachel oily racially reflect the publishers in us
by poopie inyour thoghts racially not oily
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