I would get a good attorney and financial adviser experienced in these situations. Change my phone number, move, so no one would start trying to hit me up for money.
Posts by blondie
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13Mega Millions Jackpot…
by Biahi inin the us, our mega millions lottery jackpot has reached over 1billion dollars!
what would you do if you won?
i think i’d run public service announcements on television, alerting people of the dangers of the wt cult, among other things.
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I'm Back--Blondie
by blondie inyes, i am posting again.
i could not for awhile technologically and it is now fixed thanks to simon.
thanks, simon!
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blondie
James Jack, I would be one voice in the wind. Elders are bullies and try to get the new elders on their same page. My husband was an elder and told me stories that would curl your hair, if have hair. I wouldn't have lasted long.
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Employee "Preaching " to other employees.
by Foolednomore ini have hired a new employee, he is a good accountant.
has never experienced jw's but i have three employees who are.
one elder, two ms.. the new employee came to me an asked questions about jw's that the elder employee has been preaching to him.
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blondie
Many businesses have work rules stating that an employee cannot discuss religion or politics on work time. If someone complains to management, they can choose to counsel the offending employee, with stern warning it must be adhered to by all employees. Some jws are so full of themselves that they think these rules don't apply to them. If someone is being preached to on work time, they can take this route. I tried explaining to these "over zealous" jws the risk they were taking and putting their fellow employee in possible trouble. Are we surprised that the worst offenders can be elders and ms? The problem is when you work in a place where the management are jws and you are not.
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Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?
by Fisherman in“who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?” — math 24:45. according to jw, the faithful and discreet slave are the “anointed” men of the “governing body” of the jehovah’s witnesses religion..
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blondie
Do jws kiss the rings of the GB.
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Kneel before me, for I am an ... Activist!
by Simon ini thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.
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blondie
I agree, Biahi, I do the same help when I can when the individual opportunity comes up. I refer even exjws to the jwfacts.com site because it is kept up to date on "current" WT teaching and uses the WTS own words to hang them. I like to tell non-jws just one point and keep it brief, and if they ask further questions then, I do what I can and keep to things that can be validated by what the WTS has written and said. Good job, Biahi!
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What Name Does the New Testament Emphasize - Jehovah or Jesus?
by Vanderhoven7 init seems to me scripturally speaking, that jehovah's witnesses are emphasizing the wrong name.. it should be jesus, not jehovah.
who is the way, the truth and the life?
(john 14:6).
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blondie
Yahweh (or YHWH) was changed to Jehovah (or some form) during medieval times. The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century CE worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, added to “YHWH” the vowel signs of the Hebrew words Adonai or Elohim. Latin-speaking Christian scholars replaced the Y (which does not exist in Latin) with an I or a J (the latter of which exists in Latin as a variant form of I). Thus, the tetragrammaton became the artificial Latinized name Jehovah (JeHoWaH). As the use of the name spread throughout medieval Europe, the initial letter J was pronounced according to the local vernacular language rather than Latin.https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yahweh Also, "A constellation of words coined by Tyndale relates to the doctrine of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Tyndale was the first to use the terms Jehovah, Passover, atonement, scapegoat, and mercy seat in his translation of the Old Testament. "
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2022 Prove Yourself Trustworthy
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2022. elders do not reveal confidential matters to their family members (see paragraph 11) .
elders who are known to keep a confidence are “a hiding place from the wind, a place of concealment” for their brothers.
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blondie
One elder told me his wife knew stuff in the congregation way before he did. It only takes one elder to share confidential info with his wife and the whole congregation will know (sort of) as she tells "only" her best friend, her best friend tells "only" her best friend, etc., and some of it gets exaggerated, false info added to make it more sensational, or info left out. I once told an elder, that I would rather get on the platform and tell the whole congregation what happened so they would get the whole story right about me with all the gory details. Mark Twain said: Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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All KH Bank accounts to close and all received contributions sent directly to the WT
by James Jack inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-c6yshtkqu.
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blondie
Boogerman, "How will congregations process and send donations if they DON'T have a bank account?" Good question! Currently, all monetary transactions between congregations and the WTS are done online, and If I understand correctly, the WTS has access to congregation bank accounts . It seem the WTS is taking over all that. Many congregations and idiots when it comes to handling money. At one time 15 of my jw relatives did accounts for congregations, sometimes rescuing it from the bad banking/bill paying abilities of those assigned to do it. Some were so accomplished, that even when becoming elders, they were asked to keep handling the accounts. After about 3 MS screwed up the finances, secretly the COBOE had his wife do it and he just signed off on the report. There is more to this story too much to related, but I can see why the WTS is trying to take direct control of the money. Some elders moved the money around so the WTS did not really know how much the congregation had. I am wondering how the WTS is going to handle bills such as lights, water, heat, etc. I'm sure as this plays out, info will be provided to us.
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What Name Does the New Testament Emphasize - Jehovah or Jesus?
by Vanderhoven7 init seems to me scripturally speaking, that jehovah's witnesses are emphasizing the wrong name.. it should be jesus, not jehovah.
who is the way, the truth and the life?
(john 14:6).
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blondie
When researching, I wondered why while jws call themselves "Christians" and then themselves "witnesses of Jehovah" why not "witnesses of Jesus." Reading the New Testament, I never found a phrase that said "witnesses of Jehovah" only "witnesses of Jesus." I know the WTS tries to use Revelation 1:5 to prove that Christians were witnesses of Jehovah, but that is reaching way too far. John 15:27, Acts 1:8, Rev. 12:17, Rev. 17:6, Rev. 1:3,9. The WTS likes to slip in Isaiah 43:10-12, and try to apply that to Jesus' followers, but if that is important to be identified as Jehovah's witnesses, why nothing in the New Testament that says that phrase at all. Also, according to the WTS, the only congregation is the 144,000 literal Israelites in Isaiah, and says it applies to the 144,000, the spiritual Israelites. I wondered how the non-anointed jws fit into this description. For years, the WTS would say "Jehovah's witness" and "their companions (presumably non-anointed). But as time went by the WTS stopped emphasizing this as the number of anointed decreased on earth, and the great crowd took over responsibilities. 1950 "Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions" Note that it is Jehovah's (lower-case w) witnesses. That was quibbled about often.
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WHEN is the Kingdom of God coming?
by Fisherman inwhen is the kingdom of god coming?.
on being asked by the pharisees when the kingdom of god was coming, he answered them: “the kingdom of god is not coming with paratherisis; 21 nor will people say, ‘see here!’ or, ‘there!’ for look!
the kingdom of god is in your midst.” —lu 17:20,21. .
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blondie
I think the WTS uses this: