LongHairGal

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  How the Watchtower Perverts Compassion

  by metatron in

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  this what jesus said about mercy (matt.

  "hence when you go making gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, just as .

  the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by.

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  LongHairGal

  Metatron:
  
  You are so right about everything you say. They have no real compassion and no real charitable works.
  
  Going out in service is supposed to cover all bases with them. It is a white-wash for anything bad you may perceive about them. For instance, let's say brother so-and-so has a glaring fault, some will say: "well, he is always out in service..." So you see, this covers a multitude of sins and in their eyes exempts them from other humane obligations.
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  Getting wedding invitations from people who really don't know you or care

  by LongHairGal in

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  2. experiences

  i am sure many people get wedding invitations from people who don't really know you or care about you but who invited you just the same.

  sometimes they got cancellations and had to fill a number or they want $$.

  maybe you went because it "wouldn't look good" if you didn't.

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  LongHairGal

  Thanks for your comments. I realize that not everybody is just after the loot although some are shameless about it. Believe me, it is not flattering to realize that the only thing you are wanted for is do-re-me.
  
  I also have become very choosy in what invitations I will accept and on a related note I have gone through my address book and have whited-out names of people who are clearly not my friends or who are not looking for me.
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  A sister spoke to me at breakfast...

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was eating a sinful double order of biscuits/gravy when this sister i knew came up to my table.

  as is usual with witness mentality, not a single word about the family or any other matter, just launched into "hubby and i were out by your house in service, stopped by but no one was home" then she tactlessly mentioned that she had not seen us around the hall for a while.

  i told her we were not attending meetings any longer.

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  LongHairGal

  Very good story. About that sister praying out loud: I always felt it was presumptuous and in very bad taste to pray out loud or conspicuously in a public place. It is nothing more than a showy display of your supposed spirituality! Is that supposed to impress people or make them feel guilty for not praying like you??
  
  I am not knocking saying grace or being grateful for your daily bread but be discreet when in a public place where you are not surrounded by a bunch of bible thumpers. Either say grace in the car in the parking lot before you get into the restaurant or bow your head briefly and say a silent prayer to yourself. Enough with the theatrics!
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  Getting wedding invitations from people who really don't know you or care

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am sure many people get wedding invitations from people who don't really know you or care about you but who invited you just the same.

  sometimes they got cancellations and had to fill a number or they want $$.

  maybe you went because it "wouldn't look good" if you didn't.

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  LongHairGal

  I am sure many people get wedding invitations from people who don't really know you or care about you but who invited you just the same. Sometimes they got cancellations and had to fill a number or they want $$. Maybe you went because it "wouldn't look good" if you didn't. For instance, your boss's son or daughter is getting married and you get an invitation. (This rule can apply either in or out of the congregation).
  
  
  In the past I would sometimes get such an invitation and I might go even if I wasn't so close to the person.
  
  
  Some months ago I got an invitation to a wedding from a cousin whose son was getting married. I hadn't seen him since he was a baby so I went. I was also glad to see relatives I hadn't seen in over two decades. Well, at the reception another cousin pulled me aside and we talked. They asked for my e-mail address and I assumed they were extending themselves in friendship. Some months later when I tried to get in contact with one or both of them I got the cold treatment (one works near me by the way). I was puzzled and spoke to my sister about it. She said they weren't genuine about anything and sometimes people say things just for the hell of it. My mistake was to take them up on it.
  
  
  So the question is: why invite me to a wedding when you really don't want to know me?
  
  
  No more accepting of wedding invitations for me unless it is my sister's children!
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  The next cover-up or scandal?

  by kwintestal in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my personal thoughts are this.

  with the population aging and with jw's becomming incresingly poor, there will be a lot more elder abuse, and i don't mean congregation elders, but elderly people.. does anyone know of this taking place in the congregations?.

  kwin

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  LongHairGal

  I used a wrong choice of words when I said would-be. That would imply that they would be willing LOL. The right word would be intended.
  
  Because I was aware of this situation years ago, I behaved in a stand-offish way to certain people because I knew they were of this disposition.
  
  The possibility for exploitation is enormous.
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  Do You Think Bag Searching Violates Your Rights?

  by minimus in

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  in view of the transit bombings, do you feel that police should be able to search you or your bags at anytime?

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  LongHairGal

  Undercover:
  
  Don't laugh but I sometimes wonder that if Osama BL came strolling through my building lobby (robes and all) there would be some who would not recognize him. Not everybody really reads the paper and some don't like to watch TV.
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  The next cover-up or scandal?

  by kwintestal in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my personal thoughts are this.

  with the population aging and with jw's becomming incresingly poor, there will be a lot more elder abuse, and i don't mean congregation elders, but elderly people.. does anyone know of this taking place in the congregations?.

  kwin

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  LongHairGal

  Kwin:
  
  I see where you are coming from and I tend to agree with the possibility of this happening. What we are both talking about is the fact that certain ones will be covetous of the money that elderly ones supposedly have and the fact that they may be conned out of it by certain slick ones.
  
  I have seen the reality of how covetous some are of others who they perceive are better off financially than they are. I myself was sized-up for this reason by certain ones and it is not because I have "money" but because I have a job. Sometimes that is all it takes to be perceived as a "golden girl" by some of these deadbeat personalities who are looking for something for nothing. The very old plus ones who make a decent living are would-be targets.
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  Do You Think Bag Searching Violates Your Rights?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in view of the transit bombings, do you feel that police should be able to search you or your bags at anytime?

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  LongHairGal

  It probably does violate my rights but there is no point to make an issue out of it because of the situation we are in. If further things continue to happen you will see worse infringements of our rights. The civil libertarians will be screaming about racial profiling ad nauseum but when people start getting hurt then all this will all become very natural.

  It will simply be a matter of self defense for the rest of us.
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  President Kennedy's assassination: big conspiracy or lone gunman?

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  do you think that john f kennedy was killed in dallas in 1963 by a lone psychopathic gunman -lee oswald- or by a large conpiracy that included the cia, the mafia, the military and many others.

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  hundreds of books were written on the subject and 85% of americans believe that it was a conspiracy though the mass media world always believes that a lone gun man did it.

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  LongHairGal

  I really believe it was a very complicated conspiracy.
  
  When Jack Ruby died very conveniently in prison years later my mother said "they must have injected him with cancer cells".
  
  Every witness was eliminated.
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  Were You Pressured To Get Baptized?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most persons, imo, are pressured to get baptized.

  they are told they "should be ready".

  children are made to feel that jehovah will not protect them any longer at a certain age.

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  LongHairGal

  Yes, I sort of felt pressured too. But I went along with the flow and got baptized anyway. I don't know if I was ready or not but I did.