Posts by carla

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JW's and Retirement Planning

by JaNayNee in

my mother is a jw.

i studied for several years and ultimately could not digest what was being served.

for the last 20 years my mother has done nothing to prepare for retirement.

carla

This is a huge worry for ubm's and how to deal with their jw's. A topic that never ends well in my experience. Still trying to figure this one out myself.

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Today’s Watchtower Study (December ‘19 issue

by BluesBrother in

“parents train your children to love jehovah “.

the title says it all really, but par 6 has this piece of advice.. “jesus likened our time to “the days of noah,” and there is no doubt that we are living in “critical times hard to deal with.” (matt.

24:37; 2 tim.

carla

Is the above picture a real picture from a convention? is it during a break in speakers or something? where are all the people and do people usually look so engaged at a convention?

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Greta Thunberg, Worse than Plague

by Simon in

so greta thunberg thinks the world pollutes too much.

specifically, the parts of the world that pollute the least and have the cleanest industries.

she doesn't seem to care about india or china who are the biggest polluters by far.. "how dare they".

carla

In today's information age with tv & internet nobody really has to fly around do they? (not talking about vacations) The politicians and Greta could do podcasts, commercials, youtubes etc... Many businesses have stopped flying employees around and use technology to have meetings, there are many ways to reach the masses now without the elite flying around telling the rest of us poor slobs how wasteful we are.

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1000's of S. Korean Christian sect spreading coronavirus

by The Fall Guy in

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51695649.

carla

jw's use a common cup for their yearly reject Jesus communion, correct? I imagine each kh has a few who partake as the numbers keep going up. Would they consider using the little plastic shot cups like other churches do during cold and flu season? if so how many cups to they need? ha, they would be in quite a quandary trying to figure that out!

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Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not

by Research in

hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.

carla

Here is a quote jw's hate to hear and wholeheartedly disagree with-

I would rather have questions I can't answer than questions I can't ask.

If you shouldn't even ask a question then maybe it is a cult? (restricting information)

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JW satire piece in The Babylon Bee

by frozen2018 in

i enjoy satire.

from the babylon bee:.

https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-introduces-new-jehovahs-witness-protection-program.

carla

Yes, they look like Mormons but just tells you that after all these years of jw's knocking on doors people still don't know what the heck jw's are about!

I thought it was funny.

Maybe they could have included a 'cease and desist' letter or link to one to really send. The NY address needs updating-

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/153587/cease-desist-letter

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Please help

by Dano3456 in

jw
friends

my wife and i are not religious nor do we want to be.

we are very set in our spiritual beliefs.

we have worked with a jw who's family have been like a part of our family for 6 years.

carla

Please protect these innocent children from this insidious cult, it's your job.

Look at all the heartache onl the ex jw boards and you will learn why. You need to protect the children's physical/sexual, spiritual and emotional well being. All of which could very well be compromised by being left alone with a jw.

If you want to keep these people in your life then never, ever leave them alone with the little ones. If you go into one room for something make sure someone else is there to monitor them. jw's have a thing called theocratic warfare, basically they are allowed and encouraged to lie to you (a non jw) because you are not really worthy of truth to begin with. They will try to indoctrinate the kids any time they can, bits and pieces here and there if need be.

You said, "My 5 year old is really smart and she would tell me if something was strange"- how would a 5 yr old know what is 'strange'? what is the world experience at 5? is shunning strange? is someone touching my bottom strange while they smile and tell me god likes it? is it strange to..... you get the idea. Adults don't even know when they are being indoctrinated how would a 5 yr old?

Do not believe them if they tell you they would not try to influence your minor children and they respect that blah, blah, blah. It is lies. I know from personal experience how far a jw will go to get a minor child in their grasp, in my case it was mentally & spiritually. We couldn't leave the jw alone with one particular child due to his incessant preaching at said child.

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