Posts by JWdaughter

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How many have stopped attending at YOUR Kingdumb Hell?

by hamsterbait in

on a recent thread about the fleecing of the sheeples, one poster said their congo was down to 85 publishers from 102.. the last hall i attended had 80-odd publishers 20 years ago, now only 30.. how much of a decline at your kh?.

JWdaughter

My aunts small cong merged with another small one in her KH (that had 6 congs and now has 5). There are rumors that two others will merge soon. That will make meetings on Sundays easier, Iguess!

My moms KH has 3 congrgations. I don't know the size.She is in an affluent area and it is about 10 miles from nearest hall. I will say that I have not seen a lot of new KH's. Or any. Today we drove by a KH that has always been on a route from visiting my aunt. It is in a small town in the mountains. It used to be kept up, landscaped and looked cheerfull. Now it is still a KH, but other than the storefront ones with bars that I saw in the projects in the Bronx, it was about the saddest looking hall I ever saw. Weeds abounded in the parking lot, the paint looked dull on the building and the sign. You could practically see tumbleweeds blowing through. This is an area with a lot of hispanic families and I doubt any close KH's. Not affluent. It was a beautiful day and everything else looked enchantingly beautiful (mountains of W. Washington on a sunny day in may-stunning!) but that place looked like it was cursed by an evil witch. It looked gloomy and had no businss doing so on such a beautiful day.

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Why do Christian nations think they can assimilate Muslims into their communities , does Islam attempt to assimilate Christians in their communities ?

by smiddy in

islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .

christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.

stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .

JWdaughter

Humanity has gone through some interesting stages. Historically, religion has been used by some tocontrol and manipulate others. I don't think that all Christians today (of any sect)wish to identify with the Christians who participated in the Crusades,the Inquisition, Witch Hunts, Holocaust---and yet many would just label those folks as "Christians". We can address atheists and discuss communism in the USSR, China, etc. HOWEVER, not all Christians are those people or those "kind"of people.

You don't judge the entire faith by certain ones in it ifthey are Christian.

I am Muslim and am NOT alQueada or Boko Haram. I am not even particularly sectarian-I am simply Muslim. I am not political about it and I see how people who want power use it to manipulate. I see how weak powerless people use it to bully. I see how cultural ideas predating ANY currnt religion have flourished among people who were basically living a near stone age life until a generation ago. Ignorance of religion and the world in general abounds.

I know educated and modern Muslims and the world they want for their children and yours. I was in Egypt over the last 4 years. I lived there for part of it. I taught Muslim teenagers and lived with Muslim families. They are very human and also humane. They come from different situations and different places and different cultural traditions. Some overseas don't accept differences any better than you all.

My faith is very humane. So was what Jesus taught. What men have done with both religions-not so much.

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Am I a judgmental bastard or just one of the last sane persons on this planet?

by skeeter1 in

so, i happened to see a young lady.

she's about 13 or 14, can't be more than 16 years old.

fresh faced, rosy cheeks, and a little pudgy.

JWdaughter

body piercings and tattoos are a permanent reminder of a very brief time in our lives when they are the proof that we are 'independent thinkers' and not bound to what mommy/daddy wants. The cowboy can take off the boots,the hat and put on a tshirt and he is a blank slate. Once you mutiate yourself,it's hard to go back from it.

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Did you miss me?

by Hortensia in

went to montana, had a really good time.

flew there, drove back with a friend.

was gone eight days.

JWdaughter

Welcome home. Sounds like a wonderful trip!! I get a kick out of seeing the ruts from the Oregon trail when I am in Eastern Oregon. A bit of a thrill:)

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I'm not gay, but

by FL_Panthers in

you ever seen a guy that you thought, " i'm not gay but hey!

i like the cut of his jib"?.

well here's the: blokes i'd like to "yenz" thread.

JWdaughter

after reading more carefully, and not knowing the def. of 'yenz', I am deleting earlier comment.

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Coffee Appreciation

by FL_Panthers in

as i'm making my seventh cup for the day, i thought it would be a good idea to have an appreciation thread.

what's the best ground coffee?

beans?.

JWdaughter

7th cup? I fear contributing to your addiction! I just get a Starbucks a day (tall-venti,depending on if I share with hubby), keep the mess out of my kitchen and call it good! (I don't know how to make coffee, so I just drink tea at home. No one outside knows how to make tea, so I never drink tea outside.)

I used to like Yuban. McDonalds makes a good cup in a pinch, but I will get dunkin donuts coffee even if I am not eating a donut! (btw,plain cake ones are the best with a cup of black or regular)

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Four Jehovah's Witnesses face death penalty - Victim of Pakistan's Blasphemy Law.

by Sol Reform in

four jehovah's witnesses face death penalty - victim of pakistan's blasphemy law.. http://www.charismanews.com/world/44004-popular-tv-show-the-latest-victim-of-pakistan-s-blasphemy-law.

popular tv show the latest victim of pakistan's blasphemy law 10:00am edt 5/28/2014.

world watch monitor film actress veena malik and her husband, assad khattak khan, were charged with blasphemy after a re-enactment of their wedding appeared on "utho jago pakistan.

JWdaughter

So, are the brochures that are prepared for the backwater of Sindh designed to get folks in trouble for blasphemy now? That area has a LOT of Christians. Pakistani Muslim people get along well with Christians/Hindus generally, and that state/district is really not prone to this kind of thing. I just recently visited the area, so I am not just talking with no inside information. My nephew is a city official in Mirpurkhas. Many of the employees there are Christian, so I wonder about the rest of the story-That area of Sindh is NOT a hotbed of Islamists. Most Muslims are barely practicing, from what I observed.

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"Honour" Killing in Pakistan

by cofty in

25 year old farzana iqbal was stoned to death by a crowd led by her own father and two of her brothers outside the high court in lahore yesterday.. her crime was to reject her cousin, who her family had decided she should marry, and fall in love with a man of her own choosing.. thousands of women are murdered every year in so-called "honour killings" but convictions are very rare.

pakistani law permits victim's families to forgive a murderer, but in these cases the killers are family members who are nominated to carry out the execution by the rest of the family.. this is what happens when you allow a mysogynistic religion to influence secular law.. reuters report...l.

JWdaughter

Ther ar arrsts and warrants out. Against th law and religion but stupidity often trumps all.

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CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?

by The Searcher in

how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

share your horror story!.

JWdaughter

I'm kind of curious about how this is working internationally, in other countries that hav much less money to start with and that actually might need a KH. They have no resources to offer (significantly). Do they get loans or gifts to build halls? Assuming that the entire system works differently tax and charity wise in othr countries, historically, how have they managed those KHs in "darkest Africa" or India or the Philippines,for example.

And if they got loans,than what is the WWKH building fund all about when apparently (from what I have seen so far) NO ONE gets a 'free ride". All JWs are buyinng their ownn litrature and building their own buildings (or contributing to phantom buildings as in Mexico and So. America)

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Are the Jehovah's Witnesses rewriting Jehovah's Law regarding Polygamy?

by I_love_Jeff in

watchtower: 9/15/1956 page 572.

"although for a time god permitted the israelites to practice polygamy, yet this was not gods purpose for them, nor did he command them to adopt this practice.".

verses please.

JWdaughter

Sarah, each wife is a individual. I don't think that OT verse does much to further your take on this, but the arguements against polygamy in the NT are pretty much refutable if someone wants to bother. I sure don't think such a practice should be promoted, but so long as everyone is consenting and adult, I'm not going to fight against those seeking that right. Iwould rather have it regulated toadults than have it hidden and forced on minors against their will or using their youth and naivete.