Posts by tim3l0rd

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Where are the Young Elders?

by James Jack in

i was appointed as an elder when i turned 30, 25 years ago.

which was the norm back then.. now, i very rarely here of a young man becoming an elder.

in our town we have 2 english congregations.

Who would want to be appointed today? The hours are terrible. I know of one elder who has to read all of the talk outlines for the upcoming RC, then watch all of the talks before they are given so he knows where the cues are to show videos, setup the stage, cue demos, etc. So he will basically see the RC 3 times. Who has time for that and to provide for their family?

I saw it before I learned TTATT. I still wanted to be an MS and then an elder, but never thought I could handle the extra workload. My elders said to rely on Jehovah. Tried that and ended up with severe anxiety after I put everything on hold to care for an assignment that the elders gave me. Didn't feel Jehovah's assistance and eventually led to me learning TTATT.

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BOE May 27, 2015 Re: Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide

by wifibandit in

thanks stayedaliveafter75 !.

http://imgur.com/a/ccnus.

pdf download from google or mega..

tim3l0rd

these are not the poorest of areas that need financial help. However, probably from real estate projections, the most lucrative for property 'flipping.'

According to the LDC video (I think that's where I saw it or it could be from a friend I know in Miami), the KHs in South Florida are so packed that some people have commented that they aren't attending because of it.

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Help needed

by moley in

as many of you on here will know, my sister and myself (along with others we know) were abused by a ms. .

my first memory as a child was of abuse and i've had and still am suffering from the affects due to mental health problems.

the abuser is now dead, but he was jailed for abuse of his own son previously so that nest of vipers will have known he was an abuser.

tim3l0rd

You could also contact SilentLambs. Seems they have a hotline and could probably point you in the right direction.

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Can't sign out!

by stillin in

my wife has recently become very curious about my activity on my ipad.

i delete my browsing history but if she should discover this site and my identity here, she will gladly hand me over to the hangman, something i have managed to avoid for quite some time now,.

i hit the "sign out" button, but i find that i'm still logged in!

tim3l0rd

I always use "incognito mode" in Chrome. Not sure if Safari has the same ability, but if not you can always download the Chrome app.

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BOE May 27, 2015 Re: Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide

by wifibandit in

thanks stayedaliveafter75 !.

http://imgur.com/a/ccnus.

pdf download from google or mega..

tim3l0rd

sir82,

I know we have no way of tracking what they use the money for, but they've made several announcements about ear-marking money for relief work (Katrina, Haiti, etc.) as they have to use it for that and not for something else. Legally they would have to prove where the money went if they were ever audited. There are many examples of other charities that have been caught improperly using funds.

It was just a question to satisfy my curiosity more than anything else.

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BOE May 27, 2015 Re: Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide

by wifibandit in

thanks stayedaliveafter75 !.

http://imgur.com/a/ccnus.

pdf download from google or mega..

tim3l0rd

Does anyone know if the money sent this way as a congregation is ear-marked for the "Building Fund"? I remember a while back (before they removed the box) that they actually suggested that JWs not use the "Building Fund" box and instead put it in the WWW box because, if it was put in the "Building Fund" box, legally it had to be used only for building, but the WWW funds could be used for anything.

Just curious if they can use this money for anything or only for building.

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After twenty years of marriage…

by John Aquila in

i just got a call from a friend who informed me that a brother whom i've known for a while and is an elder, just found out last night that his wife of 20+ years declared she was gay, and left him..

i still need to confirm but my friend is very reliable and was close friends with the family.

heres the thing, she spent 20+ years with this man, has children with him and now decides she wants to follow her heart.

tim3l0rd

Yes, I would be upset. It would depend on how it happened too. If I was really close to my spouse, I might excuse it, now that I know TTATT, as I would understand why she hid her true feelings for so long. It happens to non-JWs too. Societal pressure to conform is tough. There's a TV show starting about a family where the father decided he was going to get a sex change.

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Convention Invites are Idiotic

by cookiemaster in

so, like every year, there's a campaign going on about giving people convention invites and urging them to attend the convention.

what an utterly moronic waste of time.

we live 500+ kilometers away from the convention hall.

tim3l0rd

Every convention they always have an experience of someone coming to the convention for the first time because of one of these tracts. If they don't have one of those experiences, then they interview someone who placed one and the person showed interest. They'll talk about how they went back and asked if they needed help getting to the convention, yada yada yada. Rinse & repeat.

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Preach, preach, preach....feel guilty...preach some more

by Tornintwo in

since starting to wake up, i can't help notice how so many talks emphasise preaching, increasing your hours, pioneering etc...with a hefty load of guilt on the side.. i always noticed the guilt, but now i'm noticing how talks that seem to start out on another issue always seem to come back to hours!

visit talk seemed to start out about persecution, trusting in jehovah etc...but the main thrust in the end was, 'do more hours, pioneer, don't get an education or pursue a career, don't get distracted, hooray for the pioneers!

if you dont do more hours you will be 'the sort that shrink back to destruction'.

tim3l0rd

It also is the reason for their charitable status. JWs preaching is "charity". Without all the preaching their charitable status may be in jeopardy.

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Richard Dawkins talking about a Creator

by FusionTheism in

richard dawkins admitted that information inside of dna, and the origin of life on earth, might point to intelligent designers, perhaps extraterrestrials.

(see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boncjbrrdq8 )richard dawkins further admitted, in a debate with francis collins for time magazine, that science might point to a creator existing, but that this creator might not be anything like yahweh:.

time: "could the answer be god?

tim3l0rd

Maybe we're part of the computer that is trying to figure out the question to which the answer is "42"...