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The Venting Thread

by minimus in

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this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.

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cell phones, iphones, texting

Why is it that everytime I go out to dinner with friends and family, everyone is playing with their cell phone, texting or playing games on their iphone? Everyone has a cell phone in their hand and has a hard time putting it down while talking or eating.

I tell everyone to please put the phones away. I can't stand it when you're talking to someone and they are halfway listening and halfway playing with their phone. I have threatened friends and family that I will leave the table if they don't put the phones away.

One time I met my cousin's new husband. He sits down next to me. I try to make small talk to try to get to know him. The whole time he's playing with his iphone and hardly listening to anything I have to say. So, I decide to stop talking to him and walk away. Now when I see him I just say hello and walk away as far as I can from this rude person.

EVERYONE......PLEASE PUT THE PHONES DOWN!!!!!

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American Rantings About World Cup Soccer (Football)

by RubaDub in

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i try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.

in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.

it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.

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Cofty

You said this about American football fans :Its designed for people with the attention span of a goldfish.

That's a bad generalization of American football fans!

"Hooligans in the UK are not football fans?" If not,what are they? Why does soccer have riots all over the stands and field? Why are referees chased all over the field fighting for their lives?

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American Rantings About World Cup Soccer (Football)

by RubaDub in

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i try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.

in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.

it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.

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Americans may have short attention spans when watching baseball, football or hockey but at least we don't have HOOLIGANS. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lokomotive Leipzig fans before their team's encounter with Dynamo Schwerin in the East German FDGB-Pokal in 1990

Football hooliganism refers to unruly, violent, and destructive behaviour by overzealous supporters of football clubs, including brawling, vandalism and intimidation. [1]

Football hooliganism normally involves conflict between gangs, often known as football firms (the term derives from the British slang for a criminal gang), formed for the specific purpose of intimidating and physically attacking supporters of other teams. Certain clubs have long-standing rivalries with other clubs (usually, but not always, geographically close) and hooliganism associated with matches between them (sometimes called local derbies), is likely to be more severe.

Conflict may take place before, during or after matches. Participants often select locations away from stadia to avoid arrest by the police, but conflict can also erupt spontaneously inside the stadium or in the surrounding streets. In such cases, shop windows may be smashed, rubbish bins set on fire, [2] [3] and police cars may be overturned. In extreme cases, hooligans, police, and bystanders have been killed, and body-armoured riot police have intervened with tear gas, police dogs, armoured vehicles and water cannons. [4]

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American Rantings About World Cup Soccer (Football)

by RubaDub in

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i try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.

in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.

it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.

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Soccer is fun to play but boring to watch. The field is too long , too wide with too many players. Who wants to watch a 90 minute game that has no scoring?

The fake falls and injuries make me hate soccer even more. If a player fakes an injury, he should leave the game for 10 minutes. That will make players think twice.

The only reason soccer is a world-wide sport is because they don't have American football, baseball or basketball. Most of these countries that are insane about soccer are poor countries where all you need is a ball and two posts. It's cheap to play.

I won't watch one minute of the WORLD CUP. It bores me to death.

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What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

by FL_Panthers in

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as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

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The problems I have with the WTS: shunning...too many meetings...repetition of material...the name "Jehovah"...baptising of minors...disfellowshipping of minors or anyone who does not wish to remain in the congregation...the translation of the "New World Translation"...timeslips for service hours...young children being called ministers...the constant reminder of "The Faithful and Discreet Slave"(who make themselves more important than Jesus)...all the rules and regulations in every aspect of your life...the constant reminder to do more...the reasons they give are always lies as to what is happening in the WTS...the fighting between congregation members...no reading of any other source other than the WTS material...and on and on.

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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.

she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.

in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.

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stuckinarut2 said:

So this focus on numbers makes good people stoop to lying...yes going contrary to their own moral code just to fulfil a stupid demand from the elders!

I would say that many witnesses lie about their time, then try hard to reconcile these lies with their Christian conscience!

I agree 100%. They put the fear in everyone so that there are no excuses even if you are sick and infirm.

There is no way my mom ( who can't even hold a fork in her hand and feed herself ) picked up a heavy phone book and turned the pages to find names. She can't even hold a phone to dial. Someone has to hold the phone for her. There was no way she even dialed the phone numbers. Claiming she even did 1 hour of phone service is far fetched. Most people hang up within a minute. That would take numerous phone calls to add up to one hour. ( I don't blame her for faking the numbers. )

The Elders probably know that the one hour is fake . They will accept any number just to fill in the publisher record.

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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.

she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.

in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.

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It gets me upset that ( if my mom really did telephone witness for one hour ) she would need to get a phone book, take the time to call and select a subject to talk about. She gets out of breath easily and her voice is getting raspy. She doesn't need to fear the Elders if she didn't hand in a Field Service Report.

Don't they see her medical condition when they pay her a visit? Does my mom really need to get in at least 15 minutes to be considered part of the congregation? After serving the WTBTS for over 45 years, is this the love they show her if she didn't witness for at least 15 minutes and consider her an "Inactive publisher"?

The WTBTS should really say that they bully and threaten ...." those who are very limited because of advanced age or because of being shut-ins and those who are temporarily limited because of serious illness or injury ''

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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.

she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.

in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.

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Mum said: Does your mother have the motor skills and mental capacity to write letters?

No! Her hands shake and needs someone to cut up her food and feed her. She is sharp as a tack mentally. I remember talking her to all her Doctor appointments and she would leave Watchtower and Awake Magazines in the waiting room. That was her way of placing magazines for the month.

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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.

she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.

in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.

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My mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since August 2013. She cannot walk due to all her medical conditions. She is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.

Our family hired a caretaker Monday - Friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything. In the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her. The prognosis for her to ever walk on her own is very slim.

I walk in her room last week and she is talking on the phone to an Elder in her congregation. ( They call and visit all the time ) She tells him how she listens to all of the meetings on the phone and wishes that one day she can walk and attend the meetings in person.

The Elder proceeds to ask her if she has her ''Field Service Report'' for the month. My mom responds with .......''1 hour telephone service.''

Are they serious? Does the WTBTS really need to stoop so low that they make members that are sick and homebound to hand in a Field Service Report? And what if she doesn't hand one in for the month or months at a time? Would they really label her as an "Irregular publisher"?

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If I asked for a loan from the WBTS would they give it to me?

by objectivetruth in

if this were the "organization" that jesus chose in 1914.. err 1919, wouldn't the principles that he laid out while on earth apply to this organization as well?.

matthew 5:42 "give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.".

so if jw's all asked for loans from the org, every now and then, it would be the orgs responsibility to grant those loans (interest free).

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OUTLAW SAID:

...Take a Good Look at the "WBT$ BUMS",JWs pay For..

..............While Your "Average JW in Need" Gets Nothing!!..

...........................The WBT$ Governing Bum Popes..

In the 41 years I was a Jehovah's Witnesses, I purchased books,magazines, donated money, paid for gas for service and getting to every meeting. I also cleaned my local Kingdom Hall and cleaned at Circuit Assemblies. I purchased chairs ( that we paid for ) when our hall was remodeled.

What did the WTBTS give me in return? NOTHING!