Posts by baltar447

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OH NO!! The latest clip for kids on JW.ORG so very wrong!

by stuckinarut2 in

so the latest clip on jw.org for kids is so wrong!.

it is about the "victory song".

lets all sing songs about how vengeful and destructive "our loving god" can be...along with cartoonish pictures...... all rejoice at the death of the evil people who used their "god-given free will", then got punished for doing so!.

baltar447

I wrote the start of a new Kingdom song:

Genocide, sweet genocide, does our Lord provide!

He does not feel sorry for little babies,

They grow up wicked and spread like rabies.

He kills the homos and lesbians too,

As well as the Muslim, Christian and Jew.

So beg to Jehoovah that he spares your ass,

Keep giving your money, time, car and gas.

Keep yourself busy and your heart weeping,

Shun your family and kids, let them die bleeding.

Do all these things you might save your own skin,

For that's all you really care about in the end.

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REMEMBER THOSE IN NURSING HOMES

by The Searcher in

when i saw this article's title in the latest kingdom ministry - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/278822/1/june-2014-kingdom-ministry-km-06-2014-pdf - i was delighted!!.

i thought, "at last, we are all being encouraged to visit our poor brothers & sisters in nursing homes, who feel abandoned!.

nope, that's not it - it's all about targetting non-witnesses in those establishments, and get them to sign up for "bible" studies.

baltar447

I didn't mean to imply that ALL JWs are hearless bastards. I know many that visit the elderly but it's NOT a priority for the organization. And it's certainly not a priority to those pioneers that have to get in their time.

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REMEMBER THOSE IN NURSING HOMES

by The Searcher in

when i saw this article's title in the latest kingdom ministry - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/278822/1/june-2014-kingdom-ministry-km-06-2014-pdf - i was delighted!!.

i thought, "at last, we are all being encouraged to visit our poor brothers & sisters in nursing homes, who feel abandoned!.

nope, that's not it - it's all about targetting non-witnesses in those establishments, and get them to sign up for "bible" studies.

baltar447

This is REALLY sick and twisted. They don't even regularly visit the old JWs!!

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Do You Reply To Your PM's?

by snowbird in

jw
friends

all of them?.

baltar447

I do but I hate using the PM system here.

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

baltar447

I recall once seeing some tithing/pledge cards for some church. I was disgusted by it. And yet I didn't make much of a connection when they later passed a KH hall fund and ASS hall fund slips around. The brainwashing runs deep when you're in it.

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New field service rules coming this summer

by doinmypart in

jw
friends

new guidelines for field service coming this summer.

new publication to be released giving new ways of counting time, conducting studies, group activities, etc..

baltar447

New ways to count time... I wonder if they will let you count time now for visiting the infirm or old folks.

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EX JW Podcast

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

i am setting up a podcast (radio show) where we will cover the issues of jw's, amongst the topics of science, belief and more.. i am letting you guys know because i would like to interact with the forum as we do them, looking for suggestions for topics, looking for guest ideas and also we can mask voies and change names, so interviewing current jw's to help provide people a voice, an outlet for their frustration whilst providing a safety net.

there is no hierarchy, but current elders, bethelites etc that contribute here already will be more than welcome and protected!.

the podcast will be pro science, i will have both atheist and theist co-presenters in the episodes but i can't deny my bias towards evidence and science, but hopefully it should be enjoyable and informative for us all.. i plan for it to be about 2hrs long, maybe an episode a month or every 2 or 3 weeks.

baltar447

I've been considering doing a "this week in JW" Podcast myself.

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

baltar447

I just found out a good friend of mine has a pretty interesting connection and a little insight on this. Chat here:

The premise of the idea behind this is: People will donate more when they are sitting inside a nice KH. They donate less when they are sitting in a shitty KH. Get everyone nice KHs and they will all donate more.

There is a 5 man international committee that consults with the GB to tell the Treasury wtf to do they've gotten blowback from the treasury, but the GB is backing the 5 man committee all the way Each branch office has an "accounting dept", the headquarters is called "the treasury"

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

baltar447

Juan, you have a PM

Metatron, you have a PM

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

baltar447

Quarterback, I think Juan V's post got confuddled a bit. The part that may have sounded far fetched was actually referring to Congregation accounts and access.