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  Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?

  by sparky1 in

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  i live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.

  after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.

  it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.

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  Here we go again................!
  

  I just stepped outside to make a delivery at work and this conversation happened:

  After some political talk about Trump etc.,.........

  Kevin: What is that new building on the back road? Is that a Jehovah Witness church?

  Sparky: Well...yes it is.

  Kevin: It certainly doesn't look like a church. It looks like a warehouse. Not a very attractive building at all.

  Keep it up, Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. You seem to be alienating the public on more and more levels.
  
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  Which is better minimum wage or minimum income?

  by hoser in

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  we were having this discussion in the office the other day and we came to the conclusion minimum wage is better because it still adds to the economy vs minimum income which someone could potentially stay at home and do nothing and still get paid without producing a thing for the greater economy.. thoughts?.

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  1. Universal basic income for everybody.....from the poorest to the wealthiest.

  2. No more welfare in any form. Abolish food stamps, fuel assistance, rental assistance, etc.

  3. Close all welfare offices and make those people get a regular job.

  4. No minimum wage. The hard workers and the aggressive people will rise to the top.

  5. No more income tax. The current income tax system is a penalty system. The harder you work, the more you pay.

  6. Base taxation on a National sales tax of 20% and a State sales tax of between 12.5% and 17.5%. The more money a person has, the more that they will spend. This will move our government (USA) from taxing our personal production to taxing our consumption. Both production and consumption should (theoretically) increase.
  
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  Fake News By Jehovah’s Witnesses 🐑

  by minimus in

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  much has been said about “fake news”.

  regarding the witnesses, they would always ask, “ did you hear the latest”?.

  since the witnesses claim to have the “truth”, can you express anything that turned out to be truly “fake news”?

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  Finkelstein is correct. Jehovah's Witnesses have had their share of fake news. It was entitled KINGDOM NEWS. I placed lots of them back in the '70's.
  
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  You or Family at Uni? Bye bye Ministerial Servants Position

  by snugglebunny in

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  kingdom ministry school.

  2018 service year.

  programme for congregation elders: file:///c:/users/michael/downloads/kms-tk18-e_no8.pdf.

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  "The Governing Body is NOT dogmatic!"
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  New to the truth

  by MatthewHewey in

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  i have been meeting with member's of the kingdom hall, and i have attended a few times now on sundays.

  i'd like to discuss experiences with this group since i'm new.

  so far, i love it.

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  "New to the truth." - MatthewHewey

  I would feel more comfortable if you made the statement in plain English and not cult speak:

  'I am new to the Jehovah's Witness religion' would seem to be more appropriate.
  
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  The Governing Body's credibility

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  given the proliferation of websites, youtube channels, books and other forms of media attention focusing on the extreme policies, teachings and scandals of the watchtower bible and tract society; where does this now leave the governing body's credibility?.

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  CREDIBILITY: 1. the quality or power of inspiring belief.

  2. capacity for belief. - Merriam Webster Online Dictionary

  They never had any credibility to begin with, except with the adherents of the Jehovah's Witness religion. No one else really takes notice or cares.
  
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  The Harp of God book

  by blownaway in

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  i am looking for the book the harp of god.

  i am told it has some crazy passages in it.

  can anyone put up some quotes of the book?

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  "I am told it has some crazy passages in it." - blownaway

  The craziest one of all is on the title page of the 1921 edition:

  "This generation shall by no means pass away until all these things occur."
  
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  Apparently Jehovah`s Witnesses have no scruples about " LYING" to their GOD Jehovah

  by smiddy3 in

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  i thought it was bad enough that jw`s put in weekly reports of fs hours every month in the d2d work when in fact the average publisher would never mention this "good news of the kingdom" to the householder .. more often than not it would be something like some mundane thing about what they have observed about the householders property whether they have kids ,what a lovely garden they have before being cut off by the householder with i`m not interested knowing jw`s are trying to convert them/sell them the watchtower and closing the door.. yet the jw goes away happily putting in a report telling jehovah they have spent so much time in the fs witnessing about him and the kingdom of christ jesus...... cart witnessing is even a worse lie ,why ?

  because jw`s make no attempt to witness to anybody they expect people to come to them to be witnessed to which of course never happens .

  they spend hours upon hours a month telling jehovah by their fs reports they hand in how much they have witnessed for him ,when in fact they have done nothing of the sort .. they chit chat among themselves witnessing to nobody for hours on end and then lie in their fs report they have been witnessing for jehovah ?.

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  Time counting has always been fraudulent. It's all bull$hit! My ex pioneer partner padded his hours from day one. He currently serves as an Elder and fill in Circuit Overseer. Jehovah's Witnesses are all about appearances........................lies mean nothing to them.
  
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  Loyalty.....the new buzzword promoted by the watchtower Bible and tract society

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  loyalty appears to be the buzzword constantly promoted by the gb at the moment.

  we hear it at conventions, assemblies, and meetings.. let's face it loyalty covers so much.

  shunning of family, friends etc.

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  New World Translation = Not Worded Truthfully!
  
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  Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!

  by pale.emperor in

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  again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

  https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.

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  "Everything old is new again." Slim cut trousers for men follow a cyclical fashion pattern. I personally don't like them but would never have the audacity to tell someone else that they could not wear them.................especially invoking the distaste of some invisible Deity that I claim to represent. Rather than project his personal issues onto members of the congregation,Tony might do better to follow the Biblical advice of JOB: "I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman (or in Tony's case, a young man)" JOB 31:1 NIV