ShirleyW

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  why the watchtower is so short of money

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower is so short of money because they have to pay for all the upkeep of so many branch offices around the world.because so many of the branch offices are in very poor countries and they are not balancing the budgets.

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  ShirleyW

  I refuse to believe they're out of money. After that monster real estate deal in Brooklyn for their property? I don't believe it.
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  Go Bags, Safe houses and cartoon of two kids.

  by scruffmcbuff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been out a good 10+ years and until recently didnt pay much attention to what the jehovahs are up to.. why have they taken this turn with the bunker videos and making all the brainwashed people like my parents pack a go bag.

  now let me just clarify.

  im a military man i believe everyone should have an element of preparedness canned goods,bottled water and a bug out bag is a great addition ( ill stop waffling on about that now).. but what concerns me is the fact they are advising elderly people to bug out.

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  I'll preface this by admitting that I didn't read through all four pages, but just what exactly are they running from that they need a go bag? Can't be the BIg A because that will (if it was actually going to happen) find everyone, so just what are they running from?
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  How do you deal with the smoke?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hope you're not dealing with wildfires in your area.

  currently, california is under siege.

  we, in the sierra nevada foothills, had our major conflagration last october and needed to evacuate.

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  ShirleyW

  Flipper- I've been waiting to hear if the fire was near your area, glad to hear it didn't effect your area too much.
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  What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

  it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

  congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

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  ShirleyW

  Pathetic you have to have a lecture on how to stand still and smile for 2-3 hours

  That's what they're supposed to do in the cart work? Somebody better tell the pioneers in NYC that fill the subway stations with their carts and table set ups. The cart is usually four to five feet away from the sisters supposedly manning it, and they're just chatting away, wouldn't even notice if someone was interested.
  
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  What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

  it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

  congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

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  ShirleyW

  So how do you get your hours in now, do they still meet every morning and if six or eight people show up it's usually two people to one cart. Does everyone in the Cong get a cart if they're a publisher - "you get a cart! you get a cart! you get a cart!"
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  Loose Conduct

  by Hangin_on in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my friend has been married 25 years.

  he works with another jw.

  they kissed and he touched her nipples but did not have sex with her.

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  ShirleyW

  "They kissed and he touched her nipples but did not have sex with her. They ended the affair"

  That's an affair? Wow those seven old guys in Bklyn or Warwick really messed up these two as far as sex is concerned. They didn't even close the deal
  
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  What Are TV Shows or Movies That You Think Are Overated?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  anything come to mind?

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  ShirleyW

  Someone explain to me the need for all the Batman and Spiderman movies, Star Wars is also on the over done list.
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  What Are TV Shows or Movies That You Think Are Overated?

  by minimus in

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  anything come to mind?

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  Ha!! The majority of them. I'm not home now so don't want to use my whole battery on phone to list them
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  "One drop of poison in a glass of water"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  time to revive this well known, and often used jw illustration!.

  "if you are in desperate need of a drink of water, and the glass in front of you is 99% clean, but contains just 1% poison, would you drink it??".

  how often we heard this trotted out from the platform.. recently though, i have heard many examples of still-in jws sharing their observations about things that don't seem quite right with the current activities, direction and culture of the organization.

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  ShirleyW

  speaking of one drop of poison in a glass of water, tonight on Dateline the Jim Jones story is going to be featured, which is where I believe we here get the "drink the kool-aid" saying from, which of course the majority of the blindly following Dubs would probably drink up and quench their thirst without a giving a thought about "a drop of poison" being mixed in with the drink
  
  
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  JWs Outlawed in Russia

  by minimus in

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  they are banned!.

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  ShirleyW

  Since Trump is Putin's girlfriend, any chance that will ever happen in U.S. ??