was just talking to a jw who just got back from oklahoma doing relief work for jws who had their homes damaged.
i didn't know this, but he said that the process goes like this.
the homeowner usually has a payout from the insurance company in hand.
if you have to pay ... well whats the difference between the RBC and any other worldly building company?
The "worldly" building company is (at least, should be) a licensed, insured contractor. They will pull the required permits, pass the inspections, and there is somebody to stand behind the work.
If a volunteer gets hurt on the job, who is responsible? If there is no insured contractor involved, I doubt there would be workman's compensation coverage.
over the years i have had to deal with this problem personally and as a attendant covering my section at various convention centers.
i had people who were suppose to be decent jehovah witnesses pick up all the books, bags and coolers belonging to brothers and sisters who arrived at the appropriate time and picked them up and dumped them all at the end of the seating row.
so here is what goes down, the sister runs up to me panicking and saying "dear brother, i had all those seats reserved for my family and now look!
Arboles, I like your response, thank you for having a backbone! The Gospel passage on choosing places at the table comes to mind (Luke 14:7-11):
"And then, to your embarraassment, you will have to go and take the lowest place."
the merrimack congregation in nh is seeking to buy land and build a new kh, the nh rbc has plans to build a $750,000 (that's right a three quarter million kh).
"the branch" has wanted to build a kh between the cities of concord and manchester nh for quite a few years now.
unfortunately the wt has looked into their resources, local bank account is over $100,000, and they can contribute $2,000 monthly towards a mortgage.
Juan Viejo said (with my emphasis added):
I last heard that the court had ruled against the city (or the city just dropped the case), and now the KH and assembly hall were going to be built on the property.
So, the branch expects a congregation to subsidize an assembly hall as well as build their own hall? That explains the higher price, and also the three-times-bigger parking lot that another poster mentioned. If true, it seems to me that the local members are getting a very bad deal.
i want a blood card to show people who i meet that argue they know jws and its ok to take blood.
if anyone has an extra one preferabley unfilled out, i will pay for it if reasonable.
you can email me at dogon2u at gmail dot com.
How about the execution card I think it's more approriate
I think human sacrifice is the term you're looking for.
BTW, I carry a blood card--a blood donor card! If you're eligible to donate, you should have one too. Donating blood is a positive way of saying "No!" to the Watchtower's dangerous teachings.
Dogpatch (Randy Watters), via his Freeminds web site. Some of good the doctrine information is in the "1.0 Archive", so be sure to look there.
hi there, this is my first post, but i've been buzzing around this site for years.. i got married at 18, hubby was 20, i was a regular pioneer and we were talking about serving in bethel.
fast forward - i left in 2004 after a 5 year battle with my conscience, family and friends who kept insisting that i was just "weak and needed to have another bible study".
however hubby and i stayed together although it was kinda on the understanding that we would just not talk about it.
Is ths a JW thing or is he just being pig-headed?
Both. It is a "JW Thing" to withdraw from a "weak one", apostate, or non-believer as a way to make them choose between being in the organization and loss of loved ones. It is pig-headed to not cooperate with bringing to an official end to what has become a marriage in name only. If he was not being pig-headed, he would speak to you, seek professionkl counseling, etc., not withdraw his affection and attention.
Laws vary from place to place. You should seek competent local advice; what applies where I live may not be allowed where you are.
it seems for most of the bible that god spoke directly to people and told them what to do.
he wrote things on rocks.
he gave them laws.
The parables are fables, moral teaching in the form of fictional stories. By removing the narrative from the present time, place and persons, they allow us to listen to unpleasant truths about ourselves.
is it possible to be friends with a woman, text her, call her, etc and not be physically attracted to her?.
Much depends on your mind-set and motivation, and what you mean by "attracted to". Many men, myself included, have worked with attractive members of the fairer sex for decades without going astray. But if trouble is what you're looking for, you will find it. For your own answer, look in your own heart!
here's what's on skeeter's father's day wish list:.
- duck commander t shirt.
- new fly rod.
A phone call from my (adult) JW children would be a nice surprise.
is this not one of the statement jw's use against the church.. that it is non-biblical.. .
can anyone add to this, very interesting me thinks.. ( will look it up in more detail and add to it ).
thanks.
However, is it not clearly stated in the scriptures, man does not have any power, or the right to forgive any person of their sins?
No, authority to forgive sins (in the lord's name) is clearly stated in the risen Lord's commission to the apostles (John 23):
[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
