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  What is the financial situation for a couple who live and work at Walkill?

  by rickroll in

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  i have a married cousin who has moved to work at the walkill farm.

  what is the financial situation of someone like this?

  i would assume they do not build social security or medicare.

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  Today's text from the you know who .org

  by punkofnice in

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  2. bible

  wednesday, august 21the heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider can share in its joy.​—prov.

  14:10.at times, only a bereaved person’s own heart grasps the full depth of the emotional pain, and it may be difficult for him to voice his innermost feelings.

  even when someone does express how he feels, it is not always easy for others to understand what he is trying to say.

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  😂😂😂Punky. Some of them are that bizarre.

  Talk about lost in translation! I mean I'm sure they made perfect sense to the original authors, and they've probably been changed over the years in an attempt to make them make sense in the new language/culture.

  Which is why the watchtower would do better to listen to the experts in the original langues and the descendents of the original culture instead of thinking they know better than anyone else!
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  I genuinely burst out laughing.................

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ...when i read a reply to an email which i sent to a devout couple of jw's, showing the luxurious accommodation which "vows of poverty" jw's have been living in.. https://ibsaproperty.com.

  the reply began by apologising for their "bad french.

  " brilliant!

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  Those listings have been out for quite a while but they're just now getting traction.

  It's also worth remembering they are London homes where property is at a premium as is space. Gardens like those are only found in multi million pound houses within greater London.
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  In Los Angeles today-Facebook LIVE at 11 am PST. The Zalkin Law Firm has big News Conference

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.facebook.com/zalkinlawfirm/ - facebook live today at 11 am pst.

  the zalkin law firm - in la today, big news conference about a childhood sexual abuse survivor filing a lawsuit against the jehovah's witnesses..

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  Stephen Lett disgusts me since I've discovered that the legal team at Watchtower report to him WEEKLY.

  He went onto JWbroadcast and said child abuse claims were "apostate driven lies".

  The truth is he knows more than any of the GB the extent of the problem!!😡He also has the power to enact change!!
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  Ever heard of this angel power?

  by blondie in

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  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1961047#h=16:285-23:710. we may also safely conclude that angels, god’s spirit messengers, travel at tremendous speeds.

  thus once when daniel began to pray, god dispatched an angel to him in answer to his prayer.

  this angel, although coming from beyond the realms of outer space, reached daniel before he had concluded his prayer.—dan.

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  Oh Blondie that's precious!😂😂Thank you!!
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  Interested in a refresher about the anointed

  by frozen2018 in

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  2. beliefs

  i've had very little to do with jw's since the early 1990's.

  however, i do try to stay a little informed on what they are up to as i have several close relatives who are devout.

  i rely on this site to keep me updated.. over the weekend i learned that a couple of my relatives, a father and son, have decided that they are anointed and had some bread and wine at the last memorial.

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  Waton WT says Jws are "true Christians" that means translated tue anointed ones.so: all should be in communion by partaking with Christ the anointed. In John 6 "Jesus " said to get everlasting life you have to partake,

  How do jws expect to get everlasting life if they do not partake?

  Regardless of Watchtower doctrine (and I believe they have stated the 35 cut off was incorrect - otherwise none of the currant GB could be anointed). Also, unless there is sinning in heaven, how can there be any replacements for those who fall away since most (If not all) are dead?

  Yes I think there are more anointed as JWs are becoming anxious about their religion and Jesus saying unless you "drink and eat" you have no life in you. I think they feel wrong rejecting the bread and wine on Memorial day.
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  Hitting the fan: CD epidemic at my Hall

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. scandals

  yesterday my congregation met for field service and the elder taking the lead did something not so smart: he brought up the child abuse situation and the recent news articles hitting local news across the country.

  he said 'you can see that the persecution is really coming' and that we should be ready if someone complains about it at the door.

  (funny how it's persecution when it's us and righteous judgment when it happens to the other churches.

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  Do you think the Elders have been primed to warn the congregation like that, though? Makes you wonder......
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  Hitting the fan: CD epidemic at my Hall

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday my congregation met for field service and the elder taking the lead did something not so smart: he brought up the child abuse situation and the recent news articles hitting local news across the country.

  he said 'you can see that the persecution is really coming' and that we should be ready if someone complains about it at the door.

  (funny how it's persecution when it's us and righteous judgment when it happens to the other churches.

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  You should say a workmate mentioned the Catholic Church claims the child abuse cases are Christian persecution, too [cue awkward laugh]. Might make them think.
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  Did Jesus die on a stake or pole?

  by sweetyj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we already know how jws will respond ( on a pole).

  but i found an article that talks about jws views on how jesus died.

  i didn't know that there was a time when jws accepted the cross unlike now.

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  Oh wow sea breeze that's dynamite!
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  Did Jesus die on a stake or pole?

  by sweetyj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we already know how jws will respond ( on a pole).

  but i found an article that talks about jws views on how jesus died.

  i didn't know that there was a time when jws accepted the cross unlike now.

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  idied.i just posted the above as I thought it was super important for a JW apologist to be aware of

  The fact it was drawn in the early 200s AD ie just over 100 years after Christ so to JWs definitely around the time of the early Christians - in other words to JWs 'genuine' Christians - means that it legitimizes the fact that first century Christians not only accepted Christ was murdered on a cross, but that they actually WORSHIPPED Jesus.