We are not in the gossip loop. One of the young sisters in the hall had a boyfriend from out of town. He was a real nice young guy had a good job attended the meetings and commented regularly. I even worked with him in service a few times. They got engaged and Mrs Hoser made the mistake of congratulating the couple at the Kingdom Hall. Turns out unbeknownst to us he wasn’t baptized. The shit really hit the fan. I got dragged in the back room with mrs hoser. We tried to explain no one told us his status but the elders wouldn’t let off on their tirade. They literally went ballistic on my wife.
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49What Were You or Someone You Knew Counseled For That Was Ridiculous?
by minimus inback in the day, tons of witnesses were brought in the “back room “ to be counseled by elders because of their dress and grooming.
some elders frowned on mustaches or hair that went past a certain point on a male.
women were regularly harassed because their skirt was too long or too short or had a slit on the side.
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What Were You or Someone You Knew Counseled For That Was Ridiculous?
by minimus inback in the day, tons of witnesses were brought in the “back room “ to be counseled by elders because of their dress and grooming.
some elders frowned on mustaches or hair that went past a certain point on a male.
women were regularly harassed because their skirt was too long or too short or had a slit on the side.
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hoser
Anony mous
What two consenting MARRIED adults do in their own home should be no clergymans business.
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You think Watchtower will have a spiritual money tier system
by Overrated insince i think watchtower will be an online/tv cult, the members would show their spirituality by how much money they give.
also to use the jw tv you have pay your monthly dues for access.
and you can purchase jw merchandise and gee-hober bucks!
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hoser
I don’t think Jehovah’s witnesses in general have a lot of money. Yes, there are those select few well to do witnesses but the average jw is not flush with cash.
My observation is a downhill spiral. When each congregation owned their Kingdom Hall they would work together to keep it in shape and well maintained. It was a source of pride and publishers would scrape together whatever they had to keep their local hall.
Now that Kingdom Halls became corporate there is no local incentive to pay the bills. Someone else’s problem.
I think if they expect online donations to watch Caleb videos they are sadly mistaken.
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Attitudes of People 👎
by minimus ini have to share.
i went to the supermarket last night and got one item.
i placed the 10 dollar bill on the item.
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hoser
This is why capitalism needs to be protected. It is a system that rewards efficiency.
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Attitudes of People 👎
by minimus ini have to share.
i went to the supermarket last night and got one item.
i placed the 10 dollar bill on the item.
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hoser
Best not to support those businesses.
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from Sir Anthony Hopkins....from exjw reddit
by zachias inwise words from sir anthony hopkins.
′′let go the people who are not prepared to love you.
this is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing.
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hoser
There is a lot of truth in the opening post.
We’ve only got so much time. Why squander it on someone who doesn’t care?
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FOLLOW the MONEY : Pastor Russell makes it rain
by Terry inpastor russell: follow the money.
charles t. russell, age of 13, joined the congregational church (dumped presbyterian).. he went (like girl scouts are sent out with cookies to sell) door to door to raise money for the church.. russell hated fundraising.
he had to ask poor people to part with their money.
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hoser
What I get from this is that bible students started going door to door because Russel was going broke.
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2021-June Announcement--Lapel Cards--Notebook--Ramapo Documents!
by Atlantis ina variety of stuff for those interested.. english--announcement june 4, 2021. spanish--announcement june 4, 2021.
english--powerful by faith convention lapel card.
spanish--powerful by faith convention lapel card.
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hoser
I never understand sitting in a sweat box all day because the convention overseer was too fucking cheap to turn on the ac
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2021-June Announcement--Lapel Cards--Notebook--Ramapo Documents!
by Atlantis ina variety of stuff for those interested.. english--announcement june 4, 2021. spanish--announcement june 4, 2021.
english--powerful by faith convention lapel card.
spanish--powerful by faith convention lapel card.
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hoser
Find the most uncomfortable chair in your house, turn off your air conditioning, put on your finest dress and lapel card and enjoy the spiritual feast Jehovah has prepared.
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Did you think this was it for the Watchtower-(Covid)- Well-They are coming back with even greater ZEAL!
by pistolpete inso you all probably heard that the awake magazine is back, .
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=g&yearfilter=.
and one of my jw relatives said they were told by some elders that meetings and field service will resume before the end of the year.. they said this covid virus was a test, like when the romans breached jerusalem and retreated, only to come back later and sack jerusalem.
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hoser
The latest study about going back to the office after covid reveals that only 20% want to go back full time and most want a hybrid model of work at home and go to the office once or twice a week. I would assume jws would have the same feelings. What will probably be the deciding factor is if they can motivate jws over a tv screen as well as they can manipulate them in person.