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  False members numbers

  by asp59 in

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  2. experiences

  is watchtower faking there member numbers?

  i live in europe.

  for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.

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  hoser

  Where I live they keep closing halls and amalgamating to larger centres. But there is no growth, only decline.
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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  hoser

  The system is set up to keep people poor. The system needs the working class poor. If every last member of the poor caste figured out that instead of squandering their money on Nike shoes they should buy Nike stock the share price would suffer as there would not be as many shoe sales.
  Poor people are easier to control. Keep them so busy on the work treadmill and throw them the odd crumb of government handouts and entertainment that they are just too tired to think about how badly they are treated.
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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  hoser

  I’ve always had the habit of investing my overtime earnings from work. That way I don’t get used to spending more than I actually earn and I’ve had a few in between job times where I dipped into those savings until I could secure another job.
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  How many states have you ever lived in? (USA)

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i only have lived in 4 states!

  michigan.

  georgia.

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  Zero
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  JWs who are now paying the price of following the cult.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my in-laws are two such people.

  people who pioneered and did not work and try to save, instead they made just enough to get by and waited for the end to come.

  now my mil is in palliative care and the state is paying for her keep, my fil lives in a dilapidated home and can not keep it up.

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  hoser

  I know more than a few baby boomer converts with well off non Jw parents live the spiritual life. Even with their inheritance they are still broke.
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  JWs who are now paying the price of following the cult.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my in-laws are two such people.

  people who pioneered and did not work and try to save, instead they made just enough to get by and waited for the end to come.

  now my mil is in palliative care and the state is paying for her keep, my fil lives in a dilapidated home and can not keep it up.

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  hoser

  I saw that video on jw org about the guy that gave it all up to serve at bethel. What they don’t tell you is that not everyone can go.

  Some relatives of mine jumped through a lot of hoops for a number of years and ultimately ruined a good retirement for themselves for the branch to reject application after application.
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  Question

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the probability that a religious organisation is used for money laundering?

  for example, large amounts of money are raised by the organization as a donation and then legally introduced into the financial system.

  is there any chance that jw.org is used for this kind of purpose?

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  hoser

  Check valves and diodes prevent the back flow of money in the Jehovah’s Witness religion.

  It’s funny that more can’t figure that out or don’t get the courage to do something about it.
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  Was told I was not progressing!

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you're doing everything you can, meeting attendance, field circus, helping out where you can and you are told your not progressing!?!

  as anyone had that happen to them in the "trooth "?.

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  I was told I didn’t qualify as a ministerial servant because my wife didn’t report enough field service hours.
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  How can you have a deficit for a Circuit Assembly on Zoom??

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  remember when after a circuit assembly the assembly overseer would come out right before the end of the assembly and make a special announcement;.

  "brothers, we have a financial deficit of $5,000 dollars for our circuit assembly.

  keep in mind that we have utilities and other expenses that need to be met.

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  hoser

  If I remember correctly at one time they had real expenses. They would read the accounts and say rent was so much and power was so much and supplies. I wonder what year it changed to a per publisher charge?
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  Calgary Alberta Canada new mayor elect Jyoti Gondek

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this will be an entertaining 4 years.. she already declared she wants to shut out oil and gas in an oil town and says she will refuse to swear in a duly elected councillor tomorrow..

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  hoser

  This will be an entertaining 4 years.

  She already declared she wants to shut out oil and gas in an oil town and says she will refuse to swear in a duly elected councillor tomorrow.