Smoking is unhealthy anyway.
They will over the course of your lifetime suck your soul and bank account dry.
They will steal your youth, your prime earning years and make sure you are dependant on government handouts in your old age.
Posts by hoser
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12What the watchtower demands from you
by Ron.W. inperhaps you considering joining the wt cult - here is a concise list of why you should not.. what the watchtower demands of you:.
1.complete obedience to them.. 2. be willing to lose your life for zany blood teachings.. 3.put other cult members before your real family.. 4.refusal to let you leave their religion when the penny drops it's a cult.. 6.accept that they can backtrack and change any of their flip flop teachings at any time.. 7. you can't change your mind about their teachings without harsh discipline,.
8. insistence that you humbly and quickly apologise for your mistakes and errors.. 9.gladly accept they will never be apologising for any of their mistakes or errors of judgement.. 10.accept that even ones who follow and believe in the bible, but not the governing body are worthy of destruction.. please feel free to add more..
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What was covered up in your congregation??
by karter infamily move to remote pacific island to serve were the need is great get a mention in the year book.. however one of the (married) boys in the large family has sex with his sister while his wife is in hospital giving birth to their child.
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all hushed up not even a word said and hes now an elder d.fing people for lesser crimes.. young couple dating leave the jws and move in togather doing drugs partying ect.. his family grandfather,uncles, dad ect are all elders.. after a few years they decide to come back to the jws and are married in the k.h a few months latter.. 1 elder questions them getting married in the k.h and is voted down by his family.. to many drunks and c.s.a to mention.. karter..
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hoser
PO smoked cigarettes and was an alcoholic and got away with it
This was in the 1980s after smoking was made a disfellowshipping offence
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WATCHTOWER OCT '24: HOW TO BE A HAPPY WINDOW CLEANER
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/sbh213gbedo?si=ceeaip451t6i0zjp.
so as they say one picture is as strong as a thousand words and here you have it guys in the latest study edition of the watchtower for october 2024 that has just been posted on their website a middle aged jw window cleaner dreaming of the new system where things will get better.
why does the watchtower need to talk now about jws on minial self employed jobs?
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hoser
Seems to me they don’t want you earning money but if you have made lots of money they look the other way when you miss meetings to earn some more
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Mark Sanderson's ''ROCK STAR'' fake Gilead Graduation program experience
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhttps://youtu.be/lkwl5frew08?si=qj_gvlhfc4bkspbh&t=91.
mark sanderson's fake and vivid imagination experience starts at the 1 minute 30 second mark:.
goes out with local brothers and sisters in door to door service.
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hoser
I call 100% bullshit on this made up experience by fatso sanderson
But it is a very useful manipulation tool
Protect the governing body at all costs
If a man in a shady car can give a large donation so can you.
If you are tired and don’t feel like going out in service you should because we do
Anyone saying the gb don’t go out in service is a lying apostate
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What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse
by Starlight.vee inlike the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.
how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.
there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.
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hoser
The governing body will keep the scam going until the bitter end.
Who else do they have to go out to Lord?
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Reddit thread re Oct 2024 WT with picture of window washer - Theme knocking people who Planned
by LongHairGal inthis thread currently has over 300 comments.. it shows a picture of an older man washing a window looking wistfully… then it talks all about how some may have doubts about not having planned and the situation they are in now that they are older, etc.
it refers to others who did plan and who supposedly have ‘apparent’ financial security.
in my opinion, the whole gist of this article is to make older witnesses feel better who did not pursue a career or plan well for retirement.. it tries to imply that those others who planned only have ‘apparent’ financial security - which is to say they don’t (?).
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hoser
It is expensive to be a popular jw
You miss a lot of paying work and you provide a lot of free labour to the watchtower corporations
You have to take time off work for elder school and pioneer school
my parents would buy brand new cars and have them miled out in 5 years in theocratic activities
There is nothing left over for your retirement savings. Watchtower owns the house and the house never loses.
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It's been ten years since congregations surrendered their finances to HQ
by truthseeker inanyone have any anecdotal reports of individual congregation finances since the stealth takeover by the wt of their checking accounts?.
are donations up?
can they pay their bills?.
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hoser
The borg skim off the tops of the congregations but when the roof needs repair they solicit the congregation for more donations
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Trump assassination attempt??
by Diogenesister init happened at a rally in pennsylvania, apparently.
he seems ok i've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear.
this is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".
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hoser
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Awake 1976 - Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?
by Ron.W. inawake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.
somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.
anyone remember it?.
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hoser
2 Thess 3:11
Another reason to “mark” the watchtower society as bad association and withdraw from them
Meddling in what does not concern them
My dad had one of those calculators for work. I think it was several hundred dollars. Not exactly pocket change in 1976.
Money that could have gone to the borg
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Givers and Takers
by wanderlustguy ini had a teacher in jr. high in my advanced education class talk about givers and takers as a subject.
looking back, perhaps she was going through a rough patchmakes me wonder.. this morning i had one of those moments of realization, basically from reviewing recent events, and even more so because i was mentally rehashing some conversations with someone who means a lot to me.
it dawned on me the role she has come to play in one of the major events of her life, as well as who she became because of it.
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hoser
This is me.
I was raised to avoid conflict and be a people pleaser. A good little jw.
A perfect combination to be a victim of burnout and takers were naturally attracted to me. I had resources to offer that I gave up too easily.
It took many years but I can now identify takers early on in the relationship and can avoid those situations.
Most Jehovah’s witnesses are takers. They are friendly only if you are compliant to their demands. As soon as you step outside the box and do a little different they ignore you, hoping to shame or nudge you back into compliance.