what do people usually think of when they buy a house?
"i will probably live here for a long time" (you're invested with your time), "i will save money by building equity over time".
(you've invested in yourself financially for the long run) of course, i wouldn't be able to list the numerous reasons why people want to buy a house.
If you want good financial advice from Jehovah’s witnesses observe what they DO and not what they say. Does the Jehovah’s Witness organization own Kingdom Halls, bethel facilities, and speculative real estate in high end neighborhoods?
Kinda looks like they do, so individual Jehovah’s witnesses shouldn’t criticise home ownership. If the payment is similar to what you would pay in rent you should buy the house. Some markets the payment is considerably less than rent so it’s a no brainer.
14 jesus provides wise direction in times of crisis.
the benefits of that direction were evident when the covid-19 pandemic broke out.
while many in the world were uncertain about what course to take, jesus made sure that we received clear guidance to keep us safe.
Hiddleswife:
I think it takes 7 years of university to have the skill set to create a vaccine.
Why would Jehovah bless university when the watchtower condemns it?
14 jesus provides wise direction in times of crisis.
the benefits of that direction were evident when the covid-19 pandemic broke out.
while many in the world were uncertain about what course to take, jesus made sure that we received clear guidance to keep us safe.
With the jw covid death rate so much higher than other jurisdictions,
and them saying Jesus directed their covid response either
A. For some perverse reason they are artificially inflating their covid stats and think the publishers can’t do basic math.
B. Dr. Theresa Tam is a better doctor than Jesus, or
C. The governing body are completely full of shit.
https://youtu.be/tbbxaasj6ki.
More fear mongering. It’s just part of the mental manipulation to keep the donations coming in and the two Marks fed, housed and clothed. A few first class plane tickets to give a district assembly part in a warm country don’t hurt either.
Humans are suckers to be conned by these takers. I ain’t busting my ass to subsidize these entitled clowns.
lot going on.
i had a covid divorce last year over zoom.
not pretty but i got a good deal.. anyway,.
Physical memorial attendance was down where I’m at.
a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.
so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.
last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.
I could see the elders doing that. Contact tracing is all about control.
me i slowly came to see religion was a crutch we use to dream of a better "afterlife"....i feel half my life was wasted building an organisation that had no criminal mastermind behind it...just alot of mislead people looking for leadership.
if your still religious explain why..
Longhairgal:
Every society needs slavery to exist. The disturbing truth of the the matter is that most people never realize they are slaves.
Leadership of religion manipulates peoples fear of the afterlife, grief and health conditions into donating their time and money to the leadership.
Denomination of faith doesn’t matter. All religions and social institutions manipulate the little people so the masters on top get an easy free ride on the backs of others.
2022-03-29 letters.. https://www.filemail.com/d/hvvwafkfzzvsprhorhttps://we.tl/t-hscrfr1ifratlantis!.
Let’s lovingly cut your gas allowance but now we are lovingly reinstating it no doubt at 2020 gas prices. It was a thoughtful provision for the governing body to cut your wages.
Thanks for the inside scoop Atlantis. I hope some of these full timers wake up.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/jehovahs-witnesses-to-resume-in-person-services-opt-not-to-resume-door-to-door-ministry/ar-aavnxv0 .
so apparently robert hendricks the spin doctor of the wt society has been proudly telling news channels how wonderful the wt org has been during the 2 years of the pandemic, checking in with each and every member to meet their needs on a weekly basis.. except, based on the comments of former jw friends on facebook, it's news to most of them since they are screaming out that they were totally neglected by the elders/ms throughout most of that period.
a couple even said that because of being ignored by the congregation during this time, that they have walked away completely.
I got one phone call from the group overseer in March of 2020. Since then I’ve received two texts from him around co visit time. What I have observed from zoom meetings is the elders seem to take a lot of vacations and hang out with each other in the breakout rooms after the meeting.
It’s a club and you ain’t part of it.
the law of diminishing returns states: the law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain at a constant.
as investment continues past that point, the return diminishes progressively.. from 1900 through the 1980s, the more witnesses that got baptized and pioneered, the more bible studies that could be had and the more additional witnesses that could join and then congregations would get bigger and they would divide and form in other areas.
but in the 1990s the law of diminishing returns kicked in, particularly in the bigger cities.
During the years you mentioned life was fairly stable in western lands and the internet became widely accessible. People didn’t need religion and the internet exposed the bullshit
