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  Mandatory Donations??? Is This Accurate?

  by Atlantis in

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  does the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!

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  Listener

  The Elders letter you just sent out says that the Congregation Elders need to get together to decide if the suggested amount is okay or whether they need to lower or increase the amount. Once that is decided, they need to get a resolution from the Congregation for that amount. The wording in the letter states that the money will come from monthly donations made to the local Congregation.

  Because the Elders are required to get a resolution from the Congregation, this now obligates them to donate that stated amount. I agree with the reddit poster, it becomes mandatory (as a Congregation).

  There is no date for how long this resolution is to last and there is no provision for the Elders to review that amount.
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  Assistance Received!--2020-August-S-147-E Announcements And Reminders! (as of 2020-08-02)

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  someone has stepped forward to assist us.

  that sure didn't take very long!.

  2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders, in english and in german.. .

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  Listener

  That's great news and thanks for the delivery.
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  BOE Update! (as of 2020-07-31)

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  body of elder letters, announcements, and so forth will be next to "none" unless more elders decide to contact us and help out.. atlantis has lost three elders in the past two years.

  two elders were disfellowshipped, and one disassociated and walk away a month ago.. when this happens receiving confidential documents is severed.

  the last announcement we received was 2020-07-23. i was not about to send out a childish letter on "mold" in the kingdom halls.. there are people out there out of work and concerned about what they will eat tomorrow, and the watchtower is concerned with mold!.

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  Thanks for all your hard work, Atlantas and Petra.
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  Lockdown Blues and my new friend Carl the Cardinal

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  2. friends

  the great lockdown has been mind-numbingly boring.

  my husband has been an essential worker, but i have been home and not working.

  the only other housemate is a teenager who is on distance learning from college.

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  Listener

  Thanks for the amusing story.

  I'll throw some bird seed your way.🐤🐣🐦🐧🐔🐥
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  interview going viral

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.

  me and my pimi wife got it several times.

  its from some kind of tv station in us.

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  Listener

  The presenter states this at the start and also expresses how grateful he is at the comfort they are able to provide for her.
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  interview going viral

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.

  me and my pimi wife got it several times.

  its from some kind of tv station in us.

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  Listener

  This is the interview

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZCzahnTMp4

  Plenty of comments from JWs
  
  
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  Trump suggests postponing the elections ... I'm not making this up

  by RubaDub in

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  2. friends

  elections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.

  i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.

  are we headed towards a dictatorship?

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  Listener

  This has got to be a sign that Trump has lost confidence that he will win the election.

  For a while now, we hav seen Presidents elected for a second term. It will be embarrassing for Trump if this is not also the case for him.
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  2020 Convention Friday Highlights: Information Control and Hypocrisy

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. beliefs

  there's yet another talk to add to the list of talks written specifically for damage control against "apostates".

  the speaker says, "some who were once part of the christian congregation attempt to mislead us", that they tell "false accusations" & "lies".

  to combat this, he says that you should "protect your ears from damaging noise by not listening to it", comparing it to wearing "noise canceling headphones".

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  They are only in the second half of the first day before they started asking for money.

  I couldn't believe it, they were supposed to be standing up at the time and were told to be seated as soon as the request was made.
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  What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

  "overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

  the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

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  Listener

  They are great points Vanderhoven and the list doesn't stop at those 50 valid reasons. No wonder the Watchtower tells them to block their ears.
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  Just wanting confirmation on an unofficial JW experience

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering if anyone can confirm or deny this unofficial jw experience that my father received by email.

  i’ve told him that it against wt rules to forward unofficial accounts.

  but of course he just puts that down to apostate driven lies.

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  Listener

  I don't think the Watchtower would appreciate this story making the rounds. Giving praise and attention to a worldly organization is not what they encourage. The GB would want it directed towards them for providing these new arrangements.