Posts by pontoon

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How many of you remember the "Pioneer Shuffle " and the special "time reporting" of pioneers?

by Foolednomore in

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friends

i started pioneering in my late teens an remember how slow pioneers would walk to the doors while out in circus.

also, they would not really talk to anybody at all.

they would start their time as soon as they got dressed an out the door, while us regular shucks started our time at the first door we knocked at.

How many of you remember the "Pioneer Shuffle " and the special "time reporting" of pioneers?

by Foolednomore in

jw
friends

i started pioneering in my late teens an remember how slow pioneers would walk to the doors while out in circus.

also, they would not really talk to anybody at all.

they would start their time as soon as they got dressed an out the door, while us regular shucks started our time at the first door we knocked at.

What they would say....your giving a witness even if you don't talk to anybody because they see you out there. Jeh sees you. Setting a good example in the congregation. All that BS. I had trouble believing Jeh would want anyone to waste life away doing something so unproductive.

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How many of you remember the "Pioneer Shuffle " and the special "time reporting" of pioneers?

by Foolednomore in

jw
friends

i started pioneering in my late teens an remember how slow pioneers would walk to the doors while out in circus.

also, they would not really talk to anybody at all.

they would start their time as soon as they got dressed an out the door, while us regular shucks started our time at the first door we knocked at.

pontoon

In for over 50 years. Elder for 20 years. Proud to say I never pioneered once. Never temporary pioneered, never vacation pioneered, never pioneered for a day, .......not once.

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What Does Prayer Actually Do?

by punkofnice in

if you think it works, what is your evidence outside of possible coincidence?.

pontoon

A Like to punk.

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What Does Prayer Actually Do?

by punkofnice in

if you think it works, what is your evidence outside of possible coincidence?.

pontoon

I never felt prayer did anything for me and I did try to pray sincerely and make it work.

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Male-female friendship and dating

by Renee86 in

hi,.

as far as i can understand is that male-female friendship is a no go for jws.

but how do things work if you want to date someone of the other sex if you can’t have close friendship with?.

pontoon

Best to find potential boy/girlfriend in another town/city. Visit, have fun, do what you're gonna do, then come home and be a good JW. Don't breath a word about your friend to anyone. Called a "double life".

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Hang out with the other sex

by Renee86 in

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friends

can we hang out with someone of the other sex even if the other has a boy- or girlfriend or is married?.

pontoon

Ok if it benefits both of you. It's called "friends with benefits" Otherwise no.

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Question

by Gorb in

jw
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?

pontoon

It's not laundering as previously noted. That being said I doubt there is more than a handful of people that know the TOTAL SUM of all the $.$$$.$$$.$$$ earned from real estate, rentals, dividends, stocks, contributions, inheritances, insurance policies when they repair storm damage with free labor and whatever other business ventures they are in. Bet the number crunchers don't know the SUM TOTAL. Maybe their particular department (real estate, contributions....etc) but not the SUM TOTAL from all the branches and corporations. Probably in the BILLIONS. I was account servant years ago when they stopped the local reading the accounts report in the congregations, I knew they were up to something sketchy. After that they said to send our bank accounts into Mother for safe keeping but they made it sound like it was the local congregations decision to do that. I rallied against it. I lost. I never donated another penny, When did the Flock ever gat a accounts report from them beyond once in a while we spent $$ on CO's or something?? Bunch of sneaky thieving crooks.

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How can you have a deficit for a Circuit Assembly on Zoom??

by pistolpete in

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.

pontoon

If the $$$$$ keeps rolling in close to pre covid levels you will see zoom continue to some extent and more real estate sold. All about the money.

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The "Regular Pioneer" title has now become a total joke

by pistolpete in

we just had our co visit a few weeks ago.

apparently, he was encouraging all who could to regular pioneer, to at least try it out for a year.

because of this, we had a few people in our hall become one.. so this weekend we were on zoom service, and the sister that was just appointed was talking about it.

pontoon

Remember temporary pioneer, vacation pioneer, regular pioneer, special pioneer, pioneer for a day, over 40 years in and proud to say I never did any of it.