Interesting loneranger,
I used to say, "giving someone a magazine when it was obvious they needed real food was like giving your son a rock for dinner."
Posts by Lieu
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17Are JWs now encouraged to volunteer?
by Athanasius inafter i retired i volunteered for several community service programs, including working with the local food bank.
every fourth thursday of each month i help out in distributing food to needy families at the local veterans building.
i've been helping out for five years now.
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"How JWs differ from other Christians:" now on Google News
by Sugar Shane inplease post some comments on this news-site!
it's not a bad piece of journalism, but there are definitely some gaps that need to be filled.
the pro-jw apologists have already started posting on it!
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Lieu
Lol Faye,
Even the GB downplay Jesus by calling him their "big brother". Not their Lord, head, savior, husbandry owner, or King ... but "big brother". How's that for minimalization?
You know like I know, anyone acknowledging "Jesus is Lord" out loud in a KH meeting would get labeled "mental". Even if they added, "to the glory of God the Father". Whooooo hoooo, that would be fun times if a JW actually said such!
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My Issue: How To Step Down As A MS Without Getting Noticed
by JW_Rogue inso that other thread was fun but now i need some help with something.
i was born in the truth most of my family is in.
although they aren't outwardly super spiritual i doubt any of them would ever leave.
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Lieu
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Letter # 1 to the Governing Body of Jehovah's witnesses
by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM inhere is my first letter i posted to the governing body.
i also hope that brothers on the writing committee who may be lurking on this site (and have some clout) read my letter and bring in change to this very flawed policy around confession of sins.. enjoy.
the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.
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Lieu
Lolz Steve .... Or one could just read the Bible and get the straight dope from Christ himself.
No false predictions or rants about socks and tight pants there.
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Higher Education - is it really the end of the WT?
by OutsiderLookingIn inas a non-jw, before i started looking into things, i must say i only encountered intelligent jws.
so i was quite surprised to read here and in the pew report about their low overall educational achievement.
granted, my exposure was limited (less than a handful of people over a lifetime) but i met two of them in post-college education (graduate school) at a very good school.
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Lieu
If you recall that most of the originals were college educated .... it kinda boggles the mind how much they deride it.
Of course, a standard k-12 education tends to make one easier to control.
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Where does WT get their money?
by Dreamerdude ini assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.
there may also be some income from invested assets.
i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.
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Lieu
From the adherents pockets. Then they buy real estate from said adherents funds of which they later sell. Keeping said monies while asking adherents to provide more monies for more property aquisitions ... which will later also be sold.
Meanwhile, adherents will never see a return (such as food, clothing, real help when needed) from all their donations.
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April 26 2016 God’s Kingdom Rules! to Be Considered at Congregation Bible Study
by wifibandit inapril 26, 2016 to all congregations re: god’s kingdom rules!
to be considered at congregation bible study.
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Lieu
Really? Then why does it still suck on Earth? -
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New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org
by ttdtt inhttps://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.
disgusting!.
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Lieu
Judgmental much?
James 4:12 NET
But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge-the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
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Today's Study - Shun Disfellowshipped Family, Don't Marry Outsiders, Tell On Others!
by Divergent inurghhh... what a disgusting study!7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.
for example, a sister named anne received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.
the mother wanted to visit anne because she felt pained by her isolation from the family.
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Lieu
JWs and Pentacostals / 7 Day Advts are pretty much the same. I do believe they are split offs of Russell's former followers and Bible reading friends.
They were all friends and rapture nutz.
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Were you beaten as a child?
by purrpurr ini've been confronting my mother with her dubious parenting skills (abuse) of me as a child.
particularly the beatings i would get with the wooden spoon.
not a light smack but hitting me as hard as she could for as long as she could.
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Lieu
Yeppers. I'm still alive.
It was a generational thing. JWs had no moratorium on spankings. School teachers could spank you in my day. Principal had a wooden paddle with holes in it.
Betcha didn't act like a fool in the grocery store, curse at adults, or kill your peers just because.