Posts by Searril

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Sentinel Island: Rewards for Those Who Expand Their Ministry, Blessings Await You!!!!!

by moomanchu in

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"can you serve where the need for kingdom publishers is greater?".

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-worlds-isolated-tribes-intl/index.html.

the message of jehovah’s kingdom by christ has already gained grand triumphs throughout the earth because he backs up and blesses the preaching of this “good news” by his witnesses in all the inhabited earth.

Searril

Living in India can be very pleasant or sometimes very dangerous in some places. As a European, having resided myself during more than ten years in India, I know what I am talking about. Sometimes you have to be very careful to survive in the Indian Subcontinent. But what about the United States where almost everyone, even children, can now carry a firearm ? If now I had to leave Europe for some reason, I would prefer to live in India rather than in the United States.

Trump may love to spew BS (don't blame me, I voted against him), but his talk about "fake news" is legit. Frequently it's not that stories are completely made up, but rather than the reporting on the stories leaves out pretty significant details.

So don't believe everything you hear on the news about guns and life in the USA. For instance, would it surprise you to know that the places with the worst gun violence invariably end up being the places that have the tightest gun control? Does it surprise you to find out that "mass shootings" seem to happen in places where guns are prohibited rather than places where a high percentage of the population owns guns?

We could talk more about this stuff, but I'll just say be wary of what you hear.

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A big shout out to the NHS

by moley in

last week i suffered two heart attacks, first one occurred while i was at home, phoned for an ambulance which promptly arrived and whisked me off too hospital, docs decided i needed a stent and during the angioplasty i had a massive heart attack according to the doc that did it.

i was unaware as i was out.

but what i want to say is what an amazing organisation the nhs is.

Searril

Obviously.........it takes a serious level of participation re taxes to support the British NHS.

That's all I'm saying. The people who say it costs them nothing are factually wrong.

However when it comes to needing medical care.......... it's one for all and all for one.

I look forward to the day that health care here in the US is mandated the way Social Security and Medicare is. Because in almost every case you will get every dollar back that you paid out.

I'm of two minds on it. Certainly the system here is broken and something will have to give at some point or else people will simply give up on paying any medical bills at all.

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A big shout out to the NHS

by moley in

last week i suffered two heart attacks, first one occurred while i was at home, phoned for an ambulance which promptly arrived and whisked me off too hospital, docs decided i needed a stent and during the angioplasty i had a massive heart attack according to the doc that did it.

i was unaware as i was out.

but what i want to say is what an amazing organisation the nhs is.

Searril

The merits of a national health system can certainly be argued, but to claim that medical expenses cost a person nothing is obviously incorrect.

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separated from Jehovah?

by road to nowhere in

i was told there are 4 things that will separate you from jeh.

family, money, pleasure, and ??

(i forget).

Searril

Pretty sure the fourth thing is pants that are too tight.

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Blood Transfusion Permitted

by Nevuela in

i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

"you lost a lot of blood?

Searril

"But you're not a witness, you're only studying."

"At this point, you can still take blood, yes."

"You did what you had to do to stay alive and take care of your kids."

Translation:

"I need you to not kill yourself off until after you've gotten baptized so that I can take credit for your conversion."

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Who is the mediator for jehovahs witnesses?

by atomant in

lm getting conflicting advice.ls it the 144000 or jesus.l was always under the impression it was jesus.lf its the 144000 then when they pray the jw;s should be praying through the remnant not in jesus christs name but in the 144000;s name..

Searril

What I could never understand is why aren`t any of those anointed in any K.H. anywhere in the world given any positions of authority in their local congregations ?
If Jesus covenant applied to him and the 144000 only then why aren`t the anointed recognized at the KH.? and given the due respect they should receive ? After all they are future king and priests to rule alongside Jesus.

These are the questions dubs should be asking, but won't out of fear (several different fears, actually).

There is one absolute, universal truth from which this cult has never and will never waiver: The Governing Body will never enact any change that intentionally takes money from their coffers, nor any change that decreases their power over the lives of others. If you agree that the latter part of the last sentence is true, then you'll understand why the GB kicked the "regular anointed" out of the FDS club and why they won't share any of their glory with any of them.

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It baffles me why they would even say this

by Tameria2001 in

back in 2001, i left the jws rather abruptly.

i had discovered things about the watchtower that really made me quite angry, angry because i had been lied to, and it took me just to darn long to figure it out.

before i had left, my husband and i wrote 3 letters, one to the elders at our congregation, and two to our parents.

Searril

"Even if I discover that this is not the true religion, I will never walk away, I have invested too much of my life to ever walk away."

That's simply their, albeit inadvertent, way of admitting they are weak-minded people. They have said they would rather a comfortable lie than an uncomfortable truth. There's not much you can say to people who readily admit they want to be lied to.

This attitude is very prevalent among the dubs.

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How do you feel about your JW childhood?

by Emily1987 in

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friends

i was 5 years old when my mother was baptised.

we went from celebrating xmas to no presents or decorations.

we would still go to my unbelieving aunty's house on xmas day, all of my cousins would be playing with their new toys and would wonder why i didn't have any.

Searril

I was a born-in. My experiences are as others have said. Having a Watchtower worshiping elder as a father plainly sucked.

I'm a father and my family's life is far, far different.

I know we all make mistakes, but I would be so ashamed of myself had I forced children to grow up in this religion. I know there are some here who did, and I don't envy the guilt they have to live with every day because of it. I do hope they can find or have found peace with themselves. You really do look at everything differently once you become a parent.

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Family is now reaping what they sowed and they don't like it.

by Gemmel in

i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.

one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.

i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.

Searril

From the title I'm sure you know what my answer was. I've been expecting a call of this type and had decided well before what my answer would be. I must admit I did enjoy throwing back at him one of their favorite sayings.

Out of curiosity, which dub-saying did you use on them?

(I'm the type that has to admit I do get a kick out of using their own BS back on them.)

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

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friends

one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

Searril

There are actually very valid reasons to have inside cameras running at a church. I would know as I'm in charge of the technology at mine.

In order to not look like a lunatic, it would be best to ask about those reasons rather than jumping off to some ridiculous "so elders can watch the restrooms and so pedos in New York can gawk at the kids" type garbage.