Posts by millie210

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Blurring of genders

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

millie210

Wow.

Thank you for telling us that Salt.

I am really floored by this.

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For me the worst thing is not having a helper anymore

by John Aquila in

one of the things that gave me confidence in life was that i believed i had the almighty creator/god watching over me, directing me, guiding my every step, protecting me from harm, and answering my prayers.

i now know that is not the case anymore.

i finally stopped praying.

millie210

So here....

I will throw an unpopular opinion in to the mix.

Why does prayer over food have to be about self?

A whole a lot of work went in to getting that food to you.

One of the plights on earth that you did not mention above is the farmer. They are one of the few people left in the richest country on earth that work beside their migrant workers to bring their product to the market. Between big commercial farms, lack of water in California (one of our biggest growers in the US) and good old Monsanto buying the rights to all the seed produced - farmers are a dying breed.

What about packers working in produce sheds, truckers who haul it people who own produce stands and sell it with pride?

Why cant a prayer be a moment of thanks and recognition that what is in front of us has required hard work? Why does it have to involve anything whatsoever to do with what the JWs taught us?

I am at work today (yes! on a sunday!) and dont have time to look for it but someone (?) once said that it is a poorer man who bows his head in thanks to nothing" (sic)

I am not offering this thought up as a disagreement really.

Its more like food for thought - pun intended!

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what do you really believe

by Sabin in

what do you really believe the percentage is for jw who are truly ignorant of what is going on behind closed doors of the w.t.

as opposed to those who actually know something is wrong & yet go along with it for whatever reason?

i have been asked for coffee by what i can only describe as one of the sweetest persons i have ever known & i cant even begin to conceive that she knows what is happening with the child abuse cases but then how do i know?

millie210

Before I went through something negative personally I was in the 90%.

It wasnt that I didnt know bad things were out there...I just thought they were trumped by all the good AND I had an automatic "excuse" in my head for it all based loosely on the nation of Israel and all the imperfect leaders and how Jehovah loved people who were faithfu in spite of it all.

Like the widow who gave the mite at the temple...if she was old and faithful, she had to know things werent right...Jesus was making it quite clear and there was a lot of buzz.

But she kept on keeping on "trusting in Jehovah".

So that was my mental defense.

The problem with it was I had NO one who could guarantee me that the Org. of today had anything whatsoever to do with the Jews or the temple or Jesus or even that widow.

Nothing except their word.

Which turned out to be as useless as Confederate money after the war.

And that was the one thing I had never thought about....they only have themselves to back up what they are saying.

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What Just Showed Up in My Facebook Feed

by Dissonant15 in

gross!!!

i think i'm going to be sick.

time to unfollow & block more people... .

millie210

Morpheus3 hours agoHow foolish. Thats not even the current GB. A sad effort to look "spiritual" seen through easily by people they would call apostate
..

there you have it folks.

Morpheus I wish I could like this a hundred times.

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1975 all over again!!!

by John Aquila in

wt study edition jan. 2015.

here is the bait:.

as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

millie210

What do all these people think they are going to do once the project is finished?

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Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.

by StephaneLaliberte in

i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.

looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.

also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.

millie210

So true Scully!

I had to laugh about the no preaching whilst theyre away! woo hoo! yay!

just kidding, this person is pretty tactful actually

This person is a great worker and I care for them very much personally. We have been friends for over 30 years- since we were kids..

I would just wish for them a nice trip to a beach somewhere....but as mentioned above - this is what makes them happy

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Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.

by StephaneLaliberte in

i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.

looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.

also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.

millie210

Yes they are happy going to work there...

I had an employee of mine just use their paid vacation time to go volunteer.

It was galling to know I was paying for that....

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Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.

by StephaneLaliberte in

i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.

looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.

also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.

millie210

Isnt this really the retirement village for the old Bethel cats and the GB?

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Blurring of genders

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

millie210

But what about your pants DD????

Are they too tight and metro???

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Blurring of genders

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

millie210

Shout out to you former / current elders.

Is the existing policy now that a person can be forbidden to go out in field service?

If that hasnt happened then maybe whatthe C.O. was telling Saltfoam and the other elders is that these individuals cannot pioneer (hold special appointments) or lead the group in service?