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  Has your trust in charity been shaken lately?

  by suavojr in

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  excerpt from the wt article, http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2003401.

  jehovahs witnesses today are also quick to help when disaster strikes.

  during the summer of 2001, for instance, torrential storms caused major flooding in houston, texas, u.s.a. in all, 723 homes of witnesses were damaged to some extent, many of them quite badly.

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  Mum

  I used to donate to the Boys' and Girls' Clubs in Reno when I lived there because they gave my granddaughter and other children free child care while their parents attended college classes. They actually had a facility right on campus.

  I don't like the Red Cross because I have seen them hound people to repay them for their "charity."

  I don't mind giving to Shriners' Hospitals for Children because they gave me hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of free medical treatment in my childhood.

  I would check out any charity before handing over my hard-earned cash.

  Right now, most of my charitable giving is to UNICEF. I give them $15 a month to feed hungry children. If I have some good fortune, I clean out my pantry and donate food to the Salvation Army.

  In general, I think giving locally is probably a safer bet than giving cash to some "charity" that is not where you live.
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  Musings on recent things

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just some thoughts on all the recent things going on.

  i'm still recovering from the whole donation arrangement thing.

  was speaking to some relatives who are also jw's and they don't really get what is going on but sense in some way that things are not right.

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  Mum

  If you are living an inauthentic life (and it sounds as though you are), you're going to suffer emotionally and physically in ways that likely will surprise you. I was in a job situation once in which I was being criticized and bullied constantly.
  During that time, I reached a point when I could not walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night - seriously! I actually bought a walker to use when I would wake up in the middle of the night. Once I left that job, I was able to ditch my tranquilizers AND could move my body again just as I could before the job.

  Take care of yourself. If it feels wrong, it's best to leave it alone.
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  Coffee Appreciation

  by FL_Panthers in

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  as i'm making my seventh cup for the day, i thought it would be a good idea to have an appreciation thread.

  what's the best ground coffee?

  beans?.

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  Mum

  I much prefer the perked coffee that my grandmother used to make on the stove to the drip machines.

  I was in a conversation once in which someone was describing their coffee-aficionado friend's technique. He bought green coffee beans and roasted them in a popcorn popper, then ground them and made coffee.

  As LisaRose pointed out, a French press makes excellent coffee.

  Best wishes on your quest for the perfect cup.
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  STARTING OVER with my Elderette - What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?

  at this point, she opened with a prayer.

  "...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.

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  Mum

  So, you should not listen to ex-JW's? Then, is it okay to listen to ex-Mormons, ex-Catholics, ex-anything else? JW's, when I was around them, loved to trade stories about their former churches. Ask her if you should listen to ex-Mormons? I have read two books by ex-Mormon women. Does she think these women lied about their experiences? Why?
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  Shepherd the Flock Book - Did Your Wife or Other Family Member Find It?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  those of you who served as elders, did your wife or other family members / friends find your secret shepherd the flock book?

  how did they react?

  how did you react?.

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  Mum

  I was an elder's wife and was unaware that such a publication existed. Maybe our elders were not given individual copies. Did they have it before 1979?

  My elder ex did get called onto the carpet for having me do his ministry school assignments and other paperwork. To be close to an elder is to get as close to the blind, true, corrupt, diseased core of this cult as any woman can.
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  Ray Franz - is he REALLY a hero?

  by baltar447 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on one hand, he's enlightnened many to the internal circle jerk that is the governing body (circa the 70s).. but if there's one reason that can be pointed to for the jws becoming full on cult, it's ray franz.

  without him leaving in the manner he did, and stirring the pot, they might not have change the rule (retroatively i might add) on shunning of disassociated ones.

  they specifically changed that so they could remove him and eliminate his influence.. his actions single handedly have created the situation where we have to fade, evade, leave marriages, say goodbye to family, just because we don't buy the jw bullsh!t anymore.

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  confusedandalone: I googled the definition ofn "hero," and here's what I got

  Hero: (1) A person, usually a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievement, or noble qualities; (2) a submarine sandwich

  How dare people imply that Ray Franz was a sub sandwich!
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  Main reason JWs are JWs

  by Batman89 in

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  what is the(or what was your) main motivation for serving god as a jw(or any christian)?.

  a) love for god and genuinely trying to learn more about him and bible truths?.

  b) to escape punishment/death at armegddon?.

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  Mum

  It's a wacko story, but here goes: When I was about 9 years old, my dad ran into his boss, a JW, doing street work. The boss persuaded my dad to have a "Bible study" in the Let God Be True book. My dad, the son of a country preacher, had never been interested in religion, but understood the value of "ass kissing" and having an inside track with the boss. After a few years, my dad got a great government job and discontinued the "Bible study."

  A coupld of years after that, a friend of my dad's was killed in a coal mine cave-in. My dad had some kind of (probably drug-induced) "experience" that made him believe he had been present at his friend's judgment, and he stated that he knew his friend was in heaven. So, we started attending a large Baptist church near our house. The evangelist Jack Van Impe came to that church to have a revival. He gave two sermons against Jehovah's witnesses. Unfortunately, I knew that much of the stuff he sermonized about was not true.

  As a result, after years away from any JW contact, I started feeling that there must be a reason why this wealthy evangelist felt so threatened by the little rag-tag groups of JW's in existence at that time. In my 15-year-old brain, I concluded that the JW's must be right and were being "persecuted" by the mighty, wealthy churches of Christendom. I started attending meetings and publishing. It went on for 17 years, until I could no longer tolerate my life as a JW.
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  Would blood mgmt improvements have been made without firm stand of JW's

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://o.canada.com/news/national/blood-transfusions.

  thoughts?.

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  Mum

  How many children had to die in the process? I do not admire the WT's "stand" regardless of the benefit to some, while others had to die!
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  Hi Everyone

  by DisArmed in

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  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i've been reading posts here off and on for years.

  i decided to go ahead and join in with a post.

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  Mum

  Welcome to real life! Enjoy your freedom!
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  Don't You Think It's Odd That "Jehovah" Was Invented By A Catholic Monk?...

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and that jehovah's witnesses are proud to use that name?.

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  Mum

  When I was a dub, I came to realize that everything about JW's was modeled on the Roman Catholic heirarchy and organizational structure. President of the society = Pope; GB = college of cardinals; Bethelites = nuns and priests; DO - cardinal; CO = bishop; CO = parish priest; Elders and MS's = deacons. In her book, Visions of Glory: a History and a Memory of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Barbara Grizutti Harrison pointed out that the JW's were just like the Catholic Church of the middle ages.

  No, I'm not at all surprised. Without Catholicism, the JW's wouldn't know how to operate at all.