Posts by JaniceA

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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?

from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.

JaniceA

Morpheus:

Halls

printing just above nil

growth negligible

branch closures

reduced meetings

Unapologetically regurgitating articles

baptising children

governments examining proefures and policies

increased negative press

aging congregations

jj trottsalot showing the increased paranoia

governing body member boldfaced lying publicly for any Jw to see

GB asking for money outright

Leadership admitting they are struggling to keep up

overlapping generations

change in alternative service policy

missionaries, overseers, bethelites being kicked to curb

conentions in assembly halls instead of larger venues

fewer assemblies with no food, no books

I don’t think one thing signals an imminent collapse but I believe all those things show an inevitable one. It’s still recognizable from 40 years ago if you squint, but in another 20-i don’t think it will be even to the rheumy eyed old lady that I will be. My granddaughter won’t know even the name just like my kids don’t know Jim Jones or David Cassidy . Totally out of the public discussion.

The WTBTS literally has nothing on offer anymore , not for sale or for free. They do nothing for anyone. They make the news for shunning and child abuse and dying for refusing transfusions.

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Cheese!

by neat blue dog in

any cheese lovers out there?

i just love virtually any kind, from creamy and soft to brittle and sharp, from cottage cheese to the 'moldy' cheeses like gorgonzola.

i like to try new things, so any suggestions for cheese varieties you have tried?

JaniceA

Gruyere, cheddar, Brie,

I could be vegetarian, but never vegan for those 3 reasons. And butter.

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Was Jesus fully Human? How babies were made in those days.

by fulltimestudent in

i feel confident that most visitors to this site, understand the essential conflict at the heart of christianity.

how could jesus be fully human and simultaneously be a divine being who descended (supposedly, some thing jesus specifically claimed to be) from heaven.. as jws we may have solved this tricky point by saying that yahweh transferred the life of jesus into mary's womb, and so jesus was born fully human.. but if we remove the blindfold of faith, we immediately 'see' the problem.

in our contemporary view of the reproductive process, we can be certain that there is a female 'egg,' that is fertilised by male sperm.

JaniceA

It's the human Y chromosome that produces sin. That way it all somehow works. It's the snips and snails and puppy dog tails bits that are nasty. Jesus got unsullied Y chromosomes from god.

Presumably.

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What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?

by SouthCentral in

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i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.

JaniceA

I did the google trend search. Totally made my day!

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=Jw.org

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Cart work faces headwinds.

by lastmanstanding in

my little bethel bird has whispered in my ear some encouraging news.

it has been reported to the canadian branch that some witnesses doing cart work had police stop them from carting in public parks.

the direction sent to the southern ontario congregations is to cease carting until further notice.. this is no joke.. have a jw-free day..

JaniceA

Maybe they will finally take the suggestion I gave them 40 years ago. I said they would be a lot more effective if they were in the world helping in the community rather than annoying it. Jesus raised people from the dead and fed them. He had value before he opened his mouth to preach. What do JWs do for anyone?

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Contradictions!

by Freedom rocks in

quite regularly at meetings jws mocked worldly people and apostates(anyone who had left the "truth") for saying the bible contradicts itself when it is in complete harmony from beginning to end apparently.

can anyone point out some of the contradictions they know of?

they used to laugh at the fact people on the doors would say the bible contradicts itself and when they asked the householder to show them where, they couldn't..

JaniceA

Paul’s ministry almost seems like an insult to Jesus teachings if we are simply reading the Bible for the storyline, leaving our feelings about the veracity of the entirety of it. It seems like Paul was anti christ. Talked him up while going against his teachings. Two faced. Then he changed it to be a Roman religion. I think he was a very conflicted man and I question his intentions from the get go. But that’s just me.

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

JaniceA

Resolute, the srticle was a discussion of Netanyahu’s claim that the holocaust was suggested by the mufti. It was already well under way before the two met. Since the early 1900s tensions were building in Palestine as a result of Zionism and the mandate. The mufti was not pro Jew but he wasn’t instigating anything. This is according to most Jewish Israeli historian scholars, many of whom were offended by netanyahu’s statement because there is a contemporary historical record that disputes his rewrite.

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

JaniceA

Resolute

bandicoot; https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-accused-of-absolving-hitler-for-holocaust/amp/

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Am I being unreasonable with my pimo boyfriend?

by Addison0998 in

i was very lucky to have be dating somebody who didn’t run and snitch on me when i started having questions and showing him research i did, instead he listened to me, and after a few arguements, he did wake up as well.

it really didn’t take much to wake him up, and he was more just tired of the crazy witnesses in general.

and now we are planning on getting married and fading together so that our families can at least enjoy our wedding, that special time in life, before we possibly loose them one day.

JaniceA

Is he engaged in your life together and all the stuff that doesn’t involve your pissy feelings to the organization? Is he interested in planning your family, budgeting to set up house, working for a secure financial future? Do you have fun together? Are you building something together? He is not invested at all in the organization clearly. Is he invested in you?

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Don't even try it!

by JTrottigy in

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there are many here who think they can infiltrate my web-site.

be warned that we administrators of jwtalk call the listed congregation on your application for membership in our site to verify if they know you!.

some of you have slipped through the cracks and got into our site, but rest assured, we will find you out and ban you!.

JaniceA

Trotterigy, who are you and why would I want to infiltrate your website? Like I need one more fricking password in my life!