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  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

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  Teary Oberon

  "Teary....Why do you think it is so important that ANYONE should be honest to such a dishonest cult? People were obviously making the best of a bad situation."

  We are not talking about being honest or dishonest with the organization, we are talking about being honest with YOURSELF and with your GOD, who you make your vows to. Ethics and honesty are a matter of personal principles and values. Being honest with the organization comes in third, but that still hinges on the first two (you can't really do any without doing them all).

  If you cannot fulfill your vows, then don't make them in the first place. If you think that the organziation is a lying 'cult,' then don't dedicate or report any time (one who believes that but still takes part in the Witness preaching work is also not being honest with himself).
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  Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.

  anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.

  this is the number.

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  Teary Oberon

  "so those of us who are sick in the head can comprehend it? I have Asperger's Syndrome and my kids are autistic. I'd really hate for all of us to miss out on salvation because The Great Physician was holding out on us because of our stubborn, willful, prideful refusal to comprehend such clear Biblical truth."

  Hey how about that? Teary is partially autistic too! The difference though, is that Teary is rational and objective, so he can actually understand the purpose of the "mentally diseased" paragraph (since that is what Teary assumes you are jabbing at), such as where it was quoted from, who it was directed to and why.

  p.s. Teary ain't no private tutor (at least not for free). If you want answers to all of those questions (which Teary suspects you really don't), then you can go learn it for youself with the help of your local Kingdom Hall or the Witness publications. Or, you can just wait until Teary feels like writing a blog entry on it and then read that article...if Teary ever gets around to it...*yawn*
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  111

  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

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  Teary Oberon

  Pioneer service is entirely voluntary.

  The real point is: "“In case you vow a vow to Jehovah your God, you must not be slow about paying it, because Jehovah your God will without fail require it of you, and it would indeed become a sin on your part."

  The work was far, far heavier and more difficult for the prophets and messengers of old, and yet Jehovah expected them to carry out their assignments regardless. Heck, they didn't even have cars back then!

  That little slip that pioneers sign? That is their vow to their God to carry out so much of his work in preaching and teaching. When they lie and exagerate about their time, the main offense is to their God and to themselves, not the congregation. They should do what they say they are going to do and do it honestly. Let their "yes" mean "yes."

  But of course, you youngsters today probably never learned good old fashioned principles like "keeping your word even when nobody is likely to find out."
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  111

  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

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  Teary Oberon

  "Why do you judge workers, when you don't work?"

  Because many of them admit to being dishonest liars that give out intentionally and grossly false and exagerated descriptions of their activity?
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  111

  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Teary Oberon

  Is Teary always like what? Straight forward and out-spoken?
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  Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.

  anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.

  this is the number.

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  2. 
  3. 
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  Teary Oberon

  The Stupid Mode gets stuck in cruise control sometimes, sorry.
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  111

  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Teary Oberon

  "10 years pioneering at 90 hours/month - the last couple of years I counted time through my coffee break - but always begged Jehovah's forgiveness. I always felt guilty counting break time."

  Whatever kind of work you engage yourself in, you should always strive to do it honestly and in the way that you have led people to believe that you are doing it. If your conscience bothers you about break time, then perhaps you should have just listened to it, or at the very least asked about it.

  Most pioneers Teary knew just maintained the general principle: 10-15 minute break is fine, but longer than that and you should probably stop your time.
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  Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.

  anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.

  this is the number.

  1. 
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  Teary Oberon

  Teary thinks that you are too anal retentive about small things that are alreadly well ingrained in our common language, idioms and culture. Why don't you complain abou him using a Gregorian Calander too?
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  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

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  Teary Oberon

  I dunno. Why did you deliberately misquote Teary? Is your dishonesty seeping through to other things now too?

  "Quite a few elders have known that Teary uses the pen name "Oberon." But they really couldn't have cared less about it, because Teary told them the ACTUAL origin of it (which is not pagan at all)."

  Yes, Teary has known quite a few Witness elders over the years; but just discussing Teary's writing work and the origins of his name with JW elders doesn't mean that Teary is currently a Witness himself. Again, use those critical thinking skills.
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  111

  How Have you Counted your time for Pioneering?

  by jehu or jehonadab in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just woundering how have you counted your time in field service especially if you were pioneering?.

  would like to see if any of you were on the same page as i was.

  with so much to do, like reading all the watchtower and awake each month and the bible reading each week.

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  Teary Oberon

  1. Teary doesn't claim to be a JW.

  2. He has no real need to count time.

  3. He doesn't have any worries about disfellowshipping (why would he?).

  4. At least Teary is actually HONEST in the things he undertakes, unlike many of the posters here.