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  Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?

  by 3rdgen in

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  ok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.

  although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.

  i know because we've already been through it with my mom.

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  Okie- dokie, Imallcool
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  What is happening in Mexico?

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i have heard that a lot of the english congregations in mexico are shutting down... they are condensing 5 congregations into one, or in some areas even disbanding the only english congregation.

  jw's who have been living in mexico for many years and probably were sheltered by being in the english congregations will now have to move to spanish congregations.... .

  ilttatt.

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  Sir 82, yup
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  Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. social
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  ok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.

  although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.

  i know because we've already been through it with my mom.

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  Thanks Jake and Imallcool, actually we have investigated the laws and found that the state won't kick in untill she goes through most all of her assets. She is allowed to keep her home and rent it out but is only allowed to have $2000.00. Anything over that PLUS the rent goes back to the state to offset the cost of caring for her. In other words, she has to spend hubby's inheritance and be broke before they will help. A family trust is the only protection but it's tricky. So since hubby was willing to put up with my equally difficult JW mom, its only right that I return the favor. Just venting!
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  A new life with my long lost brother...UPDATE

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last december i posted this joyous story about the new life i made with my long lost brother (here's a link to that story).. .

  so much has changed since then.

  for the absolute worst.

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  ((((((((Timebandit))))))))) you know the old saying "no good deed goes unpunished." I wish much better things for you in the future. Congratulations on the wisdom to select a lovely , understanding wife
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  Kingdom Hall vs. Crack house...?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. social
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  ok, this is our situation as of late: jw elderly mil needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement.

  although i would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us.

  i know because we've already been through it with my mom.

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  Ok, this is our situation as of late: JW elderly MIL needs to move in with us or go to an expensive assisted living arrangement. Although I would rather stick a fork in my eye than live with her, assisted living would bankrupt us. I know because we've already been through it with MY mom. Sooooo we are looking on line to find a bigger house. Turns out that what we can comfortably afford is either in a crappy neighborhood OR near one of the many KHs in our area. Pretty sure I'd rather live near drug dealers than put up with Witlesses stopping by every day to pee.
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  1975 - The Killer WT quote

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!

  (matt.

  24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.

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  Back atcha Wasblind, Yup, I completely "ran ahead of the organization". lol Of course , I wasn't the only one! I personally knew people who put off dental work, making house repairs, even needed surgury. I knew others who racked up HUGE credit card debt figuring they would never have time to pay it off. There was a family in our cong. who had just finished building a $million custom home when they learned the "Truth". Within months (1974) they sold (I should say gave away) their home that had taken years to build, and went pioneering.
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  1975 - The Killer WT quote

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!

  (matt.

  24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.

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  I can honestly say my husband did not believe the end was near. Not only did he outright say so, he proved it by building houses for us. One in 73 another in 75. That was a real no no in those years, even tho the society was buying and building to beat the band. The Rand F were encouraged to SELL their houses and go pioneering where the need was great. When 1975 came and went all the Elders who looked down on 1st hubby ended up building houses. LOL They even ended up appointing him an Elder!
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  1975 - The Killer WT quote

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thing is absolutely certain, bible chronology reinforced with fulfilled bible prophecy shows that six thousand years of mans existence will soon be up, yes, within this generation!

  (matt.

  24:34) this is, therefore, no time to be indifferent and complacent.

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  I like to think I have a very good memory of the time between 1968 and 1975. The summer of 68 had an Awake Title: Is it Later Than You Think? which basically said if you are in school now, forget college, you will NEVER have time to use your education before this system ends on or BEFORE 1975. I was going into my Senior year in HS and that article changed my life. I took only the easiest required courses, skipped all the electives, and got out at noon, all with my JW parents permission. I got engaged and married a few months later. I didn't get a job because (hate to admit it) I was plain lazy. Why think when the WTBT$ did it for me? Why learn a skill or trade when I had a husband to support me? Besides the world was going to end in a couple of years. By 1973 I was 21 and took the religion MUCH more seriously. At that time we were studying the "Ezekiel book" (The nations Shall Know I am Jehovah How?") The message we were bludgened with was : the vast majority of men, women, and children are about to be destroyed by "Jehovah of Armies". If someone dies because I personally didn't warn them then I am bloodguilty and will ALSO be destroyed. (makes you feel warm and fuzzy doesn't it?) Anyone who was paying the slightest attention to the meetings, literature, and assemblies became caught up with the excitement. I decided pioneering was like life insurance. I wasn't sure the end was coming in a few months but didn't want to risk being unprotected either!
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  Similar Religions to Jehovah's Witnesses

  by God_Delusion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi guys,.

  i am sort of having a breakthrough with my mother-in-law.

  she's not really going to the meetings any longer but still believes the jehovah's witnesses are the "true religion".. in our last conversation, she said the following:.

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  Jaymes, Hubby and I are going through the exact same thing with my MIL. She is old, frail, mentally impaired etc. She worries about our being inactive but won't shun us bc she needs me to do things for her. (Selfish right to the end!) When she starts to "Witness" to me I always quote a scripture that refutes what she has just said. My favorites are direct quotes from Jesus himself or my favorite, "Do NOT put your trust in earthling man to whom NO salvation belongs". It shuts her up every time! LOL Still, her response becomes an almost hysterical "But I KNOW it's the truth"! At this point I've always backed down knowing this social club is all she has. I love the idea of asking HER to prove it if she pushes me to far.
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  What is happening in Mexico?

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have heard that a lot of the english congregations in mexico are shutting down... they are condensing 5 congregations into one, or in some areas even disbanding the only english congregation.

  jw's who have been living in mexico for many years and probably were sheltered by being in the english congregations will now have to move to spanish congregations.... .

  ilttatt.

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  Data Dog ,you make some good points. If the WTBT$ has no problem disolving congs and selling off their paid for KH's in the US, how much easier would it be to do in other less "important" countries? The Watchtower has become a machine which rolls right over anything or anyone not expressly serving THEIR purpose.