Topics Started by AvocadoJake

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Why do Elders move to the most expensive area to live, WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. experiences
why do elders are dead broke, move to the highest priced areas in the usa.

in california, we welcome many broken families who are not afraid to work or find a way to live without telling the flock, "we are broke, we might file bk, can you please help us find a home, i am a fulltime servant of god, so can you?

" they complain how they are so broke, "can't make the rent or make if off the food stanmps they get" yet they move to an area where the average home is $900k after the great real estate meltdown.
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How Will The WTS Society Look In The Year 2030? How Will They Explain Why The Generation Is Now 116 Years Old?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
imagine you are here in the year 2030 and nothing has happened?

how will field service be carried out?

will meetings still be at kingdom halls or will halls be used via skype?
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Why Women Are Treated Second Class In This Organization?
by AvocadoJake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the best bible scholars have been women in my realm of this religious world.

the women study their husbands watchtowers, prepare the parts, write their talks, put their ties on, get the shave cream out of their ears.

it must be hard and you must have the patiences of job, to be able to listen to, the many arrogant men and how you will (if you are a female annointed.
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"We Bring Them In The Front Door, Only To Have The Angels Throw Them Out The Back Door!A"
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. experiences
what do you make of this statement made by the elderette in her comment this week?

she is refering to the weak ones in the halls.

this is not an uncommon statement made by the pious ones..
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WHY IT IS WRONG FOR ELDERS, MINISTERIAL SERVANTS AND PIONEERS TO SOCIALIZE WITH THE WEAK ONES!
by AvocadoJake in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
there is a sister in our hall who has made it clear why her "jehovah" does not like weak ones.

her husband the po, will refuse to work with those who are not getting ten hours or more a month.

the weak ones "are spiritually dangerous and will bring you down.
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What Drug Helps You Cope With Your Mentally Diseased Apostate Mind?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
college, exericise, reading, sports, beer, women, men, or drugs?.
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COST CUTTING IDEAS, STOP SENDING THE BIG GUNS TO TWO DAY CONVENTIONS. YOUR IDEAS?
by AvocadoJake in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it can cost up to $3,000 to fly a sister and her husband to give a part on the circuit assembly, wine and dine, and house in a nice hotel.

the district conventions are not cheap, nor are they really productive, the message is lost so quick.

there has to be a way to get more bang, for your buck!
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Is There A Sin That Is Justifiably, For Excommunication Or Shunning?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. experiences
i know this question is a "slippery slope.

" but i am wondering if you belive there is a sin, that merits excommunication?

i vote child molesters and rapist and murding (a unjustifiable murder, serial killers, outright evil by community standards.
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What Was Nathan Knorr Like Compared To The Other Presidents?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. experiences
brother knorr is rarely mentioned in the awake or watchtower and i don't really know much about him.

is there a reason why brother knorr does not receive as much mention as brother russell, rutherford or even frantz?

can you help me understand why he was like?
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I Don't Understand The November Watchtower About Apostates Being Insane And The Evils Of Blogging.
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
hello, i am new and sighed up last night!

please, would anyone like to tell me, what this magazine is trying to say?

what about the men and women in the halls that have mental illness?