as of this june (i've already given my may contributions which are substantial) i am no longer giving money to support useless building projects that serve no good purpose.
i am no longer giving money at conventions or assemblies.
i am no longer giving money toward the circuit overseers upkeep.
An elderly now ex-elder said after he read the letter about the new arrangement to finance building he more than halved his monthly "contribution". Presently he has suspended it altogether.
I quit contributing when local elders decided I wasn't good enough to baby-sit microphones anymore, but could still do toilet cleaning duty. To heII with that shlt!
so i went to get a burger just now, and a couple of elders from my former congregation caught me off guard.
they started giving me the we feel so sorry for you, you must be so lonely bit.
i kept telling them im doing great and im not lonely but its like they couldnt hear me talking.
There is usually a reason that a single 30-something year old JW sister is single.
I was asked why I didn't look in Da Troof for a woman and said, "Because there are only two kinds of JW women. Those who are miserably married, and those who are single, usually for very good reason in both cases."
have you noticed the article entitled "watch your associations in these last days" in the new august 2015 study watchtower?.
unless i'm reading it wrong, or somehow misinterpreting it, it is saying that we should be kind to intentional breakers of god's laws inside and outside the congregation, including fornicators, but that we must not be close associates with them.. are they already preparing for a shift in their disfellowshipping practices?.
here are the relevant paragraphs:.
@_Morpheus is 100% correct. You must not read the words they print, but rather the ideas behind the words. I have underlined the "key" words that show the idea behind the printed words.
we must not have as close associates those who practice bad things.
This applies also to associating with those who claim to worship Jehovah but who deliberately violate his (the governing bodies) laws
Although we want to be kind we should not (must not) become their friends.
Nothing is changing, unless it is to be even more judgmental, harsh, demanding, and spiteful. Remember the governing body's mantra is not ever about lessening anything, but always MORE, MORE, MORE.
so, the whole may money grab episode of jwtv really looks bad to me and many others, obviously many here.
i was looking on another website dedicated to active jw's and if you'll notice on post number 109 a little ways down (<click there to read) a person named luca dares to express some concerns over the latest episode.
the following pages do contain one more person that has some issue with how things were presented.
I noticed this comment, as referred to in an earlier post.
Well i have always trusted the FDS. i feel its Jehovah telling us to donate more. The GB have fully applied Luke 14: 28, and what happens? It wasnt them with not calculating properly, it was with us, with our dropback of contributions
So once again, it is YOUR FAULT when the fds screws up! Any R&F JDubya's must give more, even if they are at the end of their financial rope ready to drop. NEVER will the fds scale anything back when faced with the economic realities of life.
What a f-ed up mess.
for some background, i am still in.
still an elder.
very much awake.
by alexandra james.
http://jwvictims.org/2015/05/17/jehovahs-witnesses-recognize-that-people-have-the-right-to-change-religions-just-not-their-religion/.
jehovahs witnesses say that people have the right to change religions and that they deserve respect when it comes to that right, but this is not something that they offer to those who leave their religion.
Playing devils advocate somewhat, the JDubya's actually DO respect the decision of people to leave the Dub's. According to the JW website, “these rights carry with them the obligation to respect the rights of others. . .
They use weasel words to wriggle out from under the REAL truth. While not TECHNICALLY lying they skirt the edge very close by saying they respect the RIGHTS of other to choose. Members who find out TTATT can leave anytime they want. It is the right of others to choose AND THEN BE RESPECTED after exercising that right that is not true.
Just my two-cents FWIW
this article is basically about how watchtower is going to put the kibosh on some taxes for this rural area of upstate new york, but to me that is not what i find most interesting.
thinking of it from the psychology standpoint of north american witnesses far removed from ny, first, they hear lett "not" begging for money, then they see an article like this that calls them "luxury" apartments.
now... i know they are probably not really the height of luxury in fishkill ny, however most witnesses in the country don't know that, they just hear "we need money" & "witnesses obtain luxury apartments".. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/05/12/jehovahs-witnesses-fishkill-tax-exemption/27206609/.
We must obey any orders that come from "mother" no matter how insane they may be. That must be why they paid $56,000,000 for a property assessed at $31,000,000.
And then Loony Lett has the temerity to flap his rubber gums about a projected "shortfall" of income versus spending? Are the typical JDubya's THAT stupid?
so, the latest "kids" kingdom melody video is out.. here are some screenshots:.
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yep, that's right, they showed a kid with a teddy bear getting baptized.. here's the video in full for documentation, if you can stomach it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellrtyj_maq.
What's wrong with building a snowman?
Just the "logical", conclusion that would be "evidently" drawn from Exodus 20: 4
2015 april 28, boe!..
re: orchestral accompaniment for singing at congregation meetings.. .. click the green download button.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/mh6kxar.
.. .. petra!.
Quota from the letter, "The process of composing and recording new musical arrangements for all 150 songs in our revised songbook will take several years to complete.
So much for the end being "soon".
is this what jesus had in mind?
to be a spiritual person you must:.
underline your books.
What is the source of that arrogance and hubris?
I would guess the same place you received yours?
