Handing out paychecks is soooo outdated. Payroll Direct deposit has been the standard for what 6 plus years? I loved it when you could take a photo of your check within your banking app on your smartphone to deposit your check. But now, I wake up on Friday, pour a cup of coffee hit my checking and savings accounts app and check the hours, etc on ADP. As much as the labor force moves today from job to job and city and state to the next, a paper check is obsolete. At least the WT didn't show a brother paying in cash.
Sigfrid Mallozzi
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Did you encounter any dishonest/shady business owners inside your local Kingdom Hall?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | december 2021.
7 a merchant might take pride in the fact that he had never taken anything that did not belong to him.
but what about his business practices?
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Does the Watchtower/JW Organization Regard its Readers & JWs as Fools and are they Secretly Laughing at Them?
by Disillusioned JW indoes the watchtower/jw organization regard its readers & jws as fools and are they secretly laughing at them?
for some examples consider the following.. the wt literature has many times used odd language where they say one thing but word it in such a way as to suggest something else.
they have said that a number of jws drew incorrect expectations about a number of things, including about 1914 and 1975, though it was the wt itself which proclaimed and taught those expectations in the wt's literature to jws.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
", yet later the WT abandoned a number of its claims saying their own claims were in error."
Isn't this "gaslighting"?
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Taxpayer Money Direct to Union Pockets
by Simon inthe dems are not even trying to hide what they do anymore.. the latest is a direct payoff for political support by providing a $4500 subsidy on electric vehicles ... but only if they are made by union workers.. it's not the job of government to put their hand on the scale, especially not to benefit those who support them politically through campaign contributions.. corruption - it's what they do best.. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-union-bill-tax-incentive-unionized-ev-makers-2021-9.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
As a union member of IUOE's, I believe the Democrat's know many union members across the board voted for Trump. After eight years of Obama and his Obama economy many of us were done. Now they are desperately trying to gain support back from union members.
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Unfaithful spouse
by Worstfear inmy wife and i have been together for 12 years.
married for 6. she was born into the truth, i studied for 2 years before we got married.
we would attend meetings on a weekly basis, go to conventions, and memorial every year.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
I went through something similar a few years ago and am now divorced. Read "Women's Infidelity", by Michele Langley, it is an eye opener. One spoiler, is that men have it in their DNA to spread their seed all over the earth and women have it in their DNA to go and gather it up. I also found out that women are like apes swinging from vine to vine in the jungle, they won't let of one relationship go until they have a firm grip on the next relationship. -
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How on earth can WT lawyers continue to believe WT has God’s backing, when they see all the deception play out in Court.
by pistolpete inhere is a post on reddit from mark and kimmy o’ donnell, from the crusaders documentary,.
ask us anything.. mr. o'donnell gives his assessment of why wt lawyers continue to defend the child sex abuse cases that the organization continues to fight, even though they see firsthand the deception, the lies, the withholding of facts and dirty tactics used in court.
by an organization that claims to be god's earthly representative, and the only one to hold the truth.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
WTBTS quietly seeks specific trades through letters questioning CO's or to the body of elders, including lawyers, doctors, dentists, nurses, etc. Since this question is specifically about lawyers, have we thought that perhaps that the lawyers found by WTBTS are not now and were not ever the brightest students of law? Just because you have a law degree doesn't mean you have wealth in your future. Look up statistics of the income of lawyers in their first years. Add in the fact that universities do everything they can to purge and discourage people from getting a law degree. Why? Because there are too many g.d. lawyers in the United States.
I've been working on the east coast for 6 years now and the billboards and local television advertisements are all about lawyer's services. Driving to work you can see a selection of 6 lawyers on billboards competing to represent you if you were involved in an accident with a semi-truck. Maybe these JW's who are also lawyers found out it is an easier and more stable life to defend WTBTS than having their own law practice and covering the monthly bills. I would imagine that a WT lawyer and their wife or husband are treated more generously by WT than a "new boy" they assign to cleaning. Just like the doctors, dentists, and nurses are.
It all comes down to the selfish needs of the individual and why they accepted the beliefs of JW's and are volunteers. Fred Franz was an intelligent man that realized he needed to secure his future and he was oh, so creative in weaving history into the bible with a smidgin (ok, a lot) of imagination. Perhaps the lawyers volunteered their legal services in good faith and then years later they start to question themselves about the moral aspects, however, the fact is they cannot go back to their former employment and they are stuck working for WTBTS.
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PIMO elder
by Reservations ini’m reservations, pimo elder.
i’m in no position to leave the organisation, maybe some people will see that as weak or whatever, but we have to all go down our own path in life.. i would like to be able to wake people up in my congregation, how do you think best to do this?
any ideas?.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
I have found, when dealing with JWs, the less said the better off you will be. Good luck.
I agree. KQT! Keep Quiet and Think. You are now in the mouth of the Lion. Tread very carefully.
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Debating Disassociation
by B_Deserter init's been about 10 years since i posted here.
a lot's happened of course.
but here's where i'm at right now.. i was never (to my knowledge) disfellowshipped.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
Deserter, I agree with SBF and others who said No to disassociation. You are not planning on moving and starting over, therefore, I recommend you play the "Not Disassociated or disfellowshipped" game. You are "spiritually weak" possibly having depression from being locked up by Covid. Oh, as for your wonderful Mom's gifts of money, this should graciously be accepted. Fact 1: If you don't take her money now or inherit it because Mom writes you out of Her Last Will and Testemont I can assure you that your siblings and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society will end up spending every penny that should rightfully be yours. Fact 2: When that happens: You will be Piss-ethed! (Proverbs x:31)
Therefore, put you head in my hands and listen to me carefully. You must not say a word to Mom that changes her opinion of you and your family, FROM currently being an inactive, weak and having doubts JW, TO, "an ungodly APOSTATE that has returned to their vomit! From today foward, you have your own special "Spiritual Warfare" rules of engagement. Look, WT double speaks on every level. They are masters of playing the game at your expense! Therefore, You have spoken with a doctor about depression, anxiety, and panick attacks, perhaps ED. You read the Bible everyday and finding strength in Jehovah's words and are conducting a "family study". You hope that the depression will leave soon. Don't say anymore or get into any more details.
I visited with a professional family counselor of 40 years experience (NOT JW) when I was facing a character assassination by my "fleshly" brothers and sisters and I will share what she advised me. And it's all for FREE! and of the internet, two wonderful ingredients for success! (Your mileage may vary)
After Dad's death, at one time, my Mom wanted to be part of my family, and she would keep my son one day a week and I noticed when we got him home after his day with Gran he was obviously having conflicting thoughts. He was 4 years old at the time and Mom was sowing seeds that eroded our parenting. At this time, we still were very active in the congregation but Mom was being fed lies by sisters that were in the over glorified "Full Time Service" that also didn't want to have to work or make their husbands that were in manly men "fun and drinking brotherhood" of Kingdom Hall builders to provide for their financial needs. So, They had taken emotional control over Mom "protecting" her from my evil and Spiritual death. I was favored by my Father and they were jealous of my influence. When Dad died, Siblings thought, "You may have had Dad, but he is dead, and we will get control over Mom who is living, then we will have Mom cut you out of her Will.
Knee Jerk reaction: I wanted to stop Grandmother's "special" day visiting son, however, The family counselor recommended not taking that visiting day away from Gran. The counselor said that children are resilient and that we could lovingly guide son back regardless of what is said by Gran. Counselor told me straight up, with the character assasination and the lies told by my sisters that I would never be able to reestablish the great relationship I had with Mom previously before Dad's death. She said, In a majority of families, when one parent dies, the "less loved" siblings of the dead parent will work to take over emotional control of the surviving parent. From my experience, JW, elder, pioneer, full time servant for over 12 years my wife and I combined, it doesn't matter, the fight to get control of Mom's emotions IS to control her money, and it will get to be a very dirty street fight. I tried for years to associate with Mom not for her, but for me. The counselor said that I need to try to have a relationship with Mom for my benefit. After she passes away, I could reason in my heart, I tried.
Ok, next point. I mentioned spiritual warfare. My observation is if an individual comes to the Memorial once a year, you will be tolerated by most JW families. However, Watch Tower (two words) would love you to take yourself out of the equation by disassociating yourself. That means more uncontested money in WT's pocket to further their fraud. The last two years with Zoom meeting has been easy. If you eventually have to go to a Memorial, it's spiritual warfare! You are preventing money that could go potentially to WTBTS. Perhaps you feel bad about not making these actions "whole souled" or that you are a hypocrite! Suck it up and play the part! 84.36 percent of JW's are hypicritical two faced liars and they coverup for Pedephiles. I am confident you can come up with a cheap ill fitting suit to do one meeting a year. Do not show wealth by dressing up. Your family needs to look pitiful. Not like the man at the stop light with a cardboard sign saying he needs $10 to go home pitiful. If you can't make the meetings and someone asks, just say the economy is ruthless with inflation yada yada.
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“Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”
by minimus ini asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.
he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.
he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
I had someone make a similar comment about Trump's Tweets. OK, I get it and agree that Trump should have at minimum cabinet members that filter and edited Tweets. Trump should not be left alone with a phone.
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“Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”
by minimus ini asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.
he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.
he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
"That brings the total cost - based on official data - to $822bn between 2001 and 2019, but it doesn't include any spending in Pakistan, which the US uses as a base for Afghan-related operations." (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47391821)
80% of a trillion dollars spent over 20 years, so after 911 "Terrorist wouldn't attack the US again on our home soil" and the USA/Mexico border is closed to legal immigration but open for illegal immigration and used by people from countries all over the world that could afford transportation to Mexico and pay the human and drug Cartels for passage. Terrorist? Great! Murderers? Even Better! Rapist? Getting Close! Drug Dealers? Felons? Yes, you are personally invited by invitation to America!
The Current Administration: Self-serving, incompetent traitors. Priceless!
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You Just Can't Not Laugh
by Simon inso this kid adds trombone-effects to his mothers life and, well, if you haven't seen it you have to watch it.
seems like she see's the funny side for some of them at least.. it's awesome and hilarious.
kudos to them both.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhlfcezkvko.
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Sigfrid Mallozzi
That was funny, thank you so much. There is a saxophone player in Savannah, Georgia that plays on the riverwalk and will play various theme songs according to how he sizes up a family, couple, or individual. When he plays the theme from the Flintstones and you look at the family it is hilarious.