i am trying to come up with ideas to make some extra cash on the side.
ive got a few irons in the fire but i am always game for new ideas.. what do you do?.
-buy and sell from ebay?.
The first order of business would be to spend less. I don't mean be so tigh people make jokes, jut see if you can spend $500 less every month, and put that into savings. Where do you live? US? Canada?
For most of us, if our income goes up our expenses do too.
What do you usually do for work? Can you switch jobs to a better paying one? Easier said than done of course...
there are many silly doctines and viewpoints.. one of the strangest ones is the blood doctrine.. why anyone could logically accept this belief is beyond reason..
Most absurd - all of their teachings regarding the flood. They teach that: Noah actually existed, and was as old as the bible says he was. Nephilim were real. The earth has a vapour barrier,or "water canopy" around it. Animals were not mean, and didn't eat meat. Neither did humans. Noah preached about Jehovah and the coming flood when he wasn't busy chopping trees down and building a 450 foot long boat. Which in their paintings is the shape of a chocolate bar. Jehovah then had two of EVERY species of animal on earth come and fit into this boat. The flood waters came, covered all of the earth even the highest mountains. Noah still did Family Worship on the ark.
Oh, and this was only 4500 years ago.
They teach all of these things as fact, they even still have articles and talks about it. Even the water canopy thing and that animals didn't eat meat. Wow.
Not their most absurd by impossibility, but most harmful would be the blood doctrine. I cringe when I wonder what could have happened had I or someone close to me been seriously injured and needed blood.
hi folks.
i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.
it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.
Only 10 years? Hmm...
This money is most likely already called for. Running that operation must be a HUGE expense. Think, if they were to stop having assemblies, for instance. They would likely starve. Not only that, but how much do you expect their new cult commune Warwick project is going to cost, even with free labour?
What would be nice to see is them not being able to build it quick enough, or not having the budget to finish. Will they ask the JWs for money to help build it? We're talking about a huge project here. Personally I see it as a big mistake. I hope they crash and burn.
They're cashing in on their properties while they can. They have a negative world view, especially in regards to the future. Look at how many branches have been sold or closed in the past 5 years.. They are tightening their belts. Perhaps they fear the next recession will hit them hard? They have a huge increase in overhead coming, and it would be a shame to be stuck with the Brooklyn properties when they want to sell them during the next recession.
i watched a great documentary on netflix about the human family tree i highly recommend.. i also joined the genographic project they have.
i am really looking forward to seeing my sons ancestry since it will be the same as mine.
it will be an awesome gift to give him one day in high school when he is studying early humans and genetics.
This is awesome! I thought the cheek swab test thing ended with the Human Genome Project.
I wonder how my JW wife will like finding out how much Neanderthal DNA she has?
hi,.
i am new to here so please be bear with me.. i have always believed in god, but was never baptised, my parents wanted me to make up my own mind religon wise.. i am thinking of becoming a jw and am just needing some advice on how to do this, bible study and jw beliefs.
also do jw say grace and how.. i am greatful of any help.. thanks.
Google "love bombing"
Go ahead, do it now. We'll wait.
Then google "loading the language"
enjoy.
You asked for a list of things you can't do once baptized... The best thread on here for that would be your other thread!
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/240506/1/what-are-the-JW-rules-once-baptised
when we think of the governing body in brooklyn do others like myself automtically think of them as the faithful and discreet slave?
haven't we been taught that they run the organisation known as the watchtower and bible tract society?
now its looks like i personally may have been wrong.. is it run by a group of legal rofessionals.
They can quote those books but you won't read them. That way they can quote mine without being caught! If a dub were to bring to light their mis-quoting a commentary or something, they would be I trouble not only for challenging the 'slave' but for reading one of Christendom's wicked bible commentaries full of lies.
Win win! That's why they quote mine the hell out of science books about evolution too.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/tyrannosaurus-rex-really-was-a-ferocious-hunter-new-finding-confirms/.
nature red in tooth and claw.
if jehovah is the creator of all, he made some very vicious, nasty stuff.
hi,.
i am new to here so please be bear with me.. i have always believed in god, but was never baptised, my parents wanted me to make up my own mind religon wise.. i am thinking of becoming a jw and am just needing some advice on how to do this, bible study and jw beliefs.
also do jw say grace and how.. i am greatful of any help.. thanks.
Kate, go back and re read your thread from the start. If JWs were what they claim to be, this website wouldn't exist.
God isn't calling you to the JWs, that I can guarantee. The feelings you're having are natural, they're not from god. Do you think god would make you think of death enough to plan you funeral? I think not.
these are things that were said or insinuated, i start with the first 15.
enjoy!!.
1. working for a corporation in the city makes you fall out of the truth.. 2. if you become inactive or leave jehovah you will make your whole family sad and ruin everything.. 3. all worldly people cheat.. 4. all worldly people curse.. 5.
So out of touch...
Would normal parents not be happy and proud of their son for getting a real job instead of accepting a job from daddy, moving to the city on his own and meeting a pretty girl? That should make any parents proud. Every problem this kid has is cause by his JW brainwashed upbringing.
I can sort of relate.. Not to the same degree, but after moving out of ma parents' house at 20 life hit me like a speeding bus. I trusted too much, had no idea how to handle money or people. It took me years to learn lessons that were kept from me with my sheltered JW upbringing.
This thread is true, though. The thoughts it tries to convey are clearly written by a group of extremely disconnected, sheltered people.
What a joke.
i'm so happy to have been able to sleep in yesterday and this morning!
no fs and sunday meeting!
every weekend i feel a huge relief and both hubby and i always look at each other and say "it's great not having to go to meeting huh?".
We should have Saturday or Sunday worldwide apostate Medal of Honour tournaments! Jus' sayin...
