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  No pension no preparation for retirement

  by Mikejw in

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  a lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.

  no children no money no home.

  it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.

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  solomon

  Mike jw:

  I have some worldly friends who used to volunteer on charity programs in poorer countries. They quit going because the charity they were “volunteering” for put them up in a fancy hotel and fed them expensive western meals all the while they were “building” the school. I put those words in quotations for a reason. By the time they were chauffeured in and out of the city to the job site they put about 2 hours a day on the building site. They told me themselves it’s all a big show. They asked why they can’t eat with the locals and were told the food probably wouldn’t be safe to eat.

  They were so put off by the arrogant attitude of the organizers toward the people they were supposed to be helping that they never did it again and didn’t recommend it for others.
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  No pension no preparation for retirement

  by Mikejw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.

  no children no money no home.

  it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.

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  solomon

  I don’t think the elders really care about helping the poor jws anyway. It cramps their style and they can’t count the time.
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  In person attendance

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we got the inevitable letter today.. meet, associate and "encourage" in person unless sick or infirm.

  also dress up for zoom if you must use it.

  locally over half are on zoom, 3/4 no picture.

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  solomon

  I’m not sure where you live, but we are heading into a fall COVID wave. Masks 😷 are not as effective as they say they are and frankly I’m not going to wear one for 2 hours and I’m not willing to expose myself to the coof more than I have to.

  It sounds like the leaders have figured out that many prefer zoom and it must be hurting their bottom line.

  I’m sure that they will be determining spirituality based on whether you are an attendee or just a zoomer.
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  Unmarried couple staying at my house

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need your help with this topic.

  i’m trying to find an elder’s letter or wt article that frown upon a good standing jw allowing an unmarried couple to stay over their house for the night.. my wife claims this is a conscience matter and i say that’s bs, this leadership does not allow it.

  would like to find this info..

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  solomon

  The way I understand the OP is this couple would be staying for one night only.

  The chances are zero to none that they’d be doing the nasty in someone else’s bed as a guest.

  The watchtower organization has too much time on their hands and obviously think that couples have a lot more sex than they actually do.
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  Do you think the brothers who wrote watchtower articles are living in real world?

  by Longlivetherenegades in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the brothers who wrote watchtower articles are living in real world?........

  david splane........ powerful by faith convention 2021 video.

  please i got an excerpt of this from another video but the response by david splane is not included.

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  solomon

  Even circuit overseers and their wives are not living in the real world. They don’t have to face the people they called on at work or school Monday morning. They’ve moved on to the next congregation.
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  Saturday convention videos MIA

  by solomon in

  1. jw
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  where are the convention videos for saturday?

  my parents are starting to panic as the videos haven’t been posted on jw org yet and they are supposed to view this morning.

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  solomon

  Where are the convention videos for Saturday? My parents are starting to panic as the videos haven’t been posted on jw org yet and they are supposed to view this morning.
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  Hospitality for speaker

  by road to nowhere in

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  there seem to be hospitality starting again.

  fully vaccinated and assume masked.

  neither a set in stone rule.

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  solomon

  Being on the informally shunned list has its benefits. We don’t have to take the speaker out to lunch.
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  Meeting announcement for emergency contact info of non-JW friends & relatives (?)

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just saw this post on reddit and can hardly believe it.. if i remember correctly years back they told you not to have anything to do with non-jw friends or relatives.

  they discouraged you from bothering with non-jw family and to avoid them on holidays!!

  i needlessly missed out on some delicious holiday meals with people who genuinely cared about me.

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  solomon

  Since when do salesmen care about existing customers?

  The whole Jehovah’s Witness religion is set up to recruit and sell. They still haven’t totally shaken the door to door salesman business model and the real estate flipping business.

  Old people can’t pour concrete or pound nails and many aren’t good salesmen. They’re a liability, unless they have money. Those are the ones that they cater to if they think they can get a chunk of inheritance money.

  In our congregation there was this old bachelor who lived in a modest home but owned millions in real estate and had a sizeable bank account. One of the elders helped him out for many years hoping that the congregation would get the money. When the old guy finally died he had given it all to his worldly nieces and nephews. Lol
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  Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

  😭😢😓😰😡.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

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  solomon

  Yesterday at zoom the elders seemed confused. They never got any direction from the branch yet. Seems like we might not go back quite yet or maybe not go back. The old people seem eager to attend meetings again. Another 1975 moment for them I guess.
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  Did you ever have an “Olaf” moment.

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  did your class mates queue up to have sex with you?

  it happened to olaf according to today’s wt.

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  solomon

  It’s all about controlling and manipulating the herd.