We weren’t allowed as kids to have anything glow in the dark. Apparently it was in an awake magazine somewhere that it was not allowed
solomon
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Did becoming a JW influence you to give up something you enjoyed ?
by smiddy3 inwhen i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.
which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?
sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.
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2022-Department of Children and Families!
by Atlantis in2022 department of children and families.. your ref.
: wbsyzk, refusal of state grants for 2021 - appeal - jehovah's witnesses,org.nr.879492742.
in english and norwegian.. https://we.tl/t-bl1idnf01l.
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solomon
Watchtower are leeches on society. The gall to try and manipulate the same government they condemn to death into giving them money. Somebody worked for that money to pay the taxes so that watchtower can expropriate it.
Is the watchtower getting into daycares? Early childhood education?
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina 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 guess I derailed the thread a bit. Yeah many jws don’t save for retirement as the big A is coming to save them.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina 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
During COVID my wife and I had a monetary gift we wanted to give to needy members of the congregation. We had asked our group overseer to take the gift and distribute it anonymously as we didn’t know who was in need and we didn’t want the recognition.
All he did was give us the phone number of a family in the congregation and said give it to them yourself.
We ended up giving it to the local food bank. I guess the publishers can go there if they are hungry.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina 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 ina 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 inwe 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 ini 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 indo 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 inwhere 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.