I do the counting for my group, and it's not usually much. There are actually two boxes now, since one member got leukemia and a "fund" was setup to help the family as well as for future medical emergencies/family support.
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New contribution box at the hall ?
by Poztate indo you think in view that they now have wt production videos.. (a costly endevour) that they might in addition to the www, local and literature donation boxes start a wt video productions box with special guilt laid on parents with small children to donate ?.
it does seem to be all about the money so it wouldn't suprise me...how about you.
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Beards are evil, but do you know why?
by free2beme inas a witness, i knew several men who attempted to grow beards.
when they did, and attended meetings, it did not take long to be talked to by elders and told, "as spiritual men, they should not display an outward form of rebellion.
" why was this a form of rebellion?
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sseveninches
An elder at my congregation just used this explanation: "it's not for us". Not a scripture to support it. If I ever get approached for my facial hair, I'll demand one.
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New contribution box at the hall ?
by Poztate indo you think in view that they now have wt production videos.. (a costly endevour) that they might in addition to the www, local and literature donation boxes start a wt video productions box with special guilt laid on parents with small children to donate ?.
it does seem to be all about the money so it wouldn't suprise me...how about you.
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sseveninches
There are still contribution boxes at our group meetings for field service (former book study groups). It doesn't have three slots, but isn't it the same thing?
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New contribution box at the hall ?
by Poztate indo you think in view that they now have wt production videos.. (a costly endevour) that they might in addition to the www, local and literature donation boxes start a wt video productions box with special guilt laid on parents with small children to donate ?.
it does seem to be all about the money so it wouldn't suprise me...how about you.
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sseveninches
There is no literature contribution box. There are three though - www, local, and kingdom hall construction. Literature would fall under www.
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what was "their error" at Jer 25:12?
by BroMac inbabylon was "called to account" because of "their error".. what was their error?.
if it was the destruction of jerusalem did not jah say i am bringing my servant the king of the chaldeans against this place.
if that was the case then jah punished babylon for something he made them do.??.
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King Solomon: I've always thought about that particular detail in the Pharaoh story...why these unnecessary twists when Pharaoh was already willing from the beginning? Sometimes it's things like these that make me question the Bible's validity. The popular image floating around on the internet of how many people God killed vs how many people Satan killed comes to mind.
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Young People Ask: Can we please get more patronizing advice?
by Euphemism inwitnesses got me out of bed this morning.
i was too sleepy to say anything and the guy was very nice and friendly, so i just took the magazines and smiled.. a couple of absolutely awesome graphics from the awake:.
thanks to the writing department for brightening my afternoon.
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sseveninches
Two men holding hands is common in India as well.
It makes me hate how homophobic Americans can be.
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"Jehovah's organization provides the best education..."
by Gothicus indoesn't it just irritate you to the highest degree when someone makes a remark as stupid as this?
since when did "jehovah's education" ever taught you anything significant other than to be a tool and a slave for the wtb$?.
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I'm almost done with my engineering degree and I was offered to complete my education at the New York Bethel instead of my current educational institution (before I discovered this site).
I was never on the right page with the society when it comes to education, so I answered that I'll think about it, but I had already rejected it in my mind. There's no reason for me to think that it wasn't some sort of trick.
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Let's talk about the worst articles from the WT for young people (YPA articles and others).
by Chemical Emotions inat the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
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I love how this whole thread is technically staying on topic and yet is focusing completely on masturbation.
I also had major problems with their masturbation articles...it's part of the reason I discovered this forum! I had problems with it because they have the nerve to say that it's not in the bible and yet make it into a bad thing anyway...just because they feel like it. I never agreed with it, and kept on with my habits.
NAMBO: for instance, it never mentioned if self-fellatio was a sin or not.
It would be pretty hilarious if they went through the trouble to try and categorize it. Nonetheless...I don't care what they think about it.
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So basically they want JWs to go for blue collar jobs so that they have more time to provide their free labor to the WT. This is one thing that I never agreed with in my 7 years of being a JW, and thankfully my parents think the same way I do.
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New Article - Birthdays, Why the Watchtower stance is wrong
by jwfacts ini have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.
there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.
please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
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sseveninches
I love this post so much...it has everything I need to fight off anyone that might debate with me on this issue. But it hurts to think of all the good times I missed out on, and all the people I've wronged into thinking the way JWs do...